Evening star., 1934-12-30
PREVENTS RETURN
CO WITH LEV|NSKy
Wanted "Nice Fight" With
Kingfish, but Couldn't
Stand for Insult.
BY CHARLES DUNKLEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

HICAGO, December 29.-
Knocking out King Levinsky
knocked Max Baer, worlds
heavyweight champion, out Of
at least S50,oo0.
This was estimated tonight when
It was learned that Baer had agreed
to a 1o-round battle with the free
swinging young man-about-toWn m
Chicago next Summer, provided they
had emerged from q scheduled four
round exhibition with honors fairly
even. Instead Of getting the $50,000
Baer got about SO 900 for dramatically
fiattening the Kingflsh in two thrilling
rounds.
The champion was risking his title
he could have lost 1t II he had been
knocked out-and Levinsky was de-
termined to do that very thing when
he leveled terrific right-hand blows
on Baer's chin during the first round.
Levinsky's Contempt Costly.
"r EAPING LENA" LEVY, sister
manager Of the reformed Max
well street fish peddler declared
today that the KingfSh lost because
he became too careless, but Baer said
It was because he got too fresh.
IT didn't want to knock the guy
out" Baer said II had hoped that We
could 60 through with a nice fight.
But the sucker tried to knock my ears
off in the first round and then tried
to make me look foolish at the start
OF the second by standing in the mid
die Of the ring and waving his arms
at me yelling. Come out and fight,
you so and so.'
II said to myself. Who does this
mug thing be Is; he's talking to the
worlds champion So ] let him
have it.
Remember what said about fight
ing 1asky or Hamas, or Levtnsky and
Lasky IN one night? Well, 1t still
goes"
Baer, after remaining in Chicago
to do a little new year celebrating.
will resume his exhibition tour in De-
troit January 4, meeting Babe Hunt,
an elongated heavyweight from Ponca
City, Okla.
Gloom as thick as pea soup settled
over the Levinkky clan tonight.
LeaplnS Len8 ExpfAAnS.
"THE Kinghsh got too confident
after beating that Baer all over
the ring IN the first round" ex-
planned Leaping Lena. He thought
he could 60 on winning just
as decisively and did not obey tn
structions from the corner to be care
full in the second ronud. Why, he was
xyiv1 10 Yuf1 h
was okay when that Baer clouted him
on the chin Oh, such a punch! Even
my chin hurts. So does Fishky's. So
does Sammy's. Both Baer and the
King are terrific punchers and it just
had to be that the one who connected
first had to win
Levinsky is planning q vacation in
Miami to rest up before considering
future engagements. He may be
matched with that sensational Detroit
Negro heavyweight. Joe Louis, In Chi
cago within couple Of months II the
promoters can induce him to take It.
Since 1880 the free-swinging Le-
whisky has been a headliner IN the
stadium, but last night was the first
that he had ever been so humiliated.
He fought them al during his time
and his chin has been Of cast iron.
Just two years ago he humbled one
of the greatest champions that ever
lived, Jack Dempsey, in the very same
ring. But Baer succeeded in doing
what Dempsey, Camera, Walker,
Loughran and the rest failed to do
knock him as stt1 as a mackerel, the
fish that brought Levinsky to fame.