Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
max LOOKS AHEAD
| TO SHARKEY BOUT
Feels He Must Beat Tar to
Get Full Recognition as
World Champion.
BY WILBUR WOOD.

N YEW YORK, January zS.-Jaek
| I'M Sharkey comes under the head
of unfinished business in Max
Schmeling's program. He adj
mits that, even If he ticks Stribling in
June and Camera in September, he
must put Sharkey out of the way be-
fore every one will accept him as a
bona fide champion.
Because no elimination match was
arranged between Sharkey and Strio-
ling" says the Teuton, lit happens that
I will be busy with Stribling and Camera
this year. Whether retain the cham
pionship or not, want to fight Sharkey
again, Just to prove to all the people
who think that he had me beaten last
Summer that they are wrong.
TT is hardly fair to judge that fight
on what happened in four rounds; to
say that because Sharkey was ahead
when he fouled me that ! was a sure
loser.
Max a Slow Starter.
I'm horse races it is not the horse
that gets a big lead at the start that
always wins, IN fighting it Is the sane
way. People said I was losing to Rlsko
at the end of five rounds, but KNOCKED
him out. They said / made a bad
start with Pauline, but I was far ahead
at the finish l start slowly, but after
while I get warmed up, like ma
chine,
Lots of people said before the fight
that If l did not get knocked out In
the first four rounds l would have a
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Sharkey is best at the beginning and
that if he does not get you quick he
gets discouraged
Jacobs and I decided before the
fight that l would not open up until
the sixth round. In the third round
Sharkey hit me as hard as he could
and did not knock me down. did not
even take the smelling salts when ]
went to my corner. You remember, I
sat on the edge of my stool. did not
lay back like fighter who was hurt. I
sat up straight and was the one who
forced the fighting in the fourth round.
It seemed to me Sharkey's heart had
grown small because he hit me as hard
as he could and did not put me on the
floor.
IF I had not been hit low I would
have won. The further it went the bet
ter for me. I am young and strong. He
is older. He is married and has chill
dren. I am young and get stronger and
better as go along.
He's a Wrestler, Too.
after Stribling and Camera want
to fight Sharkey to prove that I can
beat him and would have won if he had
not fouled me-"
Schmeling was told that the wrestlers
were getting the money in New York
these days; that Monday nights show
in the Garden drew nearly $50,
that Gus Sonnenberg had played to
almost $2,00O,000 worth of customers
in less than two years.
so" he drawled. IT am wrestler,
too. Maybe ] wrestle. Yes? No? I
was champion wrestler of Dusseldorf
once. But there was no money, so
became boxer"
Schmeling takes all the fuss over
the heavyweight situation philosoph-
ically. He says he does not greatly
mind the unkind things people may
say about him.
Always it is that way, but always
it dies out and is forgotten" he said.
Everybody cheers Jack Dempsey now.
1 am told there was q time when he
was booed, Most Of the champions
have had to 90 through all that. But
in the end 1t is forgotten. / do not
care 80 long as they spell the name