The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-22
HEAVY CHAMP
BOUT TONIGHT
AT gin GOTHAM
Bettors on Great Battle
Have Many Angles to
Consider

NEW YORK, June -. ttP)-
Max Schmcling came to New
York by airplanc last night Tor
his heavyweight title light win
Joe Louis. J,.Ioet his
SDccmIator. n. V, training camp
49,. antomobilc i'm late afternoon
oHd was flown down u NcWarN'
airport from SchenGctaay'
N V by Dick Merrill, tranS-At-
lautic flier, IN a I"-P"S''''SN'
transport plane. L. 7,
Something's manager, Joe 90
c,bs who accompanied him IN the
onc-bour flight, declined To say
whore the challenger was pend
inr. the night. He'll be in bed by
~ however. and will probably
sleep until Ii tomorrow, ne SaiG'
adding that his charge was ie''-
ing fine. Ill no
principals tonight in one OF the
nrize rings most spectacular
dramas. a drama of vengeance;
gold and glory with the worla
HEAVYWEIGHT championship AT
stake.
These two men, who rode their
laundering fists to the pinnacle or
pupiIistic fame. will collide again
i'm n square of dazzling white
light in Yankee stadium ut 10
n m. before more than SO,OOO
SPECTATORS who probably will con-
tribute a million-dollar gate.
And virtually all the civilized
world will be waiting for the ,
flash that tells which man is bat
tered TO the canvas. because TINS
hattie has captivaeed the citizens
of all nations as probably no 9TH .
or fist fight ever staged.
Its tremendous appeal IS re
Elected i'm the army of fans who
have trekked to the battle scene,
many from great distances, and
in the unprecedented number of
wagerS being made. and IN the
soaring prices quoted by Specula.-
tors who have boosted some OF
the $50 ringSide tickets as high
as S22I, and in the brigade or
500 newspaper men assembled
from all quarters of the globe.
This is. the ultimate in prize
fighting. Schmeling. a great white
fighter and former champion, Is
irving to recapture the heavy
weight title from Champion Lou
is, a negro. The white vs.. black
angle is there. In addition, the
German challenger is trying to
upset ring tradition, because
down through the blows and blood
of Queensbcrry history, no heavy
weight ever has regained the title
after losing it. ~
Schmehng, the black-haired
slugger from Bad-Saarow, is APP
preaching 33 years in age. while
the Brown Bomber is only "a. At
80 man is considered old in the
ring. There is the ave VS.. youth
angle.
Ave vs.. youth was considered
ai-important on the night Of
June 10. 1886, when these two
men met for the first time in that
same Yankee stadium ring. But
its Importance was blasted when
the supposedly washed up Schmel-
ing stunned the boxing world by
knocking out young Louis in the
18th round. That was before Lou
is became champion - before the
Bomber wreSted the crown from
jim BraddOck at Chicago last
June % with an eighth-round
knockout. Since the night Make
Knocked out Louis, Joe has two
more years of experience and he
added confidence by winning the
title. Schmeling grew two years
older, when the years count heav-
lily Because of that two-year IN
term, boxing experts still stress
the Importance of age VS.. youth
in tOnight's brawl.
This has made Louis the bet
ting. favorite at 2-l to retain his
crown. The odds probably will
lengthen to 5-2 or 81 before ring
time because of the plcntitude of
Louis money flowing through
hammers Lane.
Schmehng was victorious yeSter-
day in the first inter-camp argu-
ment that Sprouted since the
match was made. The boxing COM
mission voted that Make and Joe
tonight must wear gloves man.
ufactured in New York. Louis
wanted Chicago-made gloves, to
which Schmeling objected because
of the unusual length of their
thumbs. Each glove will weigh a
fraction more than six ounces.
This Schmeling victory was off
set however, by the commissions
refusal to re-instate Something's
so-ealled manager, Joe Jacobs, as
a second. Hence Jacobs will not
be able to work in Makes corner
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