Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-01
GERMAN STANDS Up
UNDER COMP ARSON
Risko, Beaten by Schmeling,
0utShone Main Contest
Rivals at Miami.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

n IAMI, Fla, March bag,
M baggage and ballyhoo, the
pugilistic hosts of Madi-
son Square Garden pre-
pared to beat strategic retreat
today from the disastrous scenes
where the second battle of the
coconut palms fouled and Topped.
There have been more artistic failures
than this Scott-Sharkey affair. Tex
Richard had his troubles at Toledo in
1919 and the boom town of Shelby,
Mont was hard hit by the flop of the
Dempsey Gibbons bout there in the
Summer of 1923. But these, at least, had
the glamous of championship strug-
gle, no matter what the sad tale in the
box Office.
The balmy setting of this Winters
fistic fiasco had few, If any, redeeming
features to offset its financial short
comingS. These might have been over
looked with a more magnificent gesture
by the Garden Corporation had Jack
Sharkey achieved a convincing and de-
cisive victory over Phil Scott. the pallld
Briton, who seems inflicted with chronic
difficulty in the right sciatic nerve. AS
it was, the battle added no luster to
heavyweight history.
Scott, all hands concede, no matter
fouled, has been effectually removed as
heavyweight title contender. Thus
the field is at least reduced by one In
the wearisome and unsatisfactory series
Of elimination. bouts since the retire.
ment of Gene Tunney in the Summer
of 1928
Jacks Plans Uncertain.
Sharkey, the main American hope,
though a three round victor over Scout
under extraordinary circumstances, re-
mains an uncertain figure as f1ghter
of apparently great possibilities, but dis
tinctly erratic tendencies in the ring.
Seemingly, Thursday was the night for
! this Jeckyl and Hyde of fiSttcuftS 70
wage one of his bad fights.
Not only did he fail to justify the
long odds in his favor, but actually he
came within shade of losing on foul
and spelling whatever hopes he had OF
winning world championship honors.
The expert consensus, as a result, is
that Sharkey by no means figures to
have any advantage over Max Schmel-
! ing, the German clouter, when they
meet on June 26 in the deciding heavy
weight tilt at New York. This bout will
feature the annual milk fund show,
sponsored by the mayors committee, OF
which Mrs. william Randolph Hearst
is chairman.
Schmeling has been out of the ring
since last Summer when he trounced
Pauline after previously scoring a
/ technical Knockout over Johnny Risko,
who looked good enough on Thurs
day night against Victoria Campolo to
have trimmed any one on the card,
including the main bout participants.
Schmeling. if he can reproduce the
form he last showed in this country,
l. conceded an excellent chance to beat
! Sharkey.
! The suuawks over the Miami battle
may BE- heard fer some time to come
! fer thy aroused new strains of pugilis-
/ tic bitterness. but these will not change
tho result. Tho Miami boxing commits
sicnsrs made it clear that while they
( will accord Scott or his manager any
/ reasonable hearing, they have no
thought &C revising or r2considering the
verdict CT Referee Lou Magnolia.
Final Figures Show Loss.
Phil Scctt spent most of the day
after" undergoing treatment for the
nerve condition which he claimed re-
! suited from a foul blow by Sharkey
| to the sire OF his hip His manager
| devoted the entire day to the voicing
| of hot charges against the referee.
| Magnolia ccuntered with equal heat.
| Sharkey alone obtained rest and Sc
clusion, which he intends to enjoy here
Tor another month. He VIII not hight
again until he meets Schmeling in June
The final report from the box Office
was sad. indeed. 1t showed gross re-
ceipts of $193,252 and a net gate Of
$l61,7l6 after the deduction of Federal
tax. There were only 1892 paying
customers, of whom II, 1897 sat in the
SIS sections (until they moved else
where), 3.495 occupied $12,40 seats and
1870 enjoyed the luxury of $25 loca-
tions.
With Sharkey receiving $40. 429. rs
and Scott $32.243. the fighters pay
roll reached $124,000 altogether, leav-
ing the Garden less than $4,000 with
which to pay the arena rental and the
cost Of operations, besides the main
tcnance of a large staff organization
here for month. The total cost of the
promotion was figured at no less than
S2OO, 1000. so that the loss probably will
be between $4,000 and $4,000.