Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-05

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By HAL EUSTACR
! u N IN N u N n u n n III

FOR OVER a year Max Schmel-
ing was scoffed as a lucky second
rater who took the championship
on a foul. The idea OF that paluka
wearing the belt which had belong
cd 10 such great fighting men as
John l.. Sullivan, Fitzsimmons,
CorDett, jim Jeifries, Jack Demp-
sey- .lt was to laugh. Scnmeling a
lighter? Bah! And another bah!
Didn't Gypsy Daniels knock him
out2 Didn't Max Wlekermann ana
Larry Gains turn the same trick?
Hadn't Jack Sharkey hit him with
everything but the water bucket
up until the time the foul occurred?
Who had Schmeling ever beaten be-
sides Risko? Schmeling a champion?
Just a lucky paluka who would BE-
champion only as long as he kept
cut Of the ring.
AFTER THE Sharkey foul.
Schmeling said he was Just starting
when the low blow occurred. He
got. the Bronx cheer all over the
world. He held the belt but none OF
its prestige. He returned TO Ger
many and even his countrymen re-
FUSED 10 consider him seriously.
Ach, such a fellow as should claim
TO be the best fighter in the world
because he was hit in the groin.
Drink your beer and don't waste
your time cranlng your neck. A half
a year later Make and Voc va
cobs came back TO the States and
began a transforming tour. The
fans weren't interested. Practically
every promoter who booked the
Schmeling exhibition act lost
money. Those who went to see the
German Dempsey did so only out Of
morbid curiosity. The tour was a
flop.
LIKE ALFONSO CT Spain.
Schmeling was 4 king but he had
no subjects. He was deeply hurt.
1t wasn't his fault that Sharkey hit
him low. or that fight fans consld-
cred him as an unworthy champion.
TIE GERMAN Dempsey made
up his mind 10 vindicate hl-nsel.
&C the earnest opportunity If i was
within his power. He did Il FRIDAY
night. pounding into abiect sub
mission w. l.. Stribling. one OF the
gest American heavyweightS now IL
the game. RelentleSSly and grlmly
the bulld0g-spirlred German bore
into the tricky Stribling. ripping
stree. In-Sapp.ng blows into the
body. Stribllng. the overwhelming
American favorite, was beaten
fairly by a better
EVEN THE most skeptical vii
have to recognize Schmeling a
worthy champion, one who was
sadly under-rated. Jack Sharkey Is
the only heavyweight IN the world
who could stand a chance with
the German, the critics say.
YOURS TRULY doubts that
Sharkey can handle Max. The Bcs-
tom Cob il a fair-weathcr fighter.
lie can whip anyone on earth h.
believes he can whip. what Schmel-
ing did TO Stribling will likely do
things TO Sharkey's mental attitude
toward the German. Sharkey would
not be the cock-sure battler against
Max.
WHEN IN the Valley recently.
Striking said Schmeling was a mucn
better fighter thai ne was given
credit for being. He is o real fight
or and / am expecting no easy ar
fair with him. There IS only one
thing / can promise and that Is that
+ will fight my best all the way
through And he did. taking an
unmerciful beating gamely when i
was easily apparent he had no
chance 20 win. StrshlinE has no
thing TO be ashamed Of in that
fight. He proved that he had what
many openly asserted he lacked -
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