Evening star., 1933-06-03
GHOST from past but not for
gotten years recently walked at
Pompton Lakes and Atlantic
CITY.

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A ghost from Maumee Bay, Benton
Harbor, Shelby, Boyle's Thirty Acres.
the Polo Grounds. Philadelphia and
Chicago.
As Jack Dempsey came back to the
wars in ring togs against Max Schmeiing
and Max Baer in their two New Jersey
training camps, he proved to be one OF
the liveliest ghosts that ever returned
to action.
In one respect at least 1t was the old
Dempsey, always willing to throw
leather with either hand and then let
nature take its course. It was easy
enough to see after these two workouts
Just why Jack Dempsey drew In
$40 900 at the gate in his career
and remains the most popular figure the
fight game ever has known.
But after all, Dempsey isn't hghting
next Thursday. He happens to be the
promoter of a fight in which Max
Schmeling and Max Baer are the prin-
cipals, and one of these two will be the
survivor to meet the winner Of the
Sharkey- -Carnera fight later on in June.
So the main question right now Is this
how did Schemling and Baer look
against Dempsey from comparative
viewpoint?
TN the first place the meeting OF
/ Schmeling and Dempsey was much
more serious affair than the one
round ioust between Baer and Dempsey.
You could see that Dempsey was not
going to let the former champion,
Schemling, show him up and you could
also see that Max Baer was not inclined
to throw any heavy punches against his
ring idol, the fighter he adnlires above
all others.
For this reason Schmeling looked
better against Dempsey than Baer
looked, although the German had moth
ing to spare in the one-round scrap at
Pompton Lakes.
When Schmeling and Dempsey were
mixing it up there were times when
it was difficult to tell which was which:
Schmeling weighed in at l89 ana
Dempsey at 200, but there was little
difference in build and looks. The main
difference was that Schmeling was
banking largely on smashing left hook,
while Dempsey was using his right for
his Furnishing blow. Dempsey finished
the Schmeling workout with several
deep red marks upon his face, although
no blood actually seeped through the
bruised skin.
Jack startled Schmeling on 8 couple
of occasions with fast overland left
hook and then by spinning him out OF
position for another. But he could
never repeat either trick on the canny
German.
1t must be understood that Schmeling
and Baer carry two opposite tempera-
ments. Schmeling is deadly serious in
everything he does, while Baer is rarely
serious about anything, except beating
Schmeling.
IN watching the two bouts. you got the
i idea that Schmeling would not have
minded rocking Dempsey, anyway,
while no such thought ever came to
Baer's mind. 1t would have been some
thing like punching a pal. talked
with Dempsey after his workouts with
both men, always figuring Jack was
promoting the fight.
In spite of the promoter angle" he
said, "ITl give you mighty exact angle
on both men-and this goes straight,
just as If had nothing to do with the
fight.
"Of the two Schmeling Is much
harder to hit. He knows how to cover
up better. He gives you the impression
of greater experience and closer study
of the game. i found could fool him
once, but never twice. Schmeling has a
better right hand at closer range. Re
always has some plan in mind that he
intends to follow out. He has that old
Teutonic thoroughness.
He works out his plan of battle in
advance and sticks to 1t. He is fast
and strong and pretty smart. He has a
way of pretending to relax and step
back and then shooting a right
'Baer is entirely different in many
ways. He has a much better left hand
than Schmeling. He is more open and
easier to nail. He is much bigger,