New York, June 19.
\AVOURED by none of the experts, backed by nobody's money!
and not fancied by sports writers of two hemispheres, Max Schmeling, former heavyweight' champion of the world, to-night performed the feat that most people said wa: impossible. Knecked out Joe Louis, the negro from Detroit, in the twelfth round of their bout before a frenzied audience in the vast reaches] of the Yankee Stadium.
Schmeling, the only man who ever won the heavyweight championship on a foul, and who lost it two years later to the unimpressive Jack Sharkey, scored a clear-cut and decisive victory over Louis, whom his followers had termed the "uncrowned cham~ pion." Before the knock-out punch was delivered, Schmeling had "NAE, Herald Photo, Lacking elaborate facilities, the employees of the Shanghai General Post ofice nevertheless derive much entertainment and exercise from what isa hand, AL the present Time, more than 140 Post OMice aihieles are actively engaged in a Special variety of football played under rather Unique conditions considering the big number of participants.
'On the opposite sitio of the Post 'OMice building from North Szechuen Road 4s a small open yard closely surrounded on all sides. 'Towering the south side is the Embankment Building, while crowding upon the boundary' lines of the lit tle Meld are Chinese huts before which children play and families cat their meals, Within the boundary Jines a complete miniature football field has been laid out and on that field ten teams composed of postmen, clerks, and members of the general stof, are fighting hard to win top honours in the respective divisions of their league and the champion-thoroughly mastered the "Brown Bomber" and brought him to the floor of the ring for the first time in the negro's professional career.
To the uller amazement of the thousands of fans crammed into the stadium, and the stunned surprise of thousands of others in every corner of the globe, the "Black Uhlan" from Germany put his lithe young opponent out for the count of ten two minnies and 20 seconds in the twelfth round, Louis succumbed completely, and his seconds had to carry him out of the wing. It was the only smock-out which Louis had suffered in thirty professional bouts, 24 of which he had won by the knock-out route.
'AS the referee raised his arm in token of victory, Schmeling sniled through his cracked lips and, said, "Now for Braddock, Boy, we'll got that title back!"
'Atterward, Schmeling said that he could have Knocked out Louis sooner, but that his eye was blinded. Both of Louis' thumbs were badly sprained. After he had been carried out of the ring he remained unconscious for twenty minutes. Louis Carson Beats Nanking's
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