Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1941 — Page 10
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Contest Doped As Mays, Shaw, Rose Battle
W. 16th to Become a Broadway for the Day
SPORTS By Eddie Ash
WITH THE starting field filled and closed, the 500- + milers hope to relax today and tonight and let the speed - fans take over and stir the dope. * It's@ll a part of the big race and the railbirds delight in becoming “experts” for a day to “tab” the winners in
“advance of the motor sweepstakes.
! Speed fans rolled into the city from all parts of the country - today, thousands will check in tonight and additional thousands tomorrow. . . . But they are not the “experts.” . The railbirds who watch the preliminaries and time trials, and spend two or three weeks "at the track, believe they are qualified to go out on a limb and
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low flag to second and Third place, | respectively, behind Shaw. And both are confident they would have gone around - Wilbur somewhere during the last 49 laps if the track had
+ announce to all and sundry that the classic is all wrapped up for this
or that driver.
Anyway, there is no fee for selecting winners, hit or miss, just
like football selections in the fall.
The Five-Century field this year is fairly well balanced.
. At
° least it stacks up like a continuation of last year’s fancy field. The field contains many sound cars and standout pilots, but like in baseball, anything can happen over the long route with 33 whizz
wagons gunning for the fame and
prize money.
This column conductor is stringing along with Mauri Rose to
* check in first tomorrow. _ the winner . - ing to the close dopesters . of customers.
Our choice for second is Mays . . .
_ They qualified in that order.
. Last year our choice was Wilbur Shaw, . and Shaw will be the post favorite tomorrow, accord- . but the Rex Mays bandwagon has plenty
and with Shaw third. . ..
The field bristles with -darkhorses and the three favorites may _ get nudged out by some daredevil and “upset” stories will be in order.
~ . «« Our choice for fourth is Al Miller . .
and Ted Horn fifth.
__ Sixth, Harry McQuinn; seventh, Kelly Petillo; eighth, Ralph Hepburn; ninth, George Barringer; tenth, Joe Thorne.
K. C. Pitcher From House of
David :
FEW FOLLOWERS of the fortunes of American Association teams are probably aware of the fact that cavorting regularly in the
- league this season, as well as last, is
a young fellow who formerly was
© & member of the House of David baseball team. Don Hendrickson,-oné of the ace right-handers of Bill. Meyer's
Kansas City staff, is the gentleman 1936 wheh he was but 20 years old, menced his professional career.
in question. . . . The year was in and the season before he com-
Born at Kewenna, Ind., and attending school at South Bend, he * was close enough to Benton Harbor, Mich., home of the House of - David cult, to become acquainted with officials of the team.
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HENDRICKSON’S- WORK in semi-pro circles aroused so much
a interest that he was offered a place on the pitching staff of the Bearded Boys and accepted. . . . He toured the country with the
original team in 1936.
a Hendrickson, of course, was required to grow a beard, and
- although still lacking a year of reaching his majority he managed
, lo amass such a fine one from his chin down that he was known to ~ his teammates as the “Van Dyke spinach man.” . All of the menibers of the team were blessed with those hirsute
adornments. . bell, the pitching brother of Carl.
. . Don’s one clean-shaven teammate was Johnny Hub-
- Signed Up as Semi-Pro Catcher HENDRICKSON WAS actually signed sy the House of David as
‘ a catcher.
Mexico City against the Aztecs. . - that time on he became a hurler. . ‘df you want to see the country,” “ing with the House of David.” One year was enough, however,
= Don was playing under the banner of the New York Yankees. . . spent his initial season ‘with Binghamton and Akron. .
* Norfolk for i he came up with a “nine defeats
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- City, Fla, in 1939, but optioned out for more experience. .
.-. « Upon his insistence that he could pitch even better . than he could catch, the team manager finally gave him his chance in . Don was an easy victor, and from
Don says, “spend a season. play-
and when 1937 rolled around, . He ale Sent to record of 21 victories as against
stayed dry and lightning-fast. In Choice Spots
This year the same three returned to pick off the three choice positions” in the starting lineup. Driving the Maserati-powered Elgin Piston Pin Special, Rose won the pole position with a speed of 128.691, while Mays, in the eight-cylinder Bowes Seal Fast Special, took second
|place with his average of 128.301.
Shaw won the outside spot: on his 127.836 speed.
Naturally, Shaw is determined to get another title to go with his other three. The Maserati engine that will power him has stamina as well as speed.
From another angle, this race is a contest between four stables of quick automobiles. The Boyle team, of which Shaw is the No. 1 jockey, also has the capable Chet Miller and George Connors carrying its maroon colors. Ralph Hepburn and a V-8 motor form the companion combination for Mays in the Bowes team, and Cliff Bergere and Floyd Davis will drive as Rose’s mates .in the Lou Moore team.
Horn’s Car Set Record
The Joe Thorne crew should have all its troubles solved by now, so both Thorne and Ted Horn ‘can be depended upon to push the three front-row starters. These are sister six-cylinder cars designed by Art Sparks, and Horn’s is the chariot that carried the late Jimmy Snyder to lap and qualifying records two
| years ago.
What is expected to be one of the most thrilling first 50 miles of the race is due as soon as the pace car drops down on the apron. Besides the front-runners shooting for early lap money, there will be several fast cars far back in the field seeking better positions. In the 11th row is the sister car
Jto Mauri Rose’s pole winner, an-
other Elgin Piston Pin Maserati chauffeured by Duke Nalon. Along-
side him is the Sampson Sixteen,
driven by old-timer Deacon Litz,
while Horn himself will have to move up from a spot in the 10th TOW.
All American Drivers Tomorrow’s race will be an all-
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HE WAS TAKEN to the Blues’ spring training camp at Haines
. | Frenchmen,
- Shortly
thereafter he suffered a broken leg which laid him up for the remain-
der of the season.
> Taken south with the Blues again in 1940, there was no question
ican Association.
oy hg “mipcan and he quickly developed into one of the sensations e
American affair, as far as drivers are concerned. The only foreign entrants attracted were the two Rene LeBegue and Jean Trevoux, but the latter failed to pass his driver's test and the former’s qualifying speed of 115.603 yesterday left him outside the
{lineup of 33. It's a different story with motors. Rose, Shaw and Nalon are driving
Indians Make First Invasion
‘Of Derbytown
¥ “Times Special . - LOUISVILLE, May 29.—The In- : dianapolis Indians today made their first 1941 invasion of this Derbytown and they will open a three.game series with the sthird-place “Colonels under the lights at Park- . way Field tonight. A double-header is to be. played ", tomorrow afternoon to end the|: “Tribe’s brief visit. The Indians will return home Saturday and wil be accompanied - by the Colonels. The series in Indianapolis calls for a single game at Perry Stadium « Saturday night and a twin bill Sun“day afternoon. ‘. In sixth place, the Indians are ;5% games behind the league-lead--ing Kansas City Blues and 21 » games behind the third-place Col-
Tonight
Indians and Colonels have met twice this season, in games at Indianapolis, the Hoosiers winning the first, the Kentuckians the second. However, the Colonels have been going great guns in their home park by taking 14 out of 19 starts at Parkway Field, and the Redskins will have to step lively to check Bill Burwell’s team. Both teams were idle yesterday on an open date in the American Association schedule and both mound staffs welcomed the rest. Bill Brubaker, new third sacker, is scheduled to report to the Indians in time to compete In tonight's. series opener. Joe Bestudik, ho has been filling in at third since Chuck Aleno was recalled by the Cincinnati Reds, is slated to fill the Tribe's utility
5 sonels.
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infield role.
a Glance
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Private Al Arrives
NEW YORK, May 29 (U. P.)— Private Al Davis of the 69th Coast Artillery, Camp Huten, Texas, ar-
* |rived - here by plane last night for nd [his 12-round, .non-title fight with
welterweight champion Fritzie Zivic ab the Polo Grounds-on June 25,
Italian-made Maseratis, while Harry McQuinn won the inside spot in ‘the second row of the lineup with an Alfa Romeo. Don’t forget, either, that Shaw’s Maserati has come home in front for two straight
years.
Estimates of the winner's speed vary from 118 to 123 miles an hour. An average anywhere in this range will crack the record time of 117.200 miles an hour set up by Floyd Roberts in 1938. But if the weather turns bad or the field has to run under the yellow flag for any length of time, averages will be reduced drastically.
It’s Cleanup Day Today
This was cleanup day at the historic halo of haste. While workmen scrubbed and cleaned the band of bricks and asphalt, mechanicans in 33 garages gave their steeds a final checkup. Drivers were to meet at 2 p. m. at the paddock to receive instructions and credentials, after which qualified cars were to be allowed on the track {for practice runs. The only figure missing was Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, Speedway president, who usually makes the main address to the drivers. Still recovering from injuries he received in an airplane accident, Capt. Rickenbacker was unable to come from Atlanta, Ga., for the race. Under Speedway health and safety rules, the garage area must be cleared of all drivers this evening. They will be back at an early hour tomorrow, however, to put the 33 packages of speed in perfect pitch. Bombs denoting the approach of starting time will be fired; a field mass will be held for Catholic drivers in the infield, and the cars will be wheeled fo the track.
Joy and Sorrow
There was the usual joy and sorrow yesterday as ‘qualifying trials came to a close. Perhaps the most excitement was created when Deacon Litz was substituted for. Shorty Cantlon as the pilot of the Sampson Sixteen. Litz, believed to have been through with racing, hauled all his 225 pounds into the driver's seat and ripped through the 10-mile examination at a speed of 123.440. The engine was having, an attack - of “sneezes,” which snapped the straps
ju holding the hood, and the Deacon 383/ bagged a bird with the radiator
somewhere on the back stretch. Otherwise the trip was uneventful. Its piston ailments cured, the Elgin Piston Pin Maserati was
354| whirled for four laps by Duke
Nalon at a speed of 122.783, while Al Putnam developed a case of leadfoot and wheeled the four-
_o| cylinder Schoof Special into the
list .of eligibles with an average of
Durant Pushed Out
Louis Durant, who was pushed out of the field by faster qualifiers last year, found his fuck unchanged.
91121951.
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matically was dropped from the field along with J. & §S. Special.
{Then he offered to chauffeur the
Willets Special, but again his speed was insufficient. Roy Russing, a newcomer to the iy asked for a chance in the same car, and his pace also was shy. A weary crew shoved the
'balky steed back to the garages u officials closed the track; :
Archie Harris
Obtains Job
Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind. May 29.— Archie Harris, Indiana University weight-thrower, will continue his search for a new world discus record in the Indiana intercollegiate meet here Saturday knowing he has a good job waiting for him after his graduation. Harris, a native of Ocean City, N. J., will become head track coach and ‘assistant director athletics at Negro Agricultural and Technical College, Greensboro, N. C., upon the completion of his collegiate career. The announcement of Harris’ appointment was made here today by the Indiana University Bureau of Teacher Recommendations. Harris will be graduated from Indiana University at next Monday’s He will compete with Indiana’s track and field squad in the Central Collegiate meet at Milwaukee, June 6; the Big Ten-Pacific Coast meet at Los Angeles, June 17, and the National Collegiate A. A. carnival at Palo Alto, Cal., June 20 and 21. The name of Archie Haggie Harris Jr. went into the record book pages reserved for American mark holders at the time of the Big Ten outdoor meet in Minneapolis. Harris tossed the four-pound, six-ounce metal platter 174 feet 1 inch, a new conference and American standard. The world mark is 174 feet 2% inches, set in 1935 by Willis Schroeder of Germany.
Speedway King Will Get Bonds
When the boys turn their roaring chariots loose at the Speedway tomorrow, theyll be racing for glory and a handful of Uncle Sam’s Defense Savings Bonds. In the past, the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. has followed the practice of dividing $8000 in cash between the first five to finish in eacn Memorial Day .race, while Borg-
month for a year. Imbued with the national defense spirit, the two companies this year have decided to award the winners
cash. Borg-Warner will give the winner $1200 worth of the bonds (worth $1600 at maturity) while the Firestone company will divide among the first five $8000 worth of bonds with a maturity value of $10,666. The idea has been accepted enthusiastically by the race drivers, it was reported. Mauri Rose, who holds the pole position, said that if he won the race tomorrow, he would put all his prize money in defense bonds. : seorge A. Ress, assistant postmaster, has arranged to be present at the prize money distribution Sat-
are to be divided between car owners' and drivers.
Tournament Starts Tomorrow at Coffin -
will start at the Coffin golf course tomorrow and continue Saturday and Sunday. .A special tourney on the fifth hole will also be held. The | distance will be reduced from 128 to 106 yards and there will be a 20- | foot circle around the pin as a target for the linksmen.
By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Service Sports Editor Charles Aleno has the water on Bill Werber’s knee to thank for his presence on the Cincinnati’ club. All Chuck Aleno required was the opportunity. The Reds need his .400 batting average like Whirlaway’s rivals need air in the stretch. So it .is hardly necessary for Bill McKechnie to announce that when Werber returns to the wars shortly, Aleno will be thé outfielder he’s been seeking since he moved from Boston to the Rhineland. Aleno, 23 and standing 6 feet 1 and weighing’ 205 ds, looks the part of the line drive hitter. He really can poke that pill through that infield,” He's an accomplished gent at the dish. . . led the Southern Association in sacrifice hits. The world champions hit the
. . . came to life with the recall of Aleno. McKechnie made the decision to employ Aleno regularly when he hit safely in his first half dozen games the Redlegs. He leg out 111s
Warner gave the winner $100 2a:
Defense Savings Bonds instead of!
urday to make the necessary ad-| justments where the Defense Bonds |
depths when Werber pulled up lame
5 Mauri Rose
Zale’s Punch Ends Hostak
By STEVE SNIDER United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, May 29.—Tony Zale, an unimaginative Polish boy from the steel mills of Gary, Ind., brought back the long-lost prestige of the middle weight division today with a right-hand blow to the spleen patterned from the musty descriptions of Gentleman Jim Corbett’s famed solar plexus punch of boxing’s early days. With one explosive right, Zale turned a potent fighting machine into a cringing, sorely wounded animal in the sweltering heat of the Chicago Stadium last night. Nine times he tortured challenger Al Hostak of Seattle with his roundhouse right to the ribs and nine times Hostak sank to the canvas twisted with pain—all in the hectic sécond round. It was a terrific fight until the fatal moment Hostak lifted his lethal left hook at Zale’s head. Zale had gone down, stunned; for no count as Hostak gambled recklessly with his brittle hands in the first round. Then, as Hostak moved in for the kill at the start of the second he brought up his left arm for a blow and Zale sank his right glove deep into Hostak’s side. To the amazement of a near sellout crowa of 15,087, Hostak collapsed to the floor, gloves wildly grasping his injured body. He rolled about the canvas until Referee Johnny Behr tolled right above him,
then up he came only to plunge
eight more times under the same deadly blow before he finally was unable to haul himself to his. feet after 2:32 of the second round had elapsed. Thus Zale retained his National Boxing Association, championship and fought his way into a battle of champions with Billy Soose, recognized . as “the other middleweight champion” in New York and|W affiliated states. Soose, who still must fulfill a return engagement with Ken Overlin from whom he won the New York! title, outpointed Zale in a non-title bout last summer. Any man Zale can hit with his “splendid punch” he. can lick. Hostak’s defense, shaped to halt a head attack and not much else, was
punch as Zale learned in two previous victories over the deadly slugger from the Northwest. . Eddie Marino, Hostak’s manager, said his boy will continue to fight after a short rest and has “no thought of retiring.” Since Soose is not available for an immediate match with Zale, Tony will rest a month and probably accept an overweight match or two until Soose is ready. Manager Sam | | Pian said, however, Zale will riskp this title any time Promoter Bill ‘Rand digs up a suitable opponent.
Kraeger Given 2d Athletic Award
George Kraeger, Shortridge High
| School football and track star, was
igiven the Osric Mills Watkins itrophy, symbolic of outstanding
{scholarship and athletic ability, yesAn’ 18-hole handicap tournament terday in the award day ceremonies
{at the school, | Previously the athlete was warded the Skinner trophy given- the ‘outstanding: player on the football ‘team. He was the only Shortridge man to win points in the state track meet and ranks 15th scholastically iin his class.
Chuck Alene
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me
made to order for Tony’s Sunday:
safeties in 25 trips, two of them fo piie ves
Local Fighters On Ring Card
The local’ boxing syndicate will open the outdoor season tonight with a special Speedway-eve card featuring two local scrappers and eight out-of-town pugs. The bouts will take place at the Sports Arena. The complete card follows: Ten Rounds Guidry, New Orleans, Featherweight. Eight Rounds Willie Cutsinger, Cincinnati, vs. Joe . Murphy, Lovisvillee Middleweights. if Six Rounds . Gib Jones, Cincinnati, vs. Woody Jones, Evansville. Light Heavyweights. Four Rounds Wesley Kemp, Indianapolis, vs. Jerry Murphy, Louisville. Middleweights. : Jimmy Allen, Greencastle, vs. George Layton, Groveland. Featherwelghts.
Maxie Baer Sorty About Schmeling
SACRAMENTO, Cal, May 29 (U. P.) —Maxie Baer, knockout victor over Max Schmeling, said last night he was “awfully sorry” to learn of the death of the German prizefighter. Baer, informed of the death of his one-time opponent, exploded with “I hate war and killing!” “We were good friends, even though I knocked him out once,” Baer said. “I hate war and fighting—I mean fighting to kill. I think Schmeling did too. He probably didn’t want to fight but Hitler made him do it. “His death is a pitiful example of what happens when men bring war to the world. In my racket we: can fight and still be friends, but not in war.”
20 Pilots Expected At Columbus Races
Times Special
FRANKLIN, Ind., May 29.—A fast field of cars, with at least 20 starters, will be seen in the dirt track auto races here next Sunday afternoon. Among topnotch drivers already entered are Harold Shaw, Indianapolis pilot who captured first place here on May 4 and who was a winer last Sunday at Salem, Ind.; Eddie Zulacki, of Detroit, the 1940 stock ‘car champion of Michigan, and Bus Wilbert, of Indianapolis, who was first at Columbus, Ind., on May 18. Frank Popp, well known Detroit speedster; Walter Trevelyan, of
| Davenport, Ia., and Jimmie Samp-
son, of Shelbyville, Ky., are other favorites. Five regular events and a 25-lap feature will be staged on the half-mile track under auspices of the Mid West Racing Association.
Chapman Signed
CHICAGO, May 29 (U. P.).—The Chicago White Sox announced today the sale of outfielder Larry Rosenthal to Cleveland, and the signing of outfielder Ben Chapman, formerly with Washington and currently a free agent. Chapman will report Friday or Saturday..
The Kid Third Sacker the Reds Didn't Want Is Leading the Club With .400 Hitting Average
Though Aleno looked like another Pie Traynor to the folks in Dixie,
| Werber is a superior third baseman
rating second to none, so Washington’s Willie will get his old job back when he is again on two good legs with the hope that his puny .202 batting average will improve. Werber is swifter than Aleno. He is a menace on the bases. But Aleno isn’t exactly slow and
|has played the outfield. He has a
strong arm. Not so long ago water on the knee was considered a serious athletic injury. But it is now cured quickly with electric treatments. It no longer is necessary to tap it. The water is absorbed through the system. Outside of Aleno, the seven regulars in the Cincinnati batting order
.| have a collective average of .224.
There is nothing wrong with the Reds that a’ few base hits won't
_ | cure.
‘Chuck. Aleno, the kid they didn’t
recovery. Yesterday. ‘he ‘hit
Bud Cottey, Indianapolis, vs. Jules |
want, is showing the way to a com-
Wilbur Shaw
cauliflower canyon today.
Vhich never permitted this fighter
Butler Captain
Guy (Bud) Tex
Butler's baseball team racked fip its fifth consecutive victory yester-
Ball State College, 6 to 0, the five-hit hurling of Lyle Neat. The victory enable the Bulldogs to break even for the season with seven wins and seven losses. The team elected Guy (Bud) Tex, former Southport High School pitcher, captain for the 1942 nine.
Amateurs
Zenite. Metal softball team will play Fountain Square A. C. at 5:30 p. m. today on Willard -1. Fountain Square will meet South Side Merchants ‘Sunday at 2 p. m. on Willard 2. For games with the A. C.s write Hyatt Johnson, 904 Harlan St.
Glenns Valley will play Shelbyville Sunday. Would like to book games for June 15. Write Paul MecIlvain, 705 Orange St. Call MA8961.
Local Archers Defend Titles
Two city archers will defend their titles Saturday and Sunday at the annual Brown County Open Archery Association tournament in Brown County state park near Nashville, Ind: They are W. B. Lincoln Jr., 638 Berkley Road, and Mary Louise Bramblett, 2431 N. Delaware. 2 Target, clout and flight shooting will be included in the m. All events with the exception of the flight shooting will take place on the park range. The distance shooting will be done on Weedpatch Hill A dinner followed by entertainment
| will be given at 7:30 p. m. Saturday
in the Abe Martin Lodge. Eighteen perpetual trophies, medals and merchandise awards will be made. Chicago archers are sponsoring the meet.
Local Driver Races
will be at the wheel of a new car built and owned by Bob Roberts of Indianapolis in the speed race at the Midgetdgome, Greenfield, Saturday night. Carpe 12th to 7th position in the driver's last Saturday
night. Four heats will be held, climaxed by a 25-lap feature race.
Awarded Letters .
Coach Don R. Knight, Shortrides track mentor, ‘ foday = announced those thinlyclads who yi receive
day afternoon when they defeated
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At Midgetdrome ja
Swede Carpenter of Indianapolis master
nter has moved up “from |
Shortridge Trackmen
The three favorites and the first line of the Speedway’s lineup tomorrow are Mauri Rose, on the pole; Rex Mays, second, and Wilbur Shaw, last year’s winner, third.
Cauliflower Canyon Recalls Max as a Friend, Not a Nazi
By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, May 29.—News of Max Schmeling’'s death Sobered
The guys in the know regarded it particularly tragic because Herr Maxie never had a chance.to reveal his genuine affection for the late Joe Jacobs, one of the greatest of all managers. Schmeling died in the Nazi cause. garded as the victim of a political machine—victim of a philosophy
But along 49th St. he is re-
to find the peace he always sought, I was in Jack Dempsey’s Broadway tavern when the flash came, Dempsey said it was a ‘damned shame” because Maxie wasn’t: a Nazi at heart. He said “Schmeling told me he was merely going through the motions of being a Nazi for the
Ondra. star).” Maxie Not That Kind Promoter Mike Jacobs
(Former European movie: ¢ said,
| “knowing Schmeling as I did, I can=
not believe that he sacrificed his
tainly did not believe.” “The Schmeling I knew was a scientific boxer, always looking for an opening. Perhaps he thought he saw one at Crete and was killed for trying to take advantage of it. = “Schmeling was a man who always sought. the opening. Never can I forget the afternoon I sat with him in February, 1936, before , an old rose fireplace in Maxie’s apartment in suburban Berlin. He
brown-skinned super man. “Schmeling said ‘This Louis is just an amateur. He makes mis-~ takes. He leaves the big opening, which my right fist will take care of” I paid little attention to this statement, because I figured he was merely whistling past the graveyard, just as had that other Masie (Baer) the year before.
“I Told You So” i
When Maxie, the beetle-browed ex-world champion, arrived in the United States, there was one man who agreed with all his promises. That was little stogie-smoking Jog Jacobs. ) achieved the miracle of knocking out Lomis in the 12th round, Manager Jacobs said, “I told you s6.”" This same little Jew had yelled “foul!, foul!” ,oack in 1930 and gained Schemling the world heavy= weight title over Jack Sharkey. But when Schmeling returned to the United States in June, 1938, and tried to repeat his kayo vice tory over Louis, Herr Maxie would not listen to Manager Jacobs—who was relegated to the position’ agent with a cut of 10 per cent i= stead of 33's per cent. Schmeling listened to Herr Helmas, a Beilin photographer, anc to Trainer MaX Machon, an avoved brown shirt,
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come out hot for this tilt with Louis. But Maxie wouldn't listen and he came out cold—and “got: knocked out in 2:04 of the first round, “quickest heavyweight chame pionship kayo in fistic history. Despite this, Yussel Jacobs—the unwelcome non-Aryan—stuck with his fighter. It was Little Yussel who got the X-ray pictures shows ing the alleged injury to Maxie’s sacro-illiac. It was little. Yussel. who marched beside Schemling’s stretcher as the former heavyweight champion was carried upon a ‘boat bound for Germany. Schmeling is dead—the .German
right hand off his breast, but Yus sel-the-muscle. died before nin, There was one of he Beans binations in ring his ing who could fight ory who Ww shipped dollars and never aE them, and Joe Jacobs, one of I squanderers the ring ew.
life for a cause in which he cer=- .
was signed to meet Joe Louis, the
And when Schmeling}
Little Yussel wanted Schmeling to:
Dempsey who could pluck that :
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