Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-14
TAX sCHMELING's diff

stead OF decreasing. The
4 Hamburg heavyweight,
who recently visited Washing
ton to obtain counsel from the
German Ambassador regarding
the financial muddle of his fiS-
tic affairs, has been suffering
from the effects of having too
many managers, and it appears
these are becoming more and
more involved.
Schmeling sails Saturday for
a two-month Sojourn in the
fatherland, accompanied by Joe
Jacobs, who, although he has
only a 7 per cent interest in
the youth he stoutly contends
will be the next heavyweight
champion of the world, is
Something's personal choice
from among all those who own
a piece" of him to handle his
affairs.
One of the principal objects
of their visit to Germany will
be to break the contract as
manager of Schmeling now
held by Arthur Bulow, on the
ground that the latter has
proved incompetent. Unless
they succeed or, failing in this,
buy off Bulow, the youthful
Teuton's ring future on this
side may continue to net him
nothing more than a succession
of held-up purses.
On his visit here last week
Schmeling asserted that most Of his
troubles on this side had arisen
from the fact that Bulow, whom he
engaged as pilot before he set sail
from Germany last May, has a
weakness for inScribing his name
on dotted lines.
Regardless OF ,Ohether it properly
may be termed a weakness BuIoto
evidently still has the habit, for by
his latest exhibition OF penntGnSltip
he has bound Schmeling to boz for
Promoter Jess McMdhon at the Coli
scum, in NeD York, after he tulfllS
an engagement against Con O'Kelly
in Boston tolIoDing his return from
abroad.
The Coliseum Is q new e6lifice in
the Bronx with a greater seating
capacity than the Garden and Nc
Mahon, who Is running it, formerly
was matchmaker at the Garden.
It appears Schmeiing is facing an
interesting fistic future on this side
regardless Of how profitable 1t may
prove.
THE effort to find some one able
Il to outstep Percy williams,
Canada's double winner in the
sprints at the Olympics last Summer.
may result in producing a new rec
ord or two in the short dashes.
This is seen as a possibility tollow-
ing the action OF the NetD York Ath-
letic Club In going to the MIDWEST
to obtain the entry for its indoor
games merit Monday OF the present
World record holder for rs yards,
Jack Elder OF the University of Notre
Dame.
Elder is credited with having run
the 60 yards i'm the world record
equaling time Of 616 seconds on no
less than four occasions last VIM
ter prior to the time he established
the world mark Of 73a seconds
for IS yards and his coach,
John p. Nicholson, who represented
the United States in the hurdles at
the Stockholm Alympics in 1912,
touts Elder as the worlds fastest
Splinter at any distance between
50 and 80 yards.
In a dual meet between Notre
Dame and Wisconsin last Saturday
night, Elder won the 60-yard dash in
CPS without any one to press him.
This is the same time achieved the
same night by Williams in defeating
Karl Wildermuth of Georgetown in
the Millrose games and inasmuch
as Wildermuth, williams and Elder
all negotiated the distance that
night in 625 in separate races 1t is
not unreasonable to expect that the
world record will at least be equaled
when they meet next Monday.
Especially is this true when 1t is
considered that this trio will be
given competition from such formi-
dable flyers as James Quinn of the
N. Y. A. c., intercollegiate 100-yard
champion; James DAILY. intercolle-
giate 100-yard champion; Ed Hamm,
world champion broad jumper and
Southern intercollegiate spring
champion and Frank Hussey, metro
politan so and 100 yard champion.
* X u X
IF Notre Dame University's propos-
ed new 60,000-seat stadium sue
ceeds in combining its representatives
in foot ball largely to games at
home fans in the vicinity of South
Bend, Ind, will be the gamers and
those of distant centers of popula-
tons the losers. for Rockne'S outfits
for years have been the greatest at
traction the grid world has known.
The appropriateness OF the nick
name Gamblers" may be judqed
from the fact that last Fall they
tt0ice Utsitcd the East for games NTH
the Army in NeD York and Penn
State in Philadelphia, uisited At
lantG to meet Georgia Tech, Went to
Chicago to engage Navy before that
record breaking crot0d of 10000
and TONED it OF bu the Ioro ionrney