The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-14
PUBLIC REFUSES TO
RECOGNIZE GERMAN
AS:RING'S MONARCH
Experts Declare Sharkey Had
Given SohmelIno Bad Beat
ing Before Foul
MAX PLANS RETURN HOME
Legislation Against Foul. WIN
Be Sought, Acoordlnrto
Trophy Group
N HERbERT %. nARKkR

New York, June 14.-H3-officiaily
and unofficially, It would appear. the
heavyweight throne, vacant for near.
~ two years, will have to wait m.
other IA months for 1 lawful occu-
pant.
There no longer Is any doubt Max
echmeling was seriously hurt By q
low left hook Jack. Sharkey landed
IN the. fourth round Of their ~15.round
title bout Thursday but public opin-
Ion seems almost as unanimous in its
view the Teuton youngster cannot, BY
any stretch Of the Imagination. be en-
titled to the. championship. sharkey
was leading by such q wide margin
when the blow was struck that most
experts commended It. would be alb
surd to vote der Max" into the title.
Striking, Scott Up
In short, the heavyweight situation
remains exactly as It was before the
ill-fated battle. # anything. the
contendership claims Of Young
stribling and Phil Scott have been
strengthened by the result Of Tues
days fiasco. Both, in the opinion of
most experts, gave sharkey . better
run for his money than did schmel-
Ing IN the four rounds the battle
lasted. ...
Initial attempts to bring about a
return match between Sharkey and
Schmeling met with an abrupt check
from. Schmeling who announced he
would leave for home in August. Max
plans ia, tour this country, make q
movie, and then return to Germany:
His plans for the winter include one
bout, probably against. 4 second-rater,
in Berlin. He expects to return to
this country late in the spring of
1891 and Indicated his willingness to
fight sharkey again In June. next
Despite the general opinion that
sharkey, because Of his own lack Of
control in several Of his major fights,
had discredited himself as an out
standing contender, Madison Square
Garden went ahead with It's plans
for q return bout and when that
failed indicated it might seek to
r1etch 6hArkey asainst Victorio Cam
polo. giant Argentine. for Its sched-'
uled outdoor show in September. 4
The Tunney-M uldoon trophy com-
tnittee has not ruled officially on the
question - to whether S~chrneung's
name will be inscribed below Gene
Tunney's on the trophy but. there
were strung indications It would not.
william Muldoon, joint donor with
Tunney Of the trophy, announced his
personal opposition to recognising
0chlmeling and Herbert Dayard
0wope, member Of the committee, K
pressed the opinion the title should
not pass on Z foul. swope said he
would advocate ut the committees
forthcoming meeting the title be de-
clared stu open.
Would Seek Legislatien
At the same time, swope expressed
. hope for legislation designed to
curb fowls that have marred SO many
recent bouts He suggested the fight
BE- terminated and declared no con-
test when, q foul. occurs; that the
party committing the foul be denied
his entire share. Of the purse. /.
The New York State Athletic conn
mission will rule officially on schmel-
ins's status at It's meeting Tuesday
and the National Boxing associations
membership viii be polled by rresi-
dent Stanley N. 1saacs before that
or~ganisation's views on the question
IRE announced.