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Sports News he Zp WITH SUNDAY MORNING: EDITION ening Stak, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1932. PAGE C—1 Sharkey Wearing Heavyweight Fight Crown that Doesn’t Appear to Fit His Head MOST OF CRITIS THINK MAX VICTOR German Always Aggressor in 15 Rounds That Provide Hardly a Thrill. BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, June 22.—The N seven long, lean years end- ed officially today for Jack Sharkey, heavyweight champion of the world at last, after the strangest, most para- doxical career in all modern ring history. He stood forth as champion, absolved of all past failures, yet in the minds of a great many of the 70,000 faithful who saw him | climb the throne there will always linger some question until he| again battles Max Schmeling, the German. { For 15 long and often lack-luster rounds, they battled last night in the great bowl Madison Square Garden has built on Long Island—a Sharkey tam- ing his traitorous temperament as he fought. and the stolid Teuton who owed his crown to one of the sailor’s own moments of wildness when he fouled in the Yankee Stadium two years &go. T the end, through the loud speak- at sent his voice out to one atest thro fight, bellerin’ Joe ted & bit as he shouted: imner and new champion, ney in old Joe's voice echoed in the roar that ip irom the crowd, in the split » two judges and Referee Smith, the critics about the and even the warriors them- | selves. For a moment drooping as he stood his_corner, paused before he made his wild dash across the ring to embrace the former king. Schmeling turned and stared as though he could not believe his ears, and the experts promptly launched into argument hey'll still be arguing. probably a year or so from today when. in the natural course of events, Sharkey is called upon again to face the foe from overseas. HOSE who agreed with George Kelly. the judge who voted for Sharkey, and Referce Smith himself | famous old-time fighter, who cast the iding vote, could see nothing but (hat‘ v. his shoulders Sharkey. fighting the coolest, calmest duel of his hectic career, had consist- ently outboxed the charging Teuton, spattering his face and ribs through most of the 15 rounds with jarring left Jabs, It seemed from that side that the Boston sailorman, although always in retreat, had followed the hattle plan of a more illustrious predecessor, Gene ‘Tunney, always on the defensive, never leaving an opening. but drifting through steadily with countering left hooks and right crosses to the head and body to give him a margin on points. But to a wide majority of the critics, 1t seemed that Schmeling had earned the righ his crown, even if OR the entire 15 rounds, durable as . the German marched ' breaking ground, contint punching, and in- flicting the orly real damage that showed in the entire distance. His short, right-hand jolts to the head started Sharkey's left eve drooping in the early rounds and closed it com- Ppletely in the last three. He missed a great many punches, short swings Wat Sharkey pulled away from as he concentrated doggedly on his plan of battle—jab, hook, counter and retreat. At times he seemed to make the tactical error of jabbing with the long-armed New Englander, and when he did that Sharkey seemed to be beating him to the punch. That sort of milling made a fight in | which there never was a really thrilling moment, never a touch of the dramatic and the spectacular that the faithful have come to expect of their heavy- weight title tilts. = arsig | OR the first three rounds, at least, Sharkey's battle plan, drilled into him all through his long condition- ing grind, worked to perfection. He kept Max off balance with his left jabs, loosing his left hook and right cross only when the opening loomed large, alwave in retreat, but always piling up points. Then for a couple of rounds the sun- blackened German, never discouraged, never changing his forcing tactics, plodded past Sharkey’s guard, belting | his uead with short rights and reach- i ional jab. edged out again, | through the half- point, more self- controlled than ever befcre in a career includes his famous blow-up against Jack Sharkey, his tired efforts when a choice of Gene Tunney's last | ring foe was up for decision, and his erratic punching that cost him the first Schmeling battle. 0 it went until the iast three rounds, uninspired, unexciting milling tha failed to enthuse a gathering that paid over $400.000 to the Garden and the Free Milk Fund for Babies, Inc. In the stretch it was Schmeling, and { the new champion, who seemed to s he plugged along. as fresh h he had just been warming up for a dozen rounds. Tn the occasional hing flurries, he hurt Sharkey with | hts to the head. Sharkey's left eye closed tight. But still the satlor boxed, jabbing, hooking, retreating, piling up points. into Financial Angle Of Heavy Battle Y YORK. June 22 —The Shar- key-Schmeling heavyweight championship bout attracted A ity crowd of 71,000 boxing fans The distribution of seats was as follows 10.000 seats 3.000 seats 9.000 se at 10.00 190 at 574 30,000 seats at 230 N at $23.00 . .$230,000 at 15.00 .000 ... 90,000 ... 109.060 69,000 71,000 $543,060 ‘These prices included the tax. Schmeling's share of the grass re- ceipts, at 427, per cent, was rough- 1y $232,000. Sharkey's share, at 10 per cent, was approximately $54.000, while the promoters collected $257.. 000 in round figures, out of which all expenses came. Very Best Giv By the Associated Press. decision over Max Schmel the Herald-Tribune, *t square deal in the United State: Damon Runyon of ‘he Ame: prised at the decision.” nine rounds, Sharkey five and on in this writer’s opinion, * * * his championship away.” Richards Vidmer of the Herald-Tribune said: James P. Dawson of the Times sald: Not a Single Gotham Writer Believes Sharkey Won Fight; en Him Is Draw EW YORK, June 22—Metropolitan newspaper critics dis- puted today the 2-to-1 vote that gave Jack Sharkey the ling. “It has been the legend,” said W. O. McGeehan of “that a foreign fighter could not get a s, especially in New York. Up to this time I felt that this merely was a legend, but that de- cision given last night was the worst I have ever seen in peer- ing intently at these things for a Paul Gallico of the News said: h suit, the sting in his left and right and his strong fighting fin- ish were enough to give him the fight.” uarter of a century or more.” “Schmeling’s steady pur- rican said: “Personally I gave Schmeling quite a lead in my score of the rounds and was sur- “I gave Schmeling e even. * * * Schmeling won, because of a tire.ess, persistent, unswerving offensive he launched at the opening bell and never once interrupted, even in the face of Sharkey’s best blows.” Francis Wallace of the News said: should have had was a draw—and that was not enough to take “The worst Schmeling “No longer can the former sailor complain about the breaks, for last night he got perhaps the biggest break a challenger for the heavy- weight championship ever received.” Sharkey Gets Nod Over Self Conquers Temperament in Well Planned Fight, But Needs Old Tactics BY TOM DOERER. l ACK SHARKEY won aj| doubtful decision over Max | | J Schmeling last night at{ Long Island bowl to take| the world heavyweight boxing championship from the Rhine- | lander, but he won a clear-cut| nod over a much tougher bird,| J. Sharkey, the temperamental, moody, squawking man. | Sharkey. it appears, was coptent to | coast along to take the honors from | Max, rather than go in with his blus- tering_attitude and try for a knock- out. Jack apparently planned his fight back at Orange, N. J.. a system which was to take him along for the full route | 10 prove to the boxing world that he | could stand up under Schmeling’s plod- ding moves forward for 15 rounds. Customers said, and_experts were sure, that Jack would hgve to knock out the German in the early rounds to win. They argued that Max got better and Sharkey faltered as time went on in the ring. But the Lith proved that a leopard can change its spots and @ fighter whip his Jaults. Jack flashed no color last night. he did no squawking and caused few cus- tomers to jump from their seats as he did in his Dempsey fight and the fight | two years ago with Schmeling, but he | Plot Is Charged By Max’s Manager B EW YORK, June 22—In the excitement of his warrjor's los- ing the heavywelght champion- ship, Joe Jacobs charged that there had been a deliberate plot, hatching for tho post month. to rob Max Schmeling of the title. “A couple of weeks ago,” he chprged as he stormed in Schmel- ing's dressing room, “I told newspaper | men and it was printed that I would | not allow Schmeling to leave his dressing room if a ‘certain referee’ was named to officiate in his match with Jack Sharkey. “But the boxing commission in- sisted that we would get a square deal, even though I had every con- fidence in the source of my informa- tion. So we went in and got robbed. And the referee I referred to two weeks ago was the referee in that ring last night: Gunboat Smith.” | the Associated Press | to Prosper. showed another side, one which may, or may not, be preferred by the customers. Those paying patrons are hard to please. Sharkey as a blustering, bellow- ing fighter did not meet with their ap- proval. The new Jack, cool and delib- erate, plodding in comparison with earlier efforts, gave no thrills. Sharkey, it appears, was content to coast along to take the honors from Max, rather than go in with his blustering attitude and try for a knockout. Jack apaprently plan- ned his fight back at Orange, N. J., a system which was to take him along for the full route to prove to the boxing world that he could stand up under Schmeling's plodding moves forward for 15 rounds. Customers said, and experts were sure, that Jack would have to knock- out the German in the early rounds to win. They argued that Max got better and Sharkey faltered as time went on in the ring. But the Lith proved that a leopard can change its spots and a fighter whip his faults. Jack flashed no color last night, he did no squawking and cuased few customers to jump from their seats as he did in his Dempsey fight and the fight two ¥ Schmel- ing. but he showed another side. one which may. or may not, be preferred by the customers Those paying patrons ar+ hard to please. Sharkey as a blustering, bellowing fighter did not meet with their approval. The new Jack, cool and deliberate. plodding in compari- son with earlier efforts, gave no thrills. Between you and me, the reason Sharkey has had so many shots at the title, so many big encounters, is because he has been colorful and likely to do anything in the ring. He drew the caulifiower trade be- cause he caused it to hiss him. Future Sharkev fights along the lines h> fought Schmeling last night will Now that he has | the crown, Jack will pay better at the game by reverting to his old tacties. And another thing you and I can keep in more or less confidence is that Jack Dempsey would have taken the top of Max Schmeling’s head off had he come plodding into him as he did against Sharkey. And Tunney would have pecked the German’s ears loose. But the encounter was a feather in the cap of the promoters, the fighters and the fight game. It was all as orderly and well arranged as Sharkey's plans and Max's determination. Still True Champ, Says Max Believes Sharkey More Amazed Than He Over Decision—Craves Quick Return Fight. BY MAX SCHMELING, | Former Heavyweight Champion of the World. | EW YORK, June 22—I be- | lieve I won last night. I never was so susprised in all my life as I was when Joe Humphries announced: “Win- ner and new champion, Jack Sharkey.” I think there was only one per- son more amazed than I and that person was Sharkey. Of course, I would like to fight Sharkey again. I will meet him in September if Joe Jacobs can drag him into another match. It will make no difference what I say now. Nearly 80.000 persons saw the fight, and I believe that in their real, true opinion I still am the heavyweight champion of the world. One glance at the pair of us at the finish showed plainly who | was the winner. There was not a | mark on me. I was fresh enough to go 15 rounds more. But Sharkey was dog tired; his face was puffed and his left side was swollen and bruised. His left eye bulged and closed from the right-handers that belted against it. Twice I staggered Sharkey, each time with a left hook, and the sec- ond time, in the thirteenth round, he would have dropped if he hadn’t clinched. It was a fairly clean fight. Sharkey threw some low punches, especially in the fourth round, when I cautioned him. Therefore, Gun- boat Smith paid no attention to the low blows. This is not the squawk of a loser, for I do not consider that I was the loser. I am satisfied with the fight T waged, and I also am satis- . fied that Sharkey in his own heart knows now, more than ever, that I am his master. At no time was I in danger and at no time was I hurt. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 22, 1952. American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Washington. 8: Cleveland. 3. New York, 11:'St. Louis. Chicago, 3: Philadelphia. 1. Detreit, 3: Boston. 2. National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Boston. 3. i ,‘s N Aoxsea PuBIAIND - “sinoT 18 osworuD “aswiuadIag 4 94317 | 219136127571 1751 5135127..565 550 9173133126 540 492 356 New York . Philadelphia Washington | Cleveland ... [ | St._Lou Chicago, uamasyid 317341251 576 Ghicaro 3451 57 132 28/.533 Boston ... Brooklyn __. Pittsburgh GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Wash. at Cleveland. Wash. at Cleveland. Chict Phila’ at Chicago. N, York at St. Louis. Bostda at Detroit. rk at St. Lauis. Boston at D!‘l!t)?ll. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. St. Louls »t N. York. St Louisat N. York. Cincin. at Boston. ~ Chicago Bitsb. at Breoklyn, Brookivn at Boston. Chicago at Phila. HE WHIPPED A TOUGH GUY, HIMSELF. L _SCHMELINGS ACCURATE STRAIGHT LEFT CONFOSEP SHARKEY =MAX HAS LEARNED ALOT SINCE His FIRST MEETING WITH JACK - T WAS THiS LEFT THAT CAUSED MANY FANS TO BELIEVE THE J ! = = WHAT A SHARKEY PackED GERMAN HAD WON THE BATTLE BLUT THE WICKED, ROCKING, RIGHT UPPERCUTS OF SHARKEY'S WERE THE MOST DAMAGING, ACCONDING o GoNBOA Y SMITH.., UNBOAT .ngm , THE oL FIGKTER HAD AN BASY TASIK.. By the Associated Press. EW YORK. June 22.—The Shar- key - Schmeling heavyweight championship fight, round by round, follows: ROUND 1. Lean and browned. Schmeling dashed into Sharkey, who met him with a short left hook to the jaw. Sharkty boxed coolly away as Max rushed in with a right to the body. Standing straight up, forsaking his former crouching style. Max matched left jabs with the American. But he landed only one punch to the head as Sharkey dotted his face with half dozen lefts. Schmeling shot a short right to the head, and the crowd roared s Sharkey backed away. Jack jamped in and smashed the German about the body with both hands his left sharply to the d. boxed neatly. a far different fighter from the man Sharkey was overpowering for three rounds two years ago, but the American flung & hard right to the heart through the champion’s defense as the bell rans. ROUND 2. . Boxing caglly. Sharkey moved in on the German, flicked a left hook to the head. but missed with a straight righ® as he fell in close. Schmeling stabbed Sharkey's head with a left. popped over another owe, but took a hard left hook to the jaw as Jack crowded in on him. The German's left jab. something he never knew two years ago. bounced twice more off Sharkey's face a5 Jack missed a left hook. Opening up in & short flurry on the ropes. both landed lefis to the head Boxing with extreme caution. Sharkey shot his left into t} ¥ German's face and hooked it 10 the body. As Max pulled back from the jabs Sharkey drove a right to the body, belted him with both hands to the ropes. bul was forced to duck as Schmeling whipped a right past his head at the bell. ROUND 3. Sharkey opened up a trifie. but mMsed with & long right. and as Schmeling tried to cut loose with both hands Sharkey wove under the punches. They were both ex- tremely cautious. Sharkey feeling his Way with left jabs to the head. grabbing with his right and trying to land left hooks to the chin as they came together. Schmeling drove a short right to the chin as they clubbed at each other's heads in a corner. but Sharkey drove him out with a left hock to the body. Sharkey smiled as he continued to box earefully, bobbing under Schmelinz's hands. He nalled the champion with a right. but as Max opened up with nds he leaped back, boxing carefully. Max tore in on him with & left hook to the head and a short right to the ear, Sharkey wes away again at the bell. ROUND 4. Sharkey came out even more cautiously for the round that proved fatal to him two years ago. He whistied a right high to the champion’s temple, but caught a short right to the chin. As they came in close he cuffcd at Schmeling's chin, while Max beat the American’s body with both hands. The dark. sturdy German shot Sharkey's head back with a left jab, and Sharkey pedaled back- ward carefully. He stopped to rip a left into the German's body. but Max nailed him twice with lefts to the head as they battled at close quarters. Another right bounced off Sharkey’s chin after he had driven the Ger- man to the ropes with a left hook to_the head. Sharkey ducked a right. but Max ducked under his left hand and dropped another short right to the American's chin as the bell rang. ROUND 5. There was not a mark on either warrior as a result of the battling. Max flung & short right into Sharkey's head before they went back to jabbing. Twice Sharkey pulled back from the champion’s left hand to bury Jeft hooks into Max's body. Boxing be tifully. Sharkey stabbed the German's head. hooked & left to the jaw and a right to the body as Max tore back. Schmeling drove key 1o tne ropes with his first sustained whibping a volley of lefts and righi forcing Jack to hold. Sha: ain. jabbed the champion nd smashed his body with both A right uppercut shook Schmeling. k to hammer Sharkey's nds as the bell stopped. the first real rugseg punchins, | as he went, but | ROUND 6. au ness. Sharkey stabbed dispassionately - st Schmeling's head was boxing like a teacher in the gymnasi school as he popped stepped in wi Max drove Sh key to the ropes with a left | but Jgack leaned into him and ripped b: hands to the champion's head. Schmelin followsd him ross the ring. his right caught Sharkey's chin. ‘Without venom. Sharkey shot a right left to the head and rattled the champ’'s teeth with an upper- cut as the crowd cheered him on. But Jack was content to box carefully. stabbing with | his left. shooting a neat left hook to the aw as the gong sounded. ROUND 7. Sharkey was fighting the battle he prom- | ised. cold and deliverate. As Sharkey wove | in he tipped the champion around with a | right to the shoulder and beat his head with short lefts. They stabbed at each other with lefts until Sharkey smashed s right to Schmeling's head. The German suddenly spurted. driving Sharkey to the ropes with & half-dozen clean rights to the head. Shar- key seemed to waver a moment. but he fousht his way clear with a right to the head and went back to swapping lefts with the champ. They jabbed each other around the ring, both landing. until Sharkey opened up with a 't hook to the chin and a fine uppercut that shot Schmeling's head back. They traded short rights to the head at the ROUND 8. Sharkey stabbed methodically at the Ger- | man’s head and dropped inside with a right to the body. Schmeling marched forward, as | he had done from the start. and shot a nice | right to Sharkey's chin as the American | backed into the ropes. Schmeling hooked | Sharkey's head twice as Jack forgot to keep his hands up pulling away from & duel at close quarters. Twice Schmeling drilled his right to Sharkey's head, but the American didn’t seem to mind. He con- tinued to step away. stabbing with his left and they both landed right crossds by way of variation. A sweiling started on Sbarkey's left cheek. where Schmeling had bee \ landing his short rights. They were stabbing again with lefts when the gong sounded. ROUND ». Sharkey backed carefully away from the German &s they again popped their lefts to | the mouth. nose twice stopped | Sharkey's left. Both missed rights, but | Schmeling was the quicker with his left | hook to the chin. Schmeling bobbed in front of Bharkey as Jack swung both hands to | the head. but the German came out of the | weave with a fine mensured his man carefully with a left jabs and a neat left hook. but Schmeling drove over a right to the Sharkey got in two right uppercuts along the ropes, but again the smiling German, who seemed to be enjoying it all. rammed left and right into Sharkey's head. H bounced two more rights off Sharkey" bruised left cheek as the gong sent them to thelr corners. ROUND 10. Schmeling marched out as frech as when he started, while Sharkey was -autiousness itself. As the German edged in on him, Jack ‘stuck his left in Schmelini’s facc, but Max caught him and drove him to the ropes in the American's own corner with a harsh left hook to the head. Stung. Jack whaled back with both hands and forced the Ger- man to wrap both hands around his head in order to escape the storm. They jabbed carefully for a moment. and again Schmeling ripped In with a left and right to the chin. ‘They jabbed in unison, both landing, and then went to the other extreme by swapping long rights to the head. Schmeling stung the American with another straight right 1o the jaw and. he danced jauntily to his cor- ner as the bell rang. ROUND 11. Sharkey came out s bit more forcefully and ripped his right to the head. He started to lead. He forced Schmeling, back with but as they locked together both ghts to the head. Sharkey pawed a SWELL LAMe | crosses to the Head. but German bobbed low, came up insi whipped both hands to Jack's chin. Sch: ing missed with & left, Sharkey flung a lef! —By TOM DOERER. WHO LICKED TEMPERAMENTAL SELF AND WON A \S-RQUAND DECISION OVER MAX SCHMELING , TO BECOME HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLDO. “THE STx HUNDRED MILLIONAR! WATCHE D -THE AFFAIR-THE ALP 'S NEXT— WiTH SCHMELING OR DEMPSEY- ONE OF THE WINNERS- AN UPSET, To0 . GQENTLEMER) THEY TELL /4: WE Win e N\m} £S5 GET THER FIRST BREAK‘SIMCE)NALL STREET WENT SOUTH..... “Tom Domnan__ List of Champs And Their Reign 'ULL list of heavyweight boxing champions from the days of John L. Sullivan. John L Sullivan James J. Corbett Bob Fitzsimmons James J. Jeffries Tommy Burns Jack Johnson Jess Willard .. Jack Dempsey Gene Tunney Max Schmeling 1889-1892 ©.1892-1897 .1897-1902 1902-1906 | .1906-1908 | 1908-1915 -1915-1919 1919-1926 .i....1926-1928 +..1930-1932 to the faw and dug a right to the body. but Max stormed right back at him. hooking both hands in short arcs to the head. Sharkey's left eye was swelling rapidly as Schmeling again pierced a storm of Ieft jabs to bob inside with twn head attacks. Sharkey was jabbing carefully at the bell. ROUND 12. They fell immediately in close to hammer each other on the body with one arm free. Max chased the American into & corner and | whipped both hands to the head. but they | came out again swapping jolting lefts. Shar- key's left eve was closing fast. but he con- tinued to stab at Schmeling's fourd an opening for a short Schmeling came crowding in. but Sharkey | picked off ais left and flung a right into | the German's head They swapped right ain Max %ot in to bounce a half-hook off the Amerigan's bad eve They mauled in close quarters. neither landing heavily until Sharkey de- cided to box again. and they were stabbing | each other's heads when the gong sounded ROUND 1% Sharkey marched straight out again. his head behind his left shoulder. away from | Schmeling's right. 1o stab and stab at the German's head. He switched suddenly to & right cross that caught the German flush on the chin, but Max came right back in os the crowd began to count in unison at | Sharkey's jabs. Schmeling shot a left to the body and right uppercut to the chin that jarred Sharkey. He stepped right back to jab away at the champion's head. bi' Max sneaked through again with two left hooks to the chin. Sharkey buried a right | into Schmeling's side. and they bobbed in front of each other. half swinging and feint- ivg. and Schmeling got his left into the body and his right to the chin. The Ger- | man was in close pounding Sharkey's body at the bell. ROUND 1. Sharkey's left eye was just a narrow line of white as Schmeling stepped into him witn a Jeft hook to the head. They boxed siowly and cautiously. Schmeling constantly crawl- | ing forward. Sharkey stabbed with his left countered with a right when sn opening ame. He got 4wo left hooks into Schmel- ng's head and ome right before the German on him again. belting both hands to the body. hooking left and right to the body as Sharkey pulled away. Sharkey wilted and 1d ed a right flush to the Sharkey's seconids worked frantically upon | him to bring h‘m out for the final round. He ripped in with both hands. but the German met him with a two-fisted volley and the American was forced to break ground. Sharkey ripped into the German again, hammering both hands to the body. but again he was first to stop as the stolid champion. fresh and eager. hammered Jack's tired body. They locked heads and flashed both hands to the body. and then broke away to dance arousd the ring stabbing lefts. Sharkey nailed the champ on the chin with a right uppercut. and they fell to- belting both hands to the ribs. ast and furious. Sharkey glanced another right uppercut off the champion bounced back ling mixsed with both hands him. Schme- Ring Rackets l———BY FRANCIS E. STAN —_ ASHINGTON is just about the best wrestling town in the East for Jim Londos and the troupe which re- cently thumbed noses at Mon. Jacques Curley. The presence of those 10 top- notchers in the ring tomorrow at Grif- Ath Stadium tends to prove that. It looks as though matches like Dusek and McMillen Londos and McMillen, Dusek and Grobmier, Steele and Mc- Millen and Londos and Steele are possibilities, Jack Sharkey wasn't such a big win- ner after all last night. He collected only 10 per cent while Max Schmelng walked off with 40 per cent. But it's Jack’s turn next,- though you can bet Yussel Joe Jacobs won't agree to 10 per cent. - After noticing Stanislaus Zbyszko's name in the rassling results several times lately, the answer to a certain fan's query, “What becomes of worn- out rasslers?” seems to be something like this: They keep on rassling. O big league fight manager in the game is prouder of his “stable” than is Patsy Donovan of his Mohawk Club leather peggers. Donovan hasn't a first-class fighter in the flock but don't say so in Patsy’s presence. He sticks up for 'em. Under Patsy's wing is a preliminary boy named Roma Labona, who, ac- cording to Donovan, would have been a pretty decent fighter if he hadn't been so willing to act as sparring part- ner to the Mohawk Club’s big shots— Reds Barry and Nick Antonelli. ‘As a result.” to quote Patsy, “the kid’s got an inferiority complex when he steps into the ring. He gets mauled around in the gym and expects the same against a fighter of his own class and weight.” With ®rt Washington out of the way, temp rarily at least, wouldn't the Alexandria Day Nursery do business if the promoi:rs had a nice outdoor lay- out 'OMORROW'S wrestling crowd at Griff Stadium should exceed by several thousand any ever to at- tend a local show, the second and third Londos-Dusek matches excepted. Indications at the Annapolis Hotel point to a throng upward of 10,000. The card: Main match, 2-hour time limit— Jim Londos vs. Fred Grobmier. Rudy Dusek vs. Chief White Feather. 30-minute time limit—Jim McMil- lan vs. Pat O'Shocker. 30-minute time lin#t—George Za- harias vs. Frank Brunowicz. 30-minute time limit—Gino Gari- baldl vs. George Kotsonaras. TOM SHARKEY DISAGREES Oldtimer Gives Bout to German After Hearing Description. KANSAS CITY, June 22 (#) —Tom Sharkey of San Francisco, veteran heavyweight prize fighter of other days, said after hearing detailed description of the Schmeling-Sharkey title bout, “You can put me down as saying Schmeling won. Sharkey, 59, now employed at a race Jeaned in and belted his body up fo the final bell. track here, fought Co Jel- Iries, Pilzaimmons e JACK LACKS FIRE OF OTHER FiGuTS Punching Ability and Spirit of Past Is Missing in Spite of Triumph. BY ALAN GOULD, Assoclated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, June 22.—Jack Sharkey's victory over Max Schmeling for the world heavy- weight championship today was greeted as the crowning touch to one of the ring’s strangest careers. ‘The decision in the Boston sailor's favor, after 15 somewhat monotonous rounds, was as sudden a “break” of fortune for him as have been the frus- trations previcusly in his erratic course through the heavyweight ranks over & six-year pericd. ‘The Sharkey who walked out of the ring with the world title, finally, on a | 2-to- ict of the officials, was not the convincing fighter of the nights he whipped Harry Wills, knocked out Jimmy Malcney and floored big Primo Carnera. He looked more like the careless fellow who had wasted chances, by his lack of aggressiveness, against Heeney and Risko and Dempsey. HARKEY at no time showed the punching superiority and spirited drive that had given him an over- whelming margin over Schmeling two vears ago up to the time the big sailor swung low and fouled out. He looked like the complet, ster of Schmeling. in 1930. 1 e biding his seemed to be ng to luck. To ise. he suddenly s proclaimed him \ew champlon.” n a vocal hich went to > of Referee “Gun- g he oudest that hi [been heard in many a moon in the workirg press section. The experts were at least six to one in their conviction that Schmeling had won and that by no stretch of the imagination could the German have been given worse than & draw, NLY once before has the heavy- weight crown changed hands on & decision and never on a divided verdict. Gene Turney captured the crown on points from Jack Demosey in the rain at Philadelphia, in 1926, but there was no argument as to the winner there. |~ From the time of John L Sullivan. t has been an unwritten law of the ring | that the champion receives the benefi | of the doubt: in cther words, that a | world title should change hands only when there is small chance for dispute. | Schmeling didn't rteceive any _such menr from the hands of the cfficials “pight. despite his stronger, more effective finich. SHARKEY GETS OFFER FOR BATTLE AT RENO Sacks Would Pay New Champ $100.000 to Meet Winner of Baer-Levinsky Bout. By the As Willingness 0,000 as a lure to Jack Sharkey a heavyweight championship fight in- Reno was ex- pressed here today by Leonard Sacks, | business manager for Jack Dempsey, former titleholder. If he gets the opportunity, Sacks said he would match the new champion with the winner of the Fourth of July fight here between King Levinsky, Chicago, and Max Baer, California. 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