Evening star., 1927-05-15

n YEW YORK. May l4.-When ]
visited lack Sharl>ev At his
NJ training quarters, in Lou Still
1 mans gymnasium here, to see
him go through an afternoon 6
workout in preparation for his night
WIN Jim Maloney. scheduled for the
Yankee Stadium next Thursday night.
the thing that impressed me forcibiy
was that the Boston Boy looked big
ger and stronger than he did the last
time | saw him. which was when he
fought Mike McTiSue here.
Perhaps this was because he kept
fighting and kept tearing into his
sparring partners while he was IN
the ring.
The day I saw him work he boxed
one round with Tom Randolph Of
Mitchell Field two tough rounds with
Freddy Mays, two slashing rounds
with John RoSgi and one round with
Rocky Stone. All of these sparrin@
partners gave him an excellent work
out. 1t was rip and tear with the
first three hut when ii came to Rocky
Stone, Sharkey contented himself with
evading the cloWnlke rushes and on
slaucht Of the rocky one, and got
great deal of enjoyment out of the
Iudicrous attempts of Stone To land
on him. This particular round fur
nished great deal Of amusement not
only for Sharkey but the spectators
as Well
Stone Affects Greb's Style.
on other days Sharkey has boxed
two rounds with Stone. One round
with fellow like this is enough 1T
IS beneficial to the fighter, for it in
iects little humor and recreation
it94a tl,% nd xf -to int
Sive training. In addition to this, it
puts Sharkey on guard to expect any
kind of a blow. for this fellow Stone
affects the style of a Harry Greb,
throwing his punches in all directions
from every cOnceivab bic angle. Shar
key showed considerable agility in
evading these wild rushes.
The day that | made my closest
study of his work. as | said before.
he went only one round with Stone.
This is Just enough. in my opinion.
for fellow like Sharkey. l always
liked to have a sparrinS partner of
this type in my camp when | was
training. But. then. my style was
different from Sharkey's. Besides
which. | boxed more rounds in train
ing for fight than the boys do now
adays. They seem to be content with
four or five rounds day in prepar
ing for a fight
OF course. A man like Sharkey takes
something of chance in boxing more
than one round with one of these
"ciown-style' fighters if the latter
happens tn be a big. husky chap lik1
Stone. There always is the danger
of them humping heads and the star
getting a cut eye or broken nose.
or even breaking UP his hands on the
sparring partners head Still. in
short affair of a round on two. the
benefits are worth the remote chances
of injury.
Sharkey Punching Well.
Sha arkey is punching very we'll with
both ha nds. He seems to be develop
ing a pretty good right and he is hit
tng fast. He told me that he was
having a hard time keeping his spar
ring partners
only the other day" he told me in
his dressing room while he was being
rubbed down after the workout, Il
let go a left hook 10 the solar peXus,
and that lost me a sparrinS partner.
So it went with another one later.
l slammed a right to his jaw, he crum-
pied up and | lost him."
After heart-to.heart talk with
Sharkey, l am convinced that he has
an idea that NIaloney cannot stand
any great amount of roughing, and
therefore Jack plans to tear in right
from the start to biff and bang away.
bull Maloney around and thus SLOW
him up in his boxing.
SharkeY is a smart fighter He
knows what it is all about When
say he knows what it's all about
mean he knows Il great deal of the
scientific end of boXing-that is. the
tricks of the game--and he has had
eXperience--a wonderful asset.
The reason Sharkey looked poor
against Mike McTigue is because Mike
is hard man to fight. He lies back
and waits. 1t was up To Sharkey to
rush and lead and against man of
McTigue's defensive ability he natu-
rally looked bad. TO those fans who
saw this fight. want to warn them
not 10 he misled by that showing. 1t
was not Sharkey that night. You will
see different Sharkey in this fight.
Hands Are Tough Now.
Sharkey in the past has suffered
with bad hands. His ha nds always
bruised easily. He confded to me that
his ''maulers" had been his only
worry. | examined his hands and
thought they looked very good.
why, Jack. your hands appear to
be in perfect condition." told him.
III tell the world they are" re-
piled Jack Harry Kelly has been
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