Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29
DECLARES GERMAN
| j RIGHT TRACK"
Using Crowding Style That
Is Needed When Fighter
Meets a Boxer.
BY BENNY LEONARD,
Retired Indicated Lightweight Champion
of the World.

Retired indicated Lightweight Champion
TNDICOTT, N. Y, May 29.-
r. Max Schmeling has taken
the tip I've been trying to
give him and nov he is do
ing more boxing. He's beginning
to train for his fight with Jack
Sharkey which is to decide the
heavyweight championship in the
Yankee Stadium on June IL. He's
boxing at least seven rounds a
day and is using four Sparring
partners.
First. let me impress on you that
Schmeling is not gymnasium fighter.
He does not make his best showing in
practice bouts. cannot find fault with
him in this, for some of the best gym
naSium fighters ! ever saw did not do
so well when it came to actual combat
in the ring, and vice versa.
So 1t seems to be with Schmel-
ing. Max is in there trying out new
things: he's scheming and planning and
studying the game, using his Sparring
partners as an aid to this study. He is
learning. In his Sparring bouts he Is
And Schneling Is pretty good at figur-
ing, too. Don't get the idea that this
fellow is going to be any soft snap.
Crowds His Sparring Partners.
have been watching him box. He
crowds his sparring partners, and that
leads me to believe his plan is to fight
Sharkey crowding fight. Probably
Max realizes that Sharkey is a clever
boxer The fundamental principle of
the game is fight boxer and box a
fighter"
In this Sehmeling is on the right
track. It is the thing for him to do, If
he can, against Sharkey. That Is what
Johnny Riskol and Tom Heeney did
when they met Sharkey. They kept
crowding him. Schmeling must know
this, for Joe Jacobs would tell him. II
Max crowds Sharkey, he win force Jack
to fight back, and in this way the
American champion will not be able TO
box so much as he. will have to fight.
Thus, you see, Schmeling will be making
Sharkey fight the way Max wants him
to fight. $50
And so, because he Is studying these
boxer types. this may account for the
fact that Schmeling looked bad in the
gym for q couple of days. He certainly
wasn't paying any attention to the
punches his light sparring partners
were landing while he was studying.
Why should he, equipped with headgear
and such things as he Is in the gym?
I noticed, too, that q straight left
was the punch that Schmeling was
being hit with most frequently. This
he tried to avoid by bobbing and weav-
ing. It looked to RE as though he 10
working out a defense for this punch.
Max certainly Is physically 1T and his
wind Is very good. He Is strong and all
he needs is tuning. You know, when
Schmeling gets hit by q sparring part
ner there is q great hurrah about 1t,
but there isn't much said when Schmel-
Ing does the hitting. Naturally. they
shouldn't he get hit In there boxing?
Faults TO BE Remedied.
Now, as to certain faults that Max
must remedy. In the first place, he Is
boxing too much for the head at pres
ent He should shift his attack more
for the body. Body blows were the only
things that affected Sharkey in his
fight with Dempsey, regardless Of
whether they were low or too high.
Schmeling VIII get nowhere hitting at
Jacks elusive head.
Another fault: Schmeiing Is showing
tendency to shift over toward the left
too much. He does this by pulling the
his left hand. This automatically brings
his right shoulder forward, and this
nullifies the force of his right, which il
his best hand. It Is bad for his right
hand punch, for it makes It more Of O
jab than a real punch. This Is wrong
However, Max still has the right. He
should take his proper stance, and then
his right would have its old force. He
tried it on Jack De Nave. Then he
took his proper stance, and shot over
the right 1t clicked, and De Nave
sank to his knees A few seconds later,
Schmeling delivered the blow again, In
the correct manner. This time he
knocked De Nave almost through the
ropes, and little Musl1ie Jackson had 70
grab Jack and give him O Whit Of the
old smelling salts So Max still packs
that good right, even though he does
impair it when he takes that left
shoulder back.
These are faults that believe Schmsl.
ing has time 10 correct. The idea Of
crowdtng Sharkey, Of going right after
him, the way he walks into his sparrtng
partners, is Q good One-for Max. II
he does this, he'n put up real fight.
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