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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05

Curley Cuba program of activities
will be given under the auspices of the
club during the Fall and Winter months,
which will include weekly card parties
at the residence of members of the or
gsnization and monthly dances at one
OF the large hotels. The Entertainment
Committee, under the direction of Miss
Pauline Donnelly, has completed ar
rangementS for the series of events, the
first Of which will be card party to-
morrow evening at the residence of
Harry Candee, 1900 Potomac avenue
southeast.
Members of the club, under the direc-
ton Of Eugene Moreland, chairman of
the Athletic Committee, attended hike
through Rock Greek Park last Sunday
afternoon The membership drive, un-
der the direction of Hugh McGarvey
chairman Of the Membership Committee
has been successful.
The next meeting will be held at the
Gordon Hotel, october 8.
The National League Of American
PEN Women will hold q breakfast ses.
sion in November, when Mrs Ida Don.
nelly Peters, former national chairman
of markets for the organization, will b,
the guest of honor Further announce
ments concerning this breakfast will b,
made at the next board meeting of tn
national executive board, October Ia
at 10 O'Clock, at the willard Hotel
Mrs. Frank Hodges Clark, first vice presi
dent, viii preside In the absence Of the ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05

National Capital Chapter Of the Del
phian Society will meet Wednesday ct
the Carlton Hotel at GAS am.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
F>IGHI
lIASHES

At Philadelphia Ernie Schaaf,
Boston light-heavyweight GU t.
pointed Tommy Loughran. of
Philadelphia. 10 rounds. Tiger
Thomas, Of Leiperville, Va. won
decision over Ell Hader, Of Wash
ingtOn, d.. c., in 10 rounds.
At New York-Jackie kid"
Berg, English lightweight, out
pointed Herman Perlick. Kalama-
zoo, Mich, in 10 rounds. Lammi
Dorfman, of New York, defeated
Johnny Farr,. of Cleveland in 10
rounds. Willie Siegel, of New
York, gained 1O-round decision
over Henry Perlick, twin brother
of Herman Perlick.
At Chester, Pa.-BilIy Strickler.
washington, ID. C., middleweight,
outpointed Socko Trenaman. Of
Cumberland. Nd, In Q rounds.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
Germans Back Home
To Get Air ReDOrtS

NEW YORK, June 12.-Radio
listeners in Germany will hear q
detailed description of the Max
Schmeling-Jack Sharkey fight at
the Yankee Stadium tonight, Ma
tional Broadcasting Company Of
ficialS announced yesterday.
Harry Sperber, sports editor Of
the New York Staats-Zeitung and
Herold, will be at. a microphone
His account. given in German,
will be carried to Schenectady,
where it will be broadcast by The
Short-wavc station Of the General
Electric Company.
The account will be picked up
in Berlin by the .Reichs Rund-
funk GeSellschaft. the German
system of stations, for distribu-
ton to its network.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
GERMANS HOPE
MAX WILL LAST

BERLIN, June 12.-Germany's
boxing enthusiasts are preparing
for a sleepless night, as they tune
in on the radio at o'clock to-
morrow morning to follow every
phase of the Schmeling- -Sharkey
fight. Many groups and clubs
will gather privately and in res
taurants, which will keep open
for the unusual event.
Only a half a dozen of MaX'S
most intimate friends will be per-
mitted to spend the night at
Frau Schmeling's apartments.
The group will include Paul Dem
sky, boxing promoter; Peter
Elk, president Of the German
boxing commission, and the New
York Times correspondent.
While there Is hardly any
German who does not hope
for his cOuntryman's victory,
there seems to be little con.
fidence in Max'S chances, ex-
cepting, Of course, among his
mother, brother and closest
friends.
The best that the Berlin press
looks for is that Max will stay
the entire Is rounds and lose
only on points.
The papers point out Sharkey's
greater experience and technique
and his dangerous left, viii e
Schmeling'S fighting tactics are
described as one-Sided.
But" says the BOursen
Courier, "even IL Schmeling
loses, he still remains one Of
the worlds greatest heavy
weights, and his defeat should
not be taken as a tragedy"
To honor Schmehng, Promoter
Paul Damsky has arranged q
card of international boxing
events at Berlin's book brewery
for Thursday night.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
$4,000 CATE
PROSPECT

NEW YORK, June 12.-Vice
President Frank j. Bruen Of the
Madison Square Garden, predicts
the gate receipts will reach be-
tween 100000 and $750,000 for
the Sharkey-Schmeling bout to-
night in the Yankee Stadium for
the interest of the Milk Fund,
of which Mrs. William Randolph
Hearst is chairman.
It was learned that for a time
the Garden executives considered
the advisability Of having avail.
able for sale at the stadium q
supply Of standing room tickets
but this plan was discarded be-
cause of the threatened congeS-
ton and confusion it involved.
The ring in which Sharkey and
Schmeling will battle for the title
will be pitched at a point between
home plate and second base and
surrounding the ring on all sides
will be the field or ringside seats.
At their deepest point these
seats will extend for so rows
from the ring in the direc-
tiOn of center field and left
field.
Betting odds on the fight
heightened with the result that
Sharkey was the favorite, at odds
Of 9 to 5. Jack Doyle professed
surprise at the odds. A lull was
reported in betting, however, in
dicating that Schmeling hackers
are waiting for greater odds or
are convinced their choices
chances are hopeless.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
MAX 8 MOTHER
MESSAGE.

BERLIN. June 12.-"Mamma"
schmeling, nervous and excited
over the outcome Of her sons
fight tonight with Jack Sharkey,
sent the following message to
Make through International
News Service today:
"KOpf hOch, mein Iieber junge.
Wir gIauben an dich und bit
ten fuer dich."
Which, translated, means:
keep your head high, my
dear boy. We believe i'm you
and are praying for yOu."
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
new CHAMPION
KNOWN SOON
BY DAVIS J. WALSH

NEW YORK, June 12.-Before
the east is pale again with the
glow of another dawn, a new
heavyweight champion Of the
world will be born in the travail
of a great prize fight. Before
the clock strikes IL tonight, the
world will know whether Jack
Sharkey, the American, or Max
Schmeling, the German, is to be
the human link who will bridge
the past with the present and so
carry on the dynasty that had
it's birth with Sullivan and Cor
bett and it's near-death with Tun.
ney.
Sharkey and Schmeling, final
survivors Of the human pack that
has been in full cry after this
multi-million dollar diadem since
Tunney retired two years ago, will
meet in the showdown fight OF
is rounds at the Yankee Stadium
tonight, with the winner to re-
ceive the championship benedic-
ton of the New York commits
sion and the American public at
large.
Sharkey, ex-Sailor retaining
many of the tendencies of a COB
on shore leave, sometimes brill
liant, sometimes mediocre, always
unstable. Schmeling, the first
German to challenge for the
title, a young, upcoming foreigner
with something of the mien and
something of the punch Of the
old Dempsey that Toledo knew.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
Favorable Weather
Forecast For
Battle

NEW YORK. June II Q,N.SO.
Favorable weather for tonight's
Understanding fight at Yam
kee Stadium was indicated to-
day.
Although it was cloudy this
morning, there was no. indication
of rain. In the event OF rain.
the fight would be put off until
tomorrow night.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
Jacobs Can Handle
Schn1eLinQ in Ring

|. NEW YORK. June 12.-The
last obstacle in the handling Of
Max schmeling's struggle for the
heavyweight title against Jack
Sharkey tonight at the Yankee
Stadium was removed when Joe
Jacobs, American manager Of the
German lad, received license as
q second from the State Athletic
Commission.
The permit as a second restores
Jacobs to the good graces Of the
commission here for the period OF
year, with the opportunity OF re-
newal. and ends period Of in.
eligibility for the manager which
started last summer.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
Joe Jacobs Picks His
Make as the
Winner

NEW YORK, June 12.-Joe
Jacobs, one of Max Schmeling's
managers, picks the German
to win. Says Jacobs:
"Max Schmeling will knock
out Jack Sharkey inside of 10
rounds. ...t
II name no conditions. I
have no ifs or butts 1 state
uneQuivOcalIy and definitely
that Max Schmeling will knock
out Jack Sharkey and / want
to tell all my friends and the
general public that Jack Shar-
key will not answer the bell for
the eleventh round at the
Yankee Stadium.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
BETTER
MAN--CORUN
BY BILL CoRUM

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE
lucky star Of Max Schmeling
which rose so rapidly in the
pugilistic skies, will fall tonight
before the thudding fists Of Jack
Sharkt :, never perhaps to rise
again.
In that diamond-white patch Of
light set in the groteSque shadows
of the Yankee Stadium, the man
who looks like Dempsey" is going
to meet sailor who can fight
like hell.
That smoldering fire which has
burned so long behind the eyes
of tie lonesome Lith will flarne
this evening and we shall see q
fighter worthy of the name. :.
A strange fellow, too embarrassed
to wear it openly, but deeply
proud Of the tiny American flag
stuffed into the pocket Of a faded
old blue and gold Navy bath
robe. a ripping, tearing fighting
man who can take it and give
it-and villa game guy, because
only a game guy takes his lick
ings with his mouth shut ard
fights his way back from heart
break and defeat through the
hisSings and jeerings Of the
mob-a champion.
He is q mercurial fellow, this
Jack Sharkey, who was born
and christened Josef Paul
CuckOShay in BinghamptOn,
N. Y, % years ago come Oc-
tOber 26. .
He is not yet settled mentally
and in times of stress he does
weird things. But have watched
him closely at every opportunity
for four years now and unless
all signs fail this is his night to
click. He is fairly aflame with
ambition and the conviction that
he is Schmeling's master; com.
bination that makes very dam
gerouS Sharkey. Nor do I under.
rate Schmeling.
The black-crowned German lad
Will 41doA4AAAB 40 JSOAAS
and strong, as sure Of his destiny
as Sharkey and probably as game
as any man. I can only say
probably" because Max has yet
to face puncher in this coun-
try who could hit hard enough
to hurt.
On some nights the German
might very well beat some Shar-
keys. But not this Sharkey on
this night. The way the battle
plans are drawn, the way Jack
talks and acts and Il believel
thinks. the courageous youngSter
from the banks of the placid Elbe
Is being pitched too high. Saw
ing a foul, some accident, or the
luckieSt sort Of q break, I don't
see how he can possibly win.
There is. of course, the death
and destruction he throws with
that short right hand. But. to
hurt 'em you first must hit 'em
and even If he does, how many
times the past five years has
Sharkey been knocked down with
hit, or any other hand? sF
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
Herr Make Refuses
To Talk on His
Chances

NEW -ORK. June 12.-Max
Schmeling won't tell what he
thinks Of his chances. He says:
'Never before any Of my ring
encounters have / told any one
] would win or predict what
would happen TO my opponents.
81 am fit. I am confident. I
hope for the best, and I know I
win n0s disgrae6 my country"
The Washington times., 1930-06-12

The Washington Times will have a staff of
competent and efficient sports authorities at
the ringside tonight when Jack Sharkey and
Max Schmelng enter the arena in the Yankee
Stadium in New York to contest for the world
heavyweight championship left vacant when
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
Johnny Buckley Says
ShOrkev Will Win

NEW YORK, June 12.-Johnny
Buckley declares Sharkey will win
inside of five rounds. He says:
"Sharkey win win before five
wmmnds have elapsed"
The Washington times., 1930-06-12

Gene Tunney quit the game. These experts
tomorrow will tell the readers of The Washing
ton Times sports pages every minute detail OF
the match.
Heading the list will be Kirk Miller, Times
Sports Editor, who in his "TOday's SportoriaL,"
The Washington times., 1930-06-12

Washington's widest read sports column, will
picture the battle from the opening gong.
Davis J. Walsh, sports editor Of the Inter-
national News Service, will describe the bout in
his entertaining style. Besides, Bill COrum,
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
- THE Tlf1ESzSs5FFa0E SECTION -
Experts to Cover Sharkey Fight for Times Readers

Hype Igoe and James L. KiIgallen will also
furnish their impressions of the fight for the
readers of The Washington Times.
Look for The Times tomorrow and get the
expert analyses of these boxing critics.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
LACEY TALKS

NEW YORK, June 12.-Al
Lacey. Sharkey's trainer, says:
"Sharkey's I'm the right
mental attitude for this
fight"
The Washington times., 1930-06-12

Shn1eu Kno1eqe of Game Thought Much for chmeln4
Experience Should Tell
For Jack, Is Belief
By HYPE IGOE

NEW YORK. June 12-Fully $4,000 persons will see the
golden Of ana placed the head Of either Jack
sharkey or Max Schmeing in the Yankee Stadium tonight
It milk fund night charitys sweetest effort thanks to
Mrs William Randolph Hearst and her committee.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
HAWKS CHALLENGE

Southeast Hawks, winners Of the
st. Paul Insects. want more games.
Call Decatur S183.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
WANT GAME SATURDAY

The Adelphite nine is after a
game for this Saturday and Sun
day. Call Columbia 4562.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12

Personally, I think that Jack
is too big and his knowledge Of
fighting too much for Schmeling
to overcome. Experience-and
Jack has had oodleS Of its a
devil-fiSh. tormentor to snuff out.
Schmeling, unless he proves to be
a man Of destiny, is a full year
away from a fight with Jack
Sharkey. The latter will enter
the ring a favorite, the odds rang
ing from 8 to 5 to 2 to /.
You simply can't wish expert
ence out of this little party to-
night. It will be the keystone
to the whole affair and though
youth and the desire to win will
have a hand, experience must
triumph. Sharkey is anything
but a crumbling old man of the
ring.
All night long a great human
queue extended from the entrance
to the bleacher seats to points
far removed from the magic
gates.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
Jack Sharkey should win
the fight tonight.
Max Schmeling can win IL.

Max Schmeling can win 1t.
Those are our words after see
ing the pair taper off training
since last Sunday, taken In CO.
ordination with three fights in
which we have seen Sharkey-
the Dempsey, Loughran and Scott
fightS-and the one fight in
which we have seen Schmeling-
the Pauline fight. =.
So, on the eve Of battle, it
looks like Sharkey, provided he
. doesn't have a brainstorm and
60. all to pieces emotionally, ais
he did in Miami last February.
It looks like Sharkey should he
make proper use Of his lightning
left, his good, fast 3raight rights,
keep his head Sieout him. and
not grow hysterical if Schmeling
doesn't fall down the first time
Jack hits him-Which Max most
certainly will not do.
But-and any expert has =
right to use conjunctions and
propositions in his forecast,
should Jack Sharkey enter the
ring tonight in anything except
the very best balanced mental
attitude toward his job, he can
blow the fight to. a. smart young
Dutchman who is quick enough
to take advantage Of the least
break in Sharkey'S method Of at
tack. or Of his mental lapses.
SchmeIing is the smartest
fighter to come up since
Gene Tunney. Jack Sharkey
has grown smart gradually
and through experience, but
Max SchmeIing has native
German intelligence which
he used almost dramatically
! against Risk0 and which
!; win be one Of his great
stores in tOnight's supreme
! effort to gain the tOpmest
ring Of fiStiana.
It is practically hazardous to
pick Jack Sharkey to win fight,
If for no other reason than that
he is the games greatest current
tn-and-outer. He can look cleo
trifying in one fight and lousy
In his next. He can be just as
changeable from round to round.
and if he lets tonight's oppor-
tunity slip through his big boxing
mitts because of his tickle in
clinations, it would be better he
is out of the way, for the moment
at least,
He has been a thorn in the
side of boxing because he has
not had true form on which the
nabobS of the game, either the
promoters or the experts, might
figure. They gave every heavy
weight Of worth in this country
and Europe first call for the
heavyweight title opportunity over
Sharkey, because Sharkey has
not been thoroughly dependable
as a contender.
But Sharkey always came back,
after his poor Showings, and
finally earned the contender'S
position, which he holds as these
lines are being wrung from q
weary and fight-tired pen, and 1t
will be nothing short of q ma
tional calamity If he falters to-
night.
Should such . regrettable
condition occur as Sharkey
losing, he win always be 90
bum" In the eyes of his Ameri-
can COuntrymen, who have
often termed him that very
thing.
However, Sharkey should not
lose tonight. He owes it to him.
self and his native nation to
enter that ring in the proper men.
tai poise for q fight of which that
nation win be proud. The odds
ican country Is Solidly behind him
for the first time in his life. They
know he's got the stuff in him
they put it up to him to bring it
out-not blow Il as he did against
Dempsey, or almost blow it as he
6ld against Scott.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12
ANYTHING. MAY.
HAPPEN, IS !.
FEELING

By KIRK MILLER

NEW YORK, June 12.-1n
these days and times when it
isn't always healthy for news
paperman to know too much"
one approaches a fight prediction
with q foreboding feeling.
The sensation is almost oml-
nous.
There is feel to this ,Sharkey-
Echmeling fight that almost any
thing may happen. z
It is the toughest battle to fore
cast since the good little, man,
Jack Dempsey, faced the mediocre
big man, Jess Willard lin. Toledo
-1910. 60
The Washington times., 1930-06-12

In all the history of boxing,
there never has been a greater
demand for actual working press
reservations. Newspaper writers
from every State and territory in
the union will be seated under
the day-like lights tonight. Seven
countries will be represented by
their best writer's.
Germany, France, England,
Cuba, Mexico and Australia will
have representatives at the press
tables. The toll of words sent
out over ringside wires will go
far into the millions. More than
100 telegraph experts will handle
the stories, which will reach every
corner Of the earth.
Both have been In a happy
mood for the most part, though
Sharkey was the greatest cut-up.
Max is quite dignified, Sharkey
never happier than when he is
tormenting one Of his handlers,
or Johnny Buckley, his manager.
know that Schmeling thinks
he will knock out Sharkey,
Sharkey told me over and over
again that he'd flatten Max. I
take it that one Of the lads is
going to be the most surprised
individual in the Yankee stadium.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12

When the sun came blaZ-
ing through the dawn this
morning, it looked down upon
thousands Of dyed-in-the-wOOl
bIOwn-in-the-bOttle fight fans
who had camped out all
night in order to get first
crack at the $4,000 seats that
will 60 on sale at 4 o'clock
this afternoon. AS each
bIeacherite buys his ticket,
he must enter the park. This
broke the hearts Of the
specs"
The Washington times., 1930-06-12


For my part I think that the
gilded kelly will settle on the
proud dome Of Jack Sharkey. He
will either knock out Schmeling
inside of three rounds by dint
of savage rushing, or. If he Is
stung several times by that deadly
short right drop punch Of Max's,
Jack win settle down to the
safe and sane business of win
ming the decision at the end Of
Is rounds.
Sharkey is capable Of bringing
down any man in the world in
quick order, but, being cunning,
he would quickly change his
tactics and fall back to coasting
to a safe decision If he found
that mixing with Max was a los
ing game. Few men ever have
reached Sharkey with a right
hand.
Sharkey is master Of at least
five different styles Of offenSe
and defense, and If he thinks he
can crash through quickly, he
just crashes, that's all.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12

He may remember the
warning words Of Jim Cor
bett i'm his camp the other
day, when the champion Of
old, warned him mot to take
q chance with righthand
uppercuts, but to left-hand
this fellow silly"
The Washington times., 1930-06-12

; WRC to Broadcast !
Fight Tonight
At $50 P. NJ.

The Understanding fight
tonight in the Yankee Stadium,
New York, will be broadcast
from the local WRC station.
The fighters are scheduled to
enter the ring at 8 o'clock
Washington time or 10 o'clock
New York time.
The Washington times., 1930-06-12

Should such . regrettable
condition occur as Sharkey
losing, he win always be 80
bum" In the eyes Of his Ameri-
can COuntrymen, wh6 have
often termed him that very
thing.
Smyrna times., 1930-08-13
Foresees Man of Future
Advance in Brain Power

A steam locomotive is only 10 per
cent efficient. The average human
brain, according to many psychol-
ogists, is even less efficient. DR..
Ales Hrdlicka. anthropologist of the
Smithsonian institution in Wash
ington. has declared that evolution
will produce brains a hundred times
more efficient than those men now
have, Popular Science Monthly re-
ports. When the mechanism of the
human body is altered SO that mil
lions of tiny cells that form the cor
tex of the brain receive a larger
supply of rich, pure blood, Doctor
Hrdlicka says, the power of the
brain for sustained thinking will
increase many fold.
After fifteen or eighteen hours
of work the poisons of waste mat
ter, like "clinkers and aShes," clog
up the brain and impair its effec-
tiveness. Sleep is necessary to al
low the blood stream to wash away
the impurities and bring fresh
food. When evolution produces
men whose brains receive a more
abundant blood supply, Doctor
Hrdlicka maintains they will be
able to concentrate for longer Pc
riods and will require less sleep to
remain alert.
Smyrna times., 1930-08-13
Had the Written Word
to Prove Her Statement

She's only a freshman now, in
Hollywood high, but one of these
days she's going to be a movie star.
In the meantime. history is causing
lovely Joan no end of trouble. The
other day, in class, she stated that
the British were terribly ungallant
In that they had shot Joan of
Arc.
But they didn't shoot her." as
serted the history teacher. "Do
you mean to say you failed to read
the dramatic account Of how she
was burned at the stalker"
YES" said Joan. Il read all
about that, but | thought maybe 1t
was movie fire and didn't kill her
Anyhow, it said on the next page
that she was shot"
You'll have to show me, DEAR"
insisted the teacher.
"All right, here it is" said Joan
triumphantly. at says right on
page eighty-four that she was can
onized. Los Angeles Times.
Smyrna times., 1930-08-13
Lightning Freak

One Of the strangest of the many
fantastic tricks lightning flashes
play is the "fulgurite," which is
sometimes found on the sands OF
a beach. 1t is tube Of a CLASSY
substance projecting above the
ground like a stump Of a bush. Be-
meath the sand it is often several
feet long with many branches and
twists, much like root. 1t Is
caused by a direct stroke OF light
ming, the tremendous heat of which
fuses the wet sand into hollow
glass tube. Another odd prank of
lightning was the bolt which tore
the clothes from a mans back with
out killing him. His perspiration
apparently had been instantly
transformed into steam by the
mighty electric current. The min
iature explosion blew Off his cloth
ing.