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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1936
Page
18
International News Service reports a 50,000 crowd expected and up to 700000 dollars in sales for the Louis vs Schmeling fight at Yankee Stadium. Schmeling trains at Napanoch and Louis travels from Lakewood with weighing in at New York hippodrome. The bout, scheduled for fifteen rounds, pits two proven punchers as bettors focus on round outcomes rather than winner.
Local readers expect Joe Louis of Detroit to defeat Max Schmeling in New York. The column cites strong support for Louis, notes his meteoric rise, and quotes multiple sports figures and residents predicting a Louis victory by knockout or decision within several rounds.
Richard L. Matteson of Butler and Richard C. Blatt of Mercer have been promoted from second to first lieutenant in the regular army. Matteson serves in the coast artillery while Blatt serves in the infantry.
Max Schmeling declares confidence ahead of the bout, saying Joe Louis is a stepping stone on his path back to the heavyweight throne. He cites seven weeks of training and peak condition, promising the fight of his life.
The speaker declares readiness for a tough fight and states he is in shape for fifteen rounds if needed. He plans a quick end to the bout and predicts a first round knockout, asserting he can knock out any opponent he can hit, including Max Schmeling.
Joe Louis and Max Schmeling scheduled for 15 rounds tonight at Yankee Stadium New York. Bout to begin at 9 p m New Castle time and broadcast on NBC. If rain prevents hold it will be moved to Friday night. Louis favored eight to one. Both fighters started as amateurs with Louis born 1914 and Schmeling 1905 reflecting early amateur records and pro success.
Limited ringside and better view seats remain as police prepare a boxing show at Taggart stadium. The ring will be hauled from Ellwood City next week, erected, and special lighting installed to support floodlights.
Fred Brand Jr of Shannopin former West Penn junior and amateur champion won the PA State Golf Association one day tournament at Pittsburgh Field Club yesterday. He fired 37 38 75 three over par, beating Bill Evans of Fox Chapel and E M Griswold by one stroke.
Ryantown trounced West Middlesex Merchants 10 to 2 at West Middlesex with Wilson on the mound. Five hits were allowed by Wilson as darkness halted play after the fifth inning. Home runs by Baka Kerr and Matthews plus strong hitting by Allen and Herne highlighted the game. Ryantown advances to face Sixth Ward Firemen at Lee Avenue Field.
A. S. & T. P. faces Hillsville today and Friday at Hillsville in a Lawrence county loop game. Friday’s match was moved from June 7 to arrange umpire coverage. Other Lawrence tilts at 6 pm include Mahoning at Wea Pittsburg and Wampum at Bessemer, with Township league games Brent at East New Castle and Rose Point at the Polish Alliance.
Box Factory tops Croton 4 to 3 at Spencerfield in a first-half city league game. Pascarella led the winners with strong pitching support from Box Factory as Croton managed six hits. Irv Rube took the loss for Croton, with Rubeis, Ring, and Pia notable for Croton while Fair, DiMuccio, Valensi and Pascarella starred for Box Factory. A three-game series with Martins Ferry Box Factory was announced.
The Bonnetts routed the Nobils 15 to 6 at Lehighfield. Polenick hit two homers and Teddy Koltz also homered while Henderson DeCaprio and Kelly collected three hits each. Banfield and Ponson pitched for the Nobils who totaled six hits, Dwever had the Bonnetts' 15 hits.
National Radiators and Knights of St. Vitus fought a high slugging game ending 10-10. Key hits came from Nick Biondi and Joe Mazzeri with multiple extra bases. Knights and Radiators meet again tonight weather permitting as standings and box scores noted.
On June 18 the A. R. Sokols and Sokolds of New Castle will participate in an athletic meet at Wilkes-Barre before a Russian delegation meeting. Competitors include Teplica Uram Yankura Dudo Warso Polenick Kovach Dutko Huffner and Roman Roman Hunt Uram Milly Warso plus Wilma Warso. Delegates to the convention from New Castle are Mrs John W Roman John Yan kura and Mrs John Vargo.
Jess Willard former heavyweight champion staying here with manager Bob Letera. They were in Cincinnati last night where Willard refereed a boxing bout for Promoter Herman Katz. He will return here then go to East Liverpool and probably Cleveland to referee bouts and will be the third man in the ring here June 26.
Members of the Lions Club played a best ball event at Sylvan Heights, using half the handicaps. Winners were Earl Williams and Ed Smith with a net 33. A Leivo and J B Waddington had low gross 40. other notable scores listed for caddies and church league players.
On Broadway ahead of the scheduled ring entrance, Joe Louis was the prohibitive betting favorite over Max Schmeling. Schmeling money was scarce with wagers at 5 to 8 to 1 for the German. Louis was odds on to win by knockout at 3 to 1, while some Schmeling backers offered 15 to 16 to 1.
Announcement from the schedule committee of the New Castle Golf League lists the forthcoming balance of season matches starting next week. The schedule covers June 23 through August as teams such as Rieck MeJunkin, Hardware Merchants, Shenango Tin, Pennsylvania Engineering, Melvins, Universal Sanitary Mfg, Conn's, Blair Strip Steel, Unions, Reynolds S&M, Haney's, and New Castle News compete in a series of weekly games across multiple venues.
The P N A baseball team meets Rose Point at Glasser Field tonight in a Township league game at 6 o'clock with both teams tied for first place. Mrozek will pitch for the P N A and Farrell for Rose Point. Brent defeated the P N A 6 to 5 on Tuesday at Brent.
Results from June 17 1936 show Pittsburgh 14 Brooklyn 4 Cincinnati 4 New York 5 Philadelphia 4 and St Louis 10 Boston 2. Standings list Chicago 83 21 611 Pittsburgh 33 23 New York 20 38 346 Philadelphia 20 33 Brooklyn 4 20. Upcoming games include Pittsburgh at Brooklyn Chicago at Philadelphia Cincinnati at New York and St Louis at Boston.
Scattered scores show New York, Cleveland, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Washington and Detroit with varied results. Ingress mentions eight innings, rain and darkness, a game won by New York and a siege involving Cleveland. Confusing line includes team records and percentages with odd fragments such as 28 7 and 18 .679.
Cold Rolls defeated the Kellys 7 to 1 in a Carnegie-Illinois Steel company league game at Rosena Furnace field. Oleski and Pittaway powered hits. Parks played well in the field. Kendra pitched effectively allowing four hits. Score by innings shows Cold Rolls with a strong early rally. Batteries Cold Rolls Kendra Morgan. Kellys Toney Abraham G Mike.
With two days left before polls close the nation wide vote fixes the American and National League lineups for the all star game at National League field on July 7 in Boston. The AL appears set with Gehrig Gehringer Appling Dykes Dimaggio Averill Haas Cochrane Dickey Lefty Grove Gomez Pearson Rowe and pitchers Berger Leiber. the NL led by Terry Herman Vaughn Whitney Medwick Demaree Hartnett Mancuso Hubbell Mungo Warneke and possibly Dean.
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