The Washington times., 1936-06-18
Can't Pick
Aught But
Louis!
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

Times Sports Editor
NEW YORK, June
ia couple of shut
flers mosey into the a.
foot ring at Yankee
Stadium t o morro W
night, take a squint
at each other a n d
start to throw r Q d
leather, when Joseph
Barrow Louis, to give
him his full dues,
and Herr Maximillian
Adolf Otto Seigfred
Schmeling essay Is
rounds Of fisticuff-
ings.
I stress in the early part Of
this dissertation that both boys
are shufflers because the fact
is important. They both crowd
forward and come wading for
ward, feet dragging the can
vas.
This means that in order to
effect a knockout, one or the
other has got to straighten up
his opponent and get him out
Of his crouch.
The first man to do that will
be the winner and it is my modest
prediction the gentleman in the
woodpile will be ]. Barrow Louis.
Caught in Avalanche
I take no credit whatsoever for
evolving a Louis victory out OF
the avalanche Of expert opinion
which has been forthcoming. AS
in the case of Dempsey and Tun-
ney in 1925, none can see aught
but Louis in this fight, just as
none could possibly fathom any
thing but a Dempsey victory in
1926.
In other words, I am going
along with the crowd on this
fight, not having had the oppor-
tunity to see either man in train
ing. I therefore find myself
caught swirling in the preponder'
ance Of public opinion in behalf OF
Louis.
But let me remind you that
things happen in the ring, just
as they did that fateful Septem-
Der night to Dempsey in Phila.
delphia, and since then wouldn't
swear in advance as to the out
come of any ring encounter. It's
the upsets that make boxing
baseball, football and horse racing
Both Well Trained
They tell me Louis and Schme
ling are trained to the second
Such a statement sounds and is
trite but often will stand investi
cation. The same comment was
made about Dempsey as he left
Atlantic City prior to the Sesque
centennial fight; yet he was In
the worst shape of his career
what with an aggravated intesti
nal disorder and a bad mental
state from the imminence Of
process servers.
Baer, too, was reported in great
physical fettle prior to his fight
just a year ago with James Brad
dock, yet in the ring he seemed
soft, sluggish and entirely without
an appetite for his task.
No hoax has been played on the
public in the assurance which
comes from the two camps that
Louis and Schmeling are ready
Their bodies are bronzed almost
to an identical tint. Neither ever
had frivolous habit that could
possibly throw him out of kilter
Two Of a Kind
Each is phlegmstic, unimagina.
tive. serious and intent on h1E
work. Thus the patrons will see
two men tonight with a single OBJ
jective, one we'll past his prime
in a fighting sense and the other
midway Of the magic ladder that
will eventually carry him to the
very peak Of his profession.
Two duckers and weavers and
shutters who can hit as hard as
Louis and Schmeling make an
ideal match for this barbaric bust
ness which is boxing.
OF course the margin is in favor
of Louis and there is no way to
twist that fact into any less direct
statement. Joe is younger and
a harder hitter. He can either
box or slug.
He will do much of both tomor
row night the instant Schmeline
comes out Of his shell and starts
to move in on him.
Louis hits with the swiftness OF
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