The Washington times., 1935-09-17

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est excuse for l N
clever boxer I M
that the rim g SS"'aN = 'NN '*..''''''''''''''
has produced Frank "Buck" ONeill
since Al Mccoy knocked out
George Chip, winning fluke vic
tory and the middleWeight cham
pionship in a punch.
For the past several weeks
stories have come out of Specula-
tor, N. Y, telling the world that
Baer was a serious hombre, deep.
ly interested in this and that. The
world was assured that his hands
would be in fine condition to
knock out Louis. Not a word has
been said about his boxing, his
ability to slip leads and counter
with short, inside punches, or
driving uppercut that NOW down
opponents. There is a very good
reason for this. Bag does not
know how to box.
Let's look back at his last few
fights. He took II rounds or
thereabouts to knock out the big
gest joke the ring has ever known,
next to Ed DunkhorSt or maybe
Carl Morris. That joke, of course,
was Primo Carnera. Carnera
couldn't punch his way out of a
wet tissue paper bag, but after
Baer had Da Preem scrambled
over the floor like the breakfast
eggs, he fooled around and Car
nera won four or more rounds
on sheer boxing.
Max Ate Leather
He left handed Baer all over
the ring for a while. Jimmy Brad
dock beat Baer with a left hand
and by the elemental boxing move
of circling to Baer's left, away
from his right hand. This move
took the power away from Makes
punch. When, finally, Baer did lay
in the Sunday sock in the sew
enth round, he had so little on
the glove that Braddock was re-
lieved of all anxiety.
Baer never learned how to slip
punches, to roll with punches and
to step inside of leads with short
counters. His best, and his only
wallop is a long righthand swing
"a sucker punch. Baer's method
of avoiding left hands-at least
when I saw him last, was to fold
his own left arm around his jaw
and lean in, taking them high.
It is contended that Baer will
find Louis an easy target for a
right. 1t is argued that the Brown
Blaster moves straight in and
throws punches. Quite true, but
Louis makes his man lead and
cuts him down with counters.
Louis has put in hours and hours
behind locked doors with one Of
the great fighters of recent his
tory, the same being Jack Black"
burn, who at 1873 pounds fought
Sam Langford, and any one else
who would fight him.
Louis Taught by Master
Blackburn taught Louis the ring
lore of a school that produced
great fighters. Joe knows how to
jab and how to hook. Look over
his fights and you will see that
he has knocked down every man
he fought, or practically every
man he fought, with a left hook
Great fighters have great LETT
hands. There never was a single
great 'un of this or any other day
who didn't stiffen his opponents
with the left, and get them ready
for a finishing right hand.
The hotch cha cha training OF
Baer for his other matches con
trasts strongly with the methods
of great fighters. Bob FitZsimmons
. trained behind locked doors after
his public workouts. Dan Hickey
his trainer, Is the authority for
this, and Bob Davis, one Of Amer
ica's greatest newspaper men, Of
fers corroborative statements or
the matter.
Jack Dempsey worked for hours
perfecting his left hook. I mean
that the ManasSa champion
worked for hours a day over a pc
riod of years. He never led OF
countered with his right, doing al
the work with the port mauler.
Corbett Labored Hard
Jim Corbett told your reporter
many times of how he plottet
moves, working before a mirror
: with sets of foot marks on floor
to get the exact striding distance
l before he tried the punch in pub
Z lie.
) The hours of labor made tn
= moves, whether protective or Of
> fensive, second nature with tn
= fighters using them. When the
- were hurt they instinctively MAD
use of the moves they had WORKED
out. It all came under the head
. ing of ring generalship.
~ Baer never has followed such
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