Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-01
SHARKEYS STATUS
. WITH FANS LOWER
CampOIo and Camera Other
Boxers Whom Max Must
Keep Eye Upon.
BY SPARROW McGANN.

AZ AK SCHMEL1NG, on vacation
M in Germany, will have plenty
N of time on shipboard to check
up on the capabilities Of the
four men who have more than an even
chance of relieving him of his newly
won heavyweight title.
Jack Sharkey is on the list and prob
ably ranks No. l. AS a drawing card
the Garrulous Cob must take a back
seat for Young Stribling, Vittorio Cam
polo and the greatest Snowman of them
all, Primo Camera.
Sharkey does not appeal to the fans.
This in spite of the fact that he ranks
better than his rivals. Some may dis
pute Jacks right to be called the best
boxer and ringman of the present day.
but cold facts do not bear them out
1t is only Sharkeys bad habit of send
ing his punches below the belt that
makes him unpopular His Dragging is
only press agent yarn.
Stribling in Front.
The Bostonian is one of the most Sc
rious fellows in the fight game and has
ponents. But Sharkey has won several
fights via the foul route and the fans
are not apt to forget that.
Stribling has forged to the front by
q sensational one-round knockout over
Otto Won Porat. This was no mean
feat. Paolino was the only man who
had been able to floor the lantern
jawed Norwegian, but he could not
keep him down. Won Porat carries
Dynamite n hllf "a
not cope with the Georgian's speedy at
tack and crushing right
Strlbling should assert his claims. go
over to England and score a clean
knockout over Phil Scott This is not
beyond possibility. Strib is a good
puncher and if he will forget his dads
advice to be cautious he will come pretty
close to flooring Scott for the count
Striblings knockout record is replete
with the names of unknown or clown
fighters. Something must be said about
this in Strib'S favor. There is an old
adage of the ring which says, "A bad
fighter will make a good fighter look
bad" 1t takes a good puncher to belt
out a clown in jig time, and the
Georgian certainly can do that.
Handicapped by Pa.
Stribling is handicapped by his we'll
meaning pa. With pa in his corner
seeing and noting the effect of every
blow, it is no wonder that he cautions
his boy to take it easy and don't let
him hit you that way again." This was
pronounced feature of Strib's tactics
in the Sharkey fight and had the South
ern battler been more aggressive he
night have beaten Sharkey. Going into
the eighth round it was anybody's fight.
Strib played it safe ana Sharkey came
on to win.
and does not hit below the belt. He
would be more dangerous opponent for
Schmeling than Sharkey, provided Strib
is properly handled.
Campolo is under obligation to Madi-
son Square Garden because that corpo-
ration purchased the rights to his con-
tract. Campolo has size and little else
to recommend him, unless one counts
an overwhelming desire to grab all the
money in sight. Salvatore Ruggerello
floored the Gaunt Gaucho of the Pam
pas and was in turn dumped to- the
canvas for a technical knockout. This
does not speak we'll for the angular
chin of the Argentinian. Campolo has
a long road to travel before he receives
serious consideration.
There is a possibility that Campolo
and Camera will be brought together
this Summer. If that comes to pass,
one can safely reckon that Camera
will be returned the victor. Camera
may be crude, but he carries too many
guns for Campolo.
Camera would not be an easy mark
for Schmeling. The big fellow is as
good a boxer as the Teuton and can
take punches just as well. His weight
would be a big factor. and We NAV yet
see the day when a giant weighing
265 pounds rules the fistic universe.