The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-03

Old Charley was fresh from seeing Camera camp on Thomas Loughran's corns while pushing the professor around the premises
 What kind of manager is Maurice Lasky, if he really be- lieve his younger and bigger brother, Art, is the man killer he is painted out there on the Gold en Slope, where Baer grew up and broke in?
 Lasky, a rangy chap of Minne- apolis. who dropped three letters of his real name, Lakofsky, for pugilistic purposes, has been at 1t five years, which is the prescribed period for the development of a heavyweight.
 He knocked out Joe Sekyra in 1880, went 10 heats with Car nera in 1882, stopped Charley Retzlaff and outgalloped Hans Birkie last year, and belted King Levinsky around in his most re- cent start.
 Certainly, Lasky's record entities him to recognition, and it just so happens that he is the boy Baer prefers to box.
 "Lasky is a puncher and Jew Wed get the most money with him." remarked Ancil Hoffman, handler of the new champion. But there hasn't been a peep from Brother Maurice.
 To date, only two who possibly might be considered as the first challenger of Baer have been heard from.
 Naturally, one is Camera. Af- ter what happened in the Sunken Garden the other night, one would suspect that they couldn't drag the Venetian Leviathan in there with Baer again with tractor. But 1t seems to be the style for de- throned champion to ask for more, no matter how badly he is beaten.
 Jimmy Bronson spoke for the re- maining candidate, Herr Walter Neusel, the big and blond Vest phalian chemist who knocked out Stanley Poreda and got off the floor to outfinish Levinsky last win ter, edged out Loughran this spring, and who goes against his couRtryman. Max Schmeling, in Hamburg on Aug. 30.
 Bronson, who elped Gene Tun- ney during the war days and sec onded the Manly Marine in his battles with Jack Dempsey and swan song with Tom Heeney, and who has guided scores of scrappers, has been the American represen- 4nk af NattSn1 and htG n nd wiser, Paul Damski, who was moter due to Nazi trouble.
 Perhaps old Charley Harvey and Maurice Lasky feel like Bronson, who. standing in his office, a sparse half block away, pointed to Madi- son Square Garden, and said:
 "There is a piece of paper in the safe right over there in that Garden which gives Neusel some thing of claim to match with BaeF, but it never will be exer- cised if have my way.
 ''I have yet to send a fighter of mine into 8 match which I did not believe he could win. As ca- pablo as Neusel is, am firmly con- vinced that he would not have Chinaman's chance against hit ter like Baer.
 "Baer is a killer, that's what he is. If I acquisced to Neusel meet ing him, and Walter was hurt, it would be my fault. And I do not intend to run the risk of having the death of fine boy on my hands.
 So you see that the counselor of one prospective opponent is wary of Baer, a swatter like Jack Demp- sey and the first genuine heavy weight titleholder since Tunney called 1t career six years ago. And the other eligible challengers are hesitant, to say the least.
 A majority of competent critics declare that Baer and his punch ing power would have to be given favorable consideration in a battle with any of the great champions of the past.
 Camera is one of the mighty few who assert that Max Adelbert can't smack 'em like a Kansas cy- clone.
 "He no hurt me-" mumbled Primo, after being dropped II times and stopped. "The foot. that's all that hurt, the foot"
 Camera is like the batter who returns to the bench shaking his noggin after striking out, and sneering. "He ain't got a thing"