The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-24
Penn State Graduate Considers
Boxing Crown After Win
Over Schn1sling

New York, Feb. 24.-Since Charley
Harvey trimmed down that walrus
mustache to . neat, gray hedge and
hitched his wagon to that rising young
star, Steve Hamas, the shrewd one
again Is holding the reins Of q poten-
tial heavyweight champion.
Since his defeat Of Max Schmeling,
steve's services are much in demand.
Rival promoters are fighting to get
his name on the line, but it seems
that Jack Dempsey has the inside
track, offering Hamas 4 bout with
Max Baer.
Venerable Charley, who toddles
hither and yon with his cane, and
whose greatest blasphemy is "jim-
miny -ginger-crickets," had 4 near
champ In Honest Thomas Heeney, the
piece Of lignum vitae from "down un-
der" Charley brought Tom from far
down in the list to convince Gene
Tunney, despite the arguments Of Tex
Richard, that Heeney was the guy
Gene should take on in his last
heavyweight title defense.
II you'll recall, Tunney got $525. 900
and Heeney got 100000 for that fight
and Madison Square Garden went
in the hole.
Charley Harvey Is wise old gen.
tleman who knows where to put in
his oar and when to pull it. The re-
cent battle between Hamas and
schmeling in Philadelphia is another
instance Of his business acumen.
schmeling would fight King Levin
sky, everyone said, until Lena Levy,
tho Kingfish's sister and manager,
beefed about Joe Jacobs and his Black
Uhlan taking from IS to 70 per cent
Of the gate. That nettled Jacobs, and
he signed TO fight Hamas. figured as
Z setup.
But Penn State Han1as spilled the
dope. In one battle he boosted him.
self from 18th ranking among the
heayies at the beginning Of the year
to fifth place by his decisive defeat Of
echmeling. He now rates behind
Camera. Baer. Loughran and Levin
sky-and many would put him in
fourth place.
Young Steve has come a long way
under the man who brought more
horizontal English pugs to American
shores than any other manager.
Charley saw him shortly after he had
copped all the athletic honors Penn
State had to offer. Steve won II let
ters-more than any other man in the
schools history-in boxing. football,
lacrosse, track, and basketball. He
had topped off his career by winning
the intercollegiate heavyweight title
when he met Harvey.
Hamas wanted to turn pro and
asked Harvey to handle him. But the
astute old codger turned down the
offer because he was such a fine
kid" That made Steve a bit peeved.
50 he went west on his own hook and
came back with a knockout that made
Charley blink. Right then and there
he took over the young man. and 50
started q career featuring a string Of
20 consecutive kuockouts.
The eX-collegian's victory over
5chmeling is doubly creditable be-
cause 1t was the one big fight in his
comeback career. Previous to the
Schmeling bout, the high spot Of his
march was the knockout Of Tommy
Loughran In 1892. After that he lost
to Lee Ramage, coppped a close de-
cision from Loughran, and then
dropped the nod to the Philadelphia
dancing master in Z third fight.
That's when the boys began to think
he was washed up.
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But Steve had an abb for that loss.
An old football leg injury popped up
to give him q lot Of trouble, and he
had m operation to remedy it.
The 25-year.old mittman has all it
takes to make q champion-with the
possible exception Of Z highly devel-
opod destructive instinct. Against
Schmeling he showed q left hand sec.
ond only to Tommy Loughran's-and
from the number Of times he has
fought Tommy, he must have picked
up his pointers from the Philadel-
phian. He hos the bobbing and weav-
Ing tactics Of Dempsey. and some Of
tho calculating style Of Tunney. He
. one Of the few college graduates in
the ring today.
A bit more practice with that right
hand. couple Of months diet Of raw
meat, and young Mr.. Hamas will be
ready to 80 places against the next
barrier In his path-Max Baer,