The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-13
TALKING
IT OVER
BY ZOE WILLIAMS

II -
IN H. Fan took another one or
the chin up at the Yankee stadium
Thursday night, but old Gus has
a very tough chin and punishment
to him is as sweet and soothing a.
a melody under June moon. Ole
Gus and his crowd paid more thar
s7oO 900 to see what was authorized
by the local boxing commission as
a fifteen-round bout for the heavy
weight championship Of the world
between the cratic Jack Sharkey
Of Boston and the unskilled Max
Schmeling of Germany.
what old Gus and his mob ultimately
sau was a very one-sided match that can't
to a beviIderinK and Erotesaue climax lat'
in the fourth round with the svarthl
skinned Young man from across the sea
sitting In his chair In the corner benz
double With pain following an undeniablI
low punch ky the Lithuanian.
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THUS ANOTHER TREMENDOUS BALLY-
EooED HEAVYWEIGHT SPECTACLE Be
CAME A FRIGHTFUL FIASCO WITH OIL
GUS AND HIS MOB ONCE MORE HOLD
ING THE BAG. AND THE TWO SELF
AvoWED GREAT MEN OF THE RING
ASCENDING WITH MOST OF THE
swAG.
TN any other form Of business
this would fit neatly into the
classification of felonious misrep-
resentation and automatically would
become a subject of court Inquiry
but in this amazing racket called
professional prize fighting it be-
comes lust a regrettable occurrence.
had intended to tear off steam
ing journalistic blast demanding
complete and absolute repeal of the
law under which the racket is
operated in New York, working in
such powerful phrases as "Sharkey-
Schmeling mess drives last nan In
boxing's casket," but I am afraid 1t
would be merely waste OF space.
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To begin with old Gus rather seems to
rIorv in his role as the worlds greatest
smoker and secondly the racket has become
a pIaything for the politicians since 1t
moved into the million dollar field. SO
about the only thing to do 1 suppose IS TO
let Il drift along until it smashes against
the rocks Of public apathy and rebellion.
Surely there must be limit even to the
credulIty of the prize fight iend'
Still. It might not be bad idea to de-
clare something approaching an indefinite
moratorium on heavyweights. and particu-
larlv such heavyweights as are disposed to
strut as champions and challengers. Al
most invariably they produce a Tight that
is either an eyeache to watch or a Snort
change fraud in effect.
ID ETURNING to the great inter
N national bust of Thursday
night. I am firmly convinced that
Schmeling was hit low and that the
blow carried sufficient power 10
render him temporarily helpless.
To that extent the verdict making
him the winner was eminently cor
rect. However, I don't agree that
he showed enough at any time TO
warrant his being accepted even by
such amusingly serious autocrats as
the members of the Tunney-Mul-
doom trophy committee as world
champion.
Indeed the only extenuating thing thAt
oan bo said in favor of Sharkey IS that
ne was leading by the length OF Crane
neck when he fouled out. victory LOT
him seemed inevitable and 1t was my
thought that he might have scored a
knockout within the next four ROUNDS al
the mace he was going. After the nrst
round, which was devoted to conventional
eautionary maneuvers and what might De
called physical soundinEs, SchmelinE was
always behind.
BEGINNING with the second round
sharkey clearly established that he was
the stronger of the two by the way he
spun the German around in the clinches.
always twirling him to the right in an
off -balance position and thus reducing the
perils OF his opponents right hand. There
was bristling action in the third but 1t
was mostly Sharkey. A left and right at
the start made Schmeling blink furiously.
and red welts of protest spread over his
high cheekbones.
A FEW moments later Sharkey
N scored with whistling right
uppercut and Something's head
snapped back as if it worked on a
hinge. A fast following one-two
first a left and then right, sent
the German staggering back on his
heels. He looked embarrassed, be-
wildered, and just a bit apologize
BY now the dark tan fermentation
of his face changed to dull red
and he opened and closed his eyes
after the manner of a coal miner
emerging suddenly into the sun
light.
Sharkey for once was in full control OF
his faculties and was trying to feint the
beIeaguered German into an opening for
another driving assault. but SchmelinS
lived I'D to his reputation as cool ring
general and weathered the crisis. though
al the bell he was grOggy and even his
American supporters in the press box be-
gan to admit that he was still Tanother
year away"
The fourth round. as far as it went. also
was pretty much all Sharkey. He was pep
pering the young German with rights and
lefts and adding to his lead in methodi-
cal manner as the seconds sped by. The
round was almost over. Schmeling. game
and durable under punishment. in ftful
outburst Of aggressiveness rushed Sharkey
10 the ropes and for this audaoity re-
ceived in return a drumhre OF rights and
leftS to the head.
CUDDENLY Sharkey shifted to
- the right and as he shifted he
struck out with a left to the body
"a left with plenty behind it. This
was the left that dropped at least
six inches below the Germans waist
and laid him low 1t was the left
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