Foreign News: Is That Necessary?”

Realizing that whatever else he may be, Fisticuffer Joe Louis is certainly not Aryan, the potent Nazi Reichssportblatt (Reich Sport Paper) suddenly demanded last week that the prize fight between the U. S. Negro and German Max Schmeling, scheduled for New York City in June, be stringently boycotted by Nazi fight fans. In an essay titled, “Is That Necessary?” Nazi Sports Leader Hans von Tschammer und Osten wrote: “We cannot feel much enthusiasm for the plan to arrange an excursion to the Max Schmeling-Joe Louis boxing match. Although such a trip in itself might be agreeable, it would suit us better if the Schmeling-Louis fight had not been chosen as the reason for making it. This big business proposition can be carried through successfully without our co-operation.”

International sportsmen were not hard pressed to discover a motive for Herr von Tschammer und Osten’s outburst. Negro Louis is almost sure to knock the daylights out of 100% Aryan Schmeling.