Evening star., 1932-03-27
NOT At BEST LAST
time, MAX ASSERTS
Champion, Though, Feels He
Would Have Won Regard
less of Foul.
BY JAMES b. WHARTON.

against JACK SnarKey IN Lne
Yankee Stadium, New York,
June 16.
THE better man will win," the
German heavyweight told me at
his home here, and 1 hope that
is going to be me. 1 will do my
hest. I believe have a very good
chance to Keep the title, and I
expect to.
When l fought Sharkey in 1880 my
condition was not so good as now.
had had flu before the fight. Since
then I have had no Illness"
He hunched his shoulders and
stretched his arms.
Il feel in fine condition now-never
better" And he looked all he said.
EvEN though the 1880 bout was
- Sharkey'S fight up to the fourth
round. when his foul gave the
world title to the German, Der Max"
told me he did not believe that was
any proof Sharkey was the better
fighter.
My tactics always are to hold my
self in for the first three or four
rounds-then let CO." he said. Even
II Sharkey had not fouled him, Sctmel-
ing believes he would have won that
fight.
TT had just begun" he said I'VE
had IL rounds yet to go. I'm sure
would have beaten Sharkey anyhow"
When 1 asked Schmeling If he
thought the coming fight would 60 the
full Is rounds he laughed and said no
one could know that, and he would not
predict.
And how about a Knockout"
asked
Il DO not want to talk about what
I'm going to do" he answered.
CCHMELING plans to sail for New
~ York March 81, to tour 10 to Is
cities in the United States, giving
three-round exhibition matches, taking
on one sparring partner for each round.
At the end Of the tour he will take o
f1ve-day lay-off, then 60 into training
for the big fight.
While he has not yet heard definitely
from his manager, Joe Jacobs, he be-
neves it likely his training camp will
be established at Endicott, ". Y, where
he trained for the 1890 fight with
Sharkey. When Schmeling sails he will
take his old trainer, Max Machon, and
IN the States he will pick up German
cook.
In training camp he will have an in
coor and outdoor arena; his tentative |
training plans call for roadwork in the |
mornings and practice and sparrirg |
partners and punching bags in the aft
ternoons. He intends to follow the sys-
tenn OF alternate days Of easy and hard
work for six weeks. The day before
the fight he will go to New York City.
,,,s%a Sshneling 1Sdh 1--WE weighs g 1sl. pounds
1880. When the gong rings June Is
he expects to have weighed in at 1g0-
191. Sharkey is considerably under
this weight Schmeling said, and he
added that. their reach is about tse
Just now schmelipg is taking it easy |
"Loosening my muscles" he said. He |
owns a big hunting preserve and every |
other day, all Winter, he went out for |
wild boar, deer, pheasant partridges |
and hares. He says he believes cunning |
Is a great way to keep in trim. He |
covers or 10 miles day In the pine |
WOODS. Then, too, being ON the alert |
for game trains him IN quickness.
Other days he does road work, walk |
ing, jogging and sprinting alternately
for l to IL hours At one end of his |
mouse ne has gym, where he pummels |
the bag and spars with partners brought |
out from Berlin, two hours distant.
CCHEMELING lives the year round
~ on this estate, which he bought in |
1880, after he won the world title /
On 1t Is 14-room house with thatch |
root, but with central heating and all |
modern convenienees. 1t is model of
medleVal German farm house The |
place has truck garden aviary, a pen |
Tor tame boarS he is breeding.
gardener and his wife look after |
Schmeling, who is unmarried. He puts |
In good deal of time cutting wood |
and gardening There is always plenty |
to do in garden" he said, "even as |
early'ir the year as now"
The fighter gets up at 7 and has
os and eoee cersf wth ffss te caffeine a9fd 0qts
moved. Afterward, until II, he is in /
the woods with his gun. or on the I
roads Dinner. his big meal, Schmeling |
eats at l. Steak and lots OF greens |
vegetables and salads. He has light |
tea in the afternoon and supper-the |
typical German supper which is light |
at $50. At 10 he turns in. He does |
not smoke or drink, only malt beer with |
a i per cent content of alcohol. He
impressed me as very calm and steady. |
He drives high-grade italian car, |
which, he says, has no vibration to |
make my hands OF arms unsteady" |
During the Summer he plays golf and |
tennis, and swims in a pool In his |
grounds. Until this Winter he had !
gone into the Bavarian Mountains for |
Winter sports. This season he passed |
up the trip because, as he said, F'I was |
not willing to take the chance of an |
ACCIDENT on skis, in view Of the coming 4
fight"
CUNNING is Schmelings chief hob /
~ by. In his living room is a rack .
of a dozen rifles and shotguns. The /
fighter bagged several deer and boar |
curing the Winter, antlers and tuskS /
decorate the walls Of his home He has .
won several Workmanship prizes Re I
Gently he bought a high powered rife /
ior elephants and lions, for later on" /
he explained meaning. 1t is to be as
Z Sumed, If he kept on holding the
world championship.
Bad Saarow, watering place, has !
o permanent colony Of artists. SchmeI- /
ing's house formerly belonged to
sculptor. In it are busts and full fig
ures OF the fighter done by several of
Germany's ablest sculptors. SchmeI-
ing has also acquired a number of
animal figures.
When he goes to Berlin Schmeling
stays with his mother. His father who
died in 1926, was a seaman, Schmeling,
who is now 26, was born in a village
IN the province of Brandenburg, Prus-
sia, but was brought up in Hamburg.
He began fighting as an amateur when
he finished school, and won numerous
amateur titles
In 1924 he went professional at the
urging of manager in Cologne, under
whose tutelage Schmeling quickly
worked his way into the best profess
sional ranks. He won the German light
heavyweight title in 1926, and the next
"a 4. II A..
1928 he was German heavyweight
champion, and two years later world
champion. AS he Says. Everything
came along fast"
asked the fighter how he stood On
German politics. I have no political