The Washington times., 1931-01-05
BOXING HEADS
To RULE On
|. SCHMEL|NG
BY COPELAND c. BURG

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Whether
or not the New York Boxing
Commission has feet of clay or is
standing on something so solid
that even the tears Of Joe Jacobs
cannot weep it away will be de-
cided tomorrow,
The commission has ordered
Jacobs to appear before it to
agree that his boy, Max Schme-
ling. will meet Jack Sharkey, OF
Boston, here this summer in de-
fense of his title as worlds heavy
weight champion.
Jacobs is going to plead that
Sharkey is mot good enough"
and that the man to meet Moxie
should be selected in an elimtna-
ton series.
Indeed, some folks say that
Jacobs is just bold enough to
supplement his original pleading
with a healthy def of the COM
missioners and in that event
these same folks are willing to
wager that the commissioners VIII
declare the heavyweight title
null, void and vacant.
Would Check Out
Thereupon Joe and Max are
scheduled to depart for Chicago
to await the arrival there OF the
winner of a proposed Young
Stribling Primo Carnera fight;
about to be signed for Miami.
Schmeling proposes to meet
the winner of the Miami clash in
Chicago, thus putting his golden
diadem in the recognized IN
some States" class.
This really would not bother
Schmeling or his manager very
much for in Chicago they have
no anti-foul ruling and the Ger
man could repeat his slide for the
title act, which he did for the
first time when he won the crown
here from Sharkey last June.
Some persons hint that
SchmeIing would travel to a
land more distant and strange
than Chicago to avoid another
encounter with the man from
the high seas.
OF course those who think SO
unkindly of Joe and Max may be
doing the pair a great injustice
and they may prove to the world
that they have been seriously
misjudged.
In order to picture that they
are not afraid of the sailor and
that Schmeling is really quite
anxious to show the world that
he is a real champion, all Jacobs
has to do is to sign articles for
a Max-Jack fight and deposit a
$4,000 check with the commits
sion to guarantee that Schmeling
will fight Sharkey and Sharkey
only.
When the commission de-
manded months ago that Schmel-
ing fight his first fight in defense
of his title against Sharkey in
New York they did no little crea-
tive work in the way of trouble.
If they kick out Schmeling and
Jacobs they will not only see the
heavyweight title bout of 1851
move away from New York but
they will also witness series of
elimination bouts, alternating
probably between Miami and
Chicago.
To Arrive Today
| Stribling was scheduled to ar.
rive in Miami today to sign for
bout against Camera next
month. The giant Venetian was
said to have already agreed to
the fight and Stribling is now
willing, sensing that he must
fight someone before he gets q
try for a title match.
If Jacobs works himself into
brave attitude and further
incurS the wrath Of the com.
miSSiOnerS, bOxing'S hard luck
figure, Sharkey, will receive
another clOut in the solar
plexuS.
Unless SchmeIing agrees to
fight Sharkey in New York, the
BoStonian is simply out, for
Schmeling really does not care
to fight him at all and he knows
that if he ducks Sharkey here he
can easily refuse to meet him
anywhere else in the wide world