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Show The Winner to Meet Champion Pete Herman By Wood Cowan vSL LYNCH vs. paKmi jack SHARKEY S Job holds a PoPouc -DeoiON GVEfc. champion vJack is a. eoobH MmD punch if P'oMTei.HE luMPec PfcTE FtHMAM fcOT LOT TO VII UE VN E.N6LAND-. IUT0 FISTIC PkW N CFECTlMt VfltbE AT Mti-WAUK.EE Probabl ohe Ol the best fights eer witnessed in all the pugilistic history of Ihe old Madison Square Garden was the 15-round bout there between Joe Lynch and Jack Sharkey a few weeks back. The Judges dlsa greed In their decisions, one voting It a draw while (he other gave It to Lynch. Pan Referee Bill Brown called It even, and his word was final. The winner of this fighl was to meet Pete Herman. bantamweight champion. So Joe and Jack are go- I lng lo climb thru ihe ropes again soon to settle their superiority. For act ion from the flrsi gong, this bout will go down on record as the best bet Not ten seconds had slipped by before (he two were, standing toe to toe in one of the fastest slugfests we ever witnessed , While Lynch is a clever, fast boxer,, : he proved Sharks) s -piul at c lose quarters and had the fans yelling their heads off all thru the round1 ; for Joe is a great lavonte in New ' York After pummelling each other thru half the second. Sharkev caught a Lynch on the chin at practically the; same instant that Joe's fist cm i bedded iiself (n Jack's left eat Lynch went down for the count of 1 nine, while Sharkey staggered across the ring, saving hinuelf by catching the rope?. Lynch had no more than regained his feet before Sharkey floored him a second tune and I nch was punched so grojigy at ihe bell that he started for Jack's cor ner. For the balance of the fighl, however, how-ever, Lynch redeemed himself enough to overcome that bad second round He did more leading, and his left jab gave Sharkey a lot of trouble There was not a round in the whole bout that was slow, lor Sharkey can always be depended upon for action. He is strictly an "in" fighter and is likely lo tear into his opponent like a Kansas cyclone at any moment mo-ment Their next set-to should be a hum mer. And whoever wins, should he the next nam am weight champion, for we believe that either Jack or Foe can take the measure of Pete Herman. They both hold popular decisions over the champion. |