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Schmeling Says Fighters Of His Time More Skilled By CAY BROCKDORFF H United Press International 1- Hamburg. Germany - UPP -The big man gestured a well Hnanicured hand and said: You just can't compare to ay's fighters with the cham ftions of my time. There was fcorc skill, better know-how h the old days. We were bet- Ber trained.' That was He talked with a United Press International reporter in his office about the death of Davey Moore and other ring fatalities. His theory is that it's the present day state of boxing and the calibre of the men in it that explain such tragic accidents. Slips in 30 "Boxing has made no ad Max Schmeling ' vances since the '30's," he Biking, the man who fought said. "In fact it has been Kis way to the world's heavy- j slipping ever since then. Too Speight championship in the , many of the fighters don't 93.0's but is best remembered i really know how to box. to for the terrible pasting he j defend themselves and to car fcok from Joe Louis. ry out a proper offense. To- f Schmeling. at 57. still looks j day's matches often turn into like a fighter despite his man- j free-for-all style fighting, kicured nails and tailor-made "I:i my day we put the iuits. As half owner of a soft i emphasis on self-defense, ex- drnik (Coca Cola) bottling plant he is a financially suc- essful business man with 200 Hnployecs. cellent technique. s k i 1 brains, a quick eye. How many boxers can you really say that about today? And then there's a change in the whole attitude. Nowa days too many boxers have families, need to make money, need to accept fights even when they should avoid them j because of their health. That helps explain Moore's case. "They should have stopped i Moore's fight much earlier, : thrown in the towel after he showed signs he was not his usual self." Schmeling doesn't think I boxing should be banned as I a professional sport. "They shouldn't stop box- ing just because fighters have j died," he said. "People get I killed in other sports. They don't stop motor racing be ! cause people get killed by I the dozens." But, in the opinion of Dor j Maxie, the fighters them I selves and the people w h o train and manage t h e ni , should do a better job. Many boxers ' nowadays I wait until five or six weeks before a fight to get into shape. This doesn't leave ' them time to prepare for their ; opponent. You've got to be i in good condition all the I time if you want to be a top ! boxer not just condition yourself for one fight and . then taper off. Staying in con dition is a full time necessity." Schmeling grinned. "1 ; know." he said. "When tin ! a 12th round knockout on i June 19. 1936) 1 defeated i Louis I was clearly the best boxer in the world. But I didn't stay that way. When Louis kayoed me in the first round of our second fight (June 11, 1938) he was clear ly the better man and deserv ed the victory." Schmeling has said it be fore but he said again in this interview that he regretted "the Nazi propaganda at the time saying Joe beat me un fairly by punching my kid neys." "Nonsense," he said. "Joe fought correctly. One reason was my own fault I turned right into his fist for a punch he already had fired off. Joe was just the better man." He and Louis "today are IN SECOND FIGHT Max Schmeling hangs on the ropes at the Hotel Astor during a dinner celebration on the as Joe Louis keeps banging away during their second fight I fourth celebration of the fourth anniversary of the U S in New York. The two ring foes, now friends, met again People-to-People' program. (UPI) Patricia Lawford Forfeits Judgment Santa Monica, Calif. -(UPD-Mrs. Patricia Lawford for feited SI 00 in a default judg ment Wednesday when she failed to appear in Small Claims Court. The award favored Mrs. Lenorc A. Foote, Glendale, Calif., whose car was involved in a collision with a car driven by the sister of President Ken nedy Sept. 15. Mus. Foote, whose car was being driven at the time by Mrs. Nancy Jane, Foster, Sun Valley, Calif., asked $100 in the civil suit to reirnburse her for renting a car while her auto was being repaired. Damage claims arising from the accident were settled earlier. Salem Man Held In Beatty Slaying Klamath Falls - (UPI - Arclu bald Foster, 26, Salem, was arrested by state police and sheriff's deputies Wednesday a few hours after being eharg cd with first degree murder in the Monday night slaying of Mrs. Richard Biss, 37. State police also charged Wilma Williams, Klamath Falls, with assault with a dan gerous weapon. They said she held a gun on them briefly when they arrested Foster at her home. Mrs. Biss was found shot to death in the back seat of her car in front of the family home at Beatty Tuesday morn ing. She had a bullet wound in the head. Sheriff Murray Britton said the slaying apparently oc curred after a long drinking party. Weather stripping doors and windows can shave the fuel bill as much as 15 per cent on an older house. CUBS ABANDONED -Life looked pretty dismal for these little tiger cubs after they were born earlier this month at Highland Park Zoo in Dorleyville, Pa., where they were abandoned by their mother. Betty Stadler. vetcrinarian'.s assistant at the zoo. took it from there and has been feeding the waifs by bottle at her home where they will stay until they are moved to the Children's Zoo next month. (UPI) BOTH NOW,. SAFEWAY STORES INC. 699 East Jackson St. Medford Village Variety and Garden Shop Next to Piggly Wiggly . 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He broke both knees Schmeling returned to the ritio hrieflv fter thn ivar tii get himself a little stake but i"'Ping n' Crete and was then quit and went into busi-! discharged in 1943. "Some ness. people have wondered," he j said, "whether I became Nazi because I was a Ger ' man soldier. Rubbish. I was ' drafted like anybody else. iThat happens in war and I ! see nothing wrong in it." SECTION B PAGES 1 to 8 Medford? Tribune MEDFORD. OREGON. THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1063 FLOOR SANDERS for RENT at A to Z Rental 1213 N. Itivcrs.de 779-1474 ARE YOU CAUGHT IN THE SQUEEZE OF HIGH FROZEN JUICE PRICES? Buy economical made from CALIFORNIA ORANGES Concentrated I California I I ORANGE I P BASE I Non-Frozen Vitamin C Enriched Real Gold Orange Base is today's besf breakfast juice buy... cosfs less than 5f per serving.1
