Evening star., 1935-09-25
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Of the fight business, modified MUIR
der" in every sense Of the word;
killing" so devastating and complete
as to leave not single question for
dispute.
On his honeymoon today. upward
OF 100000 richer, and taking it all
with the same GOODNESS that charac-
terizes his amazing ring workman
ship, Joe Louis seemingly has no wor-
ries about pugilistic future that
contemporary word artists are paint
ing in the gaudiest possible hues.
The brown bomber's twenty-fifth
consecutive victory and his twenty
first knockout since he turned pro-
fessional scarcely IA months ago
capped the climax of the most spec
tacular march since Dempsey waded
through all opposition to the world
championship.
The title held by the ex-stevedore,
James j. Braddock, IS Louis goal. but
probably it will be year before he
gets the chance to claim it for his
race for the first time since Jack
johnson ruled the fstic heights.
A match with Max Schmeling, the
German, who once wore the heavy
weight crown, is the next major goal
for the brilliant Negro Promoter
Mike Jacobs, heir to Richards mantle,
said he plans to match Louis and
Schmeling for a 15-round fight at
either of New York's big ball parks
next June the winner to box Brad
dock for the title IN September.
Louis Would Keep Busy.
IT OUIS told me he wants to fight as
often as possible" said Jacobs,
who already has the Negro under con-
tract for two more years, with an op-
ton on his fighting services until 1910.
He says that getting married now
also means he will have to keep busy,
but it's going to be tough finding op-
ponents. Unless some young fighter
develops sufficiently during the Win
ter to earn a match with Louis. it
looks as though he may have to wait
until he meets Schmeling in the
Spring
For those who saw Louis crush
Baer, there isn't the slightest doubt
that the Chocolate Soldier can and
will whip Schmeling and then take"
the gallant Braddock The simple,
lndisputable fact is that there is no
outstanding heavyweight Who figures
to go the route under the Bomber's
barrage.
Baer was to provide the big test,
demonstrate whether Louis could
take it" and make the going tougher
for Louis than all the other fighters
he has met combined.
Max may have had fury in his.
heart. but there was no dynamite in
his fists. Instead of setting a whirl-
wind pace, he came out cautiously.
Instead Of slugging, he tried to box as
n1asterful a young boxer as the ring
has developed in a generation.
He absorbed, as he said he would,
all that Louis could throw at him,
but even concrete can resist T N T
only for brief time.
After taking a terrific lacing for
two rounds. Baer crumpled under the
Negroes two-flsted fire and sagged
Elowly to the floor for the first time
midway in the third round. The blood
through which he had grinned inso-
lently. disdainfully in earlier melees,
dripped from his face, now a gro
tesque mask.
Saved by Bell.
AS HE squatted the curly haired
Californian managed another
smile. and with the instinct of the
great Snowman that he always has
been, waved to the crowd that was on
its feet. yelling for the kill"
1t was a characteristic Baer ges-
ture, magnificent touch from a
warrior who knew the end was COM
ing. Eyes bleary, Baer staggered to
his feet at the count of nine.
He met another whitening blast,
backed into the ropes, then swayed
and toppled again. He was saved this
time by the bell, at the count of four.
Frantically Jack Dempsey and other
handlers told the battered former
champion to keep punching" but
the old fire was gone. Max knew it
and so did every one else.
Louis, still in no great hurry, me-
thodically stalked his man, shifting
his crushing left hooks to the body,
blows that wiped the last vestiges of a
grin from Baer's bruised, bleeding
face.
Once Max f1icked a back-handed
blow to the Bombers face. The ref
cree admonished him, but it was un-
important.
Soon Louis swept in again, smash
ing two lefts to the head, then
right that put Baer down for the last
time, Maxs eyes blinked. He was
on one knee. swaying bit. He didn't
hear the count and he didn't seem
to care.
Outcome Easily Foreseen.
lie WAS swaying when Referee
Arthur Donovan swung his arm
down for the tenth time Baer was
"out" for the first time in his career,
IN every sense of the word
There was little or no doubt about
the outcome from the first round,
when Louis drew first blood with
sharp left hooks to the nose and
mouth, then backed Baer into
neutral corner and gave him two
handed lashing that had the crowd
wild.
All Baer did was to demonstrate he
could still take it" and grin. He
took plenty, he kept grinning and
when the bell rang he squared his
shoulders. patted Louis patronizingly
on the back and stalked to his corner.
Only twice did the former cham
pion- flash the sort of punching fury
that battered down Schmeling and
Primo Carnero. Midway in the first
round. after being stung by the
Bomber's sharpshooting, Max let fly
with both hands. He landed hard to
the head, but yielded quickly to the
Eegro's counter blast.
In the closing moments of the Sec
md round Raer LET loose his most