Evening star., 1937-12-15

n YEW YORK, Dec 15.-There Is
M an ugly suspicion stirring
around the neighborhood that
Joe Louis, the countrys fore
most ambidextrous sleeper for time
and distance, was sneaking fast cat
nap the other evening at the Max
Schmeling- Harry Thomas fight. When
1t was over, Joe said:
Il didn't see nothin' special"
This was by way of being parody
on Herr Schmeling's famous statement
after the Louis-Paulino fight two years
ago, when the German watched the
Bomber" in action for the first time
and remarked, with highly mysteri-
GUS expression on his pan: II seed
something's" He meant that he saw
hole in Louis armor, and time
proved him to be absolutely correct.
MAX drove a team of oxen through
that hole few months later.
Much to Be Seen.
WELL, the shoe was on the other
dog Monday night, with Louis
scouting Schmeling. And when Joseph
says that he didn't see nothin' special
he Is proving the States case to the
hilt, because the only way you could
fail to see something special about
that fight would be to slumber stoutly
through the sixth, seventh and eighth
rounds, inclusive.
II Joe slept-and IL character wit
nesses will swear that he might have
done SO, having stayed up roisterine
with bowl of three-flavored ice cream
until well after 9 pm. the night before
he spared himself a great deal of
anguish. He missed the sight of
Schmeling's right hand cutting the
Thomas mandible to ribbons. Max
never looked better, and I hope for his
own sake that Joe never slept sounder
When the fight was over, Joseph
pried open his eyes with a skillful
Jimmy and made some well-chosen re-
marks.
HUH" said Joe.
This was merely the first paragraph.
II didn't see nothin' special" said
Joe.
He was warming up now.
"Smellin' can be hit" said Joe.
THAT Thomas hit him plenty in the
early rounds. Only that Thomas don't
punch very good That Thomas
th'ows his punch from way back.
When hit Smellin III hit him short,
and he'll feel it.
Holds Louis Easier to Hit.
WON'T fool around with smellin'
next time. won't let him tag me
again. Las time was IL rounds in a
log. This time I'll tag him first. l
want to fight that fella bad, because I
don like it when he goes around sayin'
that I am easy and he can lick me
any time.
I'll beat him up" said Joe drows-
lily. The sandman was on his way
back to play return engagement
It's true that Schmeling has been
calling Joe an easy mark. After the
Thomas fight the Uhlan was most
tactless.
Louis is easier to hit than Thomas. 3"
he said. Louis, he's cinch to hit.
Thomas is harder than he looks. I had
trouble landing on him the first two,
three rounds, But I was rusty. said
to myself, Max, you are rusty But
pretty soon I got the feel of the fight.
How far did it go? Eight rounds? !?
Well, that's good. That's good work.
out. Now I need two more fights and
am ready for Louis"
OF course, there isn't much sense in
that last statement. You can't afford
to do your warming up in the same
ring with Joseph the Jolter 1t ought
to be attended to beforehand. But
Max will attend to it. When he meets
the Beige Bon Bon next June he'll be
as sharp and we'll conditioned as any
fighter his age can be.
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