The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-13
JACK SHARKEY FOULS
TEUTON IN 9TH ROUND
OF CHAMPIONSHIP GO.
End Of Two-Year Search for
Successor of Gene Tunney
Is Disappointing
AMERICAN HAD SMALL LEAD
5ostonian Blew Best Chance
for Title Just as on Two
Other Occasions
AMERICAN HAD SMALL LEAD
By ALAN J.. GOULD

over, and controversy.
Max Schmeling won on a foul from
Jack Sharkey within the last six Sec
onds of the fourth round of what was
to have been the decisive battle for
the heavyweight title last night at
the Yankee stadium but they left the
situation as chaotic as were the wild
scenes accompanying the abrupt fin
tsh Of the match.
Severely battered though he had
been, the ck-thatched 24-year-old
German youth emerged with what
ever honors and title claims go with
the victory. He may, for the time
being, be put at the top of the heavy
weight class, at least by his own
countrymen and by the New York
state athletic commission.
Something's cause may be espouSed
further by the National Boxing asso-
citation and he is a candidate at least
for the inscription of his name upon
the Muldoon-Tunney trophy, emblem
attic of championship recognition.
Ends Two Year Search
But today, cold analysis Of the un-
satisfactory and disappointing climax
to a two-year search for q fit mon
arch of heavyweight ranks appeared
to offer no sound basis for proclaim
ing the young German possessor Of
honors universal in scope.
Max, experts may hold, should not
be penalized and deprived of recog-
milton for events beyond his control,
but the fact remained that Schmel-
ing was carried bodily and in appar-
emily great pain from the ring last
night, the winner, but a badly bat
tered one
Schmeling was hurt by a punch un-
uuestionably low after having been
decisively outboxed and o~utpunched
by Sharkey, who with one cratic
blow Of his fist swept away the high
honors that seemed almost certain to
be his. The German cruInpled to the
floor, to be carried to his corner and
declared the victor only a few min
utes after it seemed he wa on the
verge of being clearly knocked out,
in the third round, when the Amer
lean battered his young rival all over
the ring with . vicious two-fisted
onslaught.
In the third round, sharkey had
Schmeling groggy and q quick victory
apparently in his grasp. A round
later. the tables were reversed with
such startling rapidity that scenes Of
the widest disorder and confusion
developed. 81
The fatal and final blow, intended
as q left hook for the stomach but
somehow Internationally misdirected,
was delivered as the fighters were
close together along the ropes. with
the tap Of the gong ending the round
only a few seconds away. The ref
cree, Jimmy Crowley. on the opposite
side Of the ring, with Sharkey's back
between him and Schmeling, failed
to e the punch. Withholding his
decision, as the German sank with.
ing to the floor, Crowley hesitated
and was almost instantly surrounded
and harassed by the managers, Sec
onds and handlers Of the two fighters
as he sought advice from officials on
either side Of the ring. With the
clamor still at its height and the
crowd In complete uproar, Crowley
finally accepted the unqualified judy
ment Of one Of the judges, Harold
Barnes, and pronounced Schmeling
the victor on q foul.
Barnes was the only one Of the
three officials to have an unobstruct-
ed view Of the final blow and he UNI
hesitatingly called 1t grounds for dis
qualification Of the American.
The finish was q shock to the big
crowd estimated at more than 10000
spectators, who had contributed to
an estimated gate" Of $4,000, the
largest in three years.
Fans and experts had established
Sharkey the favorite and, after the
third round, expected to see him pro-
duce one Of his most impressive tri-
umphs. Instead they saw the big
and temperamental Bostonian blow
his best chance for championship rec
ignition, much Is by his cratic work
he had tossed away two previous
chances to climb heights.
Had Disdainful Sheer
Sharkey entered the ring at the
stadium supremely confident, an
American flag draped around his
shoulders and q disdainful sheer on
his face that not even the raucous
boos, mingled with the cheers for him,
seemed to affect. Events throughout
most of the first three rounds sus.
tanned this outward confidence Of the
American "hope," for Sharkey exhib-
tied a GOODNESS. q calculating mode of
attack that was reminiscent of his
best days. Yet at the finish he was
once again baked by the ineffective
ness and wtldness that has always
marked his fights against foreign
born foes.
9avagely. In the third round. the
bigger, harder hitting Sharkey at
tackled his crouching, weaving rival,
Max was rocked by piston.powered
blows to the head, doubled up by
pile-driving lefts to the ribs and
stomach.
Bailey punished. schmeling kept
his feet and fought back gameiy
Smelling salts and ice helped revive
him between rounds and he came out
~aggressively in the fourth to force
6harkey back for the first minute OF
fighting. The American was wary OF
the Germans right after it thudded
briskly to his temple but Sharkey
seemed again In command when the
foul occurred.
6chsneling. In the brief opportunity
afforded him. exhibited little effec-
tive punching, except with q straight
right mapped from his DECEPTIVE