Evening star., 1933-11-12
FANS GIVE GERMAN
GREAT RECEPTION
Kayo OF Kennedy Proves He
Has ClaSs-Too Early to
Give Him Rating.
BY SPARROW McGANN.

n IEW YORK, November IL
M Walter Neusel, the latest
L German heavyweight
threat, has made his
American debut here against Les
Kennedy. Kennedy took a hard
pounding for six rounds and sue
cumbed under the weight of
three rapid-flre punches delivered
as Les tried to bob away from the
ropes into the clear.
Inc reception accorded Neusel after
the Iracas resembled the uproar at the
nome-comng OF the round-the-world
nyer. The fans stormed the ring. II
took the police fully five minutes to
clear the way for the German to leave
his corner and get back to the dressing
room
Just what this means in the new
lineup of contenders for Primo Car
nera's title Is hard to say at present,
For one thing, Neusel is not as prepos-
sessing IN appearance as his countryn1an,
Max Schmeling. The latter was trim
built, square jawed, sleek looking and
had the appearance Of a mitt singer.
Neusel is heavier built and carries a
bit too much flesh around the body 10
Mt In with the popular conception OF
an athlete. His face Is roundish and
serene. He doesn't look like a man
who depended ON prize fighting for q
living.
TN ACTION Neusel is a different per.
i son. The placidity of his nature
disappears at the sound Of the
opening bell. He does not rush out Of
his corner like some fighters, but moves
IN dellberately and starts pegging away
with both hands The first impression
one gets from this kind Of milling Is
that he will slow down after the first
furry. But such Is not the case. He
keeps on firing punches for the full
three minutes Of each round and shows
no signs of weariness
Neuseps style is deceptive in that he
does not seem to have much of a de-
tense against a rivals offense. He
seems to be hit as he charges in, but
after the furry of punching Is over he
comes out Of the mix-up without mark.
The manner in which he drops his
chin on his chest and curls the muscles
OF his well developed shoulders act as q
natural guard and disconcerts an op-
ponent trying to get inside and infiict
damage
Neusel picked q tough customer In
Kennedy. The Coast heavyweight may
not be the best fighter In the world,
but he certainly knows how to go about
the business Of preventing the other
fellow from tagging him with q sleep
wallop. Kennedy had joust with Max
Baer three years ago and was returned
the winner. He did not do so well the
second time, as he was fiattened in
three rounds. Some time has passed
since those fights, but any one who
thinks Kennedy Is through should have
seen him against Stanley Poreda and
Isidoro Gastanaga recently.
TT WOULD be unfair to compare
Neusel with the better known
Schmeling, Schmeling was called
asy'isecond Jack Dempsey because Of
a. facial resemblance to the Manassa
Mauler. In action he was something
else. In his first start he was fortunate
in being credited with knockout over
Joe Monte. The referee was bit hasty
in stopping the fight after Monte had
been knocked down.
Thereafter Schmeling was keen dis
appointment to those who figured he
was q man with a knockout wallop.
1t is true Max was awarded knockout
over Johnny Risko, but 1t must be re-
called that Risko was on his feet try
ing to push the referee out of the way
and get back at Schmeling when he was
ordered to his corner. In all his fights
in this country Schmeling scored but
one clean knockout and that against
Pietro Corri.