The Washington times., 1930-02-11
MAGNOLIA
MA Be
REFEREE.
BY BILL FARNswoRTH

BY BILL FARNSWORTH
MIAMI, Feb. 1l.--Jack Sharkey
h ready right now to step In the
ring. He is strong as a pull and
like q demon. The six sparring
partners who quit his camp will
verify this.
Phil Scott is ten days behind
his Boston rival as far as condi-
tion goes. Where Sharkey must
watch for that dreaded staleneSs
Scott viii work every day to the
fight hour to be ct the top OF
his form.
Both are In a good frame Of
mind. Each is dead-cocksure OF
winning. figure that it is going
to be a real fight. Sharkey, the
faster starter, will have a ire
Inendous advantage because OF his
early speed.
II he Is punching on Feb
ruary "a as he did when he
flattened MalOney at the Polo
Grounds he is lfkely to hang
up X. o. victory.
But If Scott can "a from four
to six rounds then the English
man viii give the Lithuanian
tough voyage to the end OF the
fifteenth spasm.
Although Jimmy Johnston, who
manages Scott, is dead sore at
Lou Magnolia, ] am sure the
popular New York offlclo Will
be the referee. When the fighters
signed articles it was stipulated
that in case their managers could
not agree on the third man in
the ring Bill Carey would name
him.
Carey likes Magnolia. He be-
lieves he is honest and knows ne
is efficient and Carey realizes that
Magnolia will help pull 'em in at
the gate. Lou is manager at the
Fronton here and is tremendously
popular with the natives.
Johnston announced today that
he will demand that the fight
must not be stopped as long as
Scott is on his feet.
II do not care how badly my
Phillip may be hurt, how badly
he may be cut up, the referee
must not stop it,. ! shall demand
that in case heA goes down he
must be given the entire count Of
ten" Jimmy told me today.
Then bashfuI James has
tened to add: ''But, Of course,
my Phillip win never be on
the floor"
Johnston also will recommend
that in case of foul the referee
order the men to their corners
and that the injured man instead
Of being declared the winner be
given five minutes to recuperate.
He does not want either fighter
to win by a foul.
Signs now point that the bat
IT, Of Biscayne Bay will be q
financial success. It will draw
better than $500, 900.
That should satisfy Bill Carey
and the 500 millionaire stockhold-
er3, in Madison Square Garden.
After all expenses are met there
should be a profit Of around
$4,000, and that's a lot of money
when one considers that the old
do-re.mi is a darn sight tighter
Z nov than it was IL months back.
These fights down here in
the land Of sunshine and
beautiful "mOmmers" never
we're intended to be big
money makers.
Tex Rickard originated the
idea of holding them here to give
his 600 pet millionaires a good
time during their vacation here.
aboutS.
Joe Boynton, the Garden box
office man who is here in charge
Of the sale of tickets, reports that
he has an advance of $4,000.
Orders from New York, Boston,
Chicago, Washington and all the
Southern cities are coming by
mail and telegraph.
The newspapers in the North
at last are getting hep that this
fight is going to be q good piece
Of news. The Washington Times
is bringing a party oee 100 to the
fight. y
During the last two days, over
80 boxing writer's, sports editors,
managing editors and even pub
fishers have arrived. They are
billing the fight for the worlds
championship, not giving Max
Schmeling a tumble at all.
1t was just about 80 years ago
that Florida had real heavy
weight title match. That was
when Jim CoUbett knocked out
Charley g Mitchell, the English
champion, at Jacksonville.
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