Evening star., 1932-06-09
'SCHME[|NG SOCKED
IN TRAINING MATCH
PaveIec Nearly Sends Champ
to Floor, but Max Takes
1t Out on Cop.
BY WILBUR WOOD.

r y NGSTON, N. Y, June 9.-Ordi-
Il narilt the routine of a heavy
weight champions camp, after
the first few days, slips into a
dull monotony that leaves the war
correspondents scratching their heads
for the wherewithal to concoct the
daily communiques from the Queens
berry trenches.
So when 1t occasionally happens, as
it did yesterday. that something of
genuine interest takes place, there Is
frenzied activity. Yesterday was pro-
ductive Of two surprises, one at the ex-
pense of Max Schmeling and another
in which the victim was Bill Roedell of
the Kingston police force.
The first one came when Jerry Pave
lee, new sparring partner, hit the
champion behind the ear so forcibly
with a right hook that Schmeling almost
went to the floor, and followed with
another long right to the whiskers.
THERE was nothing funny about
l that, but the other incident had all
the elements Of humor. Patrol
ston police force peered at Schmeling
when the champion first came to Green
kill Lodge and was not at all i'm
pressed. In fact, he confided to friends
that with a few days Of training he
would be able to show the champion
thing or two about the noble art.
Soon Joe Jacobs, the champions
manager. was bombarded with requests
from influential Kingston burghers that
Roedell be given chance to show what
he could do In fstic way. Finally, 30
much pressure was exerted that Jacobs
weakened and consented to let the
fighting cop box round with the
champion.
Everything was set for Tuesday.
Roedell, followed by flock of admirers,
showed up at Greenkill to try his luck
1t was a coincidence that as soon as
the fghting copper arrived and started
to get ready for action. Jacobs 8n-
nounced that the workout for the day
had been called off. Though this move
really was due to the fact that the
champion was bit lower In weight
than his handlers thought was proper
at this stage Of his training, Roedell
and his cronies jumped to We conc!u-
sion that the real reason was that Joe
feared to let Max take a chance with
Roedell- The fighting cop departed with
the statement that he would be back
the next day and every day until he
got chance to show what he could do
YESTERDAY was the day. Roedell
i watched Pavelec jolt Schmeline
with two right-hand shots, and
was more certain than ever that he
could show the champion a thing or
| two. There was loud cheering from
the townsfolk when the local pride
stepped into the ring.
Roedell started briskly enough. but
| before he had been in there 80 seconds
| he was tagged by a left hook that
| hoored him. When he ran into another
left that brought the claret from his
nose the fighting cop was convinced
that there was a mistake somewhere
! He took it on the run thereafter, but
was unable to escape a right that
| dropped him a second time as the
round closed. No doubt he wished
that he had not omitted to bring his
whistle into the ring with him
After he escaped from the ring the
fighting cop submitted to an interview
Gee, never knew human being
| could sock like that" he admitted Il
never was hit like that before. never
was on the floor before and nobody else
ever made my nose bleed. guess the
| guy really can fight. But anyway,
went round with the champion, and
that's something