Show S y X f 5 mip ST f AST ST PLAY FEATURES FEATURES GRE GREATS GREAT SEASON SEASON OF OF- AMATEUR AMATEUR S BASEBALL BASEBALL COMPETITION GENE TUNNEY MICKEY WALKER WALKERS S AND SAMMY MANDELL RETAIN TITLES THROUGHOUT 1927 La Barba Vacates Flyweight Throne t to Become Be Be- 2 come Student tu ent Loughran Does Well Jack D Dempsey's spectacular lar at att attempt attempt at- at t tempt at a comeback which resulted in a a. knockout of Jack Sharkey and anda a return match against against- Gene iene ene Tunney Tun Tun- Tunney Tunney ney which drew from spectators in Chicago was tire the big feature of 1927 in the professional pro pro- boxing ring Along with Its big money record 1927 probably will be rec recorded in boxing history as the year ear of the Big Squawk 5 When Dempsey Won wona sensational victory over Sharkey the howl was raised by Sharkey and those who had bet on him that Dempsey had felled him with a p punch far b below low th tho belt and that he re had hit low at least a dozen times times- before Sharkey Sharkey Sharkey Shar Shar- key dropped When hen Gene Tunney got up UI of off th the floor in the seventh round of the Chicago fight and galloped away to an unquestionable decision oyer over the former champion a howl of of equal volume volume- was raised that Tunney had been given a count of at least fourteen and th that t If the champion had been forced to ge get getup getup up up within tire the count of ot ten Dempsey surely would li vo clipped him T TUNNEY BIG MONEY WINNER J S I Regardless of the protests and the squawks the record book will h have ve it that Dempsey knoek knocked d out Shark Sharkey Shar Shar- k key y the most p promising of the the- th younger contenders for the champIonship championship cham cham- and that Tunney retained the heavyweight championship by winning a a. round 10 decision from D Dempsey Tire Phie books of the l I Madison Madi dl- dl son son Square r Garden cot corporation will show also that It U was lias a a prof profitable table year jear for Or Mr 11 Tex Rickard rd even if it he ho an and h his s six sit hundred millionaire associates Iss tes did cle dear clear r o only oaly ly on the the- Chicago fight tight Tunney with a flat purse purs purse o of oh a cool million dollars was the bt big money winner of toe me n year jear ar but Dempsey with as his end of the Tunney y fight and as as' as his his' bit for for- forthe the Sharkey fight did not have a le len lean n year Gene Tunney Mickey y Walker Valker and and Sammy Mandell vera vere tire th-a only champions who st started the year as titleholders and survived without without- i isome i isome some question as to their property rights Even in their cases they were fronted with some dispute The long count in the Chicago fight took some credit away from om T Tunney y Walker Walker- was sas charged the act of running out of an agree an-agree- agree agreement ment to give the late Tiger Flowers a return ma match ch for the title and Mandell was was' accused of pi picking king setups In tire Uret tank towns r LABARBA J j S RETIRES S Fidel LaBar LaBarba ba started the v yearns ear as the flyweight champion b but t th the title became vacant when ha he retired to enter Stanford university Before he resigned LaBarba was trounced twice by Johnny Johnny- a Boston boy in no decision n fights J Charley Chancy Rosenberg who vho for on one reason or always was an Unsatisfactory n bantamweight ight champion cham champion pion got into trouble with the New New- NewYork NewYork York boxing commission for signIng sign sign- Ing tag two sets of contracts for a fight with Bushy Gra lm and w was s' s suspended sus sUS- bended el for a a year He Pie had grown grawn out of tho class however and was vas ready to enter the featherweight division Bud Taylor who who- also is having trouble with the weight ar and d with fragile hands Is the outstanding nd- nd ing lag claimant for the title Tire featherweight championship became vacant when KId signed to enter the tile lightweight class HE Ho was vms knocked nut tout in hi his first at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt by Billy Wallace Benny Bass is generally recognized now as the champion PETE LATZO S LOSES TITLE Pete Latzo Lat lost the welterweight welter championship to Dundee and Dundee gave promise of being a no fighting bighting champion ion but ho got Into trouble in an California when he failed to to appear for fora a a match with Ace Hudkins and a nationwide suspension suspension pen uPen- sion sian was avas slapped slap on him Jack Jick Delan Delaney y who Irad an Unquestioned Un Un- un- un questioned rIght light to tho light heavy weight championship cha plo resigned t tenter to tp enter the heavyweight division ion where he ho hardly had ha 1 ordinary sue suc cess Before he vacated the title title- titled he he- had been matched to meet ti-re ti veteran former champion chamion Mike Mike- Mc- Mc Tigue and nd the New York commis commission sion sian passed the the- tithe the title on to ruling that he vas was entitled to th the tite tWe by default The National Boxing association disputed tho the ruling ruling- of the the- N New w York commission and decreed that Jim Jimmy my Slattery lattery was tho champion champlon Loughran then met and defeated and then en trimmed Slattery Slat Slat- tery T Through rough tire Bre return of Dempsey to the ring and the elimination tournament tournament tournament tour tour- that Tex Rickard lUckard staged among the contenders for the championship cham charn- the heavyweight eight class was was- vas unusually active and as i sa says When says When the big fellers ar aro aIG working business is good In all th theother the tho other S |