The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-05
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By HENRY McLEMoRE

By HENRY McLEMORE
 United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York. May 5.-(UP)-Jack McAuliffe paid us visit today. The old unbeaten lightweight champion of the world arrived in faultless formal morning clothes Che calls the get-up a directors suit) and with several very decided opinions.
 He had no more than sat down and leaned upon his golden-headed cane before he launched forth on decided opinion number one.
 T just got load of that place where Max Schmeling is doing his training for Baer and of all the gilt-edged, diamond horse-shoed joints I ever saw that Lake Swan nersassa or something, takes the prize. How in the hell man fig ures such a palace as that to get in shape for a tough fight with a tough man, is beyond me. Two weeks in the middle of that luxury and a fighter is bound to get soft.
 ''Why back in my day-the day WuCH HSA NSlO salN main idea of our training was to get away from everybody and in a place that made you tough. John l.. Sullivan used to wear silk hat but when 1t came time for train ing he did 1t in a barn or some thing way out in the woods. Now adays, the idea of training camp is to draw people, and surround fighter with feather beds and swimming pools and lounging rooms and pipe organs. Why man, you know what We used to use for a turkish bath? We used to have em sweep out the stables and then bury ourselves up to the head in the stuff. You came out feeling strong and fresh."
 Jack licked speck of dust off his coat and continued.
 And the funny thing about this fancy stuff is that the managers and promoters think it uplifts the game and makes it more popular. We'll, it doesn't. All the fight busi- ness needs is bunch of mean, tough. ornery and hard boiled boys in each division. Fighting is a hard racket, and always will be. It never was meant to be a high toned. high-falutin' game. Back in my days the fighters had wealthy gentlemen as packers and seconds, but you never heard of one of the wealthy fellows asking fighter to his house for dinner or around to his club for drink. We knew our place and kept it."
 We asked Jack who was the greatest fighter he had ever seen?
 John L. when he was right. And he wasn't right for but a couple of years. what with his drinking and playing around. But on the nights he was in shape nobody living or dead could have licked him. Not even Dempsey, and he was the sec ond best fighter I ever laid eyes on."
 Who will win the June 8, scrap -Baer or Schmeling?
 T don't know. I never saw Baer go and I can't see Schmeling. I soured on the German that night in his first fight with Sharkey. You remember, when he took the easy way out. A real fighter doesn't go out like that"
 What about sharkey and Car nera?
 q wish I knew. A fighter is like a race horse-if they show you one good effort they're almost sure to duplicate it sometime or another. Sharkey has shown one good effort -the one against Dempsey. I've been looking for him to cor.e through with the second one, pnt so far he has disappointed me. Maybe it will come in June. If it does he'll lick Camera, If it doesn't well that big Italian is lots bet ter fighter than anybody gives him credit for being"