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THE EVENING RTAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0., MONDAY, Max Not Yet a Real Champion LACKS EXPERIENCE OF A TOPNOTCHER Idleness of Year May Be Fatal to Career—Gym Can- not Take Ring’s Place. BY SPARROW McGANN. EW YORK, June 16.—Max Schmeling has again proved that he is the dar- ling of Lady Luck, but the German fighter is nevertheless unfortunate in winning the world heavyweight title as early in his career. At a time when he needs a great deal more real fighting to| develop the Teuton will find him- | self, as champion, restricted to| one bout a year—and the result is | easy to guess. Schmeling, the first man ever to win | the highest crown in pugilism by the foul route, is a comparative novice | when stacked up against a heady, ex- perienced boxer. This was well demon- strated at Yankee Stadium here Thurs- day night in his four rounds of milling with Jack Sharkey. Now, what's the outlook for Herr Bchmeling? Under his contract with | the Madison Square Garden Corpora- tion the German’s next appearance in | a championship match must be under its auspices, and if he does not fight next Fall he probably will be idle for a full year. That means he will not be a | bit better as a fighter & year from now | than he was Thursday night. Youngsters Coming On. It takes diligent work against sea- | soned fighters to bring out the best in a man and perfect his fighting qualities. | Schmeling was & fine prospect at this | time last year. What a year of idleness | did for him was only too apparent in his fight with Sharkey. All he showed | for his training in this country was a | fair left hook. His right was not in evidence so much. Sharkey beat the | German to the punch with hard hooks to the body and scored cleanly with | smashing rights to the jaw. 1f this is all that Max can show after & year away from the ring, it can be safely assumed that some young Ameri- can heavies who will ~be fighting throughout the year will be a fair match with him. Schmeling has given ample evidence that he is far and away below the class of those who held the title before him. | In the old days title holders fought whenever a suitable contender loomed on the horizon and that kept their fighting blades on edge. A long course of hard knocks toughened a fighter and made him capable of withstanding a hard gruelling. Not so today. Fighters, if they can now be called such, are too anxious to take a blow on the thigh or just on the foul line and call for help. Real Fights Needed. Schmeling does not show_the spirit | of a fighting champion. He pugnacious enough and does not know | enough about the fine points of the game to maneuver into position for his deadly right. The idea that he can be | taught to be a superfighter is & bit far- fetched. No fighter in the history of the game has been gymnasium taught. | It takes more than instruction and shadow boxing to make a champion. The claim that Schmeling can keep his wits under fire was not borne out in the Sharkey contest. Sharkey worked easily and smoothly and picked his shots with care. He permitted Max to walk in and slashed through the guard of the German. In the third round Jack began to make his blows count and Max lost his coolness and set plan of battle. Instead of reaching out with his left, or hooking with it. he began to lead with his right, and this was a dead giveaway. He proved that his schooling had given him but a light veneer and would not resist the ‘wear of hard pummelling. If Schmeling is out of the game another year his reign will be short- lived. There are any number of prom- ising youngsters who will be polishing their wares in the hard game of fisti- cuffs and by the time Schmeling is called to defend his title he will find plenty of stiff opposition. By e R AR STRIBLING FAVORITE | TO BEAT VON PORAT By the Associsted Press. CHICAGO, June 16, — William (Young) Stribling and Otto von Porat, each aiming to improve his position in the heavyweight parade at the expense of the other in the Chicago Stadium Wednesday night, went into their final training exercises today With the Southerner a 6-to-5 favorite. Stribling took time out to go to New r the Schmeling-Sharkey bout, Von Porat remained at work. ling's greater experience and su- perior ring craft were expected to offset Von Porat's terrific punching power, slthough there was some wagering that Otto would give Willlam his first knockout defeat omises to be larger than the Von Porat-Gagnon bout three weeks ago. The advance sale today had reached $20000 and more than $70,000 worth of trade was anticipated by the time they climb into the ring. SHOW PULLS FANS ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 16—With interest in the first local fight of “Baker Boy” Bill Schwartz, Alexandria light- heavyweight flash, at fever heat, the seating capacity of the arena at the foot of King stre for the Old Do- nion Boat Club's smoker tonight like- | be taxed. is not | Tribe | RAIL MAGNATE, BANKER WIN ON REVEILLE BOY CHICAGO, June 16 (#).—A tween them $8,776.60 of won on Revellle Boy, Saturday. P. H. Joyce, chairman of the execu- Boy's nose and at $113.08 for $2, col- | lected $5,654. Foreman National Bank played the and his tickets were worth $3,112.60, Among the smaller betters were an | Army officer and_nine women. |, The amount of money handled by | the mutuels was $1,112,349, of which $223,944 was awarded on the Derby. In 1929, $1,213,124 was wagered on Derby | day, with $298,631 on the feature race. FOUR HEAVY TITLE ASPIRANTS BATTLE at Chicago—Risko, Paulino Meet at Detroit. By the Associated Press, EW YORK, June 16.—Four of the somewhat limited list of front-rank heavyweight con- tenders will swing into action this week at Chicago and Detroit. At Chicago, Otto von Porat, lantern- fawed Norwegian who lives in Chicago, will meet W. L. (Young) Stribling of Macon, Ga., in the feature bout of a stadium show on Wednesday. At D troit, on Thursday, Johnny Risko of Cleveland and Paulino Uszcudun of Spain, two trial horses who never seem to wear out, will swap punches for 10 rounds. Jack Thompson, Nego holder of the welterweight chompionship, takes on Joe Cordoza of Los Angeles in a 10- round non-title bout at Los Angeles to- morrow, and on Priday at San Fran- cisco, Armand Emanuel, Los Angeles heavyweight, meets a rugged foe in Leo Lomski of Aberdeen, Wash. At New York tonight, Ray Miller, Chi- cago lightweight, encounters Sammy White, a clever Negro from Harlem, at Dexter Park. Tomorrow night Tony Canzonerl, one-time featherweight cham- pion, meets Tommy Grogan, slugging lightweight from Omaha at the Queens- boro Stadium. Wednesday's show at Ebbets Field will be headed by a 10- rounder between Pete Latzo of Scranton and Larry Johnson, crack Negro light heavyweight from Chicago. PHELAN GETS FEATHERS. SEATTLE, June 16 (#).—Jimmy Phelan, University of Washington foot ball coach obtained from Purdue, has been christened Chief Nawee Na Clah by the Yakima (Washington) Indian . The title means “Big Chief Many Thunders” He was presented with a feathered headgear by Chief Tom_Yallup. “4%” —then make Rotail Soles— 1709 L Street JAVA W “ Schwartz will meet Walter McFeeley, | former Georgetown University boxer, in | Schwartz made his has yet to under. t last Winter an X decision. Four knockouts are included in his record of six wins A six-round semi-final is booked be- tween Young McIntosh and Buddy Eslin, while the following prelims will start at 8:15 o'clock: Charley Eisinger vs. Young Pirpo. six rounds; Rody Davis vs. Jesse Belt, six rounds, and jer Burke vs. yunds. Billy Havens of the Washing- anoe Club will tackle “Wee Willie” avis, former Virginia Polytechnic In- ste mat star, in the lone wrestling ch on the card. mmy Lake, popular in Washington t cireles, will annour The com- ee in charge of the smoker, the opening feature of the Old Dominions golden_jubilee celebration, is composed of T. Brooke Howard, chairman; John Big Richardson, six | | * ness and all around goodness of tive commlittee of the Chicago Great Western Rallway, had $100 on Reveille| Jack Likely to Try Comeback Harold Foreman of the winner $50 to win and $40 to show, Stribling, Von Porat Clash| DEMPSEY, HARD UP, railroad executive and a_banker collected be- winner of the | American Derby at Washington Park if He Finds His Legs Will Stand Strain. | BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. HICAGO, June 16—Gene Tun- ney or Jack Dempsey may re- gard Max Schmeling's syn- thetic possession of the world heavyweight championship a sufficient affront to the waning prowess of Amer= icans at fisticuffs to bring about the | return of one or the other to the ring. But if both refuse the gauge, there will | be a scurrying and hurrying among the | boxing powers to find a suitable chal- | lenger for the Black Uhlan. One thing is quite certain. Schmel- ing will peaceably retain his cheaply | won title only until a logical challenger can be brought forth. Herr Schmeling | and the title far away in Germany or | trapezing around Europe will bring no | money to American promoters, and money, after all, is the root of modern boxing. There is a better chance of Jack Dempsey coming back for one more fight than Tunney. Gene never was one to enjoy the rigors and turmoil of a training camp merely for the sport of taking a punch at sone one’s chin. He has plenty of money, is having a good ‘time, and it's unlikely he will | spring to arms merely because an out- lander has the championship. Dempsey is a different sort. He en- Joyed fighting and its increments. Your correspondent is informed that Jack could stand to earn a large hunk of money right now. The refereeing and | vaudeville business has fallen off since | Jack Wall, Dempsey's close friend and booking agent, died. Jack, out on the Pacific Coast, is said | to have mentioned the possibility of | going into training. Last Winter he said he might return if a foreigner won e champlionship. Put two and two together and you soon may find Demp- | sey working his old legs on the sands of Ensenada—Gene Normile'’s resort |dewn in Mexico. Then if there still is spring in his muscles, he may vote for the return trip. | Schmeling has said he will not fight | again until 1931. But if Dempsey wants |to fight late this Summer, Herr Max had better be there. It will be Dempsey and not Schmeling who will bring them in for another million-dollar gate. There is, of course, the possibility of & re-match between Schmeling and Sharkey, for no one was satisfied with the ending of last week’s bout. But the sailor’s recent fights all have been malodorous, and if some one else can be found to fight the German, Sharkey likely will be unmolested by promoters. Primo Carnera, the ambling alp, may be a contender after hi: fight with George Godfrey. Carnivorous removed some of the shadows that had engulfed him when he knocked out K. O. Christ- ner, and should he belt old Phebe Wil- liams, a crack at Schmeling will be al- most certain. Primo is anything but & good fighter. But his size makes him formidable. | | BEFORE pusehasing any sutomobile, ride in and drive the new NASH Twin Ignition Eight your selection WALLACE MOTOR COMPANY Bistributors DEecatur 2280 LA PALINA RAPPED Ave LAPALIN QuALTTY €IGAR - | THE SECRET OF THE BLEND | The matchless flavor, mellow mild- | La Palina is the result of choice | expensive filler wrapped in pure Java ledf. | In this City thousands of Motorists - JUN are getting the Dazzling Performance of Premium Gasoline ... A7 NO EXTRA COST % o 4 P “I CATCH 'EM WITH PHYSICIAN GETS 20,000 KNOCKLESS MILES! “I have been using Hi-test TYDOL since the day of birth and have made over 20,000 miles, without a knock! 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