Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05
DECLARES SHARKEY
HAS CAUSE TO FRET
Defeat Wouldn't Be Fatal to
Championship Hopes as
Youngster Sees It.
BY EDWARD J. NEIL,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

7 NDICOTT, N. Y, June S.
r. Max Sigfrid Adolph Otto
l. Schmeling is an engaging
young man without COM
pick, inhibition or sign of unruly
temperament to his lengthy
name.
AS he sits in the living room of
his well guarded cottage, playing
over and over German phono-
graph records, he doesn't even
talk a good fight. Yet just one
week from tonight in the
Yankee Stadium, this 24-year-old
Teuton, who has scaled the
heavyweight heights in two short
years, will battle Jack Sharkey
for the highest prize fistiana has
to offer.
He will fight e'best he knows how,
cannily, carefully, evenly, but at ter
rife pace, and If his best Is not enough
well, he is still "a years old and life
even in a fistic sense still leads long be-
fore him. Max may lose to better
man. He frankly admits that may hap
pen, but, he doesn't think that man Is
Sharkey.
Colored an Indian brown by the sun
in his outdoor workouts, the young Ger
man is a picture of superb condition
as he lolls in his easy chair, happy to
talk CT fights In his hating English
literally sprinkled with German phrases
when the subject gets complicated and
thoughts come too fast. His high cheek
bones, shaggy black eyebrows, deep color
and animation leave an indelible i'm
preston of Jack Dempsey when the old
man-mauler weighed 1877 pounds and
was eager to tear the world apart with
his iron fists.
How Max Sees.
ct hope beat Sharkey," he said with
a smile and q wave Of both hands. Il
do not know. No one knows. II !
get my chance, win. II not lose"
To Schmeling, almost fatalist IN
his attitude toward the coming contest
for Kingdoms highest stakes, this state
ment covers the entire situation. BY
Chance" which he pronounces "shenks,"
Schmeling means the opening or situa-
ton that will give him the upper hand
and pave the way to victory. The breaks
may come his way-or they may go to
Sharkey.
IF Sharkey wins, congratulate him.
The same way would congratulate my
self If I win. But why should loser
"Sharkey Is q good boxer, yes? He
hits. punches good with left hand, no;
we'll, maybe 1t make him discouraged II
he can't hit me with his best punch
That is important.
IT do not know how I fight Sharkey
In my training camp have 20 spar
ring partners. fight them all. They
have different styles. No matter what
style Sharkey fights, am ready for MN
"Sharkey Is good boxer, yes? Tney
say can't hit a good boxer with my
against nv right all the time with his
left and I never can hit him. That Is
foolishness.
CHE must punch at me sometime,
no? When he punches at me he moves
his hands, yes? When he does that he
leaves an opening, NIGHT wahr? Then
I can punch. Then I will hurt Sharkey.
Maybe my Shenks come then.
Max Gets Excited.
"Only have I seen Sharkey box in o
gymnasium, and then he-what you call
it-clown around with his sparring
partners. Even so, I know he is good
fighter. But maybe am q better
fighter Who knows?"
BY this time the even-tempered, I'M
excitable German was on his feet, Wav-
ing his hands, showing how he would
move his head to evade a left and coun-
ter with the famous right hand that
knocked out Johnny Risko and battered
Pauline Uzcudun into helplessness.
There is another thing. Sharkey,
he say, How viii Schmeling feel fight
ing q man like me, who has met every
one and licked the men have?' tell
you.
"I will feel better about it than
Sharkey. He is the American fighting
before his own countrymen to keep the
title in his country. He Is getting old.
He has missed two shenks to fight for
the championship. Maybe he will not
get another.
But me it is different. I am the
foreigner, the underdog. am "a years
old. If lose fight again some other
time for the championship. I have
nothing to worry about. He has every
thing. Maybe that does not bother
him, MOP"
BY this time the German was as ex-
cited as he ever gets. He was all but
shadow boxing around that living room
In fact he was SO aroused he almost
announced that he was going to lick
that St1arkey man.