Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-28
SchmeLing Barely
Misses K. O. as He
Cuts Down Uzcudun

YANKEE STADIUM. NEW
york, June 28-R-Thc rising
might OF Max Schmcl.ng swept
Thursday night over the rock ribbed
figure OF Pauline Uzcudun, and lett
the sturdy Basque q punch-battered
wreck along his path to the world
heavyweight championship.
For fifteen ROUNDS. before a crowd
Ct 5000 that hall filed the big
American league ball park the flash
inc young TCGl0n Cut and slashed
nj Paulino's head and b0dy, pulled
and chased him about the ring and
lett him MT the end q cory shattered
figure with nothing but courage.
There were no E-noCEdoUns, but the
lifting OF S~Chmeling's hand i'm sig
nal Of victory al the close was Ji5- a
gesture.
FOR the last siE rounds. the only
QUESTION I'M the minds of the faithful
who gathered for the first heavy
weight extravaganza az the open air
season was paulinO's ability To
weather the storm Of leather that
flew at him from all angles. sla1ncd
rs features. closed his left Cyc. and
LETT the wood choppers face As
bumpy ana irregular q his own
Pyrennes in Spain.
Only in the early rounds was there
q semblance Of Z contest and q slow
one at that. as the Teut0n. sticking
TO a methOdiCal battle plan. met
Paulino's rushes with straight let's
70 the head usually hidden behind
a barrage of gloves and elbows.
Pauline nevcr has been knocked
cut. never even knocked down. but
as the full fury Of Schmelings ar
tack broke about his sore and bloody
head in the sixth round Ii seemed
that tonight the record was 10 be
broken.
Max opened UP In the ninth round
and set out to end the battle. he
stopped leaning defcnSivcly into
Pauline III the CllncEcs, slUgged with
the big Spaniard in the open. and
constantly ripped IN snort, laceraC-
ing punches that almost tore the
SDaniard's features apart.
SchmelinE was SO anxious 70 brinE
the matter to a decisive close that
he kept his fists at work on the
Standards head after the bell
counded to end the 14th round. The
worn Basque lifted his battered
head. brought his hands back g
fighting position and tried to carry
on. too. but the effort was too great
and he fell helpless in his chair
while Referee Arthur Donovan
pulled SChmeling away.
Running descriptive az the fight
follows:
Schmeliag came into the ring first
and was greeted with n rocr Of ap-
proval. He was z tanned black
Drowned Sowing IMAGE Cf J3cl,
Dempsey. Pauline followed him
and seemed 20 be hardly noticed Is
tie crowd continued TO fix ewes on
Schmeling and his remarkable re-
semblance 10 the old man rlauIer.
Jack Sharkcv. Boston sailor. who
vill meet the winner TN September.
climbed into greet The contestants
and drew booes. The jcCrs turned
- cheers when joe Humphreys. vet
fran announcer. pointed ont that IN
the next fight Sharkev would b &c
Tending the heavyweight supremacy
OF America.
The referee was Patsy Donovan.
The Judges we're Charles Eathic-
son ard Lou Magnolia. Times were
DELAYED n few minutes while the
FIGHTERS posed. both calm and srlll-
irr. They shook hands. gazed in
each others eyes and seemed "a
wish each other luck. There was a
contrast IN their appearance rs
they stood I'm the ring listening To
instructions. Schmc,inE was tall,
brown and timber. Pauline swarthy
and full of rowCr.
Round Ono
Pauline walked out carefully. BODY
bent and arms folded across his
head 10 meet SchmClinG's paving
left lab. Max backed away and
then nut his head down 70 Paulino'7
and they tried 10 cuff each other