The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-24
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Louiis-Baer Fight Is Next
Likely Schedule; Ger
man to Sail in July B..
BY JACK cuDDY
u,;t.d PRESS Staff Correspondents

Mike Jacobs yesterday was ar
ramoin% n probable Joe LOUIS
Make Baer championship n'".ei'
in September, while Max scum -
INC unfortunate principal III III
"Wednesday nights a6brey.liateu
hrawi was hospitalized with d
back injury. II u,.a will
sfaoe this LouiS-Baer heavyweignIt
championship fight IN New lorN
or Chicago if Baer and ms man
ooer. Ancil Hoffman, VIII accept
reasonable terms. .,,o,
Schmeling, the German veteran
or5 Former titleholler, lay IN be-
in room ITO in New lOf" ;
polyclinic hospital, victim VI
what ne and his manager; Joe
Jacobs, called foul punch m
"Wednesday nights LoulS-Schn'ei-
ING title fiaSco at Yankee Stao-
ium. .,....,d
HOSPITAL physicians indicated
Schmeling, who lost on TWO
minute and four-second knockout
in the bouts first round, must
remain abed for three weeks
They said his back was badly out
not necessarily seriously injured
kidney punch.
The unfortunate Herr Schmel-
ing does not want to remain IN
the hospital for three weeks. Ac--
cordinUly. he will be transported
i'm an ambulance to the liner Bre-
men on July = and sail Tor MS
native Germany.
Schmeling and Manager Joe
Jacobs insist the challenger was
struck lin the kidney" by one OF
Louis explosive rights while
Make was draped over the ropes
before the first knockdOwn. They
claim this blow fractured a con-
nection of the third vertebra. and
that It was a paralyzing Illegal
blow.
Hence both Schmeling and Man
ager Jacobs demand that the Ger
man be given third or rubber
match with Champion Louis,
whom Sehmeling knocked out IN
their first bout two years ago.
But Promoter Mike Jacobs,
who staged Wednesday nights
sl.Ol5. O96 bout, has other ideas.
He believes a third LOuiS-Schmel-
ing battle will not draw any
money, wherever held, because of
Wednesday nights massacre. He
believes a return bout between
Louis and the reformed Baer VIII
draw close to a million either IN
New York or Chicago. If Baer
will accept reasonable terms,
the bout will be slated. Promoter
Mike says Louis is ready to fight
in September if the match can be
made, even though the champion
must give most of the September
purse to the government IN IN
come taxes.
Louis, unmarked after his quick
victory, met a brigade of writer's
and camera men in the afternoon
at the Hippodrome and assured
them he was willing to fight IN
September. But, he said, be
fore then Pm going to take my
first vacation in Europe. Julian
Black and /, with our wives, Will
sail for Europe on the Normandle
or Queen Mary about July 9th.
We will spend II days in Paris
and London" Black is one OF
Joe's co-managers. The champion
and his encourage left last night
for Chicago.
Former Champion Make Baer
said he was most DESTROYS Of en-
gaging Louis in return bout to
blot out. the disgrace of his knock
out in 1885 by Louis. Make, who
witnessed Wednesday nights
fight, said, Il am convinced that
Louis is not a knockout puncher.
The referee had TO stop the bout
after Joe hit Schmelng with
everything but the bucket. / guess
the Lord ordained that | should
be knocked out by Louis before.
That Knockout and my fathers
later death convinced me that
God was trying to make me
change my path. Those two ad-
versities made me realize that l
was like strong building with a
weak roof. They changed my
character and | am a better man
and a better fighter now"
Chairman John j. Phelan of
the New York boxing commission,
visited Schmeling at the hospital
and studied X-Rays which indi-
Gated the challenger indeed had
been struck with a kidney punch.
Chairman Phelan listened to a
description by Something's physi-
clan of the injury which appar-
emily came from a blow in the
kidney area. The physician is DR..
Robert Emery Brennan, professor
of surgery at the Polytechnic.
Technical description of the in
jury is "a fracture of the trans
verse process of the third lumbar
vertebra, with a hemorrhage of
the lumbar muscles" The third
vertebra is parallel to the kidney.
DIR. Brennan said the injury, while
painful and possibly serious, need
not necessarily be serious if
Schmeling remains quiet for
three weeks.
DR.. Brennan's evening bulletin
said Schmeling was resting quite
comfortably and that the dag
nosis was favorable" although
ne must be under observation for
several days. This bulletin stymi-
ed widespread reports during the
afternoon that Schmeling was
dead.
Chairman Phelan explained to
! reporters at the hospital that
there were no grounds to the
claims of "foup' by Sehmeling':
handlers. He said the commission
rules specified that "any deliber
: ate blow to the kidney" would re
suit in a warning by the refere,