Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-07-08 | Page 8 | Sharkey Still Favored by Bettors

If S 'S STILL II II FAVORED fA BY BETTORS Odds Odds' Suddenly Shift Dempsey May Be Favorite Favorite Favorite Fa Fa- Fa- Fa Soon By HENRY L. L FARRELL United Press Staff Correspondent NEW NEV YORK July 8 Shifting 8 odds b being offered on the Dempsey Dempsey- Sharkey Sharkey- fight tight are beginning to re reM fleet ah opinion that Dempsey is not so hollow that he will crack before a a. mean mean look Two weeks ago shortly after atter Te Tex Rickard had made his million dollar doUar match betting commissioners In the tile financial district were offering offering offer offer- ing money at 9 to 5 that Sharkey would win from tram the former champion cham cham- pion Today the odds had been trimmed to almost even money and it was was' predicted Dempsey Dempsey- might be bethe bethe bethe the favorite before they enter the riD ring on July 21 One bet of ot to and another another an nn- other of ot to 2000 on Sharkey were placed by byone one lne firm and more money was available at the same price The switch in the betting is not easy to to explain If It those who fa favored favored favored fa- fa Sharkey had doubts about Dern Dempsey's condition they should have now Just because I Dempsey pushed over over overa a of sparring partners In hi hla training camp the the odds odds dds seem to have been Influenced And that's rather flimsy film flim sy ground to build build build-a a b bet beton t tOn On Some Of t th experts think Sharkey Sharkey Shar Shar- key has made a mistake In riot getting getting getting get get- ting down y to official lal ial training before before be be- fore tore this time He was to have his first workout here this this' afternoon although wanted him him- here a a w week ek ago didn't make much of a fuss about it however as he lie knows Imo Sharkey will wiil do what he w to do when he wants to todo todo do it When the match was made Sharkey Sharkey Shar- Shar I key said he didn't need need- needmore more than ten days' days work to get ready for tor torI Dempsey or Tunney He Ie pointed out that his danger was in iii over over- I training and perhaps he ho is right