The Washington times., 1930-05-20
JOE JACOBS
AND OTHERS
TOBEF|RED
Rv DAVIS ]. WALSH

BY DAVIS J. WALSH
NEW YORK, May 20.-An in
nuendo is being banded about
today to the effect that the Herr
Schmeling, co-principal Of the
world heavyweight championship
fight of June IL, is soon to sign
UP with a new manager Of whom
he expects the most satisfactory
results, the latter being himself
He has four or five managers
now, not including the managers
of the managers, but they say he
will have a grand total Of none
by October Is. 1t seems that the
Bulow contract and the managers
and their managers. are to run
out, meaning to expire, in unison
meaning together and in heavy
marching order.
In other words, the Herr
Jacobs, who learned his Ger
man while buying gefulte-
fische down at the corner
deIicateSSen, may or may not
get lot of prairie in the
none too intermediate future.
I am not altogether clear on
this point but my information
about another phase of the sltua'
ton is almost specific. know
perfectly we'll what he will not
get. He will not get a license to
manage Schmeling on the night
of the title fight with Sharkey.
He will go into the Germans
corner on the bounty of a special
permit, good for one evening
only, after which he will be per
mitted to go out into the night
and get sunstroke or something
Thus, between what he may get
from Schmeling and what he
will not get from the boxing
commission, the Herr Jake and
his ensemble would seem due to
sustain more of pushing around
than the average wheel chair.
So far as I know, there is no
hint of dissonance in the happy
menage of the Herr Schmeling at
Endicott, N. Y. The Herr Jake
may suspect that all is not well
but he can't excoriate the Herr
Schmeling for what he is think
ing, which is supposed to be
something in this vein: That a
fighters best friend is himself
and, as such, ought to be re
Warded very handsomely.
He is said to regard 80 per
cent of the purses as a
reason Bile arrangement,
which is neither handsome
nor good looking. It's down
right beautiful.
The Senor Firpo made some
ARRANGEMENT of this kind seven
years ago and seemed to find it
satisfactory, although the man
ayers always maintained that he
needed a manager in very
critical way. They even say SC
to this day. In fact, the only
man who they are certain doesn't
need managing is an out-and-out
failure.
Anyhow, if the Herr Jake is
willing, he probably will be re-
tanned in some capacity. Some
body, for instance, has to an
swer the telephone. Besides, the
Herr Jake is the Herr Schmel.
ing's very good friend, and he
wouldn't think of parting with
him-unless the Herr Jake gets
so headstrong and unreasonable
as to expect the managers legal
rate of 80 13 per cent.
For instance, the Herr
Jake and his accOmplice, the
Herr Mccartney, are doing as
much right now for the Herr
Schmeling as they ever will
be able to do and accepting
far less than the legal wage.
So why distort their happi-
ness with the cares and re-
SponSibilities of wealth?
AS understand it, they are get
ting 7 1-3 per cent because they
manage the fighter at such times
as he sees fit to tolerate this, while
Charley Rose is getting 6 per cent
because he is Charley Rose, and
the Herr BuloW is getting 20 per
cent because it can't be helped.
This apportionment will go on
until October 13. After that
what? For further ignorance, ad
dress all communications to the
Herr Jake at Endicott, N. Y. He
doesn't know, either.