By FRANK GETTY
United Press Sports Editor
_ NEW YORK - The fistic world
has a new heavyweight champion
today, but the decision which
brought that honor to Max Schmel-
ing, the fortunate youth of Ger-
many, still rankles in the breasts of
some 80,000 spectators who wit-
nessed the unfortunate ending to
the battle for the title.
_ With but six seconds left to go in
the fourth round of last night's
spectacular fight in Yankee Sta-
dium, Jack Sharkey, who had out-
classed Schmeling in every way,
whipped home a terrific left hook
which landed below Max's belt.
_ The German, a badly beaten
fighter until that moment, went
down helpless and incapacitated,
and after an inexcusable delay and
amidst a scene of tremendous con-
fusion, Referee Jimmy Crowley
awarded the fight and the cham-
pionship to Schmeling.
_ No other decision was possible,
since the only judge in a position
to see where that swinging left hook
landed declared it a palpable foul.

Ill-Fortune Follows Gob

_ The better man - Jack Sharkey-
once more fell victim to the ill-

fortune which has dogged his
footsteps across the years in which
he has sought the heavyweight title.
_ Max Schmeling is the new cham-
pion of the world, but champion by
virtue of the same good luck which
has marked his career. The marble
base of the "Tunney-Muldoon
Trophy" will be carved with the name
of the German youth, but no one
among that vast throng which packed
every nook and cranny of the tow-
ering Yankee Stadium last night left
with any doubt that Jack Sharkey
was the better man.
_ For three rounds, the Bostonian,
proud of his chance to represent the
United States in an international
bout of such importance, trained to
the minute, and fighting the greatest
fight of his career, toyed with the
young man from Rhineland. In
the third round, Schemling was all
but out on his feet, a battered and
beaten victim of a worthy successor
to the long line of heavyweight
champions from John L. Sullivan
down through Gene Tunney.

Lone Judge Makes Decision

_ Five minutes later, after the con-
fussion, caused by the indecision of

the referee, the clamor of importu
nate seconds and managers and upon
the word of a lone judge, Harold
Barnes, it was Max Schmeling, in-
stead of Jack Sharkey, who was
declared champion of the world.
_ Never before in prize-ring history
has a heavyweight title been award-
ed on a foul. Yet in the final analy-
sis, no other verdict was possible.
_ It happened this way: Sharkey
towards the end of the fourth round,
whipped over a right to the jaw
which sent Schmeling sagging
against the ropes. As Max came off
the ropes, the Bostonian started a
long, low left swing from the knee.
The blow, which would have landed
well above the waist-line had
Schmeling remained back on his
heels, caught Max, who was stumb-
ling forward into a clinch, flush in
the groin.

Seconds Work Frantically

Schmeling went down, grimacing
with pain. Referee Crowley saw no
foul, and proceeded to count up to
six when the bell signaled the end
of the round. Max's seconds car-
ried him over to his corner and worked
over him frantically.
_ When the bell signaled the start
of the fifth round, Sharkey, cool this
time and with none of the hysteria
which marked his performance un-
der similar circumstances at Miami
in his bout with Phil Scott, dashed
across the ring.
_ Schmeling couldn't get up. His
seconds remained around him. The
count which would have been a sig-
nal for victory for Sharkey began.
But before the knockdown time-
keeper had beat out the measure
with his little wooden hammer, Ref-
eree Crowley had come to a decision.
On the word of one judge, the only
one who claimed to have seen the
blow land low, the arbiter awarded
the fight to the German on a foul.

Sharkey In Tears

_ The ensuing pandemonium was
somewhat less than might have
been expected under the circum-
stances. Jack Sharkey, his hopes
of a championship so richly de-
served thus stripped from him,
slumped in his seat. Tears streamed
down his face. But he took it like
a man, and a moment later assisted
in the labored departure of Schmel-
ing, the new champion, from the
ring. The roar of the crowd was
half in protest, half in satisfaction.
_ It was an ending to a champion-
ship bout distressing beyond any-
one's expectation. The referee and
judges explained their positions,
Crowley claiming he had no other
course under the rules. Schmeling
examined by a boxing physician,
bore evidence of having been fouled.
_ "I told Jack to keep his punches
up. I will give him a return bout,"
Schmeling said after the fight. But
the German youth probably will be
advised away from any such course
by his handlers. On the form they
displayed last night, Sharkey is far
the better man.

Dempsey Won't Return

_ Schmeling will take the cham-
pionship of the world to Germany,
the first time it has left the coun-
try since Tommy Burns, a Cana-
dian, born Noah Brusso, skipped off
to Australia back in 1906.
_ There will be a clamor for Jack
Dempsey's return to the ring, the
former champion having said that
he would only do so if Sharkey did not
succeed in keeping the title in the
United States. But Dempsey, on his
own admission to the United Press
today, is in no shape to fight, and
probably never again will be.
_ As for Gene Tunney, the unde-
feated champion, who lightly tossed
aside the crown for which Schmel-
ing and Sharkey fought, was a
ringside spector at last night's
affair.
_"I thought the blow was foul,"
said Gene, who incidentally, was in
no position to judge accurately.
"Beyond that I have nothing to say
except that I have retired from the
ring for all time."