Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1931, Page 41

SPORTS., THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D, €, WEDNESDAY, JJLY. 1, 1981, SPORTS. DY STARTLING CHANGE MADE BY GEOREIAN Had Intendsd to End Grind| Last Night and Then Go Into Seclusion. * ' BY CHARLES DUNKLEY. LEVELAND, July 1 ®.— Safely back on the ground after a daring airplane ride over his opponent’s training camp, Young Stribling hurled new defiance at his han- dlers today by suddenly announc- ing that he would box again to- night in preparation for his quest of the world's heavyweight cham- pionship. Stribling intended finishing his train- ing last night, in accordance with pre- vious plans. All preparations had been made for him to come to Cleveland to- day and to go into seclusion until time for him to go into the ring to battle Max Schmeling. the titleholder, Fri- day night. ness to get going, evidently decifled to defy his manager, Pa Stribling, just as he did in borrowing an airplane day and fying over Schmeling's train- ing camp at Conneaut Lake Park, Pa. Stribling, acccmpanied by a New York newspaperman, borrowed & friend's plane in Akron, Ohio, flew over his own training cemp at Geauga Lake and then headgd toward the Pennsyl- vania line for ' Schmeling's camp, 93 miles away. While the German was in the ring, boxing the second round with George Panka of Pittsburgh. Stribling daringly zzomed his plane directly over Schmeling’s camp while the spectators gasped in excitement. Close to Spectators. Stribling’s plane was not more than 200 feet above the spectators. He re- turned twice to repeat the daring ex- ploit and then swiftly sped back to the Cleveland airport to receive a scold- ing frcm his father. But Stribling, full of eager- | stor- | his ride in the air, Stribling breezed through two rounds of warming up and two rounds of boxing last night. The drill was nothing more than a breather for the young Georglan. To avold the risk of cuts, his opponents were in- structed not to throw many hard punches. He boxed the.first round with Sam Ward and the second with his brother, Herbert Striblipg. Ward did not shoot a right-hand punch during his round, but Baby Stribling was not s0 cautious. Stribling appeared to be perfectly trained, and perspired pro- fusely. He was lightning fast on his feet and fast in delivering his punches. After tonight's workout, Stribling in- tends coming into Cleveland to hide out in a private home in an exclusive resi- | denttal district. i To Avoid His Friends. “We don't want the boy bothered by kKis friends” explajned Pa Stribling. “We want him to rest in quiet so he will be rudvmw“?n"in that ring for he battle of his life. | "Schmeling will wind up his training | today, donning the gloves for the last | time until he is called into the ring to dedicate Cleveland's new municipal sta- dium. When he finishes his boxing this afternoon he wi'l have boxed an even 100 rounds at his training camp. | Schmeling's workout vesterday —was impressive. In the three rounds he faced Panka, Schmeling unleashed a | two-fisted body_attack, weaving in and | out to cscape Panka's leads. |""The champion in the one round he | boxed Tony Marullo of New Orleans | practiced _one-two punches, straight | rights to the head. left hook and right | uppercuts. After the workout, Schmel- ing weighed 190 pounds, & pound over the notch he expects to scale when he s Stribling. (n‘;‘hrsflght Will be broadcast over the | National Broadcasting Co s network with Graham McNamee at'the micro- phone. Joe Jacobs, Schmeling's man- | ager, consented to McNamee handling | the fight only after it was agreed that | Sam Taub, a New York newspaper | man, would be allowed to send com- | ment out on the air between rounds. | Jacobs had previously declared that he | would not agree to McNamee broad- casting because of what he termed an |unwarranted and preiudiced account | of McNamee's description of Schmel- | ing's fight with Jack Sharkey a year ago. | “George Blake of Los Angeles. chosen as referee. will arrive in Cleveland to- | morrow afternoon for a conference over the rules. He will arrive in Chicago bv train and depart immediately by airplane for | Cleveland. To meet the demand for cheaper . Aggr essive Tactics, Jarring Right Hand Called German’s Only BY GRANTLAND RICE. LEVELAND, Ohio, July 1.— Max Schmeling will step into the ring here Friday night as well conditioned | and as well prepared to defend his title as any defender who has known only four rounds of actual competition in two years could be Competition is a big factor in the | life of a young fighter—competition under fire, for it means experience. Schmeling lacks the experience a de- fending champion should carry battle, but in every other respect he has gotten himself ready for action against a better boxer and a far more experienced challenger. It is easy to see that Schmeling will depend upon two things for victory— an aggressive attack and a jarring right | hand, a right hand which can do a lot of damage when it happens to land Yet the German must realize that to hit as crafty and as smart a defensive | oxer as Stribling with a right hand is not going to be as simple as it may look. N Cannot Afford to Box. If he stays away and attempts to do any boxing he will be outclassed. But by crowding in, forcing the issue, he hopes to keep Stribiing so busy on’ the defensive side that the Georgian will have little chance to start any offensive of his own. If this happens there is a big chance no great amount of ac- tion will be seen. If Stribling meets the German's steady, almost plodding advance with a quick counter attack there will be a lot of damage from the stert, for both can hit. Stribling will Aind Schmeling an en- | tirely different opponent from Shark Both Stribling and Sharkey are to0 strong defensivel; too advanced ce the boxing side, to leave any openings. Stribling will have more than one good shot at the marching German. but he will also have to break up this march into | Real Assets for Bout with some solid shot rather early in the show. Schmeling has trained himself to | fight the only way he knows—crowd in |and punch. Unfortunately he has only an crdinary left hand to help out his right. With a good left hand, some- |how developed through hard work, he | would be much more dangerous than he can hope to be with only one | dangerous weapon. | Stribling knows that if he can tie up Schmeling’s right he will have come close to spiking the German's big gun, his only killing weapon. In getting ready for_this test Schmel- ing has picked up more speed than he carried int) action against Sharkey last Summer. But he could still stand more |in the way of speed. When Jack Demp- | sey waded into action he had not only | two punishing hands to work with, but also a pair of fast feet to carry him | quickly to his opponent before the old legs b gan to lose their spring. Has Improved His Speed. | Schmeling will have a faster man to | cateh, but he is confident he has encugh agility to reach his target. He has polisied off a numbor of the rough edges since he faced Sharkey. He has greater sthoothness and he shows more class. A long span of exhibitions has been helpful, but 20 of these exhibitions | could not be as helpful as one good, | tough fight. As Bill Tilden remarked lately: “There is a big difference between play- ing & lot of tennis here and there and getting tournament tough.” The same is true of the ring Max had to absorb quite a lacing in three of the four rounds with Sharkey, | but that is & minor lesson for a young | tighter to learn at the most impression- |able point of his career, from 24 to 26, or thereabouts. Yet Schmeling is smart, cool, and has his full share of heart ness must_show him that the only w to beat Stribling is through an un- broken advance, a steady, unending a tack that will give Stribling chance t> get set to show in defensive skill that can His smart- | small | Schmeling has little | match Stribling’s craft. So he has gotten ready for an offensive evening, and he seems as right and ready as possible for a man who hasn't yet known his share of hard competition under championship fire. He has a large number of supporters who think he will beat Stribling, und from there go on to prove that he is & great fighter. But this is peering into the future a trifle farther than most eyes can see. Schmeling still has that to prove, no matter what his physical condition is today. « 1ght, (Copyright, 1S by the North per Alliance, Inc. BOUT BANNED TO CAPONE Police Are Set to Nab Him if He Shows Up in Cleveland. CLEVELAND, July 1 (®)—If Al Capone entertains any hopes of seeing the Schmeling-Stribling title bout here July 3, as was reported today he had better put on some false whiskers. For the police will get him if he don’t watch out. Capone yesterday got a postponement of sentence at Chicago for violation of income tax laws, by asking time to ad- just some “personal matters.” Folks who know him believed the “personal matters” included the Schmeling-Strib- ling battle. Informed that Capone wants to see the bout, Safety Director Edwin D. Barry here said today “we'll throw him in jail if he comes to Cleveland—either for the fight or any other purpose.” ) American - HAS NO BOXING BOARD Gov. Pinchoj Fails to Name New Pennsylvania Commission. HARRISBURG, Pa., July 1 (#).—The State Athletic Commission, which con- trols wrestling and boxing in Pennsyl- vania, ceased to function since the close of the Legislature on May 28, it has been revealed. ‘Terms of members of the Athletic Commission autcmatically ended with the close of the Legislature through failure of Gov. Pinchot to reappoint | the members or submit new nomina- | tions. Gov. Pinch't has not indicated \b\l‘dt‘n he would appoint a new athletic | bo BATTALINO'S TITLE AT STAKE TONIGHT Feather Champion Favorite in Ten-Round Struggle With Brady. | By the Associated Press. ERSEY CITY, N. J, July 1— Christopher (Bat) Battalino of Hartford, Conn, defends his| featherweight championship against Irish Bobby Brady, Jersey City puncher, in a 10-round bout at the International League ball park here | tonight. BattaMno, who surprised the experts by outpointing Kid Chocolate and Fidel Labarba in his last two title defenses, rules a favorite over Brady. Battalino has been beaten often in non-title | fights since he lifted the featherweight | crown from Andre Routis in 1929, but always has been at his best when the | championship was at stake. | Troubled With Weight. Brady, who has done most of his fighting among lightweigigs and junior lightweights, began his professional career 1In 1920. He was knocked out twice in that year, by Harry Blitman | of Philadelphia in 9 rounds, and Young | Zazzarino of Jersey City in 4, but beat the latter in a return bout in 1930. Both fighters have experienced con- siderable difficulty in getting down to the title poundage of 126 pounds, but prospects were that both would make the grade when weighed in today. | Battalino scaled 127 pounds after his | final workout yesterday and Brady was | | at the same figure. | | s o | | REACHES POLO SEMI-FINAL. | | WESTBURY, N. Y, July 1 ®.—J Watson Webb's Shelboume four gained the semi-final round of the Meadow Brook Club Cup tournament by beating | Templeton, 18 to 15 | Ji By the Associated Press. knocked out Bud Gorman, Kenosha, Wis. anapolis, outpointed Lou Bloom, Colum- bus, Ohio (10). Chicago, Mexico City (10). lockout for opponents for Frank Vance and Rody Davis for his next fight card at Fort Washington next Monday. ack Portney Other bouts are Sailor Frankie De Angelo, Kenna vs. Lew Ray NO “LUCK” FOR STRIBLING Georgia House Tables Motion to Wish Him Fight SBtuccess. ATLANTA, July 1 (#)—The Georgla House of Representgtives yesterday | tabled & motion which would have pat it on record as wishing W. L. (Young) | Stribling success in his heavyweight | boxing championship fight with Max | Bchmeling at Cleveland Friday night. Stribling’s home is in Macon, Ga. The Stribling resolution caused a stir, several members taking the floor to speak for or against it. The opinion of the legislators was that their time was too valuable to be taken up with such resolutions. Fistic Battles TORONTO.—Primo Carnera, Italy, 1). INDIANAPOLIS.—Tracy Cox, Indi- LOS ANGELES. — Tommy Herman, outpointed Alfredo Gaona, | MANN SEEKS FIGHTERS | Wants Foes for Vance and DIVXET TO TELL OF MAT BOUTS | | |Show at Grifith Stadium to Be Broadcast From WOL. The wrestling card tomorrow night | at Griffith Stadium will be broadcast The feature scrap will be between | OVer Station WOL through the cour~ and Joe Smallwood. | tesy of George D. Horning. Landers vs.| Jim McGrath, veteran sports an- and Saflor Mc- | nouncer, agiin will be at the micro- en phone. for Fort Washington Card. Matchmaker Frankie Mann is on the Beech-Nut Gu MAKES THE NEXT SMOKE TASTE BETTER Howgood your smoke tastes after dinner! same chew Beech- Nut Gam. Tt stimulates ymfinf:;tlv.m?h &':L:’m taste better, more enjoyable. Remember, always, there's no gum quite so good -Nut. “It seems that Stribling had broken | away from the apron strings.” said Nate | seats. officials of the Madison Square Lewis, an attache of the Stribling camp. | Garden Corporation decided to throw “He probably will do the same thing | nearly 11,000 $3 seats on the market when he gets in the ring witd Schmeling | 8t 3 p.m. on the day of the fight. Friday night. They may tell him to do one thing, and_Stribling may decide to do another. If he elects to fight as he pleases, Schmeling will be in fcr a tough evening.” Feeling as frisky as a youngster over TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., July 1.— | The Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers | both were muddy this morning. Strib Uses Gene’s Psych(;logy Plane Stunts Over Max’ to Upset Germa BY WILBUR WOOD. LEVELAND, July 1.—Young Stribling tore a leaf from Gene Tunney's book when he borrowed an airplane and swooped down on Max Schmel- ing's camp yesterday. His idea was to impress Max that he was all over him, literally as well as figuratively. Whether the experiment was a success remains doubtful, as the champion 1s not easily upset mentally. He has a superiority complex of his own. Tunney was the first to use the airplane as a weapon of offense in Queensberry duel. It will be re- called that scarcely any ene, outside of Tunney himself, figured the Marine to have a chance against the man mauler in their first battle. Even Billy Gibson, Gene's manager, privately was far from optimistic. The idea was abroad that Tunney ‘was half beaten before he started to fight, that the mental hazard, which had done so much to whip Demp- sey's other opponents, would grip him as it had his predecessors. It was to turn the mental edge against Dempsey that Tunney flew from his training camp at Strouds- burg to Philadelphia the afternoon of the fight. It proved to be good psychology. While none may say to what ex- tent the idea of an opponent non- chalantly flying to a fight with him affected Dempsey’s morale, it cer- tainly gave him something to think about. It proved 10 the world at large, too, that here was a fellow who had faith in his destiny. Tun: HOW YOUR BRAKES!| | STRET El PROMPT SERVICE CONVENIENT LOCATION THIS AD IS A REDUC & egular Price 4-Wheel Brakes Chevrolet .. 9.75 Hudson ....15.00 Dodge .....15.00 Hupmobhile 16.00 - 9.5 Other Makes in Proportion—Deduct Pontiac ... A BONA FIDE BARGAIN No A. A A. Courtesy OFFICIAL AAA) AR SERVICE / ‘ N il . Nash (Ige.) 18.00 | Studebaker 16.00 | s Camp Are Calculated n’s Equanimity. ney's move was all the more im- pressive because he was taking his first ride in the air. ‘The man who was more affected than any other was the late Tex Rickard, who almost collapsed when he was handed a message that Tun- ney was flying to Phtladelphia. “I never heard of such a thing,” gasped Tex, when he thought of the possibility of a crash and the loss of a $2,000,000 gate. Whether or not Schmeling gave Stribling’s appearance over his training arena a second thought, the Georgian certainly offered the several hundred customers a scare. They didn't know then that it was Stribling, and the “flying fool” who went into a spin over the camp and then flattened out just above the tree tops, was roundly cussed by more than one observer. The crowd thought for a moment that he was falling. 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