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KANSAS CITY JOURNAL-POST TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1932 MAX SCHMELING vs JACK SHARKEY (PREFIGHT FACTS)

JACK SHARKEY OUTWEIGHS MAX 17 POUNDS

ALL SET FOR TITLE BATTLE IN NEW ARENA Crowd Mills Outside as Bat- tlers Prepare for 15- Round Bout

_ _ FACTS ABOUT TITLE BOUT _ Principals - Max Schmeling, champion, vs. Jack Sharkey, challenger. _ Title at Stake - World's heavyweight championship. _ Length of Bout - Fifteen rounds. _ Place - Madison Square Garden Bowl, Long Island City, N.Y. _ Time of Bout - About 8 p.m. (Kansas City Time) _ Capacity of Arena - 71,872. _ Attendance (Estimated) - 60,000 _ Receipts (Estimated) - $360,000 to $440,- 000. _ Schmeling's Share - 42 1/2 per cent. _ Sharkey's Share - 10 per cent. _ Promoters - Madison Square Garden cor- poration and the Free Milk Fund for Babies, Inc. _ _ Referee and Judges - To be selected by the state athletic commission just before ring time. _ Price of Tickets - $2.30, $5.74, $10, $15, $23 (including taxes). _ Betting Odds - Schmeling a favorite at 5 to 4.

_ NEW YORK, June 21. - (UP) - With overcast skies bearing a threat of rain, Max Schmeling and Jack Sharkey appeared before the New York state boxing commission Tues- day for a final physical examina- tion before the 15-round world's heavyweight championship bout Tuesday night. _ Schmeling weighed 188 pounds. The challenger weighed 205, giving him a 17-pound advantage. _ A crowd of about 200 persons milled outside the state office build- ing as the two fighters, accompanied by their managers and trainers, ar- rived. The sun broke through the clouds just before the two heavy- weights arrived, but disappeared again. _ The athletic commission's room was crowded with newspaper men, photographers and policemen as Commissioner William A. Muldoon led them to the scales. _ Schmeling and Sharkey shook hands and simultaneously said "Hello." Then they stepped onto the scales. _ Schmeling tried to appear jovial but the strain told some on him. Sharkey appeared irritable. _ Both fighters paused before the newspaper men and photographers to say they felt fine and were sure of victory. _ Sharkey will appear in the regu- lation black tights when he enters the ring in the new stadium at Long Island City while Schmeling will wear purple.

_ Station WREN will carry a blow by blow account of the world's heavyweight boxing championship bout Tuesday night. The bout will be on the air from 8 until 9 o'clock with a staff of veteran boxing an- nouncers giving a vivid description as the bout progresses and high lights after the 15-round struggle ends.

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