The Washington times., 1930-07-25
N AK LIKELY
TO- idle TILL
NEXT JUNE
BY JACK DEMPSEY

No one seems to be greatly
surprised over the fact that. Max
6chmeling, through Joe Jacobs,
has baked at return match
with Jack Sharkey in September.
The consensus is that, Sharkey
outclasses Schmeling and, in a
return battle, either would knock
off the German or beat him be-
yond all possibility of further dis
pute as to supremacy.
Thus Schmeling would cease.
being the elected heavyweight
tiUleholder, his. drawing power
in future fights would be- greatly
decreased. and Max couldn't cash
in heavily on. possible moving
picture and theatrical contracts
under the billing of worlds
heavyweight champion"
There are others, most
friendly to the German, who
declare that his unwilling.
ness to mix it with Jack in
September is in no way in
fluenced by fear Of Sharkey,
but is created by a determine
tiOn that Arthur BulOw, his
repudiated manager, will cut
in no further on his earnings. :,
Schmeling was piloted by Bu-
low, a lifelong friend, when he
came to the country. There was
q falling out" Schmeling wanted
others. including Jacobs, to man
age him. But the New York COM
mission declared that it would re-
gard Bulow's contract as binding
until it's expiration in october OF
this year.
If Schmeling fought Sharkey'
In Sepember. Bulow would get
sum approximating 20 some odd
per cent of Schmeling's purse. II
he does not fight until after the
contract expires, Bulow has col
lected the last money that he
will get through Schmelings
efforts.
Schmeling, as everybody knows,
frs refused to meet Sharkey IN
September because of his deter
mination that Bulow was to get
no more of his money. Then
Sharkey. in the effort to get an
other fight with Schmeling, made
a magnificent offer and seemingly
an irresistible one for Schmellng'
provided Max actually was duck
ing the September meeting only
on Bulow's account.
Sharkey agreed to accept a
mere 1912 per. cent of the net gate
for a September battle and to pay
Bulow out of his earnings. II
Sharkey's income from the fight
did. not equal what BuloW would
have received on his contract With
Schmeling, Sharkey guaranteed to
make up the difference from MS
own pocket.
That's the squarest, finest
and most spOrtsman-like offer
ever made in modern pugilism?
the sincerest gesture of this
era of a mans willingness to
fight another, just to settle
the question Of supremacy.
But no sooner did Sharkey
actually sign papers to that effect
when Schmeling, through JACOBS,
imposed other conditions. He
wanted somebody to pay Bulow's
share of training camp income,
Bulow's share from fight pictures,
etc.
That's when Madison Square
Garden, ready to promote the
fight. tossed in the sponge. 1t
apparently reached the conclusion
that Schmeling just didn't want
to fight Sharkey again this sea-
son-under any conditions.
A few persons cling to the no
ton that the fight will be staged
and that all this tits on-it's off"
stuff created by Sharkey's offer
and Schmel1ng's new and ever
newer conditions is just a smoke
up"-and that the match really
will be made But can't. think
along those lines.
My belief IS that Schmeling
wants to enjoy being champion
until next June, at least, and no
inducements can lure him into a
ring until that time.
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