Evening star., 1933-04-23
JACOBS WITH JACK
AS GARDEN RIVAL
Aim to Tie Up Sharkey and
Carnera to Fight Baer.
SchmeIing Victor.
BY SPARROW McGANN.

L
M Dempsey is brewing a
/ Y potent mixture for the
Madison Square Garden
Corporation. If the charm works,
1t will mean that a new order
of things will shape heavyweight
matches in the future. Jack Is
now working out the details of
the Max Schmeling-M Baer
fight scheduled for June 8, but he
is not overlooking any chances of
corraling the winner of the Jack
Sharkey-Primo Camera fracas.
Joe Jacobs, manager of Schmeling. Is
working hand in glove with Dempsey.
The shrewd manipulation of the Ger
man thumper really induced Dempsey
to invade this city by lining up with
him, and it was then an easy matter
to get Baer. The latter's manager,
Ancil Hoffman, is friend of long
standing and next to Tommy Simpson,
the Oakland promoter. has more in
fluence with the former title holder
than any promoter in the business.
Sharkey has been known to crack
wide open at the mention of Dempsey's
name. The Bostonian still believes that
Dempsey belted him out of a champion
ship match with Gene Tulney by IL
legal blows While it is true that
Sharkey would much prefer fighting
Dempsey than fighting for him, he Is
too much Of business man to over
look a big match with the magic name
Of Jack Dempsey to attract the pay
ing fans.
IF DEMPSEY can show him where he
i can make more money than he would
by fighting for Madison Square Gar
den he will sign on the dotted line. His
contract with the Garden only holds for
the Camera match and then he Is free
to negotiate elsewhere.
Dempsey is not overlooking Camera.
In the event that the giant Italian is
returned the winner over Sharkey. it
goes without saying that Bill Duffy,
Jacks close pal, will gladly work with
him. The tie-up all around Is a close
one and about the best that could be
gotten together to give the Garden Q
fight and break the monopoly it has
exerted over heavyweight titular matches
since the advent Of Tex Rickard 10
years ago.
While all this is going on, the Gar
den crowd is not idle. 1t is true that
the profits of the big outdoor shows
have made 1t possible for the Garden
to write of losses incidental to poor
matches made indoors. The huge bowl
in Long Island City is a direct result
of profitable matches and to quit now
would result in staggering loss. For
this reason the Garden people will not
step aside without a bitter fight.
Schmeling made his first start In the
Garden against Joe Monte. Each and
every fight since then has been under
the same auspices. No little effort was
exerted in his behalf to restore him to
good standing after he had weshed on
several contracts to enable him to gain
the place he now holds in the fstic
world.
TARNERA got away to a good start
~ in this country when he was served
set-up In Big Boy Peterson. He
strayed out of bounds for tour that
took him all over the country, but the
only real money he was ever paid came
from the Golfers of the Garden
Baer was brought to this city twice,
and while he made a good showing he
did not set the fans to raving over his
proves. The fault was his own. He
was capable of better form. but went
In for clowning.
Soon after Sharkey broke into the
limelight he became a Garden product
exclusively. This is not meant as
pun. It is true that Sharkey made
some fights Of the hot-house variety,
but he also turned in some brilliant
performances.
And so it looks like big lineup
against the interests that made boxing
on a big scale possible in the big city.
If the quartet Of big-timers stick long
enough under Dempsey,s leadership they
will cause no end of trouble. But once
they fall out, the Garden people will
move in and take over the reins and
those who jumped the traces will have
to look to other fields.