Chief Askew's Diary: June 12, 1930

A prize fight at Madison Square Garden draws a comment from the chief

In a rare instance, Chief Askew commented in his diary today about something happening far from Newnan: the match-up of German heavyweight boxer Max Schmeling with American boxer Jack Sharkey at Madison Square Garden. The match was carried by radio stations across the country. An enterprising radio store in Atlanta even placed a large ad in the Atlanta Journal urging customers to buy a radio in order to have a ring-side seat to the fight.

Paid subscribers can read on about this first match-up, and the rematch in 1932, both of which ended in controversy.

The photo of Jack Sharkey, left, preparing for the match with a sparring partner, is being offered by a dealer on eBay.