Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1936 — Page 22

THE Columbus Red Birds are going to conduct a baseball . school for youths between the ages of 17 and 22, starting

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RED BIRDS TO CONDUCT SCHOOL

FOREIGN SCRIBES TO SEE FIGHT

gy June 22 and continuing one week. . . . Manager Burt Shotton ~~ of the Birds and Scouts Barrett, Schultz and Mathes of the

over the talent.

- St. Louis Cards will be on hand to direct the lads and look

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Max Appears

THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1936

70,000 TO TURN OUT

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LOUIS SCHMELING . eT =. Kansas City attendance is far ahead of the same period| [| 1 kia rn : HE Rivals Clash as i : oF Jost Year. on Twenty one home games drew 75,000. . . . Total Unafraid of i x 3 ro welht Siem Wives Tense i si ) Picking Max Eight of Last .- @ttenaance for the season in 1935 was 138,000. '~ 2 Resch... 7 3 iE Sea ae aR ° It costs a player $10 for using profane language in the|. Powerful Foe Bin B® tn Mrs. Louis to Cheer Joe at a Ped ‘Nine Battles A. A. if P Rit IS. as oe 4 Henry Intends to ‘Out: . 4 rexy George Trautman hears about it. . . . Dutch ir—te——— 41 in....... Chest ....38% in. Ringside: Mrs. Schmeling | Henry Intends 10 Uut- | cs Ulrich, Toledo pitcher, is thinking about buying an auto|Rain Forces Postponement Extandst ngsidae; Mrs. eling -

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trailer for his summer home. , . . He has been with three

clubs this year.

of Big Fight; Boycott

44 in. sess Chest eS ses 42 in, 16% in. .... Neck .... 17% in.

in Germany.

last Louis if It Takes

Tribe Trounces Millers in ‘Twin Bill and Moves

1214 in. .. Forearm .. 10% in. ; ; . s._ 5 » b Jews Hurts. By United Press VEEN Joe Louis cocks that pole ax tomorrow night Max Schmeling y ne vrrsnes West ..... 1% I> || NEW YORK, June 18.—Mrs. Joe BY HENRY McLEMORE to Columbus. . . will wish he had taken some horizontal exercises. . . . Two Aus- Bu United Poss 21 in. ......Thigh 23 in. || Louis will sit in a ringside seat at United Press Staft Correspor Fm y United Pre ‘vanes Thighs... den

~ tralian papers—one in Melbourne, the other in Sydney—sent representa-

tives to the heavyweight joust in New York: .

quests also were received from France, England and Germany. morrow.

. . Working press re-

Switzerland, Sweden, Japan, Hungary, . + + Rain postponed the go until to-

A dozen German writers will be there. . . . Japanese writers will be compelled to make it snappy. .. . It costs 36 cents a word to cable

stories home.

8 ” » Jack Kelleher, St. Mary’s College

star, hit six homers in six days play-

ing with Akron and then fractured a heel during a mixup at second base. , . . He is owned by the Yankees. = 2 ”

ABE RUTH is not going to the Olympic games in Berlin. . .. The baseball project in which he was interested has dwindled fo a

Salient Facts

By United Press NEW YORK, June 18.—Salient facts on the Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight bout follow: Length of Bout—15 rounds. * Place—Yankee Stadium. Time—10 p. m. (E. D. T.), 8 p. m. Indianapolis time.

NEW YORK, June 18—Rain today forced the postponement until tomorrow night of the heavyweight prize fight between Joe Louis of Detroit and Max Schmeling of Germany. The boxers had weighed in and prepared “for a last rest before entering the ring tonight when Promoter Jacobs announced the postponement, .

By United Press i . NEW YORK, June 18.—The mir» acle of fistiana comes off again in Yankee Stadium tomorrow night when Joe Louis displays that paralyzing punch on Max Schmeling, former heavyweight champion. Approximately 70,000 persons are

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ute support from the ringside bettors—not to win buf to stay longer than Carnera and Baer, the other ex-champions among Louis’ vietims, did. Carnera was stopped in the sixth round, Baer, the fourth.

Statement of Fromoter

The “million-dollar gate” Promoter Jacobs predicted when the match was made was k. o.’d by a Jewish boycott, according to the promoter himself. In retaliation for Hitler’s persecution of Jews in Germany, New York Jews have circulated chain letters against the fight. One of the letters said: “Why

her husband’s fight with Max

Schmeling tomorrow night. : “This will be the sixth time I've watched Joe fight,” the former Marva Trotter said, “and I never have been afraid that he will be urt. “The worst thing about this fightipg business is waiting for Joe to come home after the bout. That's worse than the suspense before the fight.” pen Mrs. Louis has talked to Joe over the telephone every night since she left his training camp at Lakewood, N. J., two weeks ago, and she will see him for the first time this afternoon, : “But only for a minute,” she explained, ‘just long enough to give

EW YORK, June 18—It is my g belief ‘that Maximillian Siegfried Adolph Schmeling, who was born Sept. 28, 1905, in Germany,

| will defeat the seventh child to bless

the union of Munn and Lily Barrow, when they meet in Yankee Stadium

{ tomorrow night.

This seventh child of Munn and Lily, who was born in a crowded, ramshackle,” cabin-in-the-cotton at Lafayette, Ala. shortly before the Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated to start the war that ended in bonus checks, is better known to

| you as Joe Louis, or perhaps you

know him better as the “Brown Bomber,” the “Sepia Assassin,” the “Chocolate Cannoneer,” “the. Dusky Dynamiter,”, the “Ebony Embalmer,” or the “Dark Angel of Death.”

With eight victories in their last nine starts to keep them in good cheer, Red Killefer’s galloping In< dians invaded Columbus, today to tackle the high-flying -Red Birds tonight. KT = The Birds, like the Hoosiers, have been coming fast and the four-game series in the Ohio capital Is ex (Turn to Page 25)

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mere exhibition. . . . So the Babe| - Probable Attendance—70,000 Xoo 000 ,| him a good kiss and wish him luck. I have never picked Joe Louis to| first jar, if it fails to relieve. is going fishing in Nova Scotia. . ..| Probable Receipts—$800,000. Sella to ye y Sa AD see the Jet. 2 Gietman (aie Rome our many? No, we are not going out, celebrat- (Turn to Page 23) : —Advertisement, Pretty soft getting away from the ' Promoter—Michael S. Jacobs. 0 of a former hea-|on the radio.” ing afterwards. We don’t have a a nS heat. Charity Beneficiary—The Free vyweight'cham-| Although Promoter Jacobs refused | 800d time in crowds. We will go FH ; 3 iH

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Joe Vosmik and Buddy Myer, who raced neck and neck for the American League batting championship last year, are disappointments this season. . , . Baseball is that way. . . « Last year Cleveland believed that merely changing managers would solve its problems, but Steve O’Neill has learned that the plagues of Walter Johnson are the plagues of Steve O'Neill. ” »” ”

T it believed that Joe McCarthy, instead of Mickey Cochrane, will

manage the American League AllStars in the tussle with the Na-

player.

tional League in Boston July 7... . Joins St. Paul Club that Louis wins and 3-1 he scores | Philadelphia, Boston and the West | Pion will whip Louis, and are ready to hold out for ‘the engagemen A? Cochrane still is taking treatment | Times speciar = a knockout. ‘There is an almost | Coast. Four former champions — |t0 back their belief with money.| until 1937. : in a Detroit hospital. . . . In some| GHICAGO, June 18—Vernon | total absence of Schmeling money. | Dempsey, Tunney, Sharkey and |Berlin sportsmen are offering even i quarters it is believed Mickey is| (George) ‘Washington, Chicago| One of the few persons who thinks | Jack Johnson—and five Governors | Money on “der Max." HH

through forever as a » ”

chance to train properly. . . . Granny likes to be all spruced up for the photo finishes.

sa & 8 IM BRADDOCK'’S brother Joe is

n “ossifer” on the New Ber-|

gen (N. J) police force. ... . He was the first of his family to take up boxing seriously, at one time being New Jersey state middleweight champion. » EJ ” JOKER sent a copy of Babe Ruth’s Baseball Advice to Boys

‘Milk Fund for Babies, Inc, Fighters’ Share — Louis ang Schmeling each to receive 30 per cent of the net receipts. : Charity Percentage—10 per cent of the receipts less Federal and state taxes. Radio Broadcast—Over National Broadcasting Co. hookup, starting at 8, Indianapolis time. Probable Betting Odds—Louis 10-1 favorite. Louis 3-1 favorite to score a knockout.

Vernon Washington

White Sox outfielder obtained from

pitching and was sent to the Saints in.a deal for Larry Rosenthal. The latter player was expected to report to the White Sox today.

pion by the 22-

regarded as the 4 “world’s . greatest

quests of two previous titleholders — Primo Carners and Max Baer. The betting is 10-1

Schmeling

Schmeling has a chance, is the

If Schmeling can retain his composure, and not “die in the dressing room,” as they say on cauliflower row, he may gain some last-min-

to reveal official figures, the advance sale this morning was said to have reached nearly $600,000. Most of the 11,000 ringside seats, priced at $40, have been sold. It is the cheaper seats which have failed to move as expected.

May Not Go After Title

Despite the boycott in New York and the “sure thing” result, ap-

proximately 20,000 fight fans from.

the West and South are here to see Louis in his twenty-eighth professional fight in less than two years. Most of the out-of-town crowd are from Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit,

will: be at the ringside tomorrow.

challenge for the title this year. Promoter Jacobs, ‘who has him under contract until -1940, has other (Turn to Page 23)

home or maybe spend a few hours with some friends.”

Max’ Wife at Radio

By. United Press : * BERLIN, June 18—Mrs. Max Schmeling, blond and vivacious, will have her ear glued to the radio here tomorrow night when her husband. steps into - the - ring with ‘Joe Louis in New York. She is not the only one in Germany who will be listening to the blow-by-blow description. Max has the support of millions of Germans who believe the former cham-

Interest in the fight is as high in

from Berlin—will come in to her town home in the suburb of Schmargendorf.

T the ringside when Joe Louis battles Max Schmeling will be the popular James J. Braddock (above), heavyweight cham=‘pion. He has agreed to meet the winner in September in defense of his crown. Schmeling has. accepted in the event of an upset victory over the Brown Bomber. However, Louis’ managers. . have declined to sign for a Braddock fight this year and are expected

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; # the Indianapolis Indians in 1934, |stubborn, stolid, steel-nerved Ger-| If Louis wins, he will have hur-| Germany as in the United States. Ze, lg 3 Granville, the horse with the |p. peen Papo on option to the | man himself. In sharp contrast to |dled his last obstacle in a dazzling Newspapers have devoted pages to to lap Seog { camera complex, will not have his| si pay] American Association club. |the faint-hearted Baer, befuddled | march to a heavyweight title bout | training camp activities cabled back : 2s > e. + picture taken in the Dwyer Stakes, | The former Hoosier batting ace |Carnera, the terror-stricken Levin- | with Champion James J. Braddock, | bY special correspondents. P %4 2 4 mile and a furlong feature at Aque- | ys unable to continue the hitting |sky, pitiful Paulino Uzcudun, the |who will be one of tomorrow's spec-| Mrs, Schmeling, who has been liv- / ° # duct Saturday. . . . Trainer Fitz-|giride against American League | German is unafraid and unshaken, | tators. But Louis may not elect to fing at the Schmeling country estate <= simmons says the colt has had no ; in Baad Saarow—an hour’s drive :

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