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

NEW YORK. June l5.-tP-The
fistic world that had hoped to wake
up today to celebrate the GROWING
OF a new and u~ndisputed worlds
heavyweight champion discovered,
tGaaSad, that II had just another
Riache, hangover and controver-
Max Schmeling won on a foul
from Jack sharkey within the last
six seconds of the fourth round OF
what was to have been the decisive
battle for the heavyweight title last
night at the Yankee stadium. put
they left the situation as chaotic as
were the wild scenes accompanying
the abrupt finish of the match.
Severely battered though he had
been. the black-thatched 2~4-year-olo
German youth. VINO looks, hobs ado
weaves Ike the n and only JACK
Dempsey, emerged with whatever
honors and title claims go with the
1 victory. He may, for the time being,
be put st the top of the heavy
4 weight class, at least by his own
8 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
scr to Gene Tunney, who retired
two years ago.
Champion
Schmeiing's cause may be espous-
ed further by the National Boxing
Association, and he Is q candidate
IT least for the inscription Of his
name UPON the Muldoon-Tunney
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 a fit monarch Of heavy
weight ranks appeared to offer no
sound basis for ~proclaiming the
: y3ung German possessor of honors
universal in scope, where neither OF
the principals in the main test, be-
fore-hand, held any clear or undls-
puted claim to championship posi-
ton.
Nmtk-browed. lkeable, courageous
'&AfaE experts may hold. should not
he Rnalized and deprived OF recog-
n milton for events beyond his con-
N troll, hut the fact remained that
vi Schmeline was carried bodily and
in apparently greet pain from the
ring last night, the winner, but a
badly battered one.
III Blow Was Low
MI Schmeling was hurt by a punch
that was unquestionably low after
[5having been decisively outboxed ana
outpunched by Sharkey. who with
one erratic blow OF his fist swept
4 away the high honors that seemed
almost certain TO be his. The Ger
Il man crumpled to the floor, to be
h 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
B third round. when the American
y battered his young rival all over
the ring with q viciously sustained
two-fisted onslaught.
In the third round. Sharkey had
n Echmeling groggy and a quick VIC
n tory apparently in his grasp. A
4 round later, the tables we're revers-
ed with such startling rapidity that
scenes Of the widest disorder and
confusion developed.
The fatal and final blow. intend
I'd as a left hook for the stomach.
but somehow Internationally mis-
delivered as the fighters were close
n together along the ropes. with the
tap Of the gong ending the fourth
4 round only a few seconds away. The
n Referee. Jimmy Crowley, or the OPP
posite side Of the ring, with Shark
ey's back between him and Schmel-
f1g, failed to see the punch.
German Hurt
withholding his decision, as the
German sank wrlthing In agony TO
shft floor Crowley hesitated and was
st instantly surrounded and
1 ISsed by the managers, seconds
ii Al handlers Of the two fighters as
IA sought advice from officials on
n 1ther side Of the ring. With the
/ kslamor still az its height and the
ztsrowd IL complete uproar. Crowley
sffinally accepted the unqualified
Judgment OF one Of the judges,
"A Harold Barnes. and pronounced
4 schmeling the victor on a foul.
Barnes was the only one of the
three officials to have an unob-
structed view OF the final blow, and
he unhesitatingly called 1t grounds
kor disqualification Of the American.
The finish was a shock 70 the big
crowd estimated az more than TO-
900 spectators. who had contributed
10 an estimated gate" Of $T40, 009.
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
ey or Schmeling. Fans and experts
4 had established Sharkey the favor
ite and, after the third round. X
pected to see him produce one Of
his most impressive triumphs. In
stead, they saw the big and temper
amental Bostonian blow" his best
chance for championship ~recogni-
ton. much as by his arratic work
he had tossed away two previous
chances to climb the heights.
ROUND BY ROUND
Round One
Sharkey fought carefully with his
left but could not touch the Ger
mans head. He missed Max, step
ed in with a sharp left hook to
~ chin and neatly blocked the