The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-12
AMERICAS BOXING
THRONG ON EDGE AS
COLORFUL GO NEARS
Boston Cob Has Age and Expe.
renee; Teuton Has Youth
and Mental Favor
$1,000 EXPECTED At RING
Champion Will Be Crowned To-
night for First Time Since
.1unney Retired

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some As minutes from the heart OF
Broadway, Jack Sharkey and Max
Schmeling swap punches for Is
rounds or less, each seeking the same
object-recognition as the heavy
weight king and successor to the re-
tired ruler, Gene Tunney.
At the ringside, Gentleman Gene
was expected to see the new mon
arch of maui crowned to restore once
again the line that has seldom been
broken since John L. Sullivan became
the first world-recognized king OF
glove fighters.
With fair weather assured, close to
$4,000 spectators, featuring a notable
ringSide assembly, figured to pay
something like $750.000 in the inter-
estS of charity and the privilege of
seeing a fresh chapter unfolded in
heavyweight history.
The scenes. the times. and the
gladiators in this fistic extravaganza
represent a far cry from the June
night at Coney Island, 81 years ago,
when James j. Jeffries won the
heavyweight title from freckled Bob
FitzSimmons before a crowd of 10000.
Had Police Supervision
On that memorable occasion the
chief of police was at the ringside to
stop the bout latter the first hard
blow" but he said everything was "all
right" after Jeffries, then a 22-year-
old kid, knocked out the veteran
Ftzsimmons in the 18th round.
In the spacious American League
ball park tonight, seven times as
many people as witnessed the JEFF
fries FitzSimmonS encounter, hoped
to see many q "hard blow" struck in
return for their devotion to the box
office to the extent Of paying from
$2.10 to $26.25 or more at the specula-
tors price, for a seat.
Tonight's fight will be the eighth
heavyweight championship affair
brought to some corner Of the metro
politan acreage. It was the first,
however, to involve two contenders
for the title. It's only parallel in ring
history since Sullivan's era was the
fight in Sydney, Australia, in 1908,
when Jack johnson whipped Tommy
Burns for the crown cast aside by
Jeffries.
sharkey ruled the favorite at odds
printed from 2 to l down to / to 5.
Boxing skill and experience are
on Sharkeys side. with q vicious
punch to support them. Courage,
ambition and an equally dangerous
wallop are the main assets of
Schmeling. Both possess the stam-
ina for q hard fight. If necessary, to
the limit Of is rounds. with a referee
and two judges to cast the final YER
dict.
the sharkey Of four or five years
ago, would have gone into the big
test an even bigger favorite than he
has been .Sharkey fought then for
his living. Today Sharkey was
spurred on by ambition with wealth
and even social position already in
his possession, it seemed some Of the
old vital urge was missing.
Youth FavOrs Teuton
Youth and its compelling forces
are on Schmeling's side this time. In
that reversal Of the situation, in the
do-or-bust spirit Of the undertook,
many Of the experts foresee the Ger
mans best chance of triumph. They
envision Max in the same position
as Dempsey at Toledo, as Tunney at
Philadeluhia, fighting against odds
but also with an excellent fighting
chance.
They have labeled him the Ger
man Dempsey" largely upon q ply
steal resemblance. Fight fans, to
whom q heavyweight title affair is q
ritual not to be missed. have flocked
to New York from all parts Of the
land as well as from overseas.
The eyewitness will be numbered
In thousands but the "ear- witnesses"
figure to III well up into the mil
lions. with q national network broad
casting the blow-by-blow details
from the ringside. On short wave
lengths, the ringside story also was
to be broadcast to Europe and South
America, with the chances that Aus
tralia and the orient might be able
to tune In.
The fight preliminaries are billed
to begin around Z p. m. eastern
standard tme) and the main bout at.
3 p. m.