The Washington times., 1929-06-24

q fighter.
= One good fast workout with three
or four sparring partners on the
eve Of action should be enough to
; convince the average person what
Is what, and claiming, to be nothing
Eaore than average, we have come
here for our peek at Max Schmeling,
variously called the German Demp-
Sey, the. Black Uhlan, the Raging
Rhinelander and other noms de
guerre. -
Without even having seen Makes
opponent, in action which we hope
20 do at very early moment. we
have, become convince from this
ever-so-short an inspection Of
Schmeling. that Senior Pauline Uz-
cudun is going to have his hands
full next Thursday night at Yankee
Stadiunl.:
For q man who has only met
one real, firSt-class boxer RiskO,
and who disposed of him IN short
order. Max Schn1eling has made
quite A master Of himself in so
He has taken on ring smart
ness, an efficiency which causes no
wonderment even to such innocent
eyes as ours, that they have dubbed
him the German Dempsey. Before
reporting here we had been labor
ing under a mental reservation that
perhaps this resemblance to Demp-
sey was purely q physical one, but
10! as well as behold, we find the
young Hun crouching and weaving
and jabbing after manner which
causes Us to tinwardlys exclaim to
ourselves Yea, a. second Dempsey
has come to judgment"
Here is a youth who pounces at
his man with the killers instinct
which bellies desire to see his prey
prone at his feet.
That is an element so many of our
present day heavies, yes and light
heavies and welters too, cannot
boast. We have too many gentle
manly fighters these days to suit
your particular correspondent. Too
many of them act as il they were
afraid they would hurt their an
tagonist. ;.
You never saw a more shifty set
OF dogs. or as Gene Tunney would
saw. "feet," than the No. les Max
Schmeling carries into the ring. He
can duck and dart and side-step
with Tommy Loughran or Trnney
ather. but yet not appear to De
pulling away from an impact.
Yes. Schmeling's fOOt-wOrk
win be sure to intrigue you II
Won come with us to Yankee
stadium Thursday night, and SO
win his straight right punch and
his fairly fast left hook.
And that is what we wanted
~ tell YOU about-Schmeling's hit
ting, The punch is there, the
p mower is there and it will take
rood man to Withstand him for 15
sounds, but he is still telegraphing
siirhtly. We are unable to tell you
whether this is a fault he has not
vet eradicated, or whether he does
ii Intentionally so that his sparring
partners can get set for what Is
coming. but we have been able with
oAsr own feeble eyes to foresee his
I,aore important blows and are hop
ing against hope the latter impress
af6n Is correct-that he wants his
sparring partners to know some.
thing is coming so they won't get
hurt.
It is entirely too delicate a ques-
Aon for us to put to him, for think
ing we are spy and inquiring in
behalf of Senor Pauline, he might
let loose one Of his jabs at our
own countenance for which purpose
we were not dispatched hereto. 1t
was the only flaw that possibly
could have been found in his pre-
fight review staged here for the
bShefit OF a few curious custom :.
and quite a handful of fellow-ob-
aervers who have been sent here by
one newspaper or another.
Schmeling's wind-which, of
course, Is very important-is splen.
aid. Wind is more essential in this
match than any heavyweight fight
OF prominence we have had in this
fair land since Dempsey fought
Gibbons, for the majority of them
have been mere 10-rounders, where
al this one next Thursday night Is
fQrdel5 rounds, or what have you.
- Yes, nothing Is wrong with
Schmeling's Smoker" He
. bfeathes lightly as a slumbering