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SPORTS
FOUNDED 1851
SPORTS
EIGHTIETH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, June 13, 1939
No. 67
GERMAN WILL NOT
BE RECOGNIZED AS
HEAVYWEIGHT KING
By ALAN GOULD
YANKEE STADIUM, New York, June 12 (AP) In a
sudden and bewildering finish, Max Schmeling was pro
claimed the victor over Jack Sharkey tonight on a foul, in
the last few seconds of the fourth round of a 15-ronnd match
that failed dismally in its object of crowning an undisputed
heavyweight champion of the world.
The black-haired young German, after being on the
verge of a knockout in the third round from as vicious a
two-fisted attack as Sharkey ever let loose, crumpled up
against the ropes in the fourth round and fell-writhing in
agony to the floor from a left hoow that landed fully two
inches belowthe belt and in the left groin.
Amid scenes of the wildest confusion and uproar as the
managers, seconds and handlers clambered into the ring,
Referee Jimmy Crowley o
dashed from one S'de of the j of notables to the ringside, while
ring to tre Other in quest Of a j via the National Broadcasting
decision on a blow he admit- I company' elaborate internation-
i iiihjk up. me ringside aisoraer
was broadcast to millions.
ted not seeing. The bell rang
for the end of the fourth
round. Schmeling was car
ried, limp and groaning, to his
corner and several minutes
elapsed before Crowley finally
leached his verdict in the Ger
man's favor.
The final blow unquestionably
vras a low one. It landed directly
In front of one of the judges.
Harold Barnes, and on his unhesi
tating testimony that SchmeHns
had been fouled, Crowley made
his decision to the accompaniment
of wild scenes within the ring as
v.-ell as from without. The other
judge, Charles F. Mattison. con
tinued in the verdict although he
also was deprived of a full view
of the abrupt finish.
It was a stunning disappoint
ment to "the big crowd, estimated
at nearly 80,000 that had come
to see a new heavyweight king
crowned as successor to the re
tired Gene Tunney. It had
ih'cred Sharkey as he battered
his youthful foreman Into a state
of groggineys in the third round
?nd appeared satisfied the Amer
ican would go on to demonstrate
his mastery.
Few Spectators See
Foul Blow Clearly
Probably no more than a few
hundred spectators actually saw
.the low blow struck and so close
"together were the fighters on one
side of the ring up against the
ropes at the time that barely a
quarter of the assembled 5C0 ex
perts had anything approaching
jmi unobstructed view of the de
tiding punch.
I'r.der .the circumstances there
vriia a spectacular outburst of
disapproval on the part of the
crowd, which booed the princi
pals, the referee and everything
connected with the proceedings
Max, still in apparent agony,
v.-as carried bodily from the ring
r.nd to his dressing room.
Sharkey; again in the midst of
a chaotic scene reminiscent down
to details of his unsatisfactory
bout with' Phil Scott at Miami,
found himself this time the Tic
tim. rather than the beneficiary
cf his own wildness. Although
he manifested no display of tears,
ho leaped up and down In his
excitement as the referee was
seeking a verdict. As it was giv
en he closed his eyes a"nd slumped
in his corner but refused to say
a word as he was led in dejec
tion from the ring.
Championship Will
Not Be Awarded
The upshot of this crowning
fiasco to a long-drawn heavy
weight elimination process, spread
over two years since Tnnney's re
tirement, was an apparently ma
jority opinion among experts as
well as fans that no heavyweight
champion could e awarded upon
the outcome.
Schmeling, though the winner
and in no way to blame for the
ending, nevertheless was a thor
oughly beaten young man so far
s points were concerned when he
suddenly sank to the canvas.
The dust-covered championship
emblem, known as the Tunney
Muldoon, trophy, is not likely to
be awarded to Schmeling or any
one else for some time to come if
the opinion of Tunney himself, is
influential. While declining to
commit hlfhself or to speak for
the committee in charge of the
trophy, Tunney made it clear he
considered no champion emerged
from tonight's main event,
Schmeling Badly
Hurt, Announced
There was no doubt about
Schmeling being badly hurt. He
was in bad shape in bis dressing
room half hour after the boot
and the examination of the offici
al boxing commission physician,
Dr. William Walker, disclosed a
"definite spasm In the left scro
tum." This, the doctor said. In
dicated Max bad been hit a pow
erful blow in tbat region.
The fight, biggest boxing ex
travaganza New York had in two
years, drew a dazzling gathering
On the basis of a paid atten
dance in excess of 70,000, the
promoters of the bout, held for
the benefit of the children's
milk fund, drew a gate estmated
at $740,000, making it the sixth
largest in fight history and the
third largest in New York. Only
the Dempsey-Firpo and Dempsey
Sharkey bouts exceeded this figure.
HOLLYWOOD WINS IH
FREE HITTING TILT
SAM fRAXSICO. June 12.
(AP) Hollywood's Stars rushed
another game into the win column
today by disposing of San Fran
cisco's Missions. 8 to 5. The vic
tors got off to a flying start and
held a five-run lead at the end of
the third.
The Missions managed to tie
the count by the fifth, but saw
their chances dwindle awayas the
Starsscored runs in the last three
frames. Greene of Hollywood and
Monroe and Hufft of the Missions
each hit home runs.
It H E
Hollywood 8 14 2
Missions . . 5 12 3
Rhodes. Johnson and Bassler;
Nelson, T. Pillette, Douglas and
Hofmann.
Walk Wins name
LOS ANGELES. June 12.
(AP) Curtis Perry walked Ray
Jacobs in the last of the tenth
with the bases loaded to give Ixw
Angeles a 4 to 3 victory over the
San Francisco Seals here today.
R H E
San Francisco 3 10 3
Los Angeles 4 7 2
) 10 innings.)
Turpin, Perry and Gaston, Pen
ebsky; Baecht and Hannah.
NEW YORK VICTORY
STREAK is en
NEW YORK, June 12. (AP)
The Giants winning streak of
nine games was broken today as
th Pirates won 10 to 7. Ott hit
his 14th home run of the season.
while Lindstrom hit two circuit
drives and Grantham and Bartell
drove out homers for the Pirates.
RUE
Kremer and Hemsley; Fitzslm
mons, Pruett. Heaving and O'Far-rell.
Robins Beat Beds
BROOKLYN. June 12. (AP)
The Brooklyn Robins came
from behind to defeat Cincinnati's
Reds. 3 to 2. Two runs in the
seventh gave the Robins the game.
R H E
Cincinnati 2 0
Brooklyn 3 6
Frey. Benton and Gooch. Suke
forth; Moss, Clark and Deberry,
Lopes.
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American Loser
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JACK SHARKEY
Cup Play
Starts at
Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, Eng.. June 12.
(AP) The British world of
tennis is hoping fortune will run
with Brittania's daughters during
the eighth annual battle for the
Wightman trophy, symbolic of the
Anglo-American supremacy in
women's team matches which will
be played here tomorrow and
Saturday.
The teams, led by Helen Wills
Moody and Mrs. Phoebe Watson,
today went through their final
practice on the velvety green turf
of the Wimbledon courts and are
ready for seven matches five
singles and two doubles, between
two nationally selected teams.
Britain, having won the trophy
thrte times to America's four,
again is out to lever the score as
she did by winning by four match
es to three at Wimbledon in 192S,
subsequently losing by the same
margin last year at Forest Hills.
The odds ought to be against a
British victory, for with Mrs.
Moody in action. America seems
assured of two certain points of
WEES Hilt IIP
14 10 2 ITU
DETROIT, June 12. (API
The New York Yankees scored in
all but one inning today to de
feat the Tigers 14 to 2. Wells held
Detroit to 6 hits while Babe Kuth
hits his 20th home run of the sea
son off Sullivan in the fourth inning.
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New York 14 22
Detroit 2 6
Wells and Dickey; Hoyt,
livan, Herring and Rensa.
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ST. LOTIS. June 12. ( AP)
The St. Louis Browns took an f.ir
ly lead to defeat the Boston Rd
Sox 6 to 5 here today. Boston
threatened with a four run rally
in the eighth.
RUE
Boston 5 5 5
St. Louis 6 S 2
Russell and Gerry; Stewart ar.d
Ferrell.
Atlieletics Blanked
CLEVELAND, June 12 lAP)
Cleveland shut out Philadelphia
4 to 0 here todav. Morgan collcct-
the four necessary to retain the i two home runs, his tenth and 11th.
cup. But while the British team
lacks such stars as Mrs. Moody
and Helen Jacobs, it is a stub
born if not brilliant group of play
ers and there is every likelihood
of a closely fought series.
MAW II TAKEN
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Running Story of Fight
Phillies Win
PHILADELPHIA. June 12.
(AP) The Philadelphia Nation
als today won a game, 5 to 3, from
the Chicago Cubs which stopped
at the end of the sixth Inning on
account of rain.
R H B
Chicago 3 6
Philadelphia 5 9
- Osborn and Hrrtnett; Wlllough
by and Davis.
HEXRY COMSTOCK PASSES
WALDO HILLS, June 12 Ed
son Comstock and Mrs. William
Haver nick received word Tuesday
of the death of their only uncle.
Henry Comstock of Belding,
Mich. Mr. Comstock has visited
here a number of times.
Xoo Yawk's big foozle Thurs
day night wasn't quite so com
plete as Salem's on Wednesday
night bat don't forget this,
the fans at Gotham didn't get
their money back.
We don't mind the German win
ning. Our sense of fair play is
broader than national lines, and
we never did like Sharkey any
way. The booing in New York
showed seme others had a sense of
decency. Jack shouldn't have worn
the Stars and Stripes never in
the wide world. That, we take It.
was the cause of the booing. But
it probably wasn't Jack's idea
some fool manager. These mana
gers are always causing trouble.
What we stariod to say was,
that the best man didn't win,
nnl it wolud be an empty cham
pionship if Schmeling shonld re
ceive it. The world heavyweight
title belongs to the unHckable
human being Maxie doesn't
qualify.
We might feel sorry for Shar
key but his past record of fouls
is much against him. It wasn't de
liberatethat would imply simple
idiocy under the circumstances
but Jt was terribe carelessness and
Sharkey must pay the penalty.
Wednesday night's fight fi
asco here was a sad affair, but
we believe the boxing commis
sion did the right thing in the
circumstances. Unreliable fight
managers need to be sat on.
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Our only suggestion is that the
commission ought to insist on
fighters or wrestlers as the case
may. be weigh in at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon, so that they know
the principals are on hand. In
some other states the boxing laws
require that, and also a medical
examination at the same time to
determine whether the boys are
fit to go on. Such an arrangement
ould give the commission a
chance to make substitutions if
any are needed.
In Sfem so far as our recol
lection goes, there never has
been a substitution In a main
event. The redeeming thing
about Wednesday night's scan
dal is that it never had happen
ed before and presumably never
will happen again. Bat the com
mission should be prepared for
the worst.
Oregon's boxing law and the or
ganization under it are not what
they should be, and the Wednes
day night affair demonstrates
that fact. The local boxing com
mission can bar Red Miller from
showing any of his boys here in
the future, but that's as far as it
can go unless other commissions
happen to see the thing in the
same light The local commission
recently proposed an organization
of the commissions in the state, to
handle Just such cases. So far,
sufficient favorable sentiment has
not developed.
(By Associated Press)
Schmeling was first in the ring,
accompanied by his second in bril
liant hued sweaters. Sharkey fol-1
lowed a minute later with an
American flag draped around his
shoulders. Th crowd greeted
Schmeling with a round of cheers
but Sharkey's reception was temp
ered with boos as the crowd spied
the flag.
While Sharkey stood calmly in
his corner photographers stormed
the ring. Paulino Uzcudun, Victo
rio Campolo and Young Stribling
climbed in to challenge the win
ner. Sharkey glowered and Jumped
as the flash light went off too
close to his head.
The judgeswere announced as
Charles MatthiSon. and Harold
Barnes. The crowd stirred rest
lessly and cheered for action as
two more heavyweights, Johnny
j Risko and Tuffy Griffith, climbed
' into the arena. It was beginning
to look like a meeting of heavy
weights who had been defeated by
one or another of the title con
tenders.
The weights were: Sharkey 197;
Schmeling 188,
By the time silver-tongued Joe
Humphereys announced the war
riors they were as frightedly and
restless as the; crowd. The camera
men finally left the ring as Joe
completed his oration and left the
scene to the fighters.. Schmeling
received a tremendous ovation as
Humphries introduced him and
Sharkey spat, contemptuously in
his direction. 'Sharkey was greet
ed with a roar of mingled cheers
and boos, with the boos predom
inating.
Round One
Sharkey fought carefully with
his left but could not touch the
German's head.. He missed. Max
stepped in with a sharp left hook
to the chin and neatly blocked the
Boston sailor's counter. Max bob
bed under Jadk's left, hooked his
left to the chin and fell in close
with a slam to the body.
Sharkey, a ; big man anyway,
looked a physical superior of
Schmeling in every way. As Shar
key missed a left. Max whipped
over his first right, a short smash
that thudded on Sharkey's head.
Jack appeared shocked and storm
ed madly forward. II 3 clinched,
however, and; they were sparring
carefully at the bell.
Round Two
Sharkey seemed to argue with
his seconds in the corner and came
out on his toes boxing carefully.
The black thatched German drove
in with a left and a right to the
body and Sharkey hammered both
hands to the' head.
They clinched, wrestled and
Sharkey pumped a left to the head.
He met Max coming forward again
with a sharp? right to the cheek,
and stabbed it he German off bal
ance with his left. Sharkey grew
more aggressive, but ever-watchful
of Max's; right and he stab
bed for the head. Max did not
seem to mind, although be step
ped into two uppercuts and be
banged a left hook and another
short right on Sharkey's head.
The sailor warmed to his fight, j
hooking left (0 the bdy and rigb i
to the head, but Max sneaked over ;
with a left i hook, and Sharkey I
banged the German wHb a straight Vv"!
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World Champion
Rider to Appear
bed until the ball sounded.
Round Three
Sharkey tore after the beagle-
bowed Teuton and they swapped
rights to the chin on the ropes.
Both were clean Jarring punches.
Max sneaked over another right
and banged on Sharkey's body in
close while therailor tried to tie
him up.
A short right full on the chin
shook Schmeling. A barrage of
rights sent him floundering. An
other right sent him to the ropes
and he came out badly hurt and
holding for dear life .Sharkey,
cool as falling snow, stepped into
Schmeling with a left and anoth
er right. He was taking his time.
cutting his man dow-n.
Max stumbled through the
blows, arms wrapped around his
head. As he slowly recovered the
German shot a feeble left hook to
the chin. Sharkey stepped In with
two left hooks that doubled Max
up and sent him back to his cor
ner a bit staggery at the bell.
Round Fonr
Schmeling's seconds rubbed hi.
neck with ice and gave him deep
draughts of smelling salts while1
Sharkey sat across the ring com
placently awaiting the kill. Shar
key stepped into Max with a left
Jab, a right punishing blow to
the chin and disdainfully brushed
aside Max's countering left.
The dogged German rallied and ,
fired a right hand Jolt into Shar
key's chin that shook the Ameri
can. The crowd roared as it land- ,
ed and Sharkey tossed caution
aside for a second to fling both
hands wildly at the crouching!
Schmeling'8 head.
Sharkey settled down, smiled
disdainfully, took another right '
and smashed both . hands to
Schmeling's body. He crossed a
wicked right to the German's chin
but Max stayed up. As they clinch- i
ed Sharkey tried repeatedly to j
twist Schmeling. Max went down ,
under a left to the body claiming
a foul. He could not rise.
There was another mad scene as
the seconds stormed into the
ring, yelling "foul." while Ref-;
eree Crowley could not seem to
make a decision, it was a perfect
repetition of the Miami fiasco as j
Schmeling in agony was carried j
to his corner and rolled on his ;
feet. After several minutes argu-
ing Crowley decided that Shar-1
key's left hook had been low ana
Max Schmeling was , new heavy
weight champion by rer.scn of a
foul.
Into the lake country of the
Detroit district will go Ben Glag
gett this week end W h a pack
train of seven horses, each car
rying 500 brook trout to be plant
ed in Tumble lake and its neigh
boring lakes. Xor will Claggett's
job be done when this one train
is emptied of its load. His plans
call for the planting of 10.000
trout there within the summer
season.
Claggett and his helpers will
get their fish from t lie Roaring
River hatchery near Scio. From
there the little fish, each about
one and one-half inches in length,
will be taken to Detroit on trucks
and loaded on the pack train.
gon City Frontier Days rodeo here Claggett says by next summer
July 3. 4, 5 and 6. Miss Wells the trout should have a quired the
comes from Muskogee, Okla., and! minimum catching limit of six
OREGON CITY. Ore.. June 12.
(Special) Nora Wells, world's
champion bronc rider, who has
challenged any cowgirl to compete
on wild bucking horses will be
one of the headliners at the Ore-
has won bucking contests at prac
tically every big rodeo in the
United States and Canada last
year.
inches in length. Ample food facil
ities are provided in Tumble lake
to make it an ideal spot for
planting trout.
Mayatt also hit for the circuit.
Brown allowed the Athletics four
hits.
R H E
Philadelphia 0 4 1
Cleveland 4 R 1
Karnshaw and Cochrane; Bron
and Myatt.
CHICAGO. June 1 2. ( AP )
Chicago evened the series with
Washington today, winning 10 to
6 behind Ted Lyon's pitching. The
victory was the ninth of the sea
son for Lyons. The Senators ral
lied for three runs in the ninth,
but were choked off in time by
the Sox.
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Washington 6
Chicago 10
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jriumls.
At Mision 5, Hollywood 8.
At I. os Angclps 4. San Frinciiro t.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At Detroit 2. New 'York 14.
At St. I. on. 5 f. Boston 5.
At Chirago 10 .Washington 6.
At CUveljid 4. Philadelphia 0.
At Philadelphia 5. Chiraeo .
At .Vew York 7. Pittfcliurfrh 10.
At Brooklyn S. Oinrinnati 2.
At BoTon St. I .on i s posioond,
grounds.
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COAST LEAGUE
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38 25 .6031 Missioaa 33 33 .500
88 29 .567' Hlly. 30 37 .448
36 ? .S34!8eattU 27 S8 .415 !
35 31 .5301 Portland 23 40 .384 j
NATIONAL LEAGUE
w. l. Pet. w. r.. p. t.
32 17 .53i Pitttb. 23 24 .489 j
CTiieao 29 23 .558! KoMon 20 23 .444
X. Y. 28 23 .5311 PbiUd. 18 2 .409
S:. L. 23 23 ..00: Cinrin. 19 30 .3K
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31 1 .2V Detroit 22 30 421
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2T 21 .3 J:;; Boston 10 34 30 '
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