Evening star., 1933-06-18
JACK IS PRACT|C|NG
/. FOR BODY ASSAULT
Cob Alters Tactics He Pur-
sued When Prepping to
Meet Max SchmeIing.
BY SPARROW McGANN.

n YEW YORK, June 17.-Jack
M Sharkey is using different
| Y methods in preparing for
his fight with Primo Car
nera here on June 20 than he
used in his last time out against
Max Schmeling.
Twelve months have slipped by
since Jack ducked and weaved out
of range while he pelted Schmel-
ing with sufficient regularity to
win the decision and the heavy
weight championship.
Time tends to slow up the leg mus
cles. Speed afoot and fast thinking
have been Jacks forts in the past II
we are to assume that Sharkeys legs
have lost some of their nimbleness, this
Is more than made up in mental alert
ness and keen judgement.
Instead of being on the toboggan, the
champion seems to be just as snappy
and ambitious as youngster striving
for the title. He is tireleSs and works
hard all day. He winds up with a
lengthy and talkative game of pinochle
and seems just as buoyant as the day
ne got his first chance in the big game.
HEREToFORE sharkey has worked
out with his fast fellows, whom he
tried to outspeed and outjab.
IneSe workouts were just what he need
ed to sharpen his eye and burnish the
trusty left, lancing jab. Mix this blow
up with left hook to the BODY and
you nave Sharkey's old style of fighting.
Inls time Jack Is working with Hans
Birkie and Yustin Struts. 1t is sur
prlsing to find Birkie acting as a spar
ring partner, even for champion. The
big German has enough ability to fight
any OF the current crop of heavyweights.
Against Carnera he went the distance.
put lost on points. Birkie packs a
terrific wallop and stands I'D under a
nard beating. He is the ideal sparmate
1or Sharkey and every session resembles
a real fight.
Sirutus is former golden glove
champion and has been fighting pro
about three years. He knows how To
get around and, being college gradu-
ave, ne thinks fast. Sharkey uses this
Wiling youngster to finish up his grind
eacn day, and these are the times his
iei1 NOOK 70 the body works overtime.
THE champion only uses the left In
L measure his opponent by f1ickino
IL In his face as he charges in He
shl1ts rapidly to the body and drives in
iaSt with straight right to the heart
AS cameras body offers a big target
10 snoot at, Jack will not have mich
trouble reaching it. The Primo shows
more signs OF damage from pumneJ-
ing around his big tummy than he does
to the jaw. ' Ai' ooeS
IL also is noticeable that Jack does
very little fighting inside. He closes
IN and lays his head close to his on
ponent while at the same time putting
MS gioved hands under his Opponents
srnplts and raising his hands upward
ana outward as his opponent tries tn
M. IN tnls way Jack hopes to nullifv
tne power OF Primos oaklike arms and
with his chopping wallops.
Sharkey was supposed tn have
reached his peak three wears aoo when
ne knocked out Tommy Loughran and
peat Young Stribling and K q
Cnrlstner. This is only a matter of
opinlon. He certainly was a better
ngnter when lie trounced Jack
Renault. George Godfrey. Harry wills wills
and Jimmy Maloney fully Six wears
ago; 1t may be that Ioughran
Str1bllng and Christner did NOT com
pare with Repault, Wills and Godfrey
ana Tor that reason Sharkev looked
more effective. However that NAV be
ne SHOWS no signs of backslidinp in
ms WORK today. He Is more rounded
~ Is true, but his mind works more
Keenly than it ever did.
An experienced boxer has a decided
\ advantage in a return meeting
with a SLOW thinking opponent
Sharkey went the full Is rounds with
Carnera two years ago, and must have
observed some valuable pointers. II is
on these pointers, learned in actuaI
competition, that Sharkey bases his
method of training for the return FIGHT
Carnera depends on fast moving tn
stop Jacks weaves and punching out of
SHIFT. The big Italian thinks he can
charge often enough to tire Jack ont
ana then batter him around or Law on
MIN with his bulk against the rones
and wear him down. These tactics did
not work the last time out because
Sharkey refused to be cornered. Primo
is now counting on his added speed and
the year Jack has spent in idleness
At the present writing Sharkev looks
lar from being an old man at 30 wears
Carnera is six years younger and has
neen boxing four years less than his
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