The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-17
MANY ANCLESON| l COMING MILLION . DOLLAR BATTLE.
Odds on Louis Despite K. 0. By Schmeling;
 Youth vs Experience
BY STUART CAMERON Limited Press Sports EditOr)

New York, June 17.-UP).-The fight-Joes Louis against Max Schmeling for the worlds heavy weight champion-was shaping up today as the first throwback to the golden decade of sports since the second Dempsey-Tunney fight in 1927.
 Dempsey and Tunney at Chivcago .Ringside seats which went for $20O and upwards the pair. Headlines from Syracuse to Singa- pore. A fifth consecutive boxing fate past the million-dollar mark. And a whole world waiting for the outcome.
 Later, they said it would never happen again; that such f1stic ex- travaganza would never be duplicat- ed, now that that golden decade 1920 to 1930-WaS passed.
 What A Gate!
 Eleven years have passed since that last million-dollar fight. (Ac- tually the gate was $2,65, ,666OD. The heavyweight title has changed hands six times since then but never under the fabulous conditions that prevailed at Chicago.
 But today, at long last, the spec tacle of 8 former champion trying to regain the title from the man he knocked out two years ago seem- ed certain to bring the golden decade back to life.
 Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling- it seems that there's hardly a man, woman or child old enough to read who are not waiting to find out who will be the better man on the night of next Wednesday, June g, 1888.
 The fight has all the angles of any great heavyweight fight in the past and still has angles to spare. There just isn't any beginning or ending of them. For one, there's that swell, old boxing bromide of a white man trying to establish the su- premacy of his race. Then, we have former champion trying to re- gain his crown, a feat attempted by four old-time title-holders and accplished by none.
 Probably no angle can match the one surrounding speculations on Schmeling's future if he should lose. Remember, Schmeling came to New York in 1886 to be a chopping block for the almighty Joe Louis, the tan tornado with living death in either hand. The press of his native Germany all but ignored the fact that he was to fight. The press of the United States speculated sole ly upon how short time it would take Louis to fatten the German.
 But Schmeling won; won by one of boXing's most amazing knock outs. Still not the champion of the world, Schmeling was rated No. 1 among the heavies. So he went back to Germany. Received enthusias- tically by Fuehrer Hitler, he became Germanys one great sporting figure, an example of Nazi culture and su- premacy.
 What if Schmeling loses now? What would the Reich think of him? What would become of Der Max and his gorgeous wife, film actress Amy Ondra?
 Perked Up
 Now, a Louis angle: He went into a decline after the Schmeling kayo, and only superlative showing against Matte Mann in New York last February restored some of hsi old-time prestige. And it was this showing which keeps Louis the fa- vorit ein the advance betting. This | betting, b ythe way, is somewhat | surprising in the face of Louis less than brilliant training camp show ings. Schmeling has trained Splen- didly.
 On Louis side are youth and speed; on Schmeling's, experience, tempered by the toll that age takes.
 So go the angles, these and many more. And they make Louis-Schmel- ing the biggest talking fight of a decade. It is just impossible to stop | for five minutes in any spot where men congregate and not hear fight | argument. Pullman porters and red caps, barkeeps and bankers. the taximan and the natty assistant ho- tel manager. They're all talking the fight.
 AS to the gate, one guess prob ably is as good as another. Coupled with radio and movie rights the re- ceipts might well pass the million mark. Even without these important items the actual paid attendance could go ovre that tital. There's something like $6O0,000 in the cof- fers of Promoter Mike Jacobs right now and fresh thousands are tumbling in every day. If this is an- other million-dollar fight it would be the third in New York history. The first was -Firpo in 1923 which drew $1,188603, and the sec ond was Dempsey-Sharkey in 1927, which drew $1,083,530.