New Britain herald., 1929-01-25
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY JANUARY Is, 1922
To
WATCH SHARKEY
viii Study Style Of Boston Cob
It Madison Square Tonight

New York. Jan. rs IA chubby
little fellow with the soft drawl OF
the southland is peeping out from
under the brim of his black derby
today at things fistic in the big town.
Tonight he will sit at the ringsile
in Madison SQUARE Garden and turn
his entire attention on Jack Shar-
keys efforts to bruise X. o. Christ
ner-and vice versa.
The little fellow with the slow
smile Is PA" Stribling who raised
his boy to be a fighter OF such pro-
one Of the leading heavyweight con-
tenders, one of the principals in the
Battle of the Palms Tex Richard
planned for Miami Beach on the
night of Feb. 81.
Pa" came all the way north
from the Florida resort to scout
Sharkey, and Christner. if necessary.
But with the preliminary scouting
over and nothing left to do but wait
for the fistic pineapples to explode
tonight "Pa" has time to dwell on
the prospects OF record gate, at
Miami Beach and the enthusiasm for
fights in general and Young Strib-
ling in particular.
THE SOUTH" he said. lis just find
ing itself athletically. We had the
greatest football team in the coun-
try last fall in Georgia Tech. Bobby
Jones and Watts Gum have thrilled
the section with their golf and Ty
Cobb made baseball fans of thou
sands. Now Young Stribling has
come along to take his place az the
foremost southern representative in
the boxing world.
THE Sharkey- Stribling match will
be one of the biggest sport events
in the history of the section and
the boy must uphold the prestige of
his predecessors. Georgians. and es-
pecially tie fans of Macon, will
move on Miami Beach almost to 4
man. There's never been anything
like it down there.
FLORIDA never had but one big
fight before and that was when the
Those fans haven't had real
chance to yell. since Jim Corbett
stopped Charley Mitchell in Jack
sonville years ago.
| You know, southerners are more
sentimental than northerners or
westerners, and we consider that
this fight is something of a memo
rial to Tex Rickard. Tex was the
man who gave the boy his chance
and favored him to win the heavy
weight championship. The south
won't forget that"
Pa" Stribling feels that Sharkey
should beat Christner tonight and
of course believes that the Boston
sailor man is nothing but q 'set-
up" for his son. Sharkey. he says.
Is easy to hit, and is no stronger
and no better boxer than young
Stribling.
"Sharkey has a habit, too" said
Pa "of turning to referees and
complaining when the going gets
tough Well. the boy is pretty
smart In taking advantage of things
like that. We just hope he does
that once. He'll be a gone Sharkey,
THE boy doesn't care who referees
the match either. Sharkey is just rs
safe against prejudice in the south
as he would be in New York. They'll
boo him if they don't like the way
ne fights and they'll boo Stribling
too.
NO one with any sense would
want to steal a decision with news
papermen from all over the country
at the ringside. I've always found
that 4 poor decision against Won
reacts ultimately in your favor. You
notice that Pauline fought Tom
Heeney twice, won once and drew
the other time. but the Spaniard
didn't get the title shot with Tun-
ney. Heeney got that because the
newspapermen thought Tom won
both battles"
Young Stribling will start work
with half a dozen sparring partners
IN the dog track at Miami Beach
February 1, his father said. The
neat IN Florida at this time of the
year will slow both boxers in their
training work. he said PA" pre-
dlcted that young Stribling would
scale 1873 pounds for the match and
Sharkey less than he ever did be-