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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1930
Page
10
The New York crowd brims with hype as Jack Sharkey faces Max Schmeling in a scheduled 15 round world heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium. Sharkey is favored to win as both fighters prepare 45 minutes from Broadway in a city famed for big fights.
United Press reports a 15 round world heavyweight championship bout between Jack Sharkey of Boston and Max Schmeling of Germany set for Yankee Stadium New York. Time 10 PM EDT with officials to be announced. Gate receipts around 750000 and attendance near 75000. Ticket prices range from 2.10 to 26.25 with ringside seats at 26.25. Matchmaker Tom McCardle and promoters Milk Fund led by Mrs Hearst and Madison Square Garden Corp. Sharkey the 8 to 5 favorite.
The article previews a heavyweight title fight aiming to crown a new king as Gene Tunney has retired. About 75 000 spectators are expected at the ringside, with charity proceeds and a Wall Street promoted event drawing top prices. It recalls Jeffries Fitzsimmons at Coney Island 31 years earlier before a 10 000 crowd.
The Sharkey versus Schmeling heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium will be described blow by blow by Graham McNamee and Paul Dumont on NBC land networks and GE shortwave. German announcer Harry Sperber will translate plus Miss Carmen Ogden will describe gowns of attendees. Local and national stations across the United States and Canada will relay the play by play with a live balcony loud speaker event at the Globe-News building for 8 pm fans.
In New York Jeffries and Willard era echoes as Sharkey and Schmeling duel for the vacant heavyweight crown. Crowds pack Manhattan and networks plan blow-by-blow broadcasts with 500 journalists covering the bout, a major test of American boxing legacy and the new German challenger.
MAX SCHMELING vows not to predict victory and praises fair play as he faces JACK SHARKEY. SHARKEY predicts a victory within five rounds and argues experience will decide if the bout goes 15 rounds, noting Schmeling will face mental strain from facing a veteran challenger.
Associated Press reports shows Berg and Dorfman winning by points in multiple locations. Loughran loses to Schaaf in Philadelphia. Baer knocks out Weaver in Oakland and ONeil stops Mannis in San Francisco. Tom Toner stops Brooks in Santa Rosa. Willie Siegel and others win elsewhere. Presbyterian church plans near William and Mary College after sale. Preliminaries 7 pm main bout 9 pm EST.
Second annual city tennis tournament attracts eager entrants as players draw for placements. Matches start Saturday after 5 pm. Entries drop at City Drug Store No 1 with Jack Vincent. Fees: $1 singles men, 50 cents doubles, 50 cents women and juniors per player. Last day to enter Friday. Women compete for first time.
Dallas and Austin players lead the field as senior men’s singles reach quarter finals in the Texas district tennis championships. At 2 p.m. new matchups include James Quick vs Lucien La Coste and Jake Hess vs Karl Kamrath with Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth and San Antonio entrants. Dee Barr defeats Long John Barr in a family clash in the event.
A major Panhandle wrestling event features a world welterweight title bout between Jack Reynolds and Cal Farley at Butler Field next Friday night. Preliminary bouts include Rob Roy versus Young Sampson in a time limit bout and Joseph Kopecky defending against Otis Clingman. Reservations are selling fast, with Rob Roy reachable at 9128 or 416 Fillmore.
American golfers Leo Diegel and Horton Smith defeated Archie Compston and C A Whitcombe, both British professionals, in a Beeston Fields four ball match by 3 up with 2 to play. The event took place near Nottingham on June 12.
James Challis Barnes overwhelms Leslie Coleman Houston while Quick beats Ted Hackney Fort Worth in a series of strong performances.
In Waco Texas, night baseball at Katy Park the home of the Waco Texas League entry is expected to begin within a week. Flood light installation is well advanced.
In Auburn Washington a Varney Air Lines pilot based near Seattle drops bundles of new comic supplements to children waiting each Sunday in the central Washington sagebrush country.
Waco Texas June 12 Matches for the Texan Professional Golf Association championship were set to begin today at the Springs Club course. Finalsexpected Saturday Francis Scheider of Brook Hollow Golf Club Dallas posted the low score in the qualifying round leading amateurs and pros from across the state.
Ernie Schaaf, 21, of Boston, defeated Tommy Loughran in ten rounds at Municipal stadium in Philadelphia. The bout ended the so called battle of disputes from two earlier decisions. Babe Hunt, 196, Oklahoma, defeated Carl Carter, 197, New York.
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