Evening star., 1931-12-24

n YEW YORK, December 24.-When
Levinsky, the kngfsh, draped
Y some overland rights on Tommy
Loughran's chin he did James
]. Johnston of Madison Square Garden
quite favor. BY his activities the king
gave Johnston a new heavyweight
attraction
For a considerable time Johnston,
who in the long ago was known as the
boy bandit" and further back still as
Jimmy English" has been trying to
get Jack Sharkey to take Tommy
Loughran on in return match. Shar-
key, or his advisers, turned deaf ear
to the proposition. They were a bit
! 'earful something might happen.
So there stood handsome Tommy,
who had trimmed Ernie Schaaf. Victorlo
Campolo, Mickey Walker and many
another between the most important
| Of the heavyWeights and god night S
sleep. Sharkey didn't want any part OF
him; Schmeling couldn't understand
| English when Loughrans name was
mentioned, and Tommy had licked most
of the others. When it came to trying
to overlook him he was as noticeable
as hawk in a chicken yard.
Opening for Johnston.
Then along came this strong, tough,
young Chicago boy, whose real name is
Harry Krakow, and punched Loughran
right out of the picture. Only Tommy's
stout heart enabled him to last through
the tenth round This left Jimmy Jchn-
ston an opening which he will not be
slow to take. James is smart match
maker
He will now, on a guess, match Le-
vi sly JIrifh
is a drawing card and will fill the
Garden with customers. If he gets by
Pauline, Johnston might match him
with Max Baer and there would be
swell slugging match.
If the king should beat Baer, he
would be in line for a shot at Sharkcy.
and the Boston sailor would have to
accept the match or step out of the
picture Somewhere along the road
the king might have to take on Ernie
Schaaf. and many think that would be
the most dangerous bout of the lot
for him.
Schaaf comes close to being one of
the three best fighters in the world to-
day. The whole point Of the matter is
that while there are number of high
hurdles ahead of him, Levinsky. if he
can Surmount them. is on the road
which leads to Max Schweling and a
chance at the title
Schmeling certainly is queer actor
for a fighter who claims to be a real
champion He must know, and Joe
Jacobs certainly knows. that there are.
at the present time. no more than two
outstanding challenges for his crown
Schaaf and Sharkev-unless, of course,
Dempsey comes back
Max's Exchequer Low.
Schmeling has had a lot of expen-
sive legal bouts and other drains on his
capital, and they now say that he has
no great amount of money He could
draw big money with Sharkey or Demp-
sey. but the latter still is only posi-
bility. while the Boston man is a fact
Yet in spite of the fact that he prom
ised Sharkey return match, that he
knows the Boston man is the logical
contender, and that he could draw big
money with him, Schnleling is stalling
around trying to promote a fight with
little Mickey Walker, who is not even a
light heavyweight.
Any one who advertised such a bout
as fight for the heavyweight cham
pionShiD of the world should be ar
rested for obtaining money under false
pretenses. If Mickey won from Schmel-
ing, 1t merely would mean that as a
heavyweight champion Max was joke.
And don't tell me that the Sharkey who
lifted $50 pounds of Carnera off the
floor with left hook and put Primo
in the resin couldn't musS Walkers
hair in IS rounds If he really cared to
do So
They so say that Nate Lewis has
offered Schmeling 100000 to come to
Chicago and fight Walker How much
Of that money is he willing to put on
the line? And where do Walker and
Kearns come in? Kearns never has
shown any great anxiety to let his
boxers perform for exercise. Add
Walkers bit, taxes and expenses to
Schmeling's 100000, figure the at
tendance, and then see where you
would come out.
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