The Washington times., 1938-06-22
Louis 8-5 FAU0rite
To Defeat Schmellng
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tering each other into a bloody
pulp.
And like the tusked cave men
who groped in the half lights OF
the dawning world, they will mum,
BILE the marvel of the conquered
wretch's fall as they flee to their
puebloS of Park Avenue or to their
tenementS in the teeming SlumS.
Michael Strauss Jacobs, who
stepped into the shoes of the de,
parted Tex Rickard as leading pro
moter of fistic sports, predicts q
miIlion-dollar gate. When an
oVerWorked, jangled-nerved corps
of assistants tumbled wearily into
their beds last night, the advance
sale had topped 100000. With
clear weather assured for tonight,
Jacobs is certain that the mystic
million mark will be passed before
the men step into the ring to
fight for the richest bauble in the
realm of sports.
President Franklin Della an
RooSevelt'S Refugee Aid Commit
tee will be the charity beneficiary.
Jacobs will turn over 10 per cent
of the receipts; less State and Fed
eral taxes, to this fund which, in
one of sports incongruitieS, is anti
Nazi in it's aims and Sympathies
So we have the anomalous condi'
ton of a German contributing to
the aid of society that is avowedly
hostile to the aims of his father
land.
LOUIS SHARE
Louis, the champion, will receive
40 per cent of the net receipts. and
Schmeling, the challenger, will re-
ceive 20 per cent of the receipts,
less taxes.
Most of the betting on the fight
is made on the proposition of a
knockout victory for either man.
Those who picked Louis to stop
the German bet 4 to S, which
seems to be unreaSonably short
odds. Jack Doyle, the sage OF
Broadway, quoted 1 to 8 against
Schmeling stopping Louis before
the end.
Opinion is as widely divided as
the poles as the wise discuss the
battle. Veterans of the fight
game, men who chip their words
te1l you that form players have
to pick Schmeling."
dumb" Dan Morgan, George
Lawrence, Sam Woodman, John
O'Brien, and the inimitable "Old
Professor" Bill Mccartney tell you
that Schmeling is a cinch.
JOE FAVORED
Jimmy Braddock, who was
belted out by Louis; Joe Gould
Walter Monahan, sparring part
ner of Jess Willard in the old days;
Warren Brown, Harry Salsinger
Max Baer, and a dozen others pick
Louis to win handily.
If the writer may add his voice
to the general discussion, like
Louis to win. He is younger and
a better two-fisted puncher. They
say that Louis can't take a punch
but the record of the last fight
proves that he took at least Sc
punches; smashing. righthand
punches before he toppled to the
canvas, knocked out for the first
time in his life.
Louis, however, must fight tht
greatest fight of his life to con
quer. This is true not only in the
physical aspects Of the battle, but
in the psychological sense. He viii
have to force Schmeling to fight
the way he wants to fight. He viii
have to cure himself in the rinl
of his basic fault of dropping hi!
left glove after landing a jab. i
Louis is able to dominate the rint
and make the Teuton fight hin
fast from start to finish. thu
Bomber will win.
If, on the other hand, Joe per
mits Schmeling to make the fight
If he permits the German to sta!
back and wait for shots with hi