Show 4 i IS SEASON BOXING MINUS MIM TS TACK DEMPSEY ST FRS THROUGH DISASTROUS A I WJ JO i GENE TUNNEY QUITS RING i 1 WITH TITLE y Tony T ony Canzoneri Lone Lonett i f-i Fighter to Drop NaIf Nai Na Na- 0 i v S Crown fi M PS 1 D Despite a the abs absence f 6 Jack Demp- Demp fey sey most colorful drawing card in WIng ring history the retirement of Gene S T and the reluctance of most v r champions to defend their titles 5 i Cauliflower pfd pM did fairly for tor tors s itself itS lt during during- 1928 r S Only on one orio Champion pion T Tony ny Canzoneri Can Can- oneri lost his crown in the battles r that raged through tha l land nd Joe Joo Dundee d despite tho the pressure of both the tho National association l and the New York ork athletic aUrlette com corn cornS commIssIon commission S mission raIled failed d to defend his title at al fall idl But Jut th thO lesser lights In Ih It all nil divisions divi son struggling fiercely to tb gain the the l limelight furnished d enough action J to take th the curse curs olt off one oM of or the tho poorest poorest poorest poor poor- I S est outdoor or seasons in ring history and anti ke keep p the n new W indoor arenas arents in inS S Chicago Detroit Boston and NewY New Tew NewYork Y York rk Well tilled filled HEENEY LOSES TO TUNNEY S The Tile highlight of ot the seM season n furnished fur fur- its l as well Defending Defending Defend Defend- ing leg ti heavyweight championship for tor the last time before his retirement retire retire- ment mont and marriage Gene Gone Tunney crushed tl Torn Tom nt Heeney feeney tugged rugged rock reck i from om d down under and the official winner O of T TOx x elimination tournament When all efforts failed to convince Dempsey that a Li third tty try might succeed where two others oth oth- ers had not Heeney went vent to a slaughter I that lasted all but eight sc seconds of ot eleven lev n rounds before th the referee e Interfered With titles vacant e nt in both th the bant bantamweight and flyweight dIvisions divisions divi dIvi- and only Tommy Lo n th tho pound ruler disposed posed to fight anyone and everyone the me- me band of heavyweights bat- bat tUng to challenge cha Tunney monopolized monopolized liz d th the Winter season They furnished fur fur- skirmishes skirmIsh s almost dev devoid ld ot oJ with only one knockout and fe few foW surprises s. s SHARKEY IS HUGE FLOP The biggest disappointment was th the showing of Jack key Shai-koy touted until he met Dempsey as 05 S tIre th-e next heavyweight champion The Boston gob fought a p poor ot roUnd 12 draw drav with Uh Torn Tom t 1 1 ency and ancl was punched from om i Jm th the picture by Johnny the tho Clev Cleveland l hd Baker Balt 1 Boy the shot hot by I Heeney Won Tunney 1 uhn y knocking out Jimmy Maloney Malone de defeating de- de Jack Delan Delaney Y and Johnny JohnnyS S the latter In Detroit in October October Octo Oct b ber r of 1927 S The battles battle's of the year ear failed to cf clear crear r. r the varied claims t to the fly weight and bantamweight titles al l. l th Tony Tont C NeW Nev Ne Orleans lJJ bootblack whipped ped n BasS of ot Philadelphia hit to Wilt Wi U- U d ct int featherweight in l February l' l alY Tony r hY ono one ot of tho bus busy titleholders h dropped d an art n oV overweight decision to Harry Philadel southpaw whom B Bass ss later ter knocked out nn and 1 in Sept September mb r dst the cham championship to Andre R ROutis u is of France BANTAM TITLE IN DOUBT In Jn th the tho ban bantamweight am weight division minus ft rr champion since Charley Icy J Phil Ros Rosenberg forfeited tho thu title Al dl Brown Drown n negro gt slugger from Panama punama Pana- Pana mat ma ma fought his Way to the Ute top of the tIlE National Boxing association rating rating rat rat- ratIng ing While Busily BusHy Graham ot of Utica N N. T. T did the same thing in Th n the realm of ot th the New York state athletic commission They never met Similarly New ew Y York tk recognized zed Schwartz as the flyweight titleholder title- title holder while the N. N B. B A. A put the stamp of ot approval on OIt Frankie Genaro Gc- Gc naro Ix Loughran steamed through the light heavyweights ight and disposed o of ot Joe of Denver Jimmy Slattery Slattery Slattery Slat- Slat tery of ot Buffalo Leo the him him Aberdeen assassin Who floored twice in the first round and Pete Fete Latzo former welterweight rw ight title title- holder Tommy campaigned lightly among among- the thoe w hedv heavyweights but the New Y York rk c commission r refused fused him recognition n In hi that cl class ss While hold holding ing lag the lighter championship h I Prodded rodd d fht ihlo the ring by threats of suspension n lon Mickey 1 Walker th the Jersey t toy y bulldog put ut the middleweight middleweight middle middle- loW lo- lo W weight CrOWn rOwn on en the block for A Ace e and barely ek eked d out a victory vic vie tory in itt a s savage savage- Vaga 10 round 10 round 10 battle in ih Chicago June 21 Reinstated d to good grace T cC throughout throughout through through- throughout out th the boxing world orid aft after r being freed on court charges that Ural grew out of his ills failure to go go- through with a match natch with Ace Act HUdkins in Los Angeles Angeles' An geles' geles el s In 1927 1027 Joe Dundee failed to reach his old form He knocked out omit Martinez in Spain but was whipped himself in Iii two rounds of a bout with Young Jack Thompson acif coast negro ne-gro in Chicago September 30 The sensation sensa sensa- tl thin tion n Of the division was J Jackie clde FI Fields another Californian Calif who knocked d out ut Sammy Baker tho the Now York challenger nger in two rounds and whipped Young Corbett and Thomp Thomp- son Tw Twice ce during the spring and summer summer sum sum- mer mer nier Tod Morgan junior lightweight champion whipped d Cannonball Ed- Ed Martin in Iii round 15 I title matches TWO SENSATIONS DISCOVERED Two other r s sensations ns of ot the tho year yeat Tuffy TUy Griffiths Sioux au City light lIght- and Jimmy bl blew W tip up in the tile final l stages stage of ot the campaign amp Griffiths came east ast and amid knocked out by James Jumes J. J Braddock Braddock Brad Brad- d dock cl after aftem fIVe fifty straight victories vie vic tories tortes In the midwest 1 punching t terror of tile the lightweights l lost t Oil on oi ft 9 technical knockout to Ray Miller of bt Chicago during his campaign cam cam- to tOr force O another title tilt with u |