Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-06-26
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the color line, or, rather, withdrawing
withdrawing the colored line OF
mittmen from competition. How
some-ever, it's rather depressing that
it takes a draft from the other side
of the big ditch to do it. This fellow,
Schmeling, from Der Faderland OF
Hitler, poked Joe Louis on the
"schmeller", putting him out of bust
ness; and Mr.. Ettore, from the Sum
ny Italy Of Mussolini, told Haynes
that so far could he come and no fur
Their: and, after all, this country IS
now looking for a real white hope, an
honest-to-goodness American to fall
heir to the cloak which dropped from
the shoulders of such men as Tun-
ney, Dempsey, Willard, Jeffries, Sui
Ivan, Corbett and the rest Of 'em.
ANYHOW, we're waiting for Schmellng
to put up his dukes before Braddock,
and see afterwards whether he'll tele-
graph the news to Germany, float
home in a dirigible, or prefer to take
a cattle ship back to European shores.
You know, the way I look at it,
there was something dusky about that
set-to between the German and the
american, besides Louis himself.
Seems to me he preferred to look the
other way when Schmeling tele-
graphed his right-hand sucker punch,
and the color line appeared sort OF
dazed, mainly because he couldn't fig
ure out why he wasn't put to sleep,
before more than fifty blows had con-
nected with the so-called button. And
when the Brown Bum did decide to
slide down the ropes to the resin and
canvas, the pictures show him resting
his head comfortably on his glove for
a pillow and snoozing only as one of
his ilk knows how. They say he
didn't come to for two minutes. Well,
that was long enough. No use over
doing the thing.
Nevertheless, there are some folks
in this immediate neighborhood who
think differently from me; they
swear the fight was on the level. The
only thing level about it was the floor
in the squared circle. Those POGO
nloke lads who say the bout was
plumb, level, and square, just don't
want to think their money was stolen.
They have also little pride in their
ability to size up "go," and what
they say goes. Well, maybe they'll be
little more particular next time on
the odds they give, at least.
But can hear that manager Of
Louis saying to him before the spree.
Look here, Niger, you got to do a
little acting up this evening. You're
Just bit too young to reach the end
of your rope yet awhile. You lick
this guy from Hunland and you'll get
just one more fight-Braddock will be
your last set-to. What does that
mean? 1t means that the flow of dol
lars and cents into your and my chest
will be damned. (No cussinO Now
you let this big duffer fail you with
his right, until he fails you often
enough, and then gently pass out of
the picture"
And Louis comes back with: Cali
right, Boss, ef'n / knows how dats
done SOS it won't smell too rancid.
Ah'll do the fadeaway best ah knows
how, and leah you to do the res. :"
And he done it. Now, after it's all
over, the black mans manager says,
II reckon now that Louis is beaten,
there'll be plenty of boys want to fight
him." Just what he was working for,
and now he's going to let Louis
rest 60 awhile, and in the meantime
map out new campaign, rake in the
shekels all over again, and maybe re-
peat last weeks little show indefinite
ly until Louis reaches an age when it
will be considered wise to risk fight
which might relegate him to the has
beens.
Well, let me advise the sporting
young blood to send more money after
that you lost last week. You bet or
the black man when next he puts or
the mitts. He'll win all right. Trouble
is, you are going to find it difficult
to find money on the other side. Il
you do, that will be proof I'm right
in my diagnosis of the Schmeling-.
Louis fracas.
But, boys, be good and save youl
money; put it away for rainy day
and think hard before you spend il
then be sure it's raining hare
enough. Braddock and Schmeling arr
to fight in September and just please
remember that Braddock isn't going
to show the German that the shape OF
his law lust fits the Dutchman'S fist