The Washington times., 1936-06-17
Picks Joe
To Defeat
German
By DAVIS J. WALSH
International NeUS SerDtce
Sports Editor

NEW YORK, June 17.-There
is a moment just after the first
bell when Joe Louis, black terror
with the birds-eye maple complex.
ion and the candid, open look Of
a Sunday roast, stands there paw
ing aimlessly with his left hand
and all seems quite superb. Then,
while lulled into sense OF fancied
security, something appalling ex-
plodes right in your face, the lights
grow dim and pretty soon they're
carting you off to the nearest
sexton.
The same effect may be had with
motor bus, provided you're care
full to parry it with the back Of
your neck. But a falling safe
would be simpler.
It sounds like the time to duck
while the man is still in the midole
of his back-Swing, well before the
explosion shot has taken its dlvot.
But I happen to know that Max
Schmeling plans to do something
else.
Kindly Omit Flowers
While Louis is still paving,
Schmeling is fixing to cross his
right, or Saturday and matinee
punch, over the others extended
left hand and sit him down on
the tapestry in the opening minute
of play. It's exactly the same
punch with which Dempsey first
clipped Tunney in the seventh
round at Chicago and, if it works
this time, there will indeed be a
prize fight at the Yankee Stadium
tomorrow night.
If it doesn't, kindly omit flowers.
It's the only chance that
Schmeling can be validly given.
He's 80, slow, a little laundered as
a competitor, has one good hand
against two that are better ana
he can't take a tough punch.
Louis isn't as good as he was
six months ago. but he won't have
to be. He can win this one while
wearing a boiled shirt and a pair
of old-faShioned football pants.
This, of course, is Walsh speaking,
the man who sees all, hears all
and is pretty sure it's today.
It's the same fellow who was to
go off the Metropolitan Tower last
year after Braddock beat Baer,
only certain unforeseen difficulties
arose. He was afraid, for in
stance, that if he hit somebody, it
wouldn't be Baer.
Anyhow, I saw Sharkey have
Schmeling hanging on after a
left jab. And that was four years
ago. In the Baer fight, he.
Schmeling, was nailed right away
with long punch and never got
over it. He said later that the
terrific heat got his legs and he
couldn't get moving, but what he
meant was the heat of Baer'S
punch. And that was three years
ago.
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Neither the reflexeS nor the
sineWs improve with the years
and Schmeling has never been
hit with a punch like Louis.
Sharkey was only fair puncher.
So was Stribling. Pauline was
a human tobacco pouch who
opened up just in time to take
his shower in the dressing room
and Risko couldn't knock you
down with ten pin. Anyway,
the first time Schmeling got hit
by real puncher, he was
knocked out. And that was
three years ago.
No, Louis doesn't have to be
good this time. He can win on
an off night against man who
is easy to hurt and easier to
hit. He'll probably do it quickly,
unless Schmeling drops in his
pot shot right away like Tunney
did at Philadelphia. I'd say his
chance of doing this is about
one in six, and it's worth taking.
So is his 100000 purse, but
maybe I shouldn't have men,
toned that. After all, glorious
victory is mans real incentive.
Incidentally, about that Brad
dock business last year, that was
really all right. In fact. almost
flawless. I didn't pick the En-
pire state Building.