Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13
CHAMPION Was
BADLY BEATEN
lack on Edge of Knocking
Out Max When Foul
Occurred

fistic world that had hoped to wake
I'D today to celebrate the GROWING
of a new and undisputed worlds
heavyweight champion discovered,
inSxsad. that it had Just another
hej Flache, hangover and %controver-
sy.
Max Schmeling won on a toui
from Jack Sharkey within the last
six seconds of the fourth round OF
what was 70 have been the decisive
battle for the heavyweight title last
night at the Yankee stadium. but
they left the situation as chaotic as
were the wild scene accompanying
the abrupt finish Of the match.
Severely battered though he had
been. the black-thatched ~24-year-old
German youth, who looks. hobs add
weaves like the one and only Jack
Dempsey. emerged with whatever
honors and title claims 90 with p
victory. He may, for the time being,
be put at the top Of the heavy
weight class. at least by his own
countrymen and by the New York
state Athletic Commission, which
proclaimed its right beforehand 70
crown the winner as the new
champion Of the world and success
sor to Gene Tunney, who retired
two years ago.
Champion
t, Schmeling's cause may be espous-
ed further by the National Boxing
Association, and he is a candidate
at least for the inscription Of his
name upon the Muldoon-Tunney
4 trophy. emblematic Of champion
ship recognition so far as its donors
are concerned. But today, cold anal
ysis OF the unsatisfactory and dis
appointing climax TO a two-year
search for q fit monarch Of heavy
weight ranks appeared 70 offer no
sound basis for proclalming the
Young German posSessor Of honors
\ universal in scope, where neither OF
the principals in the main test. be-
fore-hand, held any clear or undis-
] puted claim to championship posi-
ton.
Dsek- proved. likeable. courageous
Maj experts may hold. should not
| be penaliZed and deprived OF recog-
| milton for events beyond his con-
! troll. but the fact remained that
! Schmeling was carried bodily and
! in apparently great pain from the
ring last night, the winner. but a
q badly battered one.
Blow Was Low
Schmeling was hurt by a punch
Z that was unquestionably low after
j having been decisively outboXed and
outpunched by Sharkey, who with
one erratic blow Of his fist swept
away the high honors that seemed
almost certain to be his. The Ger
man crumpled TO the floor, 10 be
carried to his corner and declared
the victor only a few minutes after
il seemed he was on the verge of
4 being Clearly knocked out. in the
M third round. when the American
battered his young rival all over
IA the ring with a yiciously sustained
two-fisted onslaught.
In the third round, Sharkey had
A 5chmeling groggy and a quick vic
n tory apparently in his grasp. A
II tround later, the tables we're revers-
ed with such startling rapidlty that
n scenes OF the widest disorder and
confusion developed.
The fatal and final blow. intend
ed as a left hook for the stomach,
v but somehow Internationally mis-
delivered as the fighters were close
q together along the ropes. with the
tap Of the gong ending the fourth
round only a few seconds away. The
Referee. Jimmy Crowley. on the op-
posite side Of the ring, with Shark
ey's back between him and Schmel-
4 fng, failed 70 see the punch.
German Hurt
p withholding his decision. as the
n German sank writhing IN agony 70
Y the floor Crowley hesitated and was
aim list instantly surrounded and
l lharsSsed by the managers, seconds
! land handlers of the two fighters as
4 he sought advice from officials on
Fieither side Of the ring. With the
n rlamor still az its height and the
q crowd IN complete uproar, Crowley
n finally accepted the unqualified
Judgment OF one Of the judges,
Harold Barnes. and pronounced
Schmeling the victor on a foul.
Barnes was the only n Of the
three officials to have an unob-
structed view Of the final blow, and
IN he unhesitatingly called IL grounds
for disqualification Of the American.
The finish vas a shock TO the big
crowd estimated at more than TO-
boo spectators. who had contributed
4 10 an estimated gate Of S740,00o
the largest in three years. IN the
hope OF seeing the long-existirrg
heavyweight muddle cleared up by
a clean-cut victory for either Shark
Sey or Schmeling. Fans and experts
had established Sharkey the favor
te and, after the third round. ex-
pected to see him produce OF
his most impressive triumphs. IN
stead. they saw the big and temper
Hamental Bostonian blow" his best
.Sehance for championship recogni-
ion. much as by his arratic work
ne had tossed away two previous
chances to climb the heights.
ROUND By ROUND
Round One
Sharkey fought carefully with his
ia h.,+ GOULD not fnt1rh the Ger