Evening star., 1932-10-09
COMPOUNDS CRITICS
BY KEEPING QUIET
Jack Fails to click VIM hevst
Fans as Champ, but Is
4 Relief.
BIZ SPARROW Mes,ANN

n IEw YORK, October s-Sack
nj Sharkey has failed 20
/ y click with the mass Of
fight fans as a heavyweight
champion. Those who expected
to hear Jack broadcast his views
from the hOuSetopS and line up
lucrative vaudeville and screen
engagements are bitterly disap-
pointed
In fact the big "I' man from Bos-
ton has given the lie to those who put
him down as a blatant boaster, and
thus Is something of a welcome relief
In the boxing game. He attained the
prize he was after and has modestly re-
tired until such time when he will
be called upon to defend his crown. He
has shown up his detractorS by acting
the part of gentleman.
Nov all Jack has to do is to make
~ one Of his real good fights next
June and he will go down in his
tory as the most maligned fighter Of
his generation.
Schmeling is back home with the
plaudits of the crowd still ringing in
his ears. Before the Walker fight, Max
said he would keep busy and take part
in at least two fights before he would
demand return go with Sharkey.
When asked later 10 make his own
terms for a fight with either Primo
Camera or Max Baer, the German said
he did not think he cared to fight again
until next year. 1t is current gossip that
Schmeling will wait until Young Strib-
ling returns from Australia. and if the
ballyhoO is strong enough, will meet the
Georgian at Miami in February.
JUST why Max will pick Stribling,
who will have been away from high
class competition more than year,
is hard to say. II took him IS rounds
to tag Strib before. and if the bout had
been for 10 rounds the Georgian would
have been declared the winner. Max will
be risking a setback in tackling Strib-
ling in 10 rounds. no matter how long
the Southerner stays away For one
thing, the long boat ride from the An
tipodes will be restful and may send
Strib into the ring in great shape
Schmeling's victory over Mickey
Walker was not as impressive as Baer's
stunning wins over Ernie Schaaf and
Tufy Griffths. There is a call for an
other Baer-Schaaf scrap The latter
had a close victory over Baer in their
first fight and is not at all convinced
that Max is his master But Ernie is
having some trouble in his home town
and there is a call for him to fight Tony
Shucco before he sets sail on wider
seas.
THE Schaaf upset must have been
i shock to Sharkey Had Ernie
hUr6lpG Rdpr if WOu15 have given
Sharkev ample cause to get back at the
Schmeling-J Jacobs combine by insist
ing that Max whip Schaaf before he
could be considered for a return match
Now that is all off. but if Baer presses
his advantage and bowls over some
more big fellows, Sharkey may yet force
Schmeling to beat some one other than
an overstuffed middleweight before he
gets another crack at the title.
If. as some fans seem to think,
SchmeIng cannot take it in the BODY,
then Baer would be deadly poison for
the German. The Californian beat
Griffths with body punches and
laughed off jaw slams.
1t is possible, Of course. that Sharkey
still entertainS the idea that Schmeling
is made TO order for him and will ac-
cept him rather than take a chance
with the younger, Sturdier Baer.
Schmeling is known quantity to
Sharkey Baer is not. The latter fought
a few times in the East He was a
play-boy then. If he has gotten over
his second childhood and has settled
down to business. as his last few fights
indicate, it would be far better for
Sharkey to take Schmeling and leave
Mr.. Baer for some other year.