Although it does not give him back the heavyweight championship of the, world, which he won by beating Jack Sharkey in 1990 and lost to the same boxer in 1932, Max Schmeling's victory over Joe Louis is hhalled as the first successful "come back" ever staged by a boxer in his class, It will be crowned conclusively if he manages to beat James J. Braddock, the present holder, In September. Seldom has a fight produced such an unexpected result. Reading the commentary on the match before the great day, it seemed that no-one hardly troubled about Schmeling's feelings. He was ro-garded as merely the instrument by which Joe Louis could secure the Fight to take Braddock's title, for it was assumed, with almost the same degree of certainty, that Braddock gould not fail to godown before the "brown bomber" who had smashed the giant Camera into semi-conciousness last June and three months later pulverized Baer in four rounds. Camera had taken the title from Sharkey in 2933 but Jost it In 1934 to Baer who, in turn, was outpointed by Braddock on June 13, 1935, so the assumption that Louis had no-one to fear was not very wild. At all events: few paid any attention to Schmeling's contention that he had discovered Louis' weak spot." The Aght seems to have been worthy of the occasion. Louis had the better of the first three rounds, A hard right from Schmeling in the fourth round proved the turning point of the match, although {he negro's gameness. was shown by: his getting slightly the better of the seventh round and starting the eighth with a fierce but unavailing effort to regain the initiative, The question now arises whether Schmeling will succeed in doing what Fitzimmons in 1902, Corbett in 1908 and Jeffries in 1910' failed to do—regain the cham~ pionship after having been defeated oF retired. He will not underestimate the dim culty of the task, for Braddock is believed to have greatly improved his technique and in hardness is a formidable rival, The result of the match will give great pleasure to Schmeling's compatriots and be to them a most satisfactory Introduction to the forthcoming Olympic Games, von Cramm can take the hint at: Wimbledon this week, the joy Germany will be undiluted. Sportsmen generally will congratulate Schmeling for he 1s a modest man and deserves his success. As for Joo Louis he is very young, being only just 21 years old, so this defeat may not necessarily mean more than a Postponement of his hopes, unless there is something irremediably amiss with his His personality. has caught the public eye and his success was confidently predicted but on Friday he met his moste
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