Evening star., 1932-01-11

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metropolitan pavements, the
heavyweight hullabaloo soon will be
rocking all the architecture in the
neighborhood The ballyhoo will have
to be expanded to the limit this time,
considering the scarcity of pocket
change here and there, but said bally-
hoo at least is in the hands of experts.
The tangle ahead is still In large
snarl The main idea is to get Schmel-
ing and Mickey Walker into the same
ring, probably in New York, and this
can't be done unless Schmeling agrees
to give Jack Sharkey another shot later
on in June or July. Jacobs isn't so
keen about binding his fighter to any
such match, with chance that Jack
Dempsey may come far enough along
rate the situation lends itself to an
other large bale of words, whatever
may happen later on.
The big invasion of 1882 is on with
a rush. In addition to Schmeling there
is now a parade of Norwegian skiers
on the way to Lake Placid for the big
Olympic show, which opens in just a
month. Norwegians, Swedes and Firms,
plus the Canadians, will keep the
United States on the hop, for snow and
ice to most of these invaders is fairly
steady diet. A ski to a Norwegian is
the same as spiked shoe to ball
player.
INSTEAD Of Max Schmeling and John
i Doeg, 1875 trial champions, we now
have Ellsworth Vines and Tom
Creavy with Helen Hicks as feature
of the women's sphere. Twelve months
ago the rights of Schmeling and Doeg
to be classed among the titans of their
respective sports, boxing and tennis,
could be challenged.
Makes unsatisfying bout with
Sharkey, the only one on record when
the pompous heavyweight title passed
to a horizontal fighter, even If a foul
was the reason, left the matter hanging
in thin air. There were those who felt
that the German had taken everything
the Boston COB could throw, and was
still bobbing in the ring. He might
have come along to win by discouraging
Sharkey. The Lith has a way of get
ting careless when his activity isn't
rewarded.
But IL took only one more fight to
clear up the Schmeling case. No one
in 400 fights had kept Young Stribling
on the floor, and when the wandering
championship bout finally roasted in
Cleveland, the champion snapped that
string. After giving the Southern pride
all the best of the early battling, Make
bounded back to push Strib over Sec
onds before the final bell. Now Make
belongs. He will be an overwhelming
favorite over any opponent who may
be selected for him during 1882. He
had learned much between the Sharkey
and Stribling tests, and kept all the
rugged power that made him stand
out when he first f1attened Johnny Risko
and other tough ones.
Doeg, on the courts, was another
matter. The 1880 model Of Californias
tennis mills lacked the drive to keep
winning through long campaign, and
set curious record by being beaten
more times than any defending ma
tional champion since tennis became
year round enterprise The up
thrust of Vines made Doeg's reign
look less impressive than 1t might have
been in a year of average develop
ments. But Doeg definitely reached
the pinnacle in beating Bill Tilden in
the Fall of 1880.
Vines has what Doeg had-a smash
ing service. But the new trial cham
pion has two things that blond Johnny
didn't have-the ability to keep hun
gering for victory and sound ground
strokes. Despite his extreme youth
fulness and comparatively meager ex-