Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28
TRAINING TO. JACK
ISAN open BOOK
Max, on Other Hand, Is Not
So Familiar With Ways
of Preparation.
BY SPARROW McGANN.

" YEw YORK, May 2s (CP.A9.-
nj Jack Sharkey and Max Schmel-
ing, the principals in the bat
tie. to be staged here on June
- for the world heavyweight title,
have been in training at their camps
for over two weeks. Judging them
on the form shown to date, Sharkey
looks far ana away the better of the
two.
The training grind for an important
fight Is nothing new to the garrulous
COB. The smoothness of his work Is
the result Of experience. There is moth
ing else he needs to do but gradually
round into form, by the hardening
process, and he. viii be ut to step into
the ring.
The same cannot be said about
echmeling. There is no rule or plan by
which his training has been progressing
and while he looked good against slow
moving big fellows, he has not shown
wen against smaller, faster sparring
mates with a good left hand and
enough boxing sense to step around
rapidly.
Has Potent Right Hand.
NO one denies the potency of Schme-
Mnglg right. Max can send in q right
handler with the speed and accuracy of
sharpShooter. Knowing this, it is q
gAd commentary on the astuteneSs of
his trainer, or whoever is the master
mind behind his training, that Max
should be coached to employ bobbing,
weaving style and place emphasis on q
straight left. Joe Jacobs and Billy Nc
Carney have been around too long not
to know that Sharkey has a punching
1e1t hand, and to expect man to de-
Velop left to match Sharkey'S in q
short time is too much.
Schmeling may have the idea that
eharkey IS not all he Is cracked up to
be, but that doesn't alter the fact that
MaxS training system is all wrong
Considering the long periods between
fights and the different types Schmeling
has been compelled to meet in this
country, he has shown good fighting
class. This promise Is liable to be wiped
out BY these last-minute changes in his
style. His natural style Of fighting Is
good enough to get him somewhere,
and II this style were improved further
he would stand better chance Of going
90 the top.
II Schmeltng loses to sharkey because
Of the tactics he employs or Is told to
use In training, that win be his own
fault. Max Is doing things all wrong,
or too slowly, and has stu to justify
Ills C16kIu Ek186 ne has enough IN MS
repertoire, outside Of good right hand,
which he seldom uses, to cope with the
en-arcund ring work and experience Of
JACK sharkey.
Even As to Experience.
@harkey and schmeling have been
throwing leather at opponents for the
same number OF years. They are round
Ing out their sixth year in the prize
ring. This VIII surprise many fans, who
had the idea that because Max Is three
years younger than his American rival
he u q newcomer to the game Of give
end-take. Even more surprising is the
fact that Schmeling has had eight more
fights than the BoStonian.
But, with the exception Of Johnny
RaSko and Paolino Uzcudun, the Teuton
slagger has not tilted lances with the
same class Of pugs that Sharkey has
been called upon to meet during his
9areer.
Excuses have been made for Risko
md Paolino In their bouts with the Ger
man. Risko was winning UP to the time
he ran into q hefty right. Paolino had
o damaged right maulie and could not
carry the fight to Schmeling. That is
part Of the game. Schmeling had moth
ing to do with RiSko running full tilt
into . hard right. Neither did Max
have anything to do with Paolino's bad
arm. RiSko's aggreSsiveness and Paol-
tno's injury are called the breaks" Of
the game. That Max profited by them
b his OWE good fortune. ALI Is fair IN
love and war, and the same goes for
the Tight racket.