Evening star., 1935-12-08
DURABLE BASQUE
NEVER ON FLOOR
&c. 6-Year-0Id Heavy, Proud
of Lasting Ability, Is in
Danger Friday.
BY CHARLES NORMAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

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M the delectation Of the worlds
" most cynical fight fans, Joe
a Louis, the Betting Benedict
will enter the ring at Madison Square
Garden on Friday the 18th TO swap
punches with Pauline Uzcudun, the
ax-man of the Pyrenees, for is rounds
or less.
At a time when most people are
thinking of peace on earth, good will
to men, the Brown Bomber of Detroit
awaits the clang of the gong that
will send him, sleek slaughter ma
chine, to NOV down the Bounding
Basque, who is conceded only an out
side chance to bound out of the way
safely.
Fans Are FickIe.
A ND waiting with him are New
= York's ring followers, wise to the
ways of Tin Ear Alley. who still have
to be shown what this fellow from
Detroit haS-becauSe, when they
stopped shouting for Primo Carnera
and Max Baer. about the time Joe
Louis was stopping the prides of Italy
and Broadway, they began to wonder
what they ever saw in these two
former heavyweight champions of the
world
That's the New York fight fan, with
a suspicious resemblance to his gal
lery brothers in London, Buenos Aires,
Seattle and Waco, Tex
For this reason, the ring-wise here
are earmarking pennies. nickelS and
dimes, in order to take their places
when the line forms on the right. Now,
they figure, if the Brown Bomber is
really all that has been said Of him,
there is treat in store. In short, they
expect to see the shutter brought in
for Pauline, but only after the Detroit
slugger has been extended.
There is nothing in the records,
however, to show G) that their prog
nostication may be correct or (2) that
Joe Louis will be extended.
They Scoffed-Then Saw.
THE New York fight fan scoffed
when he heard that a fighter
named Louis was betting them out in
Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Los An
geles, San Francisco, Dayton, Flint,
Peoria and Kalamazoo.
He sneered when the pride of the
Midwest arrived to meet Carnera-al-
though Mr.. Fan stayed to cheer when
he saw the businesSlike way Louis
disposed of the pride of Italy and
Harlem.
He laughed of the King Levinsky
fiasco.
He booed Max Baer when the harle-
quin of the ring was counted out.
But he still sat back and asked to
be shown.
Madison Square Garden will oblige,
by tossing in another gladiator to test
the fistic prowess of Joe Louis.
Is Veteran Scrapper.
DAULINO, the durable Basque, is
veteran, at home over the long
route. He has gone IS rounds with
Tom Heeney, Pierre Charles, Max
Schmeling and Primo Carnera. and 20
with Max Baer. He has never been
knocked down or out, and has 81
knockouts to his credit. including one
over Phil Scott, the Phantom Of the
Thames.
He is proud Of his lasting ability,
and his undentable jaw He is conf
dent Louis can't hurt him, although
the fans are afraid it may be vice
versa.
He figrres to be the logical opponent
to make Louis open up his bag Of
tricks and trot them all out for the
customers. if he manages to remain
upright long enough. The New York
fan is hoping for the best.
Pauline Is Confident.
DAULINO, who has been fighting a
long time and now is So, may not
be equal to the test Louis has in store
for him, but opponents for the Brown
Bomber are few and far between:
some of them, in fact, haven't
emerged from the storm cellars into
which they dived the night in June
when Camera went to the block.
Since reaching peak form the brown
man from Detroit has not been ex-
tended very far. In l3 bouts this year
it has taken him 10 rounds to outpoint
only two opponents and knockout one;
the others ended in two or three, with
Carnera fading out in the sixth, Baer
in the fourth. If Pauline is still as
durable as he says he is, he may sur
prise every one, including Louis, by
sticking around, although it seems in
on paper at least, that
he will do so longer than Baer or Car
nera did. Baer, too, said he had never
been knocked down or knocked out
until he met Louis.
Will Pack EN- In.
THE lure of Louis, cynicism to one
= side, is still strong around these
parts. The man who brought the mil.
lion dollar gate back to outdoor fights
will pack 'em in the Garden next
Friday.
Right now it looks like a sellout.
Seating capacity is $4,000, and tickets
are scaled from SIS ringside to 50
for the humber spectators. A capacity
house paying from 50 to SIS adds
up to $128,000.