Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-13
SITUATION CHAOTIC
FROM ALL ANGLES
German Battered, Apparent
Loser, CrumpIeS Under
Low Blow in Fourth.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

EW YORK, June 13.-The
M fiStic world that had hoped
to wake up today to cele-
brate the browning OF a
new and undiSputed world heavy
weight champion, discovered, in
stead, that it had just another
headache, hangover and con-
troverSy.
Max Schmeling won on a foul
from Jack Sharkey within the
last six seconds of the fourth
round of what was to have been
the decisive battle for the heavy
weight title last night at the
Yankee Stadium, but they left the
situation as chaotic as were the
wild scenes accompanying the
abrupt finish of the match.
Severely battered though he had been,
the black-thatched 24-year-old German
youth, who looks, hobs and weaves like
the one and only Jack Dempsey,
emerged with whatever honors and title
claims go with the victory. He may,
for the time being, be put at the top
of the heavyweight class, at least by
his own countrymen and by the New
York State Athletic Commission, which
proclaimed its right beforehand to
crown the winner as the new champion
of the world and successor to Gene
Tunney, who retired two years ago.
Schmeling'S cause may be eSpouSed
further by the National Boxing Associa-
ton, and he is candidate at least for
the inscription of his name upon the
Muldoon- Tunney Trophy, emblematic of
championship recognition so far as its
donors are concerned. But today cold
analysis of the unsatisfactory and dis
appointing climax to a two-year search
for At monarch of heavyweight ranks
appeared to offer no sound basis for
proclaiming the young German possess
sor of honors universal In scope, where
neither of the principals in the main
test, beforehand, held any clear or
undisputed claim to championship
position.
Blow UnquestiOnably Low.
Dark-browed, likable, courageous Max,
experts may hold, should not be
penalized and deprived of recognition
for events beyond his control, but the
fact remained that Schmeling was car
ried bodily and in apparently great pain
from the ring last night, the winner,
but badly battered one.
Schmeling was hurt by punch that
was unquestionably low after having
been decisively outboxed and outpunch-
y
blow Of his fist swept away the high
honors that seemed almost certain to
be his The German crumpled to the
floor, to be carried to his corner and
declared the victor only few minutes
after it seemed he was on the verge
of being clearly knocked out In the
third round, when the American bat
tered his young rival all over the ring
with a viciously sustained two-flsted
onslaught.
In the third round Sharkey had
Schmeling groggy and a quick victory
apparently in his grasp. A round later
the tables were reversed with such
startling rapidity that scenes of the
widest disorder and cofusion developed.
The fatal and final blow, intended as a
left hook for the stomach, but somehow
Internationally misdirected, was deliv-
cred as the fighters were close together
along the ropes, with the tap of the
gong ending the fourth round only few
seconds away. The referee, Jimmy
Crowley, on the opposite side of the
ring, with Sharkey's back between him
and Schmeling. failed to see the punch.
Withholding his decision as the German
sank writhing in agony to the floor,
Crowley heSitated and was almost in
stantly surrounded and harassed by
the managers, seconds and handlers of
the two fighters as he sought advice
from officials on either side of the ring.
With the cIamor still at its height and
the crowd in complete uproar, Crowley
finally accepted the unqualified Judg-
ment of one of the judges, Harold
Barnes, and pronounced Schmeling the
victor on foul. '.''..t '..'
Barnes Has Clear View.
Barnes was the only one of the three
officials to have an unobStructed view
of the final blow, and he unhesitatingly
called it grounds for disqualification Of
the American.
The finish was a shock to the big
crowd, estimated at more than 10000
spectators, who had contributed to an
estimated gate" of $740,000, the largest
in three years, in the hope Of seeing the
long-existing heavyweight muddle clear
ed up by a clean-cut victory for either
Sharkey or Schmeling. Fans and experts
had established Sharkey the favorite
and, after the third round, expected to
see him produce one of his most impress
Sive triumphs. Instead they saw the
big and temperamental Bostonian
blow" his best chance for champion
ship recognition, much as by his erratic
work he had tossed away two previous
chances to climb the heights.
1t was in the same spot that Sharkey
failed in his first test knockout victim
of Jack Dempsey in a bout in 1927
that provoked a spirited "foul-or-fair"
debate afterward. year later the
former sailors mediocre showing against
Tom Heeney and defeat at the hands
of Johnny Risko robbed him of a right
to challenge Gene Tunney in the lat
ter's farewell ring appearance. Last
Winter, in Miami Sharkey was awarded
a questionable knockout victory over
the Englishman. Phil Scott. whose
CLAIMS Of f6f1l dieo IlNS1yaI a
beneficiary Of of1cial ruling then,
Sharkey last night was the victim of
his own and oft pronounced lack of
control.
Sharkey Is DiSdainful
sharkey entered the ring at the
stadium Supremely confident an Amer
lean flag draped around his shoulders
and disdainful sneer 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 sustained this outward
confidence of the American hope, -
for Sharkey exhibited a GOODNESS, a
calculating mode of attack that was
reminiscent Of his best days, of his
successful battles with Wills, Maloney
and Loughran. Yet at the finish he
was once again baked by the ineffec-
tiyeness and wildness that has always
marked his fights against foreign-born
foes-Romero Rojas, Risko, Heeney
Scott and now Schmeling.
Savagely, in the third round, the
bigger, hard-hitting Sharkey attacked
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.
Badly punished, Schmeling kept his
feet and fought back gamely. Smelling
ino hn1nad rpviUa him hof UyanY