WELL-MATCHES FIGHTERS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21903, 2 October 1936, Page 18

WELL-MATCHES FIGHTERS

t ♦ i.J, r«u \ - t WUBMI r "< ■ e u*» " ■♦»■■■iw . rcffl *.-v. vjaHß WORLD HEAVYWEII||| ■ trce “ ’ ' . *-’l* ' , s 1 f flag ' '■ '* " :■'■ ' . r * '" -? MSB JIM SHADDOCK AND SCHMEUNQ . : - r M \ * I CRITIC. DEFENDS MODERN I STANDARDS ' ’s- - opinion that 'boxing nuust go back to the day g ami Tunney to find a pair .matched for a,heavy-weight drip bout as Jimmy Braddock and Mti| Sampling is expressed by a wefi«> known critic, William Inglis, . in article in the American “Sports IDiafe trated.” Inglis has no sympathy wim those who hold .that there are ji first-class fighters m the heavy-weigpp he finds larities between Braddock and Tmaajf and between Schmeling and Dempote Sampling. as is well known, is ze> markably fike Dempsey in persond appearance* and Inglis ados has a right fist that is almost*as, deafly as Dempsey’s at short range. FurthMj be has Dempsey’s impulsive dispose tion, though it is tempered by seRJ control and rigid devotion to method; Braddock, he says, has Tunney’s rags and studious temperament, the ability to analyse his opponents tactics,. aaq| the ability to develop ways of deles*, ing them. ■ * “The Stuff of Champions*

“Each man has fought his way'lra the outer darkness to the fierce whf light that beats upon the throne writes Inglis. "Each has been t« ddwn. and up again, not only m repl tetion, but on the dusty rag flat The battle will either leave Braodot still champion of the, world or bank bim : from glory and dp4“Sficfrmrimg fails he will fall far doe in the ruck—a sad blow to Gemg pride, and one more proof that fora champions never come pack. j « winner Will have everything, ana « loser will be poor indeed." „ Tngiis holds that Braddock > has t| stuff of which real champions -a made—“though in the wild bahyte that puffed poor Joe Lotus to a heig he-dm not “deserve; the worthy Bra« dock wds forgotten- We readtm font Louis -was a panther, a cobra," demon of destruction. Jim is neither panther nor a cobra, but h© is ®. flfS class- fighting man. He has a tan straight left arm that drives .hone, swift punch with unerring skill. aim has a very useful right. whlch_l does not use recklessly, but which spilled many a good man .on the ca “Be goes about the business of bea ing his opponent in such a calm, jgi hurried style that no one ever roa or gasps until the crowd suddenly dl covers Jim standing there sin flip while the referee counts sad numb© over the opponent lying prostrate ( the floor."'

SchmeUng’s Steady-Rise Ingiia. says that Schmeling It grown steadily better during Us.Jrt and chequered ring career. He hj learned from bis defeats.- “The tw, gest factor in his victory over X Louis was hU calm, unshafceable b lief in himself, the same confidence' ] is bringing into the ring against Bra dock;” Inglis, however, points to « possible defect —the slowness W which Schmeling fought.“At ai time after - the fourth round he cou have put Louis away, but- faeseemi to have made up his mind that J 1 was-always dangerous, and foug hm> with an excess of caution- H that Max feared .the negro,-hut 1 pningtahing, methodical German xnii made too deliberate when a fla ofdaring would have won" a Qua victory. This gave Louis his chan to rally in the sixth and seven rounds, when he hurt Schmeling. wi ■ body- punches—might even ha -turned the tide of battle if he hi had morO ring experience. It was hj same dilatory style that lost the bat! in the Bowl, when Sharkey- won ti title on that ridiculous decision. "This sort of thing won’t do aj Braddock. The winner of this must- take a decisive lead.,and*i to . a dean-cut victory without " tion.

. "Two Good Hands”’ "In sharp contrast to SchrettHi procrastination in the Loins fight! his policy of .taking all Joe. could li on him with his left in order to home with, his own smashing * til That is- a dangerous risk, especii with a man like Braddock, whol two good fists. When you think how successfully Braddock stop! Griffin. - Lasky. - and Baer—-all terr right-hand punchers like Schmehn you cannot help feeling: that bisi ton-like left ought to stop - Maxes' tack. • “In a word, the question seems he: Can- a man with one good ha topat a inan with two good hands?, doubt it Louis had two good has but did not know how to protect: chin .from a right-hand smash. Bn dock isn't a sucker for a right f the same time, Schmeling has shoi more speed .In the ring than Braddf has shown, up to date, and' speed the greatest part of victory, next tc stout heart In this-prime. : 9ualily| well . as* in long experience, which f ables them to protect themselves wt in trouble, they are “equal. - , "Much has been said about Bn dock’s gain-in' Weight since , he : V the title, but the fact is that be ! grown a-full inch taller in .the year, and naturally somewhat heaw Other champions of Irish blood : hl( grown in stature and strength. up their thirtieth birthday, as Braddo has. He is at a disadvantage in X having fought tor 18 months, but? has .made up for this by having 1 crew of spar mates give him sevei 15-round Battles, each hitting, withl he bad- tor a few rounds. ‘ ■ “I expect to see one of the best figt in years,, with Braddock the winne