Evening star., 1933-05-24
THE SPORTLICHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE

of fight sharks who have been giving
Camera the observing eye, the general
opinion Is that Camera Will land In
front.
This opinion is based upon one single
anple-that in the last year or SO
Sharkey has been slipping back ana
Camera has been moving forward
They follow the idea that Sharkey
was a much better fighter two years ago
than he is today, and that camera Is
a much better boxer today tnan ne was
two years ago. .,.,,.
is any raging tornado. But he has I'M
proved through experience, and his
combination Of weight and speed-un-
usual speed for 65-pounder-wlIl DC
Just about enough.
ToMMY LOUGHRAN disagrees with
i this idea. Tommy figures Sharkey
pretty close to sure thing II the
Boston entry Is in any sort OF shape.
Camera barely slipped by KING
Levinsky in one Of his last lmportant
starts, while Max Baer handed the
Kingfsh a double beating, winning
both fights by a half dozen lengths.
If Sharkey were keen about the game
he follows. it might easily be another
story. But Jack has been mixing IN
ring wars for long time and he mas
never had any wild enthusiasm for his
trade-at least none in the last three
Nest of the early lure slipped away
after the Dempsey fight When he had
Dempsey and Tunney in sight it was
another matter His showing since
then has been largely a matter OF
merely getting by.
his next engagement late In June. He
is in good shape, better-look1ng
boxer and apparently quite confident
that he will finish on top.
Training Methods.
COME one should break the news
y gently or roughly to Max Baer
that, while swimming is great ex-
ercise, it is not training medium for
a fighter, or for any competition de-
manding land speed.
The muscles that swimming develops
are not speed muscles-and Max Baer
will need all the speed he can develop
to have an even chance with Max
Schmeling.
The one mistake Baer may make is
in thinking that he can beat Schmehng
on superior physical grounds-weight
and strength and size. Apparently he
hasn't taken time to figure that Schme-
ling is a cooler, smarter boxer, who can
do a lot of damage with a right hand
at close range.
Baer is good enough to win this next
fight-if he uses his head. This goes
especially for his next two weeks OF
training.
He has the greatest chance any young
fighter ever knew-being within two
fights of the heavyweight champion
ship.
But he can't kid his way into the
equipment he will need when the arc
lights blaze down on his black hair the
night of Jsne 8. If he isn't ready that
night. it will be his own fault. No one
has worked harder than Jack Dempsey
in the last year to steer Baer along
the right road.
The Two Pennant Races.
THE astonishing attendance at ball
i games, even in sour weather, the
increasing fan gossip you run into,
and the boom in letter writing from the
non -combatants all prove that base ball
has rolled back to the crest again.
Without any further doubt the old
game Is facing one OF its best years.
And unless there is decided switch
later on, the two pennant races will
hold this public interest most OF the
Summer.
Yankee Worries.
4 FTER winning their first seven
"A games and threatening to leave
the American League on the back
of its neck, the Yankees are now
tangled up with more worry than they
have known in a year.
After that first wild forward surge
they have failed to break even. with a
road record well below their average
pace.
Their pitching has been spotty and
the war clubs of Ruth and Gehrig
have lately been rigged out with
silencers. It is something unusual for
this pair to finish Western trip with
out firing home run.
Meanwhile, both Cleveland and
Washington have shown they can make
fight Of it, while Chicago has re-
manned one Of the seasons main sur
prises.
Up to date the weather has been too
uncertain to give any reliable line on
the situation. Cold and rainy days,
with a flock of postponements, have
combined to scramble form along all
fronts. It will take few weeks Of
warmer sunlight to give better line
on both leagues.
The fact that the Giants have been
up around the front with a team-bat-
ting average of 1888 is one of the tip-
offs. They have been getting what
they were not supposed to have-ef-
fective pitching.
You'll begin to see more hitting all
along the double front In . week or