Evening star., 1932-05-17
COB too CONFIDENT
AGAINST CHAMPION
Effectiveness of Challenger
Has Been Governed by
Regard for Foes.
BY SPARROW McGANN.

n IEW YORK, May 17.-Max
M Schmeling and Jack Shar-
4 Y key took possession of their
respective training camps
last week, the tickets for their
June 81 bout have been placed
on sale and all that is left is for
the principals to convince the
public that the fight will be worth
$23 throw. The ballyhoo will
not get properly started for an
other week, and so the gladiators
will WOO their favorite pastimes,
golf and pinochle.
Schmeling is confirmed golf addict.
A rolling green, a club and a little
white ball are all he cares about.
Listening to him talk, one wonders why
he did not take up golf instead of the
art OF bashing faces. Max shot a neat
80 before leaving this country last
year Several wesks ago he registered
his first rs. at French LICK Springs.
and that is all he has been able to
talk about since. If golf steadies him
as much as it did in his fight with
Young Stribling, those who want him
to beat Sharkey would like to see him
make several holes in one.
Charley is better golfer than most
- fans know about. But seated around
with his cronies in training quar-
ters, pinochle gets the first call pro-
vided Jack is not arguing about the
right and wrong way to fight. Jack
talks good fight and is capable enough
to make one This is the time for him
TO produce his best effort. Otherwise
he will have to take back seat and
devote his time to pinochle. with an
occasional threat to bust someone on
the ncso. He does not really mean
that. But he gets a great kick out of
1t and it keeps him in good humor.
Sharkey breaks up the tedium Of
training by having a clown fighter
around him. First it was Rocky Stone
and then King Solomon. They were
royal testers and did much to keep
the big fellow in excellent spirits. With
those two gone. Tony Palazola, a rub
Der, bears the brunt of Jacks sallies,
and while he is not as funny as Stone
or Solomon. he will have to 90 until
another Pagliacci comes around.
- ring. but he calls a halt when in
training No one has ever accused
Max of taking advantage Of his SPAR
ring mates. In this he is just like
Gene Tunney, who refused to satisfy
the blood-thirsty onlooker by pummel-
ing a sparring partner.
Schmeling has been dubbed the sec
ond Jack Dempsey, because Of a facial
resemblance. to the ManaSsa Mauler.
His method and general department are
likened more to those Of Tunney than
any other man in the ring today. Tun-
ney was determined He had the cour-
age of his convictions and once salts
fed that he could beat man. he went
out and did it, Schmelling is the same
way. Although lacking Tunney's box
ing science and generalship. Schmeling
Is more like Tunney than like Dempsey.
Charley is in class by himself.
- Jack has wasted more opportunities
than befall three struggling heavy
weights and he has nothing but a
careless disposition TO blame. When
the Roston man gets an idea he has a
push-over or a cinch fight, his actions
in the ring reflect his frame Of mind.
A lackadaisical fight against Tom
Heeney pushed him out of the picture
and the New Zealander won his chance
at Tunney. Jack f1ivvered against
Mickey Walker and save for a brilliant
showing against Primo Camera, he
would not even be considered as an
opponent for Schmeling.
Jack is confident he can beat the
German title holder without any
trouble. Unless he gets rid of that
idea and gives Schmeling full credit for
his punching ability the fight will not
be worth % cents-unless the fans are
willing to spend that much to hear the
long count sounded over the PROSTATE
form of the American champion.