The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-21
SHARKEY CAN WIN
 ON lO-POUND EDGE
 AND BOXING SKILL
German Slight Favorite Because of Improve ment - The Show May Reach S40O,O00
By STUART CAMERON United Press Sports Editor

Long Island City, l.. T.. June 21. -(UP)-Jack Sharkey. who tossed away four chances at worlds heavyweight boxing championship, and finally handed the title to Max Schmeling on a foul, will try to bring it back to this country to- night in a bout where fouls don't count"
 The fans hoped for something better than Sharkey's battle two years ago when, with the title all but within his grasp, he hit low and sent the title to Germany. It appeared that 50,000 of them would turn out for tonights af- fair, paying from $2 to $23 for the privilege.
 They'll be packed into the new Long Island sports stadium.
 Jacks Last Stand
 For Schmeling, the show will be his second defense of his title; for Sharkey. 1t is ballyhooed as a Hast stand"
 The Bostonian has fortune. He wants fame. Tonight will be his last chance to win it, he admits, /, but counters immediately with a belligerent shout that there is no question of his victory against the , black haired, young Uhlan.
 Sharkey always has been a ques- tion mark. There is no middle course; he is either very good or very bad. If he is right tonight, the German Dempsey" may lose the most coveted of all ring titles.
 Even Sharkey admits there will be no excuses if he fails this time. He is in the best physical shape of his career. And to hear Sharkey tell it, it's only a routine matter now before he brings back to these shores that title made so famuos by Dempsey, Johnson. ferries, Corbett, Sullivan and host of others.
 Schmeling is as confident of vic- tory as Sharkey, anxious to con- vince the fans once and for all that he is not a cheese champion" He proved that to few followers when he took the measure of Will liam Stribling, Jr, at Cleveland last summer. But there still are a lot of people who hold that Schmeling is champion because he was fouled.
 The German is a slight favorite. Tho latest quotations from betting commissioners gave him a to edge. Jack Doyle, one of Broad ways leading commissioners, said there was little possibility they would enter the ring at even money, but scoffed at reports that there was plenty of Sharkey money available. He said the men with the big money were backing Schmeling to the limit.
 The latest quotations included 2 to 1 against Schmelins winning by knockout, and 3 to 1 against Sharkey winning the same way.
 Schmeling arrived in New York with his manager, Joe Jacobs, late yesterday from his training camp at Kingston. He spent the night in . private residence on Long Island and planned to remain there until the weighing-in cere- monies this afternoon.
 Sharkey spent the last few hours before the fight loafing in his downtown hotel. He said he would stick pretty close to his room until it was time for weighing in.
 Llth Has Edge"
 Sharkey is expected to have at least a 10-pound weight advantage. He expects to enter the ring at 2O3h pounds while Schmeling probably will scale about 191. Schmeling has the advantage in years. He is 26. still on his way up as years go, while Sharkey is 29, about the time the fighter usually starts to slip.
 President William F.. Carey of Madison Square Garden announced he expected the total gate for the fight would range between $36O,0O0 and $440,000. He said he was cer- tain about 60,000 fans would swarm into the new bowl
 42h per cent of the gross re- ceipts. Sharkey Is pledged 10 per cent.
 Sharkey never has been fa- yorite with the fans. In his first heavyweight chance against Jack Dempsey he was met with nothing but boos. They grew louder when he failed in his second 'try-an elimination bout with Tom Heeney for the right to meet Gene Tunney for the title.
 The crowd appeared bit more favorable toward the former sailor when he carried Americas hopes against Schmeling a June night two years ago. Sharkey may carry the crowd with him tonight.
 Veteran fight managers predict ed that Jack would try to coast along through the IS rounds and depend on his slS,erior boxing ab'l- ity to win the decision. They be- lieve Sharkey can do that If ne doesn't lose his head and try to slug.
 Machof, and Doc Casey, famous second. VII lbe in Sschmeling's cor ner. Manager Buckley. Trainer Al Lacey and Tony Polozollo, trainer second. will work behind Sharkey. The identity of the two judges and the referee will. not be disclosed until just before the men step into
 Approximateiy 500 policemen have been assigned to handle the crowd.
 Unless the weather is threaten ing. the main bout is expected to start about 10 p. m. EDT. The first of the Ave preliminary bouts IS scheduled for p. m.
 For the man in the living room, the fight will be broadcast over q nation- wide hookup of the National Broadcasting company. There VIII also be a short wave broadcast for Europe.
 The schedule for the preliminary bouts: Maxie Pink. New York (l: Char ley Retzlaff. Duluth. ys Hans Birkie, Oakland. Calf (5); James J. Braddock. Jersey City, vs Vim cent Parrille, Argentina (5); Lou Barba, New York. vs Jerry Pave lec Long Island City, (5): and Jack Mccarthy, Boston. vs Charley Berlanger, Canada, (5).