Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-03

escape punishment ~ the BEL.
Schmeling's round. MN
ROUND TWELVE
Again SchmelInr wa son his feet
almost before Strib could rpt Qua
or his corner. III blasted THE ,chal-
lenger's head with On Sh0rtN Left
hook and Striking held on. Max
drove the sOutherner around the
ring cracking both hands w tie
head. and Strihllng Fnmelv took
every thing ne had. They clinch-
ed and Striking drove n right Cd
the body but Schmeling buried
both hands t0 the chnllenErr's
ribs. Striking walked backward
lodging. blocking. using every hit
or the boxers art 70 continue IN
the fight, but he was taking IA
merciless pounding. Strib was 50
weak that Schmellng could easily
break his holds In a clinch and he
hammered the Srutherner's head.
A left and right banged on Strib-
linE's Jaw and INV wnvered. The
bell stopped Max's next charge.
Something's round.
ROUND THIRTEEN
ur yehan an an an
Strihling 1abbed at the champ
ions face but he had no defense
for Hchmeling'S body l0lts and ns
they fell into a clirch the Georgian
threw a long right into zuhmel-
ingS side and treid TO KEEP the
champion away NV pokinr long
left hands IS he retreated around
the ring. 5trlbllng stepped ln with
. left hook - the chin but Missed
another and stumbled across the
ring. Max countered short with
both hands to the haed and again
the c~hallenger's face was a mass OF
blood. bruises and bumps while tine
champions features were unn,ark-
ed but for IN slight swelling over
his eve. Stribling weakened again
ns the champion bore steadily I'm
% him. cutting mt him with short
left and right hand punches wv the
head and body. All tSirblinR could
do was shoot occasional punches.
hold when he could and take fia
beating like o. ma when he could
nt
SrnmeEABS round.
ROUND FOURTEEN
Stribling swung MS left in A
wide arc Old tine champions head
and stepped into = clinch. Strib
was staggered under IA right t0 tine
chin. He held weakly. His knees
sagginE aS SchmellnE battered him
NJ close rane. Schmeling chased
the challenger around TIM ring.
ooolly watching for an orRninR
for the finishing punch. But Strbi-
ling held desperately. Strib's
knees bent again. A left hook wv
the head and another to the body
and The hung onto the champion.
the champion. He tried firing long
right pitches To the body. but
SchmelinF stepped inside and slash
eel at his body with short. iUitinR
pitches. Stribling held on desDer-
ately aS Max hammered his sides
but he was still in there hravolv
taking his beating as tire bell
sounded. His face a ~caricature of
the handsome ~y0unEgter who step
ped out tO challenge for the title
less than three quarters or ~ hour
ago.
schmeling's round. K
ROUND FIFTEEN
Strihling came lid weakly for the
final round, retreatIng from the
hand shake aS Max pounded after
him. Stribling lOosed one looping
right to the body. lie got in a
glancing blow tO the Germans
head but Max beat him about the
head with short riht handed pun
chrs- As 6trihling held. Srhmes-
Ing tried w trow him orr and
measure him for the final blow.
The Georgian was too clever. dcs-
pite This desperate plight and he
draped himself Al over the champ
ion StriblinE went down in hiz
own corner but got Up ~ nine and
held desperately. Striking renled
before Schmeling's attack. The
champion appealed to Referee
Blake - stop the slaughter as
Striking stumbled from one side
o. the ring to the other and wound
lid hanging helplesSly tO the ropes
In his own corner. The referee
stepped I nand awarded SchmHlinT
the fight ON a technical knockout
two minutes and 46 seconds after
the start OF the last round.