Evening star., 1933-05-31
GERMANS EARRING
RIGHT IS PROBLEM
American, Loaded With Ring
Assets, May Lack Skill
to Beat Invader.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

~ 3l.-MdX BdeT dL IIle lIlO-
4 l ment was taping big pair
of hands. Looking up sud-
denly, he offered this comment:
''I've fought some bad fights in my
time and I've fought some care
less ones. I've lost some I should
have won. But this is one fight
I'm going to win. I'd rather grab
this one than all the others put
together. This next fight gets 100
per cent of all I've got to give it..
I'm not undertaking Max Schmel-
ing" he continued. II know he is
smart, strong, clever and good puncher.
I'll be 18 pounds heavier, inches taller
and a little faster, with a longer reach.
I know he has a good right, but I'll
have two hitting hands against his one.
In the last 18 months I've had IA fights
to Schmeling's q And I don't believe
Schmellng ever has been tagged before
as hard as I expect to nail him"
You don't want to let him tag you
too often with that right hand" sug-
gested.
"You may have noticed in my last
two workouts. Baer said. that I've
spent most Of the time building up
better defense-especially against a
short right. I don't mean by this that
expect to put on any defensive fight
like the attacking side n lot better
and I've worked on that siGe most of
the time. That's Why have been CIV
ing little more time to defense lately"
Baer has taken his share of hard
punches and he never has been knocked
down, but he knows it won't help him
to take too many of those Schmeling
rights on the point of the chin, no mat
ter how much concrete his chin may
carry.
THE Livermore Larruper is extremely
l. fast for big man. He is loose
and easy looking in action, with
out any sign of tying up. He can make
either a right or left hand whistle
with sweeping lash, which has
world of hitting power attached.
1t isn't going to be easy to hit
Schmeling with those far-thrown
vallops, but if only small percentage
land they will pile up damage.
since Dempsey's day. with a failing
right hand-and good left-which
must hurt
Baer doesn't need any more power
or speed. He has two main problems
to work out
One is to find way to hit Schmeling
on some vulnerable spot. The other
is to keep away from Schmeling's hard,
Jolting righ hand.
Baer's late switch to more defensive
schooling was smart move. He has
1irrt1f srot
winner of 200 amateur fights, who is
faster than brace of blue streaks.
Baer's workouts with Simpson have
been almost entirely defensive lately.
The big Californian still is too wide
open-too easy to hit. He has been
lucky in Juggling an iron jaw and a
steel-shod stomach into action. giving
him more protection or durability than
any other fighter the ring knows today.
THERE has been nothing careless
l. about Baer's training He has been
working hard, with his minG or ;he
main job
He arrived in Atlantic City weighing
235 pounds and hn now is down to 2l0
You Don't drop 25 pounds loafing and
laughing. Today ne looks lean, lighter
and hard. Those immense shoulders
show the hitting power he must cary
for they are loose, free moving shoul-
ders which work with his arms.
Mike Cantwell dn Getting part of his
training, says his entry has been will
ing all the way to follow advice and
have himself really for this next shot
mo fighter ever had the chance I've
got" Baer said. Here I am at c3 only
two fights away from the big title But
Just at present I'm concentrating on
this German. He is the one I want
and the one I'll have to whip before the
other chance can ever come"
From now on Baer will concentrate
largely on speed. mixing up more
schooling in both attack and defense
In more accurate hitting and better
blocking.
Weight and size alone don't mean
anything" he said, but when they are
hooked to speed they mean a lot"
you've never been knocked down
yet" some one said, but this fellow
will hit you harder than you've ever
been hit before
That may be rue" Baer replied,
''but he also may get hit harder
than he ever was before 1 don't ez-
around with nothing to do excep. let
this fellow hit me on the chin. l also
have a pair of hands"
One Of the strongest features of
Baer's outlook is a two-handed offense
His straight left jab may be unim-
portant but his left to the body is
savage thrust, boiling over with steam.
He has two good hands and this always
gives any opposing defense more
trouble.
Baer will have to watch Schmeling's
right. Schmeling will have two hostile
fists to guard against, and they will be
busy fists, even when they are missing.
OAER either has forgotten all the
ID troubles that have tangled him up
at one time or another, or else
he is a finished actor
II he isn't completely care-free, there
never was such a person. He likes
every part of the game. He seems to
belong right in the middle of it.
He still may be around looking for
a laugh, but he hes cut away most Of
his clowning He is swinging into the
stretch at increasing speed, with COM
plete confidence in the weapons he Will
carry into battle-youth. size, speed,
height, reach. power, durability, stamina
and courage.
The one doubtful point may be the
word skill With little more OF that
there would be no one even close.
CTomorrow-At Schmeling's camp
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