Evening star., 1935-06-25


will have to carry on his 0usky
, shoulders something more than
~ Primo Cameras $50 pounds at
the Yankee Stadium tonight.
Also he Will have to carry more ad-
jectives. appellations and advance ac-
claim than any young fighter ever
knew.
With only a years professional ring
experience he has been labeled "an-
other Sam Langford," the BLACK
Dempsey" and "the Brown Bomber" !"
to mention only few Of his startling
titles on the man-killing side.
The euloEistic wraps have been
removed. with all reservations
cast aside by most Of those who
have seen him work.
In the majority of his fights and in
his training camp workouts Louis
has shown all the qualifications
needed to stop Camera inside of 10
rounds If the burden of the big spot
doesn't tie him up.
Louis can outlook Camera. with
something to spare. He can outpunch
the human mammoth by dozen kilo-
meters, using either hand. He looks
to be cooler in a crisis-better armed
in every way except in the matter Of
strength, reach and experience.
It is this matter of experience. PLUS
the pressure of a terrific ballyhoo.
which may count against Louis, if
anything does. Louis. will be sur
rounded by one of the biggest fight
crowds of many years and he will be
up against a roughhouse giant who
at least can tug and maui, even If ne
can't hit.
He will be up against fellow max
ing his last stand close to important
money if he doesn't come through.
But the big balance still is all on
the side of Joe Louis. If you can out
box and Qutpunch an opponent. If you
are a better offensive and defensive
fighter. the outside details can't pe
important in any summing up.
Dark Shadows.
IT WAS just Is years ago when Jack
johnson knocked out Jim Jeffries
to take over the undisputed title of
world heavyweight champion the
first and only Negro fighter in mod
ern times to sit on top of the game.
Jack johnson was the greatest de-
fensive fighter boxing ever knew, but
an entirely different type from Louis.
Louis belongs to the killer class that
Jack Dempsey made famous.
When the bell rings his entire con-
centration is centered upon knocking
his man out at the first chance. He
doesn't step In with any wild tiger
like rush. Cold and methodical, his
crafty eyes always are looking for the
first opening, for the first shot. and
when this time comes he has either a
right or a left that can carry out the
main idea.
II he beats Camera by any
decisive margin, as he figures to
do, again there will be the Ma
tion-wide argument that Jack
Johnson. and later Harry Wills,
stirred up.
Madison Square Garden. Joe Gould
and Jim Braddock are looking in the
general direction of Max Baer or Max
Schmeling for the next title fight.
And Braddock happens to be cham
pion. They are not looking along the
Louis Camera line of march.
But if Louis proves to be 70 per cent
of the fighter he has been touted to
be-if he knocks out Camera in few
rounds-it will take q lot Of fast-footed
maneuvering to keep him on the side
lines in a runner-up role.
He has great chance in view of
the recent Braddock-Baer show, which
included less actual fighting than any
heavyweight contest has known in a
long, long time.
So Louis hasn't much Of target TO
shoot at.s If Camera wins, he still Is
the man whom Baer knocked out
the giant who couldn't stop Tommy
Loughran, Jim Maloney, King Levin
sky, Pauline and a number of others.
A Carnera victory might keep him
In the heavyweight running. but the
public verdict would be that Louis was
overrated badly and not SO much after
all.