Evening star., 1932-04-19

n JEW YORK, April 19.-Mickey
M Walker is playing the rules
4 Y of the game in preparing
for his fight with King
LevinSky on April %, For the first
time in a good many years Mickey
has buckled down to hard train
ing two weeks before fight. Just
how good he will te against Levin
sky, after breaking one of his
hard-and-fast rules, remains to
be seen.
Mickey has had a long and successful
career in the prize ring Having worn
the world welter and middle weight
crowns, the doughty Jersey battler feels
that he is good enough to win the
heavyweight title. Considering the fun
Walker has had while going about the
serious task Of swapping leather, no one
can deny his right to be considered one
OF the great fighters of the game.
1t is often said that playboys have no
place in the fight racket. This may be
true in nine cases out of ten, but there
are exceptions in the late Harry Greb,
Make Rosenbloom and Walker Each
rose to the top despite their liking for
the bright lights.
mickey showed IN his fight with
w Jack Sharkey that he is at the
top Of his form. That is one of
the reasons he surprised everybody by
getting down to brass tacks so early
Levinsky has no form He does not
possess the physical outlines of a fight
ars Vlf4 Ina %1~I sr
maui and swing his way to victories
over top-fiight heavies.
If there were any style about Levin
Sky'S boxing. there is no doubt that
Walker would know what to do and how
70 outSlug his rival. But there is no
telling what Levinsky will do from
round to round, and it behooves his foe
80 keep on his toes and be mentally alert
against wild swing, While the King
IS not knockout puncher, he hits hard
enough to daZe man and possessing
unusual stamina, he keeps firing after
the time limit of the ordinary scrapper.
That is what makes Levinsky danger
Gus.
Walker is not a snowy boxer in the
gymnasium. II Mickey tries any fancy
stutt, he looks ar worse than when he
Is serious. Good, big fellows with a
wallop serve as sparring mates, and
every session is a real fight. with the
exception that big gloves are used A
sparrlng partner signing up to work
with Walker knows he will have to take
all that comes his way and must not
hold his punches That is the real
reason why Mickey answers the gong fit
and ready Other fighters who cannot
hit their gait until several rounds have
passed would do well to take a leaf
from Walkers book. Max Schmeling,
please note.
Y EVINSKY is not the only man Walker
IL figures he will beat this season.
"A busy campaign has been outlined
Tor him, and If he comes through, Doc
Kearns will bring out his silver plated
hammer and bang away until the win
ner of the Schmeling -Sharkey bout
agrees to fight his battler.
According to present plans, Walker
VIII tight Paolino UZcudun next month,
accept an offer Of S25.000 to meet Ernie
Schaaf in Boston in June and then
continue to meet other good men until
september, when it is figured another
world titular scrap can be staged.
Jack Kearns favors Chicago for a
pig night. AS Walker has fought for
Nate Lewis more than any other pro-
mloter, the latter would go to any
length to stage a big show at Soldier
Field late in the Summer.
Forcing a heavyweight champion,
especially when that man happens to
be Max Schmeling, is a tough Job. No
one knows this better than Kearns.
He thought he had a match with
Schmeling cinched, only to find he was
wasting time and money letting the
public knSw about his good luck. There
Is very slim chance that Walker will
get the Opportunity he has been look
Ing for, but there is another match
he can have for the asking and that
Is one against Make Rosenbloom or
George Nichols. the National Boxing
Association champion. The world light
heavyweight title would be involved
and that would be something Mickey
could thus acquire further claim to a
heavyweight title match.
But Mickey will first have to dispose
OF Levinsky before he can look into
the future with any degree of con-
fldence.