Bear v. Sheep

Sticking out his posterior, lowering his head belligerently, Max Baer,* California heavyweight, possessor of a 16-cylinder car, confident manners and many suits of flashy clothes, charged out of his corner in Madison Square Garden last week and began to lambaste the ribs and features of Ernie Schaaf/- of Elizabeth, N. J. Schaaf backed away and countered. In Schaaf's corner Jack Sharkey, working as second, poured advice into his ear: "Keep him out with your left. He don't know nothing." Baer, it is true, knows little about boxing, but his blows recently killed Frankie Campbell in California (TIME, Sept. 15). At times no one could understand what was holding Schaaf up, at other times Schaaf, cooler, more experienced, made Baer ludicrously thrash the air. After ten rounds of awkward and exciting mauling. the judges decided that Schaaf had the edge. Baer, though the loser, fought so willingly that he may be given other and better chances to show what he can do. Enthusiasts called it "the best heavyweight go in New York this year."

*In German bar (bear"). /-In German schaf (sheep).

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