Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-11
AMERICAN IS
The FAVORITE
However, the Bostonian's
Mediocre Work Against
Foreigners Recalled
BY ALAN GOULD
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW 1ORhs oAnC
the most interesting and most ex-
travagantly ballyhooed affair since
tbs late Tex Rickard pulled the
81 lngs of the heavyweight Puhcn
and Judy show, Jack SnarKey VII
fight Max Schmeling
night, Is rounds or less, at the
Yankee Stadium for the heavy
weight championship Of the world.
II is by all odds the most signl-
ficant heavyweight bout since the
retirement of Gene Tunney, put
whether the winner will be recog-
nized outside Of Germany. Lithuanla
and the United States, remain 10
be seen. With any kind OF an ven
break from old man weather, q
crowd Of z 5000 fans probably VIII
nav in excess Of 100000 TO see the
big show. This is a far cry from me
figures attending the last OF INC
outstanding Rickard eztravaganzas
on Chicago's lake front in 1877, ous
IL excels anything on the books Of
the HEAVYWEIGHT business Tor n
mast three years. In addition, the
customers will have the happy op-
~nortunity to serve a double purpose
in benefitting the children's mix
fund. sponsored by Mrs. William
Randolph Hearst. and IN aiding the
recovery Of the INDECENT heavyWelghV
division.
The Questions
d the two main questions
m for debate among the rallplros
are:
fistic heights that three previous
foreign challengers. Firpo. Carpeh-
tier and Heeney, failed TO reacnF
Second. can Sharkey overcome the
temperamental ink that has seemed
To pursue hi min international conf
netition and fight at his bestP
This fight is no exception, When ~
comes to the speculative us %
ssbuts" or even the loose tax ina
everything is 'in" and al rlgnt
for one principal or the other. 20
far as that goes. it is Just the
RaL6vhoo that has become a part %
fhe claims from one corner that
schmeling will win L he crowds
and harrasses Sharkey from the out
set are countered by the cries ma
the Teuton will have his ears cuileo
off II he mixes too willingly.
Mediocre Bouts
The belief that Sharkey is due
for one of his good fights ana,
therefore. Will emerge the winner
ix offset by his record Of consistent
" uutting UP mediocre bouts against
foreign rivals. 1t Is this strange lea
ture Of Sharkey's career that seems
Ia give Schmeling the best chance
Ia capture heavyweight honors tha1
anv invader has had since
Angel Firpo knocked Jack Dempsey
ont NJ the ring at the Polo Grounds
seven years ago.
Sharkey has fought MS soOO
fights almost exclusively against the
domestic punch a~bsorbers. his mos'
impressive performances were SCOT
ed against Harry Wills and George
Godfrey. the sO-called black men
aces. Jim Maloney and Tommy
Loughran, representing the lrlSh-
American contingent.
Against this, there is Sharkeys rec
ord of being knocked out early III
his career BY Romero Poias. the
Chilean: beaten by bound johnny
Risko. the Austrian baker boy; nelo
to a draw by old Tom Heeney, tne
New Zealender; victor over PM
Scott. the Englishman. In a very
questionable bout az Miami where
phil might easily have been declar-
ed the winner on a foul. whether
or not he was hurt by Sharkeys low
blows.
Sharkey Favored
This information may be food Tor
the hunch-playerS. even though not
aansoling to the patriots. who Will
lnsider it a national calamity
ytarcely less important than the
Wall street crash if the heavyweight
title IS lost to america. In spite Of
II. the form players have made
Sharkey a 9 10 5 favorite in the
betting and he probably viii enter
the ring at that figure.
The training camps have contri-
buted little but wordage to the gen.
eral discussion. The main facts are
that Sharkey. best OF a poor crop
of American heavyweights. has the
fighting equipment and experience
with which to beat back the chal-
lenge OF the young. hard-hitting
German. No one vet. however. has
successfully predicted what Sharkey
will do on any given evening in the
ring. so that the rest Of the argyll
ment may Just as vel be reserved
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