The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18
BY JAMES J. BRADDOCK Former Heavyweight Champion of
 The World.

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 New York, April 18-(UP)-With- out any beating around the bush, Joe Louis will knock out Max Schmeling. The fight will be held in New York. And, the winner will meet nobody in September.
 I don't think it will take Joe any longer than six rounds to finish Maxie. Louis is a vastly improved fighter since his knockout by Schmeling in June, 1886. Schmeling cannot possibly be as good as he was that night. He won because of Joe's mistakes. Joe knows where he miscued, and he will not be gull ty of the same mistakes again.
 Joe Takes It
 It took MaXie 12 rounds to kayo Louis, and the Detroit boy absorbed 57 right hands before he was count ed out. Joe is young-24 next month. He's got more wallop in either hand than any man l ever met. He proved his ruggedness and gameness against Maxie. In our Chicago fight, I floored Joe with a right to the chin in the first round. He was hurt-plenty-but he got up and was smart enough to cover up for the rest of the round.
 I didn't lose my head then as has been said. He was concentrating on slipping my punches, and made me look wild. I knew it might be my one chance to finish him, and I didn't spare the horses. If Schmel- ing thinks Joe is going to drop that left glove and leave himself wide open to be plugged by right hands this time, the German is in for rude awakening.
 Joe will not rush in at the open ing gong as many people believe. He is a counter-puncher much like Schmeling, only much faster. He will keep circling to Schmeling's left, knowing Max's left hand isn't much of weapon. He'll jab, jab, jab with that left instead of trying to hook his way into close range.
 Tune-Up
 Saturdays five round knockout over Steve Dudas by Max doesn't mean a thing in my book, because the New Jersey boy is just third rater. Schmeling couldn't knockout Ben Foord in 12 rounds and it took him eight to kayo Harry Thomas, the same boy Louis finished in five. Except for these three so-called tuneups, Schmeling has been idle for two years while Joe has been cleaning up with Sharkey, Ettore, Brescia, Simms, Ketchell, Pastor, Brown, myself, Farr, Mann and Thomas. He has been improving right along and will be 100 per cent better fighter than the over- confident boy Schmeling beat in | 1886. I can't give Schmeling a prayer for his chances this time. Promoter Mike Jacobs will an- nounce the site of the fight this week, and you don't have to do much figuring to decide it will be in Yankee Stadium. I'll bet 100 to 1 it will not go to Chicago, Detroit or Philadelphia.
 My title fight with Louis drew only $730,000 including movies and radio. Expensive ringside seats sold well to out of towners, but Chicago as city, didn't go for 1t. There were 3O,OO0 tickets printed in the $5 class and Mike couldn't peddle but 5000 of 'em, and you can bet it is the cheaper tickets that shows how a iygtoes for fight.
 New York Sure
 You can forget the anti-Nazi boycott in this fight. In my res- taurant, have a lot of Jewish cus- toners and I number plenty of them among my friends. For every customer who stays away to keep from enriching Schmeling, therell be 10 who will go see Schmeling get his block knocked off. Don't lost any sleep about this question, the fight is a cinch for New York. If Schmeling should happen to make me out chump and win, he'll go right back to Germany with that | title and it would take Uncle Sam's mint to entice him to risk it again in September. And Louis wouldn't have thing to gain by fighting be- fore the year is out. His movie, tuneups and the champions share of the June fight will have his in come up so high, anything else he'd earn would go for income taxes. You can forget this talk about the winner meeting Maxis Baer in a September fight if Baer fights anyone, it'll be a return match with Tommy Farr. Take my word for it. one out. A fly ball for the world championship! But Johnson struck | out Irish Me1sel and George Kelly.