Evening star., 1934-08-26
DamSlxi Aids Cupid.

manager, was the owner ana
matchmaker Of Berlin's famous
sports palace. He ran an amateur
show and discovered a promising star
in little follow who presented him
self at one Of his shows. He took the
boy under his wing and developed him
into the light-heavyweight and heavy
weight champion OF Germany. His
name was Walter Neusel.
DamSki used Schmeling several
times before the latter decided to
travel overseas with his manager,
whom he incidentally dropped when
Joe Jacobs stepped into the picture.
1t was this same Herr Danisd, who
introduced Schmeling to the lovely
Ann Ondryy whom he later married,
but Damsh did not get an invita-
ton to the wedding.
Ordered to leave his Jewish man
ager, Neusel declined and came to
this country. Victories over Les Ken
nedy, Tommy Loughran and Ray I'm
pellitiere stamped him as a real threat
In the heavyweight ranks.
Schmeling was stopped by Max
Baer and soundly trounced by Steve
Hamas, but the memory Of his punch
and colorful personality was ever pres
ent while he was in action.
Neusel falls far short Of being the
Snowman and fighter Schmeling was.
He is willing worker and bores in
continually. He does not have q one
punch knockout and lumbers all over
the ring until he gets in close and un-
looses barrage of short blows. There
is nothing spectacular about that. He
is a one-way fighter, and the fans do
not go much for that sort.
Bitter Battle In Prospect
CCHMELING was a distinct disap-
y pointment against Baer. Several
times he had the present cham
pion on the run and missed an oppor-
tunity Of scoring q knockout. When
he did go down and then got up be-
fore the count, he did the unpardon-
able thing by turning his back on his
opponent, and only the action Of the
referee in stopping the contest pre-"
vented a possible tragedy. Against
Hamas he was just as bad.
What he will do against Neusel Is
a problem. Schmeling is well fixed
He has no liking for the ring. His
wife earns as much as he and, while
she does not like her Max to be bat
tered up, victory would enhance her
popularity on the screen.
Neusel wants to win because he does
not care to fight in Europoe. He
wants to make his home in thif
country and victory over Schmeling
would put him In line for fight with
Baer.
1t will be a savage, bitter duel, be-
tween a man who has everything he
wants and is fighting for glory against
a man who does not know where his
next meal Is coming from and Ia
anxious to erase personal grudge.
If Schmeling retains the wallop he
showed in this country he should win
decisively. Otherwise, Neusel will give
him a busy time and pile up suf1-
cient points to win the decision and
send his rival into retirement.
Neusel Is Heavier.
HAMBURG, Germany, August 25
n R).-Walter Neusel will have
7-pound pull in weights when
the blond German heavyweight
tackles his compatriot, Max Schmel-
ing, in a 12-round bout tomorrow in
the enormous dirt track motor speed
way transformed into a stadium for
the fight.
Neusel tipped the beam at 1876
pounds; Schmeling at 189.
Both went through light workouts
in local gynnasiums this morning.
They appeared to be in excellent
condition.
In view of the intense interest, it
was estimated that a record attend
ance of nearly 100000 would be
on hand.