Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1930, Page 28

C-2 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. € WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1930. SPORT Only Thing Clear About Big Fight Tomorrow Is That Fans Will “Pay Freight” CROWD OF 75,00 DUE TOSEEBOUT As Usual, Confident Claims Emanate From Camps of Rival Scrappers. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, June 11.—In the most interesting and most extravagantly ballyhooed | fistic affair since the late Tex Rickard pulled the strings of the heavyweight Punch and Judy show, Jack Sharkey will fight Max| Schmeling tomorrow night 15 rounds or less at the Yankee Stadium for the “heavyweight championship of the world.” 1t is by all odds the most significant heavyweight bout since the retirement of Gene Tunney, but whether the win- ner will be recognized outside of Ger- many, Litauania and the United States remains to be seen. With any kind of an even break from old man wheather, a crowd of 75,000 | fans probably will pay in excess of $700,000 to see the big show. This is a far cry from the figures attending the last of the outstanding Rickard extrava- ganzas on Chicago's lake front in 1927, but it excels anything on the books of the heavyweight business for the past three years. In addition the customers will have the happy opportunity to serve a double purpose in benefitting the children’s milk fund, sponsored by | Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, and in | aiding the recovery of the indigent | heavyweight division. Many Questions in Debate. Today, the two main questions up for debate among the railbirds are: First, can Schmeling carry the fistic heights that three previous foreign challengers, Firpo, Carpentier and Heeney, failed to do? Second, can Sharkey overcome the temperamental jinx that has seemed to pursue him in international com- petition and fight at his best? This fight is no exception, when it comes to the speculative “ifs” and | “buts,” or even the loose talk that | everything is “in” and “all right” for | one ‘principal or the other. So far as | that goes it is just the ballyhoo that has become a part of the game. The claims from one corner that Schmeling will win if he crowds and harrasses Sharkey from the outset are countered by the cries that the Teuton will have his ears cuffed off if he mixes too willingly. ‘The belief that Sharkey is due for one of his good fights and, therefore, will emerge the winner is offset by his record of consistently putting up mediocre bouts against foreign rivals. It is this strange feature of Sharkey's career that seems to give Schmeling the best chance to capture heavyweight honors that any invader has had since Luis Angel Firpo knocked Jack Demp- sey out of the ring at the Polo Grounds seven years ago. Sharkey has fought his good fights almost exclusively against the domestic punch absorbers. His most impressive | performances were scored against Harry Wills and George Godfrey, the so-called black menaces; Jim Maloney and Tommy Loughran, representing the Irish-American contingent. Against this, there is Sharkey's record of being knocked out early in his career by Romero Rojas, the Chilean; beaten by bounding Jobnny Risko, the Austrian baker boy; held to a draw by old Tom Heeney, the New Zealander; victor over Phil Scott, the Englishman, in & very questionable bout at Miami, where Phil might easily | have been declared the winner on a| foul, whether or not he was hurt by Sharkey's low blows. Sharkey 9 to 5 Favorite. This information may be food for the hunch players, even though not consoling to the patriots, who con- sider 1t a national calamity, scarcely less important than the Wall Street crash, if the heavyweight title is lost to America. In spite of it, the form players have made Sharkey a 9 to 5 favorite in the betting and he prob- ably will enter the ring at that figure. ‘The training camps have contributed little but wordage to the general dis- cussion. The main facts are that Sharkey, best of a poor crop of Ameri- can heavyweights, has the fighting BY BENNY LEONARD, Retired Undefeated of the World. EW YORK, June 11.—With their active training over, Jack Shar- key and Max Schmeling now face the hardest part of their ordeal in preparation for their heavy- weight championship battle in the ‘Yankee Stadium tomorrow night. Now come the hours of suspense, and, be- lieve me, they are the hours that some- times decide defeat or victory for & fighter. Both Sharkey and Schmeling, no matter how they appear outwardly, will do some tall mental gymnastics during these hours. There will be mo- ments of doubt, of wondering if there wasn't some point in their training they could have stressed more, or if they will be able to perform as well in the ring as they have been led to believe by the published reports of their ability. Sharkey, no doubt, will worry off a pound or so, and Schmeling, in spite of his much-vaunted calmness and self- control, also is bound to worry off at least that much. And this pound might not show in the actual weighing of the men, so far as their physical poundage is concerned. It will be a pound of energy and vigor. Is Difficult Period. From now until the men enter the ring the trainers and managers will go through one of the most difficult parts of their job. Their problem will be how to keep the minds of the fighters occu- gewd, and yet not bored. The men must kept interested, and their confidence and purpose must not be allowed to lag. ‘This may not be so hard in Sharkey's case. Jack is a card fiend; he thinks he’s a great pinochle player. With Schmeling it might be different. Max is an easy fellow to meet; he's a very hard fellow to figure. Personally, equipment and experience with which to beat back the challenge of the young, hard-hitting and courageous German. No one yet, however, has successfully predicted what Sharkey will do on any given evening in the ring, so that the rest of the argument may just as well be reserved for tomorrow night. The tale outside of the ring may be more impressive than that within, for the ringside seats will be occupied by dazzling rows of notables in evening frocks and stiff-shirted costume. The ranks of the famous “600 millionaires” of Madison Square Garden may be somewhat depleted since recent events in Wall Street, but they will all be there, anyway. The price, $2.10 to $26.25, have been scaled to fit the pocketbooks of the faithful in all ranks. RILEY WILL RETURN 70 CELTICS’ LINE-UP ALEXANDRIA, Va. June 11.—Leon Riley, who recently announced his in- tentions of quitting the _national pastime, will be back in the St. Mary's Celtics’ line-up after several weeks' ab- sence Sunday when the team faces the Naval Hospital nine of Washington in a benefit game for the Joe Judge day fund. The contest will take place at Baggett's Park, starting at 3 o’clock. Riley played with several minor league teams. Two strong teams will clash Priday when the Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs stage their charity game at Baggett's Park for the benefit of the Children's Health Clinic and the Alexandria Day Nursery. More changes may be looked for in the standings of the Virginia section of the Capital City League Sunday afternoon. Bauserman Motor Co., in second place, can move into a tie for the lead with the Ballston A. C. by defeating the Jefferson District Fire Department, while the Piremen can advance to sec- Woodlawn A. C. can go to third place from fourth if it wins over the Cherrydale Fire Department and Jef- ferson District beats Bauserman. Ballston A. C., league leaders, drew a bye in the loop play, but will engage the Phoenix A. C. of Washington. Colonial A. C. will entertain the Sen- ator A. C. of Washington Sunday at 3 o'clock on the Colonial diamond. ———— Because of a successful hockey season in Cleveland, Ohio, a $1,000,000 indoor sports arena is planned, to seat 15,000 spectator: TROUSERS <=0 Match Your Odd Coats BISEMAN’S, 7th & F SIMMONS MOTOR CO. Used Car D l4th St at rtme: Oldsmobile-Viking takes pleasure in nouncing the appoint ment of this new me! of the Oldsmobile-Vi- king dealer organization. Thisassociation, brought about by a close larity of business ideals, is based particularly on Lightweight Champion | NW. HOW THEY SIZE UP FOR TITLE FIGHT TOMORROW SHARKEY [ HEIGHT REACH Grrim T4 m. 39m. a2m 17 m 12Zm 10m. 8m 34m 19 12% m NECK BICEPS FOREARM WRIST WAIST THIGH CALF ANKLE Fighters Face Toughest Task In Waiting for Time of Bout I believe Max could amuse himself bet- ter than Sharkey could if both were left to themselves. There is more of the little boy, so far as playing is concerned, {in schmetllnl, and yet he has the brain of a mature man, and a pretty d | brain at that. o The fact that Sharkey is so cocksure | of himself in this fight will make these | hours of waiting easier for him. But |even with all his confidence Sharkey | will have his attacks of worry and sus- pense. | The further fact that both men will be resting physically will militate | against their sleeping as well this night before the fight as they did in their days of actual training. Then they were fatigued. But now it is the brain that will be active. Schmeling trained over a Iongler pe- riod for this fight than did Sharkey. The German did some work in his na- tive land. This was easily seen upon his arrival here. He was lean and trim and his wind was good. Sharkey has put in about 35 days of preparation for the fight. He did about | 10 days’ work in Boston, then came on to Orangeburg and put in 25 more days. Of the two, Sharkey showed the bet- "tgr workout in his final days of train- ing. Both men sloughed off a bit in their boxing during the last week. I already have said that both men have come through their training re- markably well. I do not believe either has left anything in the gymnasium. ‘They both will go in there prepared to put up a good fight, as good as they |are capable of putting up. This may | be very good or it may be very bad. | One of them must win.” I don't expect the fight to end in & draw. (Copyright, 1930. by North American News- paper Alliance.) CHEST (wormar) 40%m. CHESTexpanoer) 45 m. 27 % 6rr. T3% . 16%m. 14 1em POLO PLAY FAVORITE HAS A MATCH TODAY The 16th Field Artillery team, strong | favorite to win the Argentine Cup polo | series in Potomac_Park, was scheduled to play the War Department Blues to- day at 4:30 o'clock. In yesterday's game the 3d Cavalry from Fort Myer sprang an upset by de- feating the War Department Whites, 11 to 6, alded by a two-goal handicap, which was ludicrously unnecessary. Lieut. Makinney, for the Cavalrymen, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ingalls, for the Whites, were scoring stars with four goals each. Ingalls put over a one-man drive of 60 yards to ROAD 70 THE TOP ROCKY FOR JACK Sharkey Twice Before Has Blown Chances to Get a Shot at Title. BY WILBUR WOOD. EW YORK, June 11.—With all the labors and petty annoy- ances of the training grind be- hind him, Jack Sharkey i hidden away in an uptown hotel today, in the best of physical condition, to make his bid for the heavyweight championship of the world against Max Schmeling at the Yankee Stadium to- morrow night. What is of more importance is '.he‘ Bostonian's mental attitude. Unless something happens between now and the time the men enter the ring, Shar- key will go to the post with no cares on his mind other than those thoughts which must of necessity creep into the mind of any nfan facing the supreme test of his life. Sharkey's path to a battle for the title has been a rocky one. With a slight alteration in the fistic pattern, the burly Bostonian would have had a shot at the laurels in 1927. All he needed was a victory over Jack Demp- sey in their Midsummer engagement of that year to be given the September shot at Tunney. Jack was forced to swallow bitter | medicine in the Dempsey fight, losing | on a tainted knockout after he had battered the man mauler from pillar to post in the first two rounds. Again in 1928 he blew his chance to fight Tunney by dropping a close decision to Risko, with the result that score one goal, and Makinney passed to | Lieut. Bosserman for another thriller. Licut. Bosserman took Makinney's pass and drove it between the legs of two enemy horses for a score. The summary: 3rd Cav. Yellows, Lieut. Bosserma: . Lieut. Makinney.. Capt Devine. Lieut. Nobl Score by chukkers: War Whites . Tty IR =" *Two-goal handicap. Goals—Ingalls (4). Shafer (3). Bosserman (3), Makinney (4), Noble (3). Referee—Gen. E. E. Booth, STRIBLING TO WITNESS HEAVYWEIGHT CONTEST CHICAGO, June 11 (#).—W. L. “Young” Stribling today broke training for his impending match with Otto Von Porat to go to New York, where he will watch Jack Sharkey and Max Schme- ling decide the next heavyweight cham- plonship. 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Even in the Scott bout the jinx which has camped on his trail almost folled | him again, as it seemed for a time that | he would be disqualified for low punch- 'GENARO KEEPS TITLE, DEFEATING BELANGER By the Associated Press. TORONTO, Ontario, June 11.—Once again Frankie Genaro, recognized as the fiyweight champion by the National Boxing Commission, has thwarted the attempt of Albert (Frenchy) Belanger to regain the crown that formerly rested | on the Canadian's head. | _Genaro retained his National Boxing Commission title last night with a slashing 10-round victory over Belanger. | The diminutive Toronto fighter had the better of the argument for four rounds, but thereafter Frankie displayed the speed and cleverness that has carried | him to the top of the division. ‘The fight was a speedy affair from the start to the finish, but the cham- plon forged ahead slowly and surely in point scoring as the end hove into view. Late in the fight Genaro scored re- peatedly with left jabs and a powerful | overhand right. NOTED FIGHT'MANAEER HAS A MEAGER ESTATE NEW YORK, June 11 (#.—Billy Gibson, who handled hundreds of | thousands of dollars as manager for Gene Tunney and Benny Leonard when both were champions of the ring, has an estate of only $24,886.92, it was disclosed in Supreme Court. | Justice Lydon signed an order, of | which the financial record was a part, | | confirming the findings of a sheriff’s| jury that Gibson is mentally incom- petent. Grief over the death of his wife in 1928 is sald to have led to his mental derangement. | By the Associated Press. Principals—Jack Sharkey, Germany. Place—Yankee Stadium. Broadcasting—National Namee announcing. Second bout-—Raul Bianchi, sey City, 10 rounds. Spain, 10 rounds. Facts of Big Bout Tomorrow Boston, vs. Max BSchmeling, Title at stake—World's heavyweight champlonship. Length of bout—Fifteen rounds or less. Time of bout—9 p.m. (Eastern standard time). Probable gate receipts—$750,000, Probable attendance—75,000. Probable betting—Sharkey a 9-to-8 cholce. Price of seats—$2.10, $5.25, $13.65 and $26.25 (including tax), Promoters—Milk fund, conducted by Mrs. Willlam Randolph Hearst and Madison Square Garden. In event of rain—Fight to be held Friday. Broadcasting Co., Graham Me- First bout—Marty Fox, New York, vs. Piet Brandt, New York, six rounds, 7 p.m. (Eastern standard time). Cuba, vs. Stanley Parada, Jer- Third bout—Henry Lamar, Washington, vs. Mateo Osa, Semi-final—Al Fay, Chicago, vs. substitute for Walter Cobb, Baltimore, 10 rounds, after main bout. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE —Benny Bass, Phila- delphia, knocked out Cowboy Eddie An- derson, Chicago (3). TORONTO. — Prankie Genaro, New York, outpoinfed Al Berlanger, Toronto (10). CHICAGO. —Earl Mastro, Chicago, outpointed Ward Sparks, Detroit (10). Solly Schuman, Chicago, knocked out Ermie Bell, Los Angeles (5). 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