SCHMELLING WINS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 June 1929, Page 5

SCHMELLING WINS

A GRIM FIGHT. (Lulled Press Association.—By Electri< lelegnipti.—Copyright.) NEW YORK, June 27. Max Schmolling, the German heavyweight, gained the decision from Paulino Uzcudun, the Spaniard, in their fifteen rounds elimination bout. The winner will now meet Jack Sharkey in toptember. Sclimeiling’s seconds ' protested against Uzcudun applying vaseline to bis face. It was therefore rubbed off. The fighters tapped each other lightly for a few seconds. Schmelling then forced the fighting. In the second round his .short reach was troubling Uzcudun. The German jarred his opponent with a right to the chin. They then came shoulder to shoulder. In the third round, Schmelling punched the Basque about the head, while Uzcudun pecked away at Schmelling’s' body. Then Uzcudun landed a low blow, and the German winced. In the fourth round, Uzcudun drove Schmelling to the ropes, but the German fought his way out gamely, and the round ended even. In the fifth round Uzcudun had his opponent somewhat on the defensive,’ hacking him against the ropes with body blows.' Then the Basque hooked a hard right to the German’s chin. Schmelling drew blood from Paulino’s nose with a straight right. Next Schmelling temporarily lost his balance from a left hook by Uzcudun to the head, but he recovered quickly. v In the sixth round a hard right to the face brought the blood from Uzcudun’s month, while in the seventh . round Schmelling staggered his opponent with a right to the face, which was soon followed with another terrific right to the chin, and then he rocked his opponent with a short right to the head, as Paulino was tiring.

Tn the eighth round, however, Uzcudun drove his opponent into a corner, and the Basque landed blows viciously left to the stomach, and then the German took punishment while he backed against the ropes.

In the tenth round the German retreated to the ropes under a two-fisted barrage from , the Basque. Then Max became aggressive, and rapid blows to the head caused Basque to bleed badly from the mouth, Paulino- being groggy.

In the twelfth round Uzcuden was wild, and his opponent avoided him, but not for long. Max hooked a hard left to the chin that nearly drove his opponent through the ropes. In the thirteenth round, Schmelling came out on the bell unmarked. Paulino’s face was his target, and blood spurted again from the Basque’s left eye, which was cut and half closed. Max dazed his opponent with a right to the chin, and he was almost out on his feet, this being SclimeUing’s round by a large margin. In the fourteenth round Schmelling was after the Basqiie, and was beating him to the punch at will. The Basque’s face was in ribbons, and he was fighting blindly now. Max almost floored him with a right to the chin. He was tearing at Paulino with both fists when the referee intervened, having difficulty in stopping the German, who had not heard the hell.

In the fifteenth round, Max. rushed out of his corner. Paulino was ready to drop as the German beat him unmercifully. It was all that Paulino could do to hold on. Both his ieyes were swollen, so that he could hardly see,' yet the*Basque fought stupidly but heroically. It was a massacre—yet it was not a knock-out. Th German apparently was unable to finish his man. Paulino at the bell dropped into his seat half lifelessly.