Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
BOXER CAN'T MEET
ALL RING DEMANDS
New York Would Bar Max
Should He Comply With
Chicago Order.
BY SPARROW McGANN.

n YEW YORK, december 3D.
nj Max Schmeling is indeed a
i Y fortunate young man to be
too far away to hear the
buzz Of argument over his heavy
weight crown. The champion is
the tsrget of two opposing forces,
and no matter which way Max or
his manager, Joe Jacobs, jumps,
he is in a peck of trouble.
The boxing commissioners in this
State have ordered Max to fight Jack
Sharkey. Gen. Clinnin, president of the
National Boxing Association and chair
man of the Illinois State Athletic Com
mission, insists he must fight Young
Stribling in Chicago.
Herr Max is between the devil and
the blue sea. If he ignores the local
commission he is practically sealing his
own doom, so far as this State is con-
cerned. If he rejects Gen. Clinnins ulti-
matum he loses out in the biggest fight
center next to New York and, worse
still, he cannot ply his trade in the
States governed by the rules of the
N. B. A.
Need Sharkey- StribIing Bout.
The best way out of the mess would
be to have Sharkey and Stribling fight
1t out for the privilege of meeting the
champion. The question arises, where
can such a contest be held? Those who
remember the drab spectacle furnished
by this pair at Miami Beach, Fla, will
turn thumbs down on this proposal.
While 1t is true that Stribling enjoys
a good measure of credit for the mas
terly way he handled Otto Won Porat
ana Phil Scott too much emphasis can
not be placed on these performances.
On to good start, Strib spoiled his
chances of top ranking by permitting
Arthur Dekuh and Tuffy Griffths to go
the distance with him.
The latter, in fact made the fight
with the Georgian, and Strib won on
the strength of his superior fighting in
side. On the same card with this pair
stablemath of GrifhthS, Larry Johnson,
put the kiboSh on Jack Gagnon in two
rounds. Gagnon had stopped Tuffy in
six rounds, and in a return bout man
aged to hammer out a decision in 10
rounds.
Against a wide-open fighter such as
Grifhths, Stribling had plenty of chances
of demonstrating his punching power
No semblance of knockdown was regis
tered, and Strib lost some prestige in
that fight.
jack Has IdIcd.
Sharkey has been idling since the
fate1ul night he struck Schmeling low
when he was on the way to victory. He
was matched to fight Vittorio Campolo,
but the Argentine string bean ran out
on him. He offered to fight Stribling
for training expenses.
Whether he would have gone through
with this offer, If it came down to sign
ing articles under such conditions, must
be left tosthe judgment of the reader
St-ib refu$ad the offer and fought Grit
flths instdEd. Sharkey came out with
more prestige under such circumstances
and i,.t-nSs to make the most of it.
But wsaet has JACK Sharkey done to
JUST r'u3iis c~n1ien3c in him and boil
ste- = claim to being the best heavy
weight in this country? Absolutely
nothing. This sad state of affairs will
have its effect when the fans are asked
to pay top prices to see him in action
against any one of the current run of
heeyies.
Schmeling is no better off than Shar-
key. The Teuton has enjoyed a loafing
period which has not helped him. Max
lacks experience. He is far from being
o finished FIGHTER, and stopping ring
work abruptly as he did was a serious
error. Max is just where he started.