The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-24
BAER TO FIRE THE
WORKS---ISS IS:
CAN JOE TAKE IT?
That's What Whole Nation
Wonders as Big Fight
Draws Near.
IT'S 100000 GATE
Col. Joe Williams, Ring
Expert Par Excellence,
Picks Bomber.
BY JOE WILLIAMS
Times Special Writer

NEW 1Ohh, sept. "A. -
A hating, bewildered and
slightly cock-eyed country
paused in its economic and
political fumblings today to
follow the fstic fortunes of
two cOmmercialized young
savages, Max Baer, ex-heavy-
weight champion, and Joe
Louis, Detroit Negro.
A record crowd for metropolitan
blood lettings under legal sanction
will pour S1,0OO,O0O, more or less,
into the prOmotiOnal Golfers of Mr.
Mike Jacobs, front man for the
Hearst prize fight department. They
VIII see what has been advertised
as the most important mixed fight
since Jeffries and johnson met in
1910 at RenO-though the precise
nature of the imp ,Ttance supposed
~ involved is not clear.
The brown-tinted, balloon-lipped
Negro and the eccentric Hebrew
come together in a ring pitched over
second base around o'clock to-
night indianapolis time) at YAM
kee Stadium. They are pro-
grammed to go Is rounds. Unbeat-
en- in "a fights as a professional,
Louis is the favorite. Indeed, as
these lines are written the betting is
even Baer does not come up for the
eleventh round.
The FateS Change All
No heavyweight ever climbed so
swiftly in critical acclaim as Louis.
Conversely. no heavyweight ever
dropped so preciptiOusly from high
esteem as Baer. Fifteen months
ago Louis was fighting in the pre-
Inns for bottle tops A little more
than a year ago Baer. smiling con-
temptuOusly in CORY triumph at the
swaylng, PUPPY carcass of Camera,
was being hailed as the new thunder
man of the ring, another Dempsey.
The capricious fates Cor maybe it
was a couple of other fellows
changed all this with a few swift
strokes. Baer made an lmbeliev-
ably bad fight against the much
beaten jim BraddOck, failed to land
one solid punch. surrendered the
championship, alibied his hands
were brittle. guffawed about his de-
feat. and Sneered. What's the
heavyweight championship, any
way?"
Meanwhile, the 21-year-old dead
pan Negro. managed by gamblers of
his own color, one a University of
Michigan man le other a slick
haired dandy f. n Chicago'S loop,
and trained by JACK Blackburn. ia
nous old-time Indianapolis light
weight. whose deep razor scars be-
speak an expressive militancy. was
coming along at a roaring pace.
Levinsky Quit Cold
He stopped Camera quicker than
Baer. The first time he hit Camera
the big italian became hysterical
and Stiffened with fright Louis
then stopped LevinSky in less than
half the time it took Baer
And now the man who made the
unbelievably bad fight against the
ShOp-wOrn Braddock comes toe to
toe with the young paralyzer. What
will happen? The odds, rejecting
the opinion of the wise guys. say
Louis will win easily. Obviously
they are taking him off his fights
with Camera and LevinSky. Just
obviously they are taking Baer off
his fight with Braddock-and they
are taking hin with great speed to
the nearest exit.
Baer's in Good Shape
Perhaps that's the sound way to
take the two. Even Baer'S closest
relatives must admit he was the bum
complete against Braddock. And it
seems fair enough to insist he still
is a bum until he proves he isn't.
Spirited away to the AdirOndackS
and virtually imprisoned in the
silent hills where he was forced to
work himself into something APP
preaching fighting condition, Baer
comes to the ring tonight in better
shape than he has been in three
years.
Can Louis take it? That's the one
question the sensational Negro
hasn't vet been called on to answer
as a professional. Baer didn't hit
Braddock. but he probably will hit
Louis Baer's colossal vanity has
been wounded, he is angry at the
sharp criticism he has received. he
is primed to shoot the works. 1t
remains TO be seen what the works
consist Of.
Colonel Joe Picks Louis
If Louis can take Baer'S Mickey
Finn and come on with his morale
and might unimpaired it won't even
be close. He carries more guns than
Baer. is faster both with his feet
and hands and by the very nature
Of things figures to carry more vi
tally, and hence a greater capacity
for endurance. If the fight takes
this turn it will be simply a question
OF how long Baer can last.
1t is just possible. Of course. Louis
has been Over-rated Camera was
made to order for him and LevinSky
quit. Still that wasn't Louis fault.
He did all he was asked TO do. and
did It with superlative skill. Baer
VIII be his hardest test.
/ think Louis viii beat him, but
that II will be hard fight, conSum-
ing possibly the full Is rounds.