The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-09
AL (. WE'LL IS
 REAL ADMIRER OF CHAMP SHARKEY
Ability to Change Style to Handle Opponents Big Factor in Jacks Favor

orangeburg, June s-Champion Jack Sharkey Is q better lighter than a lot of so-called experts figure him to be. No less an auth ority on the subject of fist-cuffs than Al Weill went on record as saying just that, after watching Eharkey at his early training here for his bout with Primo Carera. In case you don't know, Weill has been in the fighting business for a good many years, as q manager Of some good men and as a promoter; but more particularly as . match maker. It is said that he is the best judge of what's what in the game at the present time and as a provider of attractive programs at various clubs. What he says is worth listening to.
 ''Sharkey." began Weill, "has an advantage over most of his rivals in that he can follow variety of styles. Most of the other fellows. especially the heavyweights. are of the one track brand. They have one way of doing things and if that fails, they are up against it. They can't switch their attack and de- dense to suit any occasion"
 Max the Ploddcr
 "That goes for Max Schmeling too." went on Weill, everybody knows that Max is a steady plod- der, determined and hard to dis courage. His one asset is that crooked right hand, which he holds close to his chest ready to use chiefly in counter attacks. He can not initiate. He must await the other fellows mistakes. and then make the best of them. If the other fellow doesn't make any mistakes. all Max can do is plod and plod, with little actual execu- tion of his own.
 This was seen in hisl last fight with Sharkey. Jack with one eye practically shut tight, and admit tedly weary toward the end, just stuck his left hand in Max's face and kept 1t there until the final bell Schmeling kept walking in and taking the shots very carlessly, but with little chance to overcome the Sharkey efforts to kep him at a safe distance. The ex-gob didn't by any means murder" Schmeling with these Jabs, but he piled up points which the judges could not overlook. They won him the de- ciston according to the point scor- ing system followed by the ring of- nciais in New York state. But We'll was more impressed by Sharkey's showing against Camera as an illustration of Jacks ability to quickly change his boxing tac- tics in any bout. For three rounds, In that fight, Camera looked like q sure winner. Sharkey had been trying to bring the Italian giant to earth with one healthy wallop. He kept maneuvering him around for the nnishing haymaker, but, mean while. Jack was taking a fine as- osrtment of Carnera's lefts to the lace. Camera was staving him off.
 Then Weill goes no. "Sharkey bounced out of his corner with a brand new method of assault. He began left hooking for the wide expanse of Cameras anatomy, just aD0ye the waistline: and To and be- noids the Italian was soon on the no0r. The switch befuddled Car nere's think tank. and for the fol- lowing six rounds was kept busy wondering where the punches were coming from.
 Change of Pace
 He weathered the storm, but in the last 3 rounds took beating. Had Sharkey not been able to in- troduce q change of pace, Carnera might have won easiiy.s
 Sharkey, in addition to this, has what all his rivals admit, an almost perfect left hand. And, fro mwhat have seen him doing, in training for his coming bout with Camera at the Madison Square Garden Bowl on June 29th, he has devasting right. which he has been applying to the body. It . hard to Azure. ct this stagss hov