Evening star., 1932-02-21

N / A' AOAe4Ab 1SbA AaAy SO'
M Young Stribling refuses to
l Y be counted out of the big
time. 1t takes more than
flare for Showmanship to tackle
Ernie Schaaf, and that is Just
what the Georgian scrapper is 60
ing to do next Friday evening at
the Chicago Stadium. The battle
is billed for 10 rounds.
Stopped in the last round by Max
Schmeling in their fight at Cleveland.
it was thought that Stribling would be
satisfied with that gallant effort and
retire after II years of trading punches.
Considering the steady run Of sue
cesses compiled by Schaaf, it would
seem the part of wisdom had w. L.
selected some one else for his fresh
start. In tackling the BoStonian, the
lie is passed to those who infer that
Stribling has something the matter
with his heart. 1t takes real courage
to come out after long lay-of ara
tackle a man of Ernies caliber.
CCHAAF seems to have caught on in
y the Windy City-something he has
not been able to accomplish here.
After a poor showing against Paul
Pantaleo, Ernie went back and made
some good fights. He and Stribling
should draw a good house despite the
fact they follow the one and only JACK
Dempsey. who packed the big stadium
for his tilt with King Levinsky.
Nate Lewis does not run his shows
Jor1,, IN In hie hOVinO fan
He will only put on bout when he has
something worth while to offer. Schaaf
established himself by winning over
Tuffy Griffith, while Strib did the same
against Tuffy and scored sensational
one-round k. o. over Otto Won Porat.
Whether the contest will come up
to the expectations of the fans is an
other matter. Schaaf will fight. He
will no doubt try to win over the Geor-
gian by a wider margin than Jack
Dempsey did at Miami Beach three
years ago. But Stribling knows all the
tricks of the game and if hard body
smash hurts a bit more than If he had
heen more active, it is almost certain
Strib will wage defensive battle.
When w. L. does that, it is a woeful
sight to behold.
CTRIBLING thrives on plenty of work.
- He proved that in his fight with
Schmeling. when he had to go into
training several months before the
titular match and was prevented from
engaging in any real fights. The edge
was taken off his form and after lead
ing for nire rounds he began to show
the effects of staleness and could not
untrack himself once Schmeling began
to crowd him.
Schaaf has been fighting regularly
against big fellows with success. He is
keyed up to make his usual fight, a
steady aggressive charge with an inter-
mixture of body blows and a left hook.
Ernie cannot stop good man with one
punch. He requires more than one
blast to down his man. OF the two,
Stribling has by far the better blow to
the jaw and if he gets it over early
in the fight he is apt to shoulder his
way into the heavyweight scramble and
have good grounds for return meet
ing with Sharkey
The combination Of Sharkey, Schaaf
and Johnny Buckley has been dubbed
the lucky three" Wherever the big
money is the trio manages to edge in.
With Stribling out of the way, Schaaf
is in line for another wad His old
manager, Phil Schlossberg, Is greasing
the wheels for a natural. Schlossberg,
who IS handling Arthur Dekuh. chal-
lenges either Sharkey or Schaaf to
fight and is willing to make the match
for enough to cover training expenses.
Sharkey is out Of the question, as he
has date with Schmeling in June.
CCHAAF Is willing to fight Dekuh
- provided he Is guaranteed $4,000.
with the privilege of 40 per cent
of the gate. Phil laughs this off and
counters with a proposal that the men
fight for the so per cent allowed the
principals in the main bout, the money
to be placed in the hands Of the Massa-
chusetts Boxing Commission and to be
paid the winner next day.
Looks as though the Bostonians will
smoke up this affair until 1t resembles
a smaller edition Of the battle Of the
century
Fight fans Of the Bay State like
grudge battles. They have not forgot
ten what Jack Sharkey. who was born
in Binghamton. N. Y, did to Jim Ma
lorey. O native son. Or what Ernie
Schaaf, born in Elizabeth, N. j., did TO
this same Maloney True. Dekuh was
born in Italy, but that does not de-
tract any pleasure which would come
from seeing him mix 1t with Schaaf.
Schaaf just managed to beat Dyna-
mite jackson, while Dekuh stopped the
dusky battler. That is why Arthur
thinks he can trim Schaaf When he