The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-22
Referee Must Be Ableto Count
As High as 10, Striking Says
Georgian's Only Worry Is
About Wind Needed to Chase
Sharkey Around
DOESN'T CARE FOR MONEY
Striking Says He Will Give
Sharkey Worst Body Punish
ment Ever Seen
Nv HENRY L. FARRELL

seems to be only one thing certain
In the minds Of Pa Stribling, Ma
stribling and their son. Willie, as the
date approaches for the boys fight
here with Jack Sharkey.
They are going to win the fight,
they tell you. And they give the most
reasonable argument in their very
nice polished way.
It seems. they insist, that young
Bill was predestined and preordained
to the heavyweight champion Of the
world. His career was made out for
him by sort Of providence and now
all that remains between him and the
goal is the Sharkey man and per-
haps that Dempsey person who Is
helping to promote the fight.
Money isn't the thing with US in
this fight" Pa stribling said and the
boy nodded assent.
It is hard to get the boy to talk
about himself. He operates on the
theory that his father is much better
qualified to talk. He can use bigger
words, the boy says, and his CONVEX
sational gear runs at many more
miles an hour.
Money Isn't Everything
"As I was saying" Pa went on,
money isn't everything to US in this
fight. We are not poor people and
we are not great big millionaires. but
I think we proved that this wasn't
q money fight with US. We wanted
more out Of 1t than money.
I'VE talked with Tex Richard. He
gave US our price and We agreed and
there were no papers signed and.
when those things happened as they
did. we talked again to Mr.. Carey and
we said that our understanding with
Rickard could be written off and we
would do business again with the COR
poration.
And we did. We are in there
fighting for O percentage Of the gate
and I don't know what our end will
be and have not been near the box
office to see. We are not interested
in the money angle. What we want
| to do is to get in shape and we are
doing that.
Stribling Too Fine
1.-The experts who have been peer
ing at Sharkey and Stribling In their
workouts think that Stribling Is too
fine. He has been fighting lot here
and there all over the country and
the weather has been very hot here.
Sharkcy claims that the weather ad'
vantages should be for stribling.
whats he squawking about the
weather for?' Sharkey asks. He Is a
guy from the south, amt he? He
ought to go big on this hot stuff"
The boy and his father, however,
do not think they are losing too much
weight.
II know what I ought to weigh
the boys says. Tive always been kind
OF skinny. They used to call me the
stripping long while ago.
Il don't need . lot Of work to get
in shape. All I need IS the exercise
to get my wind In shape, because ]
think I will need Q lot Of wind ia
catch that fellow.
HE runs plenty, they tell me, and
I'll have him running. Just about
two rounds Is all I'll have to 60 In
this fight and ! am not excited about
that referee business. Anybody car
count 10 and that's all I'll need IN
therc-a counter"
win Chase Sharkcy
Stribling says that he has battle
plan mapped out and that 1t IS moi
q complicated plan.
I'm just going to hit him in thu
middle" the boy said. and Pa ant
Ma nodded.
THAT fellow sharkey doesn't likt
to be hit in the body. We all know
that. and you newspaper men know
It,"
It was observed by the experts II
several Of Stribling's workouts, with
his rather inferior sparring partners
that he was winging punches Init
them rather close to the belt lire. FL
was asked II the boy was training OF
foul punches and he denied 1t. 0
course.
HE Is developing q new punch t,
the body" Pa said. HE uses this nev
punch with q downward twist Of tn
wrist instead Of bringing 1t up witt
those great big pillows on his hand
they look like low punches. but the
are not. Ask the sparrtng partners.
il And the sparring partners say the
are not low.
! Since Dempsey dropped shArke
, with the hook to the body everyou
seems to think that Sharkey is mar
J for body punishment.
n No fighter. Of course. likes to b
4 hit In the stomach, but the name hs
4 been written for 9harkey that h
! can't stand up under body punish
ment.
81 It is reported around here that Pro
: moter Dempsey thinks that etriblin
! Is to be the winner and that he hs
even sent some words Of advice I
i the boy. Give Il to the guy IN. tt
belly. he Is reported to have told hin
: and II he didn't tell him he has bee
telling every other person.
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