Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-14
NEW MANAGEMENT
MAY CHANGE ERNIE
Ex-SalIor Has An Impressive
Record, but Talking Foe
Packs Real Punch.
BY SPARROW McGANN.

n YEW YORK, December 13.-
IN Max Baer talks a rousing
i Y good fight. A few minutes
with the former butcher
boy Of Livermore, Calf, leads one
to believe that promoters are
wasting their time looking around
for a capable opponent for Max
Schmeling. Yes, stree, the title is
as good as back in this country If
the youthful and vociferous Cali
fornian ever gets Herr Max in the
ring with him.
Shades Of Jack Sharkey's palniest
daysl This fellow Baer has the gar
rulouS COB backed clear of the boards
and could spot the sailor several min
uteS and put up q line Of talk that
would convince the most callous skeptic
in the world.
Looks Like Conner.
On form Baer has all the earmarks
Of conner. That he is q puncher goes
without saying. His record bears out
the appellation, but when Max says he
will stop Ernie Schaaf in just about
five rounds in their fight next Friday
night, the fans look askance and want
TO be shown. Schaaf Is just about
ready to show up the best of them
and he has never been knocked OF his
feet. The list he has fought reads just
like who's who in the heavyweight d.
vision" His two slashing victories over
Tommy Loughran, in the latter's home
town, are not to be sneezed at.
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This may work out for the best. John
ny Buckley feels that Squire Jack
Sharkey Is ready to hang up his gloves
most any time now and between them
they paid plenty of money for Ernie's
contract. Buckley Is considered q good
judge Of fighting flesh and his opinion
of Schaaf is readily seen In the fact
that he would never allow Sharkey 70
mingle with the youthful graduate from
the United States Navy. Sharkey him
self thinks his investment in Schaaf
will be q paying one.
Discipline BOthers Ernie.
Baer has one important point in his
favor. II Schaaf does not mend his
ways under the new management, he
will shoulder handicap in smuggling 1t
out with his rival from the Pacific
Coast. Ernie chafed under the sharp
discipline Of Phil Schlossberg and often
refused to follow instructions. This at
times weighed against him and unless
he reforms his ring career will be short.
III Buckley can bring out the best In
Schaaf, Baer Is in for a tempestuous
evening next Friday and his debut in
the mecca Of fistdom will be an eff
fective silencer. Schaaf can really
fight. Several of his poor showings
were due to his mental attitude, for he
smarted under discipline The tactics
OF his old manager, SchlosSberg, put
him where he Is and his early successes
swelled his head. Ernie would do we'll
to forget his swell ideas and get down
to brass tacks.
Handles Self Well
Baer may be a boastful chap, with
more than the ordinary amount Of con-
hdence in his makeup, but there Is no
gainsaytng that he is a puncher out of
the ordinary. Max needs but one solid
wallop to fell an opponent. He can
finish any man he downs, Although
Max has had but 81 fights he handles
himself like a veteran.
Temperament will decide his fight.
Schaaf has it IN him to beat the West
erner. If he does, then Stribling.
Gr1hths, Campolo and the rest had bet
ter look to their laurels. It Is q golden
opportunity for both boys. The In
door season has just started. A heavy
weight titular match is in prospect and
there will be much scrambling on the
part OF contenders. Opportunities such
as tins come on rare occasions. Baer
and Schaaf realize this and win be out
trying Tor spanking victory.