The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-07
TALKING
ITOVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, July l.
TT begins 70 appear as II Herr
i Liederkuanz Schmeling and the
Sharkey person are not going 70
play a return engagement for the
sans and the suckers in September
after all. have been reading the
snort page comment on the situa-
ton ard am surprised at the num-
Der of bright young men who pro-
Tess 70 visw the matter in the hgnt
Of a minor news item. and unless
nv ears deceive me, the soap box
orators in Union Square and Co
lunabus Circle are blissfully ig-
norant OF the existence OF TINS
frsghtful injustice by an outlander
TO an American born heavyweight
r a
I suspect that the only people VINO arc
bopestIv Interested in restatinE the open
air foul With its attendant EroaninEs are
sehmelinR and sharkey themselves Ano
while the fermer is said TO be oiooNine
Al, sbov this no doubt Is due directly to
unsatisfactory financial consideration. 10
he sure. the German seems to have been
Guaranteed plenty but With heavyweight
axhters even this is seldom enough
r
lust why should Schmeling and
u sharkey fight again? Didn't
they get away with murder the first
time they fought2 As reward for
that beautiful trimming Of the saps
and the suckers up in the stadium
are these two business men TO be
brought back and allowed to split
still more swag2 Personally 1 hope
not. Schmeling was anything but
a spectacular performer in that
bout, and Sharkey was his usual er-
rate Drained self.
That they should be encouraged to come
hack and do Il again at the customers
expense is akin to inviting a couple Of
second story workers who had overlooked
the Jewels on a previous prowl TO return
and complete the haul. And yet it would
not surprise me II the boxing commits
sion authorized a return match and
heIped TO force II to completion BY grant
the heayYweiEhts.
=
TN fact I note that Mr.. william
i Afuldoon of the commission
calls Sharkey, THE most unhappy
man in the world" and certainly 1t
would be inhuman and brutal not
to try to bring son-e slight soul COM
fort and mental freedom into the
life Of this disconsolate young mil
lionaire whose one ambition is to
call himself the heavyweight cham
pion of the world.
Undoubtedly something ought to be done
about this. Possibly the thousands Of men
who have been out Of work in this country
all sumner would like TO contribute to
consolation fund and thus help in
spirited albeit meager way 90 soften the
bitterness that has crept into the Sharkey
heart and which Mr. MuldoOn has so
thoughtfulIy brought 10 public attention.
let US hope this is not to be a country
o. eoutented csws and unhappy heavy
weights.
ULTIMATELY, of course, Shar-
- key will have his champion
ship. The commission has adopted
a rule by which the foul punch be-
comes fair. This happens to be
Sharkey'S best punch. To be sure
he only uses it when he loses his
composure or as a counter for
fair punch which has caught him
unaWares and with some force.
But even so Sharkey does very
well with it and l predict that when
the great fOulers of history come
up for discussion in the years to
come the name of the Boston sea
man will be on top or whereabouts
as king of them all.