The Washington times., 1931-01-28
BLAMES PILOT
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By LES CONKLIN

NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-MaX
echmeling declares he will be in
the best shape of his career when
he defends his heavyweight title
against Young Stribling next
June.
And in truth, the beetle-browed
Black Uhlan looked the part last
night as he playfully jostled news
paper men around in his suite on
the Europa, while bevy Of tugs
nudged the giant liner into the
port which Schmeling left last
July few days after winning
the title.
Max has aged a trifle and lines
of worry have creased his fore
head a bit. But he is more lively,
more confident, 1.-THE and graceful
in his movements. And he has
kept his weight down to 1872, only
three pounds more than he
weighed for Jack Sharkey last
June.
Denies Attack
Schmeling denied that he had
attacked James A. Farley and
other members of the New York
Boxing Commission for stripping
him of his title in New York
State, declaring he had been mis-
quoted abroad
Told that Farley had ex-
pressed the opinion that he
could have gotten off the floor
and continued to fight after be-
ing flOOred by Sharkey's al
legged low blow, Max declared
he had suffered i'll effects
from the punch for three
months afterward.
The champion said that after
having been pronounced o. K. in
October by Prof. Baetzer, his
physician, he had been training
steadily.
"T played golf, did road work,
punched the bag and boxed two
or three times week with
sparring partners in my private
gymnasium" he said. "Just be-
fore sailing l spent pleasant
vacation in the Bavarian Alps.
Now / feel fine. 1 got more pep
now and am more confident"
Never Ran Away
Max was reminded that a
minute after winning from Shar-
key, he had promised to give the
Boston Cob a return bout but had
hooked up with Stribling and
Carnera instead.
"I never would go away from
Sharkey," Max flared up.
Il"
At this point Joe Jacobs, the
Germans manager, 1ntervened
and the interview became a game
of charades. "Cho' hastily rushed
Max off to an anteroom and die
tated the champions answers to
subsequent question. After each
rdangerous" question, the pair
would vanish and reappear a few
minutes later with the official
reply. Some of the answers were:
l, Max thinks Sharkey would
he the outstanding challenger
today if he had kept in the lime
light as Stribling did by ellmlnaC-
ing Won Porat, Scott and Grill
fithS. 80
2. Johnny Buckley fell down
as Sharkey's manager by failing
to keep Jack in action.
Discouraged Cob
2 Max discouraged" Sharkey
nv hitting him flush on the chm
IN the fourth round of their June
hout and would have gone on
tn win if he had not been fouleo.
I'm to that point Max took every,
thing Sharkey could give, ana
mas getting stronger every round:
4 Max would Just as soon
fight Sharkey, but the sailor !osG
his chance by delivering a 1oul
blow. ~ !.
5, Max thinks Camera Is
great fighter. ...;.,;.o
Schmeling has seen Strlbllng
.nd Carnera in action only once.
He saw Willie put away Johnny
Sn,,ires in one round in New
Tork in 1928 and saw Primo get
tnocked out by Franz Dlener IN
Leipzig, ya'ars ana va aIS ssG, 10
Max revealed he was su1leI!ns as,
from the grippe and a nlgn teVet
inst before the Sharkey hghC
last year.
"This time I'll have SIX
months, instead of six weeks;
in which to get acclimatea'
he said. "The matches Joe has
made are o. X. with me: III
do the fighting and he'll DO
the managing"
The Teuton might have added
that Jacobs also will do the
talking.
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