Evening star., 1936-06-20
JACOBS IS CERTAIN
ALL WILL Be OKAy
Braddock, Witness of Max's
Triumph, Says German Is
Target for Left lab.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

" dock, who have now combined
to spill more fistic dope than
any other brace of boxers in heavy
weight history, will fight for the world
championship in long-shot play-off
this September at Yankee Stadium.
There are flock of arguments to
be waged. contracts to untangle and
differences to smooth out between
rival promoting interests, but Mike
Jacobs, representing the goth Gen.
tury Sporting Club, declared today
he expected to reach an agreement
with all concerned and conduct the
match.
Jacobs already has Schmeling's
signed agreement for a title bout,
a precaution he took. despite the
solemn assurances of all within ear
shot that it was just a fancy gesture
and wouldn't mean a thing after
Joe Louis finished operating on the
German veteran.
Braddock is under contract with
Madison Square Garden for the first
defense of the title he won from Max
Baer a year ago. The Garden has
until August to name the challenger,
but Schmeling automatically became
the No. contender by his l2-round
knockout of the erStwhile Brown
Bomber.
Their Comebacks Parallel.
It's now up to Jacobs and the Gar
den to get together The betting on
Broadway today was odds-on that
the hatchet quickly will be buried, in
the vicinity of Forty-ninth street, and
that the two Cinderella men of boxing
will square off three months hence.
It's one Of the strangest turns in
all sport; in fact, two complete somer-
saults, that finds Braddock and
Schmeling as top men in the heavy
weight fight ndustry-scarcely two
years after each was rated just
washed up" veteran, his future be-
hind him and no place to go except
oblivion, so far as the ring was con-
cerned.
Turn back the pages to 1884. Schmel-
ing by then had profted handsomely
from the ring, married the beautiful
Amy Ondra, film star, and returned
to his German estate, while Braddock
was struggling to get preliminary
fights so that he could earn enough
money to keep his family from actual
starvation. Beyond this contrast, how
ever, they were in the same bracket
so far as the fight critics were con-
cerned.
Schmeling had been knocked out by
Max Baer, beaten badly by Steve Ha-
mas, but he continued to fight at in
tervals in Europe Evidently the Ger
man, like Braddock, but for different
reasons, refused to concede the ver-
dict he was through" Perhaps the
one inspired the other, for it was fol-
lowing Braddock's surprising triumph
over Baer for the title, just a year
ago, that Schmeling took more inter-
est in a comeback himself
Schmeling, for the asking, could
have had a title match with Braddock
this year without first encountering
Louis
Studied Louis Style.
IT studied Louis carefully" said
Schmeling today as he received con-
gratulations from all over the world.
Il found from the pictures that he
was easy to hit with right hand.
planned my whole campaign accord
1ngly Everything was concentrated
in my right. I knew would have to
take punishment from his left, to have
an opening for my right cross, but
won the way I figured.
Now hope to beat Braddock and
become the first man to regain the
heavyweight championship. 1 don't
underestimate the champion, but
believe can hit him hard and often
enough to win"
Braddock, meanwhile, saw his own
Judgment of Louis sustained The |
champion had insisted the Negro was
not a Super fighter" such as his |
sensational career indicated. The |
1rishman, after viewing last nights |
fight at close range, likewise paid his |
respects to Schmeling
Max fought good fight and won |
with surprising ease but a good left |
jab can beat him." said the champion. |
He didn't say so, but he left the i'm
preston he felt fairly confident Of |
his own left jab, the weapon that |
beat Max Baer.
Louis Future Still Promising.
Braddock and Schmeling hold the |
spotlight but Louis likely will punch |
his way back into it before another |
year rolls around. The Negro's me-
teoric rise was checked abruptly, the /
myth of his invincibility blasted, but |
he isn't through, not at the age Of % |
and with as many fistic assets as he |
has developed in so short a career.
1t may be, as Mike Jacobs says, that
the setback will make better fighter
out of the Negro boy, in the long run.
Whether he was victim of over-con-
fldence, as well as Schmelings right
hand smashes, it is certain the entire
Louis camp underestimated the Ger
man, along with most every one else.
They have been fed on the super
fighter stuff for so long that perhaps
they couldn't be blamed for believing
1t was true.
Even in decisive defeat Louis an
swered the one question experts had |
asked oftenest: Can he take it?"
The Negro took a terrific right hand
paSting for the better part of II
rounds but went down ony twice, in
the fourth for no count and in the
last for 10" He took it," all right,
but Schmeling also took all his bombs
away from him and left him seeming
very much like a little brown boy
who had lost his favorite toys and
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