Evening star., 1938-06-09
OSBORNE CALLED
TURN ON TUNNEY
Also CIocked Baer in Bout
With Joe-YearS Seem
IL to Improve German.
BY GALE TALBOT,
Associated Press SPORTS Writer.


SPECULATOR, N. Y, June e.
Bill Osborne, who owns everything
around here. including the overgrown
cottage In which Max Schmeling lives
for the moment, says that the Ger
man Is an absolute cinch to knock
the daylights out of Joe Louis again.
Osborne has been sitting here watch
ing the big fellows 60 forth to victory
or defeat ever since Gene Tunney
came up in the summer of 1926 to
get ready for his first fight with Jack
Dempsey. He is one Of the very few
who ectually saw Tunney take up
reading BOOKS, and, justifiably, he is
considered something Of an oracle.
Il knew" he recalls, that Gene
was going to win the title. Just like
I know now that Max is going to
spread Louis like rug. They are a
lot alike if you study them closely.
Max has that same confidence th/t
Gene had, and he works just as hard.
Nov, take Max Baer on the other
hand. knew he was scared to death
the day he left here to go in and fight
Louis. He was scared all the time
he was training. How anybody picked
him 70 win can't figure out. Why,
did you know that Jack Dempsey
slapped him half dozen times in the
dressing room before the fight, trying
to make him mad and make his knees
stop shaking?
Age Improves Max.
II told everybody what was going
to happen to him, just like I'm tell
ing you now that Schmeling will
bring over that right of his and
pop-there will be Louis on the floor.
I'm just as sure as that this lake here
will be frozen over next winter"
That, it might be pointed out, Is
pretty certain. because the lake in
question was frozen feet thick only
q few months ago.
Whether Mr. Osborne is right about
the impending brawl we won't know
for fortnight, but this writer is in
clined to string along with him un-
less there are some extra-strong signs
and portents to the contrary very soon.
AS the community's most promi-
nent citizen points out, Max knocked
out the big Negro the last time they
met, and can you give any good rea-
son why he shouldn't do it again?
Sure. he is two years older, but the
strange part about it is that the bland
German looks two years better.
Learned Late to Use Right.
He does, at least, to this observer,
who is inclined to think after watching
Max box a dozen rounds here that he
is perhaps the greatest hideful of
fighter he has looked upon. That is,
his straight right, delivered from any
angle, is the most fearsome weapon
these eyes have seen.
Strangely enough, there is no mem
ory that Schmeling had such right
In the days when he held the heavy
weight belt. In those days he was an
uninteresting fellow to watch. Max,
himself, says he learned to hit with
his right late in the game.
Now it is beautiful thing. He will
be sparrfng along, apparently out Of
position and totally unset" when Of
a sudden his glove icks out like a
tongue of flame, and the man who was
In front Of him is sitting on the floor.
One sparring partner who was knocked
down twice the other day couldn't even
remember it.
Max thinks he will topple Louis
more quickly this time. He probably
won't be quite as cautious and meticu-
lous as he was when he Drained 10
In 1896.