Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
LOSING HEAD SEEN
AS JACKS DANGER
Must Rate Himself SO as to
Finish Strong, Former
Champion Says.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.

EW YORK, June IA lot
M of persons are telling me
1 that Schmeling will knock
out Sharkey in short Or
der" said James j. Corbett, for
mer heavyweight champion of the
world. We'll, he may do it, but
so far these dopesters have not
given any plausible reason for
their belief.
This seems to me to be a bout
where there is very little material from
which to draw a definite conclusion
We know what Schmeling will do. He
5s strong, shrewd, determined fighter,
whose chief assets are great stamina
and right-hand punch to the head.
His stance may differ bit against diff
ferent opponents, but essentially he
fights just ore way. His style is to
keep crowding and wear an opponent
down.
We don't know what Sharkey will
do. About all we have to go on" said
the man who was the greatest boxer of
them all lis the former meeting of the
two. That fight had gone only a few
rounds when 1t ended on foul. What
Il4SIII Idhc lIdpptlltI II II lIdU COLlllIl-
Ued, is merely opinion. What did hap
pen, while it was in progress, is fact
Sharkey had so much the better Of it
that he was out in front mile.
sECKARKEY has no real straight
- left" said Corbett. He hits
from the elboW-fiicks an OPP
ponert with his glove. The only heavy
weight I have seen in recent years who
jrI, 1-f+ ,1-rT,iclo-
ing power behind it was Gene Tunney.
Sharkey is a hooker He hooks well
with either hand. His left hook is
especially good. You may remember
he put Camera down with left hook.
He hooks hard to both head and body.
Is Schmeling a dangerous lnfighter?
No not what I call an inighter," said
Corbett. L don't think he can in
fight a lick All this talk you hear
concerning the kidney punch IS non
sense. In a % or 80 round fight. cen
tinual banging away above the kidneys
might produce results, but in these
short modern fights that punch doesn't
amount to anything.
In the old days Corbett went on,
Eve scarcely would have considered 1t
necessary to train for a l0-round heht.
That would have been regarded as little
more than en- exhibition. This fight. OF
course, is scheduled for Is rounds. That
should be better for Schmeing.
<.T7HE German undoubtedly is bet
i ter than Re was. His defense Is
better and he IS in better condl-
ton than when he fought Sharkey be-
fore. But you cannot rate his improve
ment by the Stribling fight Striblng
was beaten before he went in the ring.
I saw him the night before that bout
and he acted like a nervous wreck.
That fight was no indication OF how
much Schmeling can take. We don
know how much he can take. We know
how much he took in the last Sharkev
fight, but We don't know how much
more he could have taken.
We DO know that Schmeling has
astonishing endurance. if Jack Shar-
key tries 10 knock Max Schmeling out
and fails to do so inside of 10 rounds,
the Boston fighter is going to find those
last five rounds the longest he ever
fought.
A whole lot" said Corbett. will
perform He is cleverer than Schmel-
ing If he chooses to take advantage
of his skill and box. the chances are
that he will outpoint the German. His
problem then will be to rate himself
along so that he can finish strong.
s.AGAX SCHMELING. naturally, will
WI try to make Sharkey fight. He
will crowd him and worry him,
ard sooner or later he will hit him.
perhaps pretty sharply. If that causes
Sharkey to lose his temper and try to
beat Schmeling's brains out. and if
Schmeling stands Up under his attack.
i is not going to be SO good for the
Boston man.
"Sharkev always has been tempera-
mental. If he goes after Schmellng
and finds that he is not getting any,
where. he is likely to fight himself out
and perhaps blow up and quit. But,
if he happens to get out in front and
adds to his confidence. he is going to
be very tough adversary"
tCopyrigtt 1882, by N" North American