The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-13
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JOE WILLIAMS
NEW YORK. Nov. 10.

NEW YORK, NOV. IL.
VXTHILE the football fellows are
w changing goals between peri
DDS 1 am tempted to stroll through
the caulifiower patches and see what
my old pals the stumblebums are
doing with and for themselves. The
Madison Square Garden Corporation
pays $4,000 for contracts held by
Humbert J. Fugazy and calling for
a joust between Max Schmeling and
Phil Scott, three or four other con-
tests the young German was signed
for by his native and repudiated
manager. Arthur BulOw, and for
Gustave Leneve's three-year paper
with Victoria Campolo and what
ever rights Leneve had given the
Ebbets field promoter on the Giant
Gaucho's services.
II everything works out all right. the
garden viii Ibe back where il was during
Ter Richards days-In complete command
Of the heavyweight situation. But word
from Berlin is that Herr Sohmeling has
decided TO battle for a Philadelphia syndi-
cate at Convention Hall, Atlantic City
the largest of its kind in she world-and
that he has consented to accept guar
antee OF S25O.OOO.
THIS is interesting If true. Herr
Il Max hopes his opponent will be
Jack Sharkey, the gushing violet OF
New England. But Sharkey will not
be the ferocious Frankfurter's foe
at Atlantic City. The sailor is allied
with the garden, and it will be for
this organization Schmeling will
work if he cares to get shot at
the championship. And Sharkey is
the man who will have to be de-
feated before any One fastens a
stranglehold on that honor.
n
Bracketed with Sharkey, still the best Of
the current heavyweight lot. Herr Max
would be aamaior attraction anywhere, but
whether he would turn them away fac
ing anybody else is another matter.
suspect the Atlantic City thing is Moth
ing more than one of those harmless
fantasies which fight managers perpetrate
on the news agencies from time to time
It, Yet it has interesting possibilities. even
without Sharkey.
I have a notion that if the young
German were matched with, say
Mickey Walker, the champion OF
the cabarets, and an old time Rick
ardian ballyhoo started, the enter
prise could be successfully launched.
What is more, it probably would be
a rousing fight. Walker would be
spotting Herr Max twenty pounds
or so, but there is reason to believe
he could do that and still not be
hopeleSsly outclassed.
CTILL, Herr Max has yet to prove
- that he is a really great fighter,
and the longer he stays out of the
ring the tougher he is going to
make the future for himself. POten-
TALLY he is the most impressive
looking fighter that has come along
since the fledgling days of Dempsey,
but potentialities don't just bloom
and blossom; it is necessary to do
something about them.
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Herr Max's greatest victory was his
Knockout of Johnny .-Risko. 1t was in
this fight that his punching power reached
its highest peak of destructiveness. i
doubt If Fitzsimmons, Dempsey OF Ketehcl
ever scored with more paralyzing effect.
And vet up TO the moment that Herr Max
brought over the kayo he looked no better
than dime a dozen. In fact he was far
behind on points.
1t Is easily conceivable that If
RiSko had managed to pull his jaw
back a fraction of an inch the
swishing right handler which ruined
him would not have landed and
Schmeling would have been beaten
and you would have heard little
more of him that season.
In later fight with Pauline. Schmeling
did not begin to show any exceptional
class until the closing rounds when che
Basque, who likes his wines and his tango,
slowed up to n weary hObble.
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