TERRIFIC ONSLAUGHT

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 13890, 24 June 1938, Page 5

TERRIFIC ONSLAUGHT

BY NEGRO CHAMPION RENDERS SCHMELING HELPLESS. United Pi ess Assn.— By Electric IK, June 22. Joe Louis, holder of the world’s heavyweight championship, defeated Max Schmeling on a technical knockout in the first round. Louis weighed in at 198|lb and Schmeling at 1931 b. A record c rowd of 84,000 saw the champion score an amazing revenge when, racing to the centre of the ring at the opening of the fight Louis administered a steady stream of rights and lefts to the face, literally smothering the contender, who finally went down under the two-handed attack. He rose before a count began, but thereafter succumbed, falling three times until the towel was thrown in oy his trainer, who caused the referee to stop the fight 2 minutes 4 seconds after it had fbegun. It was a battered and semi-consci-ous Schmeling who rose after the third fall. He was in terrible shape but instinct kept him on his feet, while Louis, like a panther, tore him to pieces on the ropes* His trainer apparently saw the contender for the title was in extreme danger of permanent injury after the second fall, and threw in the towel, but Schmeling took another fall and rose to receive a measure of further demoniac punishment before the referee could wave the champion aside giving him victory on a technical knock-out.

NEGRO’S TRIPHAMMER BLOWS

CHICAGO, June 22. Schmeling apparently never had a chance in his futile attempt to recapture the heavyweight crown. The confidence with which the negro shuffled to the centre of the ring, his eyes blazing, and landed three straight lefts to the contender’s head immediately connoted his supremacy. They were triphammer blows which reddened Schmeling’s swarthy countenance, but which he weathered and gamely shot a right to Louis’ face reminiscent of his 1936 form, but the expressionless negro t-hook off the blow and passed in on Schmeling like a hurricane. With a left hook and a right uppercut to the chin Schmeling swayed backwards, raising both arms before him as if attempting to gain his equilibrium. This was only a few seconds before the erd.

Schmeling never regained his equilibrium. He fell towards the ropes a,j.d Louis smashed him full in the mouth. The contender’s head slumped back and he slumped against the ropes, while Louis rained blows to his practically unprotected head and face. The referee compelled Louis to back away and technically counted one over the contender, although the latter was not yet down actually. Then Schmeling fell resistlessly to the canvas but was up at the count of two. Louis thereupon floored him again with pelting rights and lefts for a count of three. As the referee counted over the semi-paralysed challenger, who was trying to rise, with blood streaming from his mouth, lis trainer threw in the towel and commenced to climb through the ropes apparently to pick up Schmeling from the floor. The referee tnrew the towel irom the ring and waved the trainer away. Schmeling was now up and Louis commenced raining rights and lefts to the German’s bloodsmeared chin. Schmeling sprawled sideways and fell to the floor. The referee when a count of five was reached waved his hands, ending the fight. Louis was unmarked. FOUL DISALLOWED. Schmeling afterwards claimed a foul despite the fact that under the New York rules a foul is impossible. He declared the kidney punch paralysed him. The referee admitted that one of the first punches with which Louis hit the German was a terrific right i.o the kidneys but it was fair NEGROES FIGHT POLICE NEW YORK, June 22. At Cleveland 3000 rioting negroes celebrating Louis’ victory interfered with the trains. They paraded the streets and fought the police. Seven including three police were injured, one of- whom and a boy are in a critical condition.