Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-30
EXPERIENCE ALONE
NEEDED BY GERMAN
Contends Even Defeat by
Risko Friday Will Ben
eft the Invader.
BY TOMMY LOUGHRAN,

Light -heavyweight Champion Of the World.
T AM scheduled to fight Armand
Emanuel next Tuesday in Los An
geles. Emanuel, the lawyer-fighter.
i is improving all the time. Though
not great hitter, he can box very
well. Having put on enough weight to
establish him as a legitimate heavy
weight, he is stronger than ever and
hasn't lost any of his speed.
expect Armand to carry me along
at a pretty fair pace. He did that
when he boxed me in Madison Square
Garden, New York, as a substitute for
Jimmy Slattery. True. 1 was off color
because of too much work, but I found
then that Emanuel was more than a
conner.
Late in February I am booked to
open the new stadium in Chicago with
the best available heavyweight. Any
one the promoter can sign is agreeable
to me. They can't come too fast.
Schmeling Fine Prospect.
An interesting bout is scheduled for
Friday at Madison Square Garden.
Max Schneling, German heavyweight
champion, will box Johnny Risko.
Schmeling is fine prospect. He seems
about the best big man to come out
OF Europe in years. True, his victims
so far have not been of championship
caliber, but Joe Sekyra, whom he treat
ed to fine humping, really is good
man. (He was good enough to beat
K. o. Christner, anyway
Risko has fought everybody and holds
decisions over George Godfrey, Jack
Delaney, Paul Berlenbach and others
of that high grade. They tell me he
has gone back somewhat, and that
seems to be borne out by the fact that
Jim Maloney took a decision over him
not very long ago.
OF the younger men none seems to
promise more than this German who
looks so much like Jack Dempsey. I
admire the way he hits. His right
hand goes out like a baycnet, and
there seems to be something back of
1t. He knocked out Joe Monte with
punch like that, and though Monte
isn't clever he is tough, and I hadn't
heard of his being knocked out before.
1t may be Risko will beat Schmeling,
for John has habit of turning in
unexpected victories. Besides that. he
mas had much more experience than
Schmeling, and experience counts for
lot. Still. Max probably will be the
favorite. He has had the advantage
OF not taking much punishment during
MS comparatively brief career, while
Risko has absorbed more thumping than
any man now in the game. Nature will
stand only so much. You can't 60 on
abusing her Indefinitely.
RiskO Far From Through.
The punch-absorber usually doesn't
last very long. which is natural. There
have been exceptions like Joe Grim
and Battling" Nelson, but 1t is a rule
that has few exceptions. You can't
get back Of the returns. I don't mean
by this that Johnny Risko is through.
He still is a dangerous contender, and
one of the strongest. gamest men I ever
fought. But in the nature of things
ne can't be expected to 60 along for
the same number of years as a good
boxer who takes comparatively little
punishment.
His test with Schmeling will be In
teresting for both. Even If Max should
be beaten it doesn't mean he is fin
lshed over here. The German boy still
has something to learn, and YOU can
learn In defeat as we'll as in victory.
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