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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-13
SCHMEL|NG BEGAN
RING CAREER AT 10
Kayoed Club Instructor in
First Bout-0n Own Re-
sources as Youth.

MAX SCHMELING's most popular
AVA characteristic is his striking re-
semblance to Jack Dempsey, retired
former heavyweight champion of the
world. But the resemblance goes be-
yond facial appearance and a ring like
ness. The lad from Germany has led
a life which is a decided parallel to
the life that was Dempseys before his
rise to ring prominence.
Max Siegfried Adolf Otto Schmel-
ing was born September 20, 1905, at
in youth was seized with the wander
lust. His father was a fisherman and
a pilot for incoming Hamburg-Am
lean Line steamships at the port of
Hamburg, a city to which the Schmel-
ing family moved when Max was a
youngster.
Runs Away From Home.
At a tender age Schmeling ran away
from home. He tramped all over his
native land, making a living as best he
could. He worked as a farm laborer,
typist stone layer, factory worker, steel
worker and miner at various times, and
his travels took him into Belgium. The
nature of his early work supplied the
foundation for the muscular, well con-
ditioned fighter of today.
lated boxing when he was 10 years of
age. Not until that time did he witness
boxing bout. And 1t is his proud
boast that the day after he first saw a
bout he won club championship as
boxer.
It was at the Sports Club Colonia,
Mulheim, Schmeling relates, that he
received his boxing initiation. He
donned the gloves with the club in
-k~ d..
Structor. The following night he was
matched as an unknown against the
club middleweight champion, knocked
him out and won the title For six
months Schmeling followed the career
of an amateur boxer, getting a competi-
tive education for the sport which at
tracted him.
He launched his professional career
in 1924, and in five months engaged in
10 battles winning seven of them by
knockoutS and suffering his first knock
out at the hands of Max Dickman. In
1925 Schmeling had 10 fights, and was
once knocked out by Larry Gaines.
The year 1926 witnessed Schmeling in
five engagements, and in 1927 he had
Is. He was knocked out by Gypsy
Daniels in 1928. but subsequently beat
Franz Diener for the German heavy
weight championship, and then set sail
that has been meteoric.
Monte First Victim Here.
He arrived in New York in the Spring
of 1928, but it was not until the Fall
that he undertook a match. Injured
hands handicapped him. This COM
plant repaired, Schmeling engaged in
his first American effort and scored an
instantaneous hit, knocking out Joe
Monte in eight rounds at Madison
Square Garden. In January, 1929,
Schmeling defeated Joe Sekyra, and the
following month he knocked out Pietro
CORR in one round.
The following month Schmeling as
sured himself a niche in the list of
heavyweiShts struggling for the title
when he knocked out Johnny Risko IN
nine rounds. This match brought
Schmeling front-rank prominence and
created a demand for his services.
When he battered Pauline through is
hard-fought rounds two months later,
however, Schmeling established himself
as the most dangerous heavyweight in
Jack Sharkey's path to the champion
ship.
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Something's Win Public C1Qg B0U Clean d. Says Shark
MAX EASY TO HIT,
YANKEE DECLARES
Shifts to Stomach Attack as
More Destructive After
Pounding Foes Face.
BY JACK SHARKEY
american Heavyweight Champion.)

n EW YORK, June 13.-It was
M left to the stomach
Y which caused Max Schmel-
ing of Germany to drop to
the canvas in the fourth round of
our bout at the Yankee Stadium
last night. 1t was as clean a
knockout punch as was ever
scored.
At the time the final punch
went over Schmeling was beaten
man. I had found it easy to hit
him on the chin and in the body
with left and right hand punches.
The German had little defense
against my left hand. I was able to
reach him with straight left jabs, willis
he was also wide open for left hooks.
Later started pumping right-hand
blows to the Germans chin.
When Max began to slow down
drove some heavy left-hand socks to
the body. soon found that Schmeling
did not stand up as we'll under body
blows as when hit on the chin.
Terrific Left Hook.
Late in the fourth round, I tented
Schmeling, and as he plunged forward
I nailed him with terrific left hook in
the stomach. I could feel my padded
glove sinking deep into my opponents
stomach. He dropped to the canvas
in a heap.
Referee Jimmy Crowley started to
count, but the gong sounded before the
count had gone very far.
Referee Crowley stated. at the time
he did not see any low blow. He later
consulted with the judges. understand
that Harold Barnes, one of the judges,
ruled that had struck Schmeling low.
When the final punch was delivered
my back was toward the judge who
claimed the blow was low. He was not
in position to see the action.
At the time the bout ended was well
out in front. Most Of the boxing ex-
perts at the ringside declared I had won
every round.
Schmelng is promising young
fighter but still is lacking in experience.
He is wide open to left and right hand
head punches. He knows little about in
fighting and did not do any damage
when at close quarters.
Starts With Eead Attack.
In the first round I was content to
outlook Schmeling. I hit him repeat
edly with straight left jabs and made
him miss when he tried to reach me
with his right-hand punches.
The second round saw me shooting
HEAVY Ie1I UOOhS 10 bIlG Jaw. WIlen
Schmeling wobbled I crossed my right
to his chin. At one stage of the second
frame I had Max on the verge of
knockout. picked my spots for my
right duke, as felt I had plenty of
time In which to beat my opponent
down.
I continued my head attack In the
third session. Left and right hand
blows bounced off Schmeling'S chin.
He nailed me with ore short right-hand
sock to the jaw and some left hooks to
the head, but he did not hurt me.
Then came the fourth round. Max,
badly beaten, displayed rare courage by
driving to close quarters. He came on
In the face of sharp, singing punches.
I then shifted my attack to the body.
Max did not stand up well under my
body attack. 1t was not any surprise
to me when he crumpled under my
driving left hook to the stomach.
(Copyright, 1e30.)
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MAX FIRST EVER TO WIN
WORLD TITLE ON A FOUL
Finish Tragedy for sharkey After Best Exhibition
of His Career-TeutOn OutfOught, but
Not Disgraced, and Is a Conner.

the fourth or fifth round. 1t clearly was
all over in the fourth.
The finish was tragedy for Sharkey,
who had put up the best all-around
exhibition of his career. He was de-
pr1ved of what most observers looked
upon as certain victory by one mis-
guided blow. The BoStonian had boxed
coolly and cleverly to pile up a good
margin and everything seemed to be
breaking perfectly for him when he
made the fatal mistake. There was no
room for argument as to the punch
being low. 1t just Is not in the books,
it seems, for Sharkey to be champion.
DR.. William H. Walker, who examined
Schmeling, stated that Schmeling had
been hit low. There is a distinct indi-
cation of a spasm of the left Scrotum,
indicating a recent blow in that region,
was his verdict.
Jack Receives $175,O00.
Though it was bitter medicine for
Sharkey to lose a fight that he was
winning by wide margin, he received
one good break in that he will not be
penalized one penny Of his purse. As
the net receipts Appropriated $700, 900.
Sharkey's rs per cent comes to $175,O0O
If the clause providing for forfeiture
were in force he would be paid only
three rounds, one-flfth Of the scheduled
distance, which would reduce his bit
to $35 900.
An argument RACES today, and prob
ably will go on and on for months, as to
what would have happened had there
been no foul.
One side contends that Sharkey was
certain to win, either by knockout or
on points, as he had clearly outboxed
and outpunched the German.
On the other hand, there are those
who believe that Schmeling was just
beginning to come along and would
have worn down the Bostonian, having
taken Sharkey's best shots without
going to the canvas until hit low.
Such discussions are fruitleSs.
To Sharkey's credit let it be said that
he proved himself superior to Schmel-
ing in every department of the game
as it went. In the third round, when
he had the German shaken up, Jack
did not lose his poise as he sometimes
has in the past.
SchmeIing Can take It."
The best feature of Schmeling's work
was his ability to stand up under the
American champions best punches. The
right that felled Loughran bounced of
| the Germans chin without upsettine
him.
It is true that Schmeling was shaken
I'D In the third round, but he never
lost his bearings, boxing with the utmost
GOODNESS. He was fighting back strongly
at the bell Given Whit of the SMELL
ing salts after the third round he cams
out strong again for the fourth. The
Hamburg hammerer can take it as well
as give 1t.
Schmeling still Is about year away
as the saying is in the sock market
He should be a much better fighter with
added experience. He held his right
hand in reserve for two rounds, relying
on let's. Many of Sharkey'S blows
were taken on the Germans elbows. He
was by no means disgraced, though out
| fought as far as it went
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MAX LUCKY TO WIN,
LEONARD DECLARES
German, 0utcIasSed by Foe,
Treated in SportsmanIike
Manner by Americans.
BY BENNY LEONARD,
Retired undefeated light heavyweight cham.
pion of the world.

PAOu Va Vic WOAA0'
UNE 13.-Max Schmeling won the
heavyweight crown on an acct
- dental foul.
Herr Max Schmeling cannot
go back to his homeland and fail to
sing the praises of the American people
as sportsmen. He can also feel he is
a lucky boy, for as soon as the first
round was over one could see that Jack
Sharkey was the master boxer.
The second round Jack kept up
straight boxing, jabbing Max often and
every now and then crossing right
to Max's head and following up with
an uppercut. Max landed hard right
on Jacks jaw which Jack took with
smile. This was the first right-hand
punch Max let fly.
The third round was bad one for
the German boy. Sharkey started jab-
bling Max and Max kept moving in
slowly, weaving now and then, trying
TO get set for a right hand punch.
Just then Jack hit Herr Max with
a short left hook on the jaw which
made Max step back.
Jack saw this and followed with a
hard right and another left which had
Max In a bad way. The crowd yelled
Max was In bad shape just before the
bell.
Jack hit Schmeling with right
hand uppercut which sent Max to his
corner groggy. sat near Something's
corner, and as Max came back the first
thing Joe Jacobs did was to stick the
smelling salts under his nose.
Sharkey Cool in Fourth.
Jack Sharkey came up cool for the
| fourth round and every one remarked
how calmly he was fighting, never
once tearing at Schmeling in that wild
| fashion he used in some of his previous
| bouts.
Jack started jabbing with that long
| left and Max kept going along In the
same manner, moving in slowly, looking
| for one shot. He knew he was out
claSsed.
The fight was all Sharkey All of a
sudden, near the end of the round, I
saw Jack start left hook, and as 1t
| got around to Schmeling never saw
it land, as Max's body was in front
| of me-
However, foul or no foul, it was acct
dental, for Sharkey' was way out in
front and looked a sure winner when
the final blow landed.
I ran over to the other side OF the
ring and talked to Patsy Haley, a
referee. I asked Patsy if he saw the
blow. He said, Eyes, Benny; the blow
was low, all right; it was all an acci-
dent, for Schmeling hoped up a bit
as Jack let the blow fly"
Max Schmeling now is heavyweight
champion of the world, and think he
will improve rapidly from now on.
Copyright, 1880. by North American News
/ paper Alliance.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-13

N EW YORK, June 13.-Max
Schmeling not only is the first
man from the Old World to
hold the heavyweight cham
pionship of the world since Bob Fitz-
simmons knocked out Jim Corbett, but
the only boxer ever to ascend the
throne by virtue Of foul.
When Jack Sharkey, the American
champion, drove low left into the
Germans groin five seconds before the
close of the fourth round at the Yankee
ST. Iium last night there was no alter
native for Referee Jimmy Crowley ex-
cept to award the verdict to Schmeling,
after Harold Barnes, a judge, and APP
parently the only one of the three
officials to see the blow clearly, had
emphatically asserted the punch was
low.
1t was an amazing and totally I'M
expected finish. Sharkey, boxing in
the best form of his career, had won
the first three rounds and had slight
margin as far as the fourth had gone.
AS Sharkey stood near the ropes,
close to his own corner, Schmeling
rushed him and the American cham
pion let go with terrific left for the
stomach. Sharkey apparently was
faulty in his judgment of distance, for
the blow landed several inches below
| the belt with a Sickening thud.
Referee Has Tough Time.
Schmeling went down like a man hit
| with fat-nosed bullet. Instantly all
was confusion. Crowley, who admitted
later that he could not see the blow
clearly, appealed to Barnes, the judge,
| l,aI % H.
pened. Barnes stated that 1t was a
| foul.
Meanwhile, five seconds after the
blow was struck, the bell rang, signaling
| the end of the round. In the general
hullaballo few heard it. Sharkey re-
treated to his own corner. Schmel-
ing's handlers, Joe Jacobs, Max Machon
and doc" Casey, dragged the German
| gladiator to his corner, where he
writhed in apparent agony. Crowley
again asked Barnes for. his opinion
on the punch and the judge repeated
| that it was low.
Crowley still seemed loath to dis
qualify Sharkey.
third time the harassed Crowley
appealed to Barnes and a third time he
was told to disqualify Sharkey. Still
he did not act When Crowley put
the question to Barnes a fourth time
the judge grew impatient and shouted
his verdict in loud tones.
BY this time George Bannon, the
timekeeper, who kept his head ad-
mirably throughout the mix-up, struck
the gong to signal the start of the fifth
round, as he was not aware of any de-
cision by the referee. When Schmeling
failed to emerge from his corner Ban
non started to pound out a count with
his gaVel, but was ordered to discon-
tinue by Crowley who finally made
known that he had disqualified Shar-
key, who had come from his corner
with the idea of continuing the bout.
Sharkey Near Collapse.
When he realized that he once more
had forfeited his chance to take over
the title of champion, Sharkey at last
gave way to his emotions and appeared
/ on the verge of collapsing. buckley
shook his boxers head vigorously and
wiped his face with a towel. The Bos-
tonian then composed himself and
bowed to the crowd several times as if
in victory.
An argument arose around the ring
| side as to whether the fight ended In
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MGx's Mother Up All
Night, Excited by Win
PERL1N, June IS up. Frau

RERLIN, June IS up. Frau
~ schmeling, mother of the Ger
man heavyweight. had not yet
recovered this morning from the
nights excitement of listening in to
the radio broadcast Of the Schmel-
ing-Sharkey fight.
Frau Schmeling, her other son
Rudolf and small group Of init
mate friends stayed up all night.
The announcement that Max was
now world champion was almost too
much for her and she kept repeat
ing: He has won. was always
sure he would win, but not that
way. I always believed he would
knock his man out"
The hours sped by but personal
phone call from Max set for early
this morning did not come because
of atmospheric disturbances, which
interfered somewhat with the, broad
casting of the match. Still Mother
Schmeling refused to go to bed. In
the forenoon she decided to take q
little ride in the open air.
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Scott Not Surprised;
Predicted ga Fiosco"

7 ONDON, June Is P).-Inter-
~ viewed concerning the results of
the Sharkey-Schmeling bout,
Phil Scott, British heavyweight, who
lost to Sharkey at Miami early this
year. today said
1.-The result of the fight did not
surprise me. In fact, had already
predicted that it would prove a
fiaSco."
1t was understood that Scott in
tends challenging Schmeling.
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FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
BY the Associated Press.

BY Ihe ASSOcIaIeu Ffess.
NEW YORK-Max Schmeling. Ger
many, defeated Jack Sharkey, Boston,
foul "a; Al Fay, Charleroi, Pa, out
pointed George Hoffman, New York
Q0); Henry Lamar, Washington, D. c.,
outpointed Matteo Osa, Spain go;
Ralph Cioucello, New York, stopped
Peter Brand, Holland 80; Stanley Po-
reda, Jersey City, outpointed Paul
Bianchi, Argentina co..
SPRINGFIELD, Ill-Bud Taylor,
Terre Haute, Ind, stopped Johnny (Pee
Wee) Kaiser, st. Louis (2), (Kaiser in
jured hand).
OKLAHOMA CITY.-Young Jack
Dillon, Louisville. knocked out Red
FitZsimmons, Wichita "a; Wilson Dunn,
Tulsa, defeated Norman Brown, Chi
cago, foul 80.
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after it thudded briskly to his temple,
but Sharkey seemed again in command
when the foul occurred.
Schmeling, in the brief opportunity
afforded him, exhibited little effective
punching, except with a straight right
snapped from his deceptive crouch. He
landed twice in the second round with
this blow as well as in the fourth.
The German was fast and boxed we'll
but was handled easily in the clinches
by Sharkey, who weighed 1877 to his OPP
ponent,s 1873 and looked tphave twice
that advantage in heft,
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MAJOR BATTLES
HAVE DRAWN AT GATE
ATTENDANCEs,

ATTENDANCES.
Tunney- Dempsey, Chicago .....,.,, las, 900
Tunney- Dempsey, Philadelphia. 80. 100, 900
Wills Firpo Boyles Thirty Acres. 100000
Dempsey Ca rpentier, Jersey City,, 90, 900
Dempsey Firpo. Polo Grounds. ....... 10000
Schmel ling -Sharkey. Yankee Stadium 1000
Dempsey Sharkey, Yankee Stadium. :. so, 900
Milk Fund 1929, Yankee Stadium. :. $4,000
Milk Fund 11924l, Yankee Stadium. =. 10000
Leonard Tender Q922), Jersey City. 10000
RECEIPTS.
Tunney- Dempsey Chicago. 50 $50, $50
Tunney- Dempsey, Philadelphia 80. 1880, 900
Dempsey Carpenter, Jersey CITY,. l,626,580
Dempsey Firpo, New York ...,.... l18B,822
Dempsey Sharkey. New York $50. 1893, sac
Schmeling -Sharkey, Yankee Sta 100000
Wills-Firpo, Jersey City ..,...... 100000
Tunney- Heeney, New York 1900. 674,950
Leonard-Tendler, Jersey City,. 452,648
Dempsey Willard, Toledo ...,...... 452,522
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LAMAR DEFEATS OsA.

NEW YORK, June 13.-Though there
were no knockdowns, Henry Lamar
Washington, D. c., heavyweight boxer
clearly won the decision in eight
rounds over Mateo Osa Of Spain In 9
slow bout that preceded the Schmeling-
Sharkey fight last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-13
BY WILBUR WOOD.

N EW YORK, June 13.-Max
nj Schmeling not only is the first
man from the Old World to
The Washington times., 1930-10-02
TQDID<IY =
81 ID(Dn21Ir.llEIAL
BuKIRK MILLER~

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2.-Of
course the world series has only
just begun, and there is very
little you can ten about these
things when they are so young,
but the Philadelphia Athletics,
the team of destiny, won its
first game in the 1880 blue rib
bon event, where most teams
would have lost.
In the first place, in only one
department Of pitching did Bob
Grove out-do Burleigh Crimes
= and that was in the item of
bases on balls. In strike-outs,
Grimes rather put it on his left.
handed antagonist and in the
right important item OF base
/ hits. well. Burleigh yielded five
while Grove must admit to al
most twice that number-nine
to be e. act.
But those contradictory fig.
ureS just .'rove one thing to
this Watchers mind, the same
being that as important as fig
ureS sometimes seem to be in
baseball, the Philadelphia Athle-
tics are no reSpecterS of stats
tics. dope. lucky charms or the
other proprietieS of the sport.
They seem more, to our way
of thinking. Just a ball club
which believes in going out there
and winning games against
all odds and in the face of the
fates. With audacity they count
off the fewer number Of hits
but make their hits of such
length and such duration, to
say nothing of distance and
direction, that they wrap up the
opening ball game by five runs
to two in eight and one half
innings. Climb in their clothes
and rush off down town to
dinner.
Not a hit was wasted and
each counted in the run-making.
We overheard some Of the
Cardinal adherents, and there
are no few here looking at these
two opening games, declare the.
AS were lucky and that they
got the breaks. Well, what of it?
Nobody can dictate to a ball club
how it shall win its games only
that it wins them.
For our part we claim that
right field fence Of the AS is a
rather stationary thing and that
the ground crew doesn't move 1t
in and out, up and back, when
the various teams come to the
bat. It is just as much a target
there for the Cards, as it is for
the AS and if it was luck or
breaks that helped Simmons and
Cochrane to lift the apple over
the garden, wall. well, we say,
why don't the Cards help them
selves to a little of both2
Perhaps they will sooner or
later, but in a world series, op
portunity doesn't knock more
than three or four times at best.
and one opportunity, certainly
went slipping away from ST.
Louis yesterday.
Even without the two home
runs. Philadelphia would have
won. That Smart squeeze play
The Washington times., 1930-10-02
TAKEN
As PLAYER

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2.--Jack
Dempsey took in the first game
of the world series today and
then boarded a train and today
is en- route to Mobile, Alabama,
where he is to referee a fight
tonight.
The former champion slip
ped into town almost un,
noticed, whereas four years
ago, just before his battle
with Gene Tunney In PhiIa-
delphia he arrived amid .
fanfare of applause and was
accorded q motorcycle escort.
Furthermore 125, 900 people
paid $1,00O,000 to see him fight.
Not everybody recognized Demp-
sey. A business man watching
DempSey'S broad shoulders dis
appear in the world series crowd
remarked to a friend: "I'n bet
that big fellow is a ball player"
The Washington times., 1930-10-02
MCCARTHY NOT
YET HIRED

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-Despite
emphatic denials by Col. Jacob
Rupert, owner of the New York
Yankees, reports persisted today
that Joe Mccarthy, former man.
ager of the Cubs, will manage the
New York Americans next year.
81 only spoke to Mccarthy
once in my life," said Rupert,
denying the reports, which first
originated in Philadelphia. Il
repeat positively that I have
not signed cCarthy to manage
the Yankees"
Rupert said he would have
an announcement to make about
the management of the Yankees
after the worlds series.
The Washington times., 1930-10-02
FR|SCH | EADS
IN SERIES HITS

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2.
Frankie FriSch, the Fordham
Flash, playing second base for
the st. Louis Cardinals, equalled
the world series record of Eddie
Collins yesterday when he spanked
out two hits.
1t brought the Flash's total up
to AZ hits for the total series in
which he has participated.
Collins, playing in 1910, 1911,
1918, 1914, 1917 and 1919. com
piled that number Of blows. 1t
is certain now that Frisch will
hang up at least one new record.