Evening star., 1936-12-11
TEUTON IS FACING
R|NGHEADS TODAY
Mention of Fight Between
Joe and Braddock Is
Irksome to Max.
BY JOHN LARDNER.
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BY JOHN LARDNER.
n YEw YORK, December 1l.-Max
M Schmeling, the reSaddled
VI Uhlan of the Rhine, will visit
L ' the boxing commissioners to-
day and deliver a long sermon on the
subject of himself It ought to be the
best thing Of its kind since old John
Knox signed of, because Herr
Schmeling. when speaking about him.
self and for himself, is a stern, i'm
passioned and eloquent orator.
He will fix the commissioners with
a gimlet eye and ask them to search
their consciences and examine their
souls. He will paint for them a vivid
picture of the hell fires that burn
eternally for those who sin against
Max Schmeling. This is the most
heinous sin in the whole book, ac-
cording to Max. and he won't let the
commissioners forget it.
Briefly, our Teuton friend will in
struct the cauliflower tribunal to ex-
communicate Mr.. Jimmy Braddock If
he so much as exchanges nod with
Joe Louis prior to his title engagement
with Schmeling.
This talk about BraddoJk- Louis
bout has got the Uhlan burned brown
on both sides. He regards the PROPOSE
ton with loathing and disgust, and,
furthermore. he doesn't like it. The
kissing sound you heard just then was
Herr Schmeling sizzling in his own
juice.
Sizzles Coldly But Effectively.
HE ISN'T what you would call de-
monstrative sizzler. He sizzles
coldly, efficiently. and for distance
shculder-shrugging and yelling have
no place in Makes repertoire. He
simply fixes you with that gimlet eye
and proceeds as described above.
And meanwhile, the principal target
of his wrath will be going noncha-
lantly about his own business. mean
Joe Louis. You must put Joe high up
on your list of guys who don't care a
fig what Schmeling thinks. Joe will
fight Eddie Simms in Cleveland Mon
day night, and then he will fight some
other cove somewhere else, and then
wind and weather permitting, he will
attempt to go through with his nom
title fight with Braddock. The last
thing in the world to deter Joe from
this program would be the thought of
Schmeling's feelings.
"Wha's that man worried about?'
said Joseph when they told him that
Max was deeply chagrined by the plot
to match Louis and Braddock. Hell
eit his fight with Braddock II he just
waits. And he can fight me any time
he wants to. I druther fight Smelling
than Braddock, anyways, but he won't
fight me-"
To be sure, Mr.. Louis having been
introduced into the fight racket IN
the very budding Of his formative
youth. knows almost nothing about the
rights Of man and the sanctity of the
verbal or written contract. Don't
hold It against him. They don't teach
pthics in the fight racket, for the sound
reason that ethics are q handicap to q
young man who Is going places. Our
public schools are way behind the
night racket in the matter Of educa-
tional theory.
simms Fight Workout for Joe.
THIS fight that Joe is fighting with
- Eddie Simms Monday night is not
going to be any epic. It's designed
merely to keep the brown grenader in
tune. He needs work. He was trifle
ragged against Sharkey and Ettore,
and his battle with Jorge Brescia, the
South American, didn't last long
enough to give his sponsors line on
what the boy can do in this A. 8. era
"A. S. meaning after Schmeling, q
most important chronological item In
Joe's career.
The Simms fight is not unattractive
IN a fiscal way Eddie, being a local
boy. figures to draw a pretty fair gate
in Cleveland. They are mentioning
the sum Of $50,00O gross, which would
be all right. Simms is a fellow with a
stout skull and adequate punching
power. You may remember him as the
gentleman who moused Max Baer's
eve in an exhibition bout in the days
when Baer was champion and allegedly
invincible.
recall that marvellous Make showed
q strong disinclination to talk about
Simms when he came East for the
Braddock fight shortly thereafter. His
eye still was family purple around the
rim
Where did you get that thermometer
MAXI" some tactless critic asked him.
THE eye?" said Make. Il think