The Omaha guide., 1935-10-05
IN THE REALM OF
...S p O %.

critics all over the nation are ex-
hausting their adjectives to describe
the grace and skill with which Joe
Louis, uncrowned heavyweight cham
pion Of the world, chopped up and
knocked out Max Baer during their
four round fistic engagement in New
York's Yankee Stadium scarcely two
hours after he had married Miss
Marva Trotter of Chicago, a survey
Of newspapers show.
Even Dixie toots as loud as any on
the Brown Bomber bandwagon, with
Alsbama papers pointing with
pride" to the prowess Of a native
son. Zipp Newman, sport columnist
for the Birmingham News, the day
following the fight had this to say,
among other tributes:
Barring cyclones, train wrecks
and hurricanes, Alabama will furnish
the next heavyweight champion Of
the world. And this will be just as
soon as Jimmy Bradock risks his
title with Joe Louis . Louis not
only boxed like a Jack johnson, but
punched like a Jack Dempsey +.
There has never been another Joe
Louis. He is all fighter and he doesn't
know how to smile Jimmy Brad
dock wants to keep several states
and a lot Of time between him and
the Alabama bomber -"
William MCGEE O'Keefe, sports
editor of the New Orleans Times
Picayune who covered the fight per-
sonally, says in part:
Louis had everything. Instead Of
an inexperienced fighter facing a
seasoned warrior, as most Of us
thought would be the role Of Louis,
the young Negro looked like a master
handling a novice-as polished and
perfect a fighter as the Negro look
ed, however, he showed such improv-
ment over the Camera fight that
students of the game say he will con-
tinue to improve.
If he does he will take rank not
only as the greatest fighter that
the black race ever sent into the ring
but n Of the most brilliant heavy
weights of all time"
Southern papers carried Louis pic
lures of all sizes. Dailies in the north
and south, some for the first time in
their histories, carried the picture of
a Negro woman on the front page
when the 10 year old stenographer
became the bride of the p year old
ring master.
An odd note was infused into the
situation by Patrick Murphy of the
London Daily Express who reported
g pre-fight transatlantic conversa-
ton with Joe in the best Dixie man
ner, calling the Brown Bomber the
"Bible-reading Negro boxer. Quot
ing from the London story:
"Ah been workin' out all day., he
began. Il a six miles on a road,
and now Ah'm goin' play with my
sparrin' partners. This is Joe Louis
heah. S'pase | should have said that
first, eh?"
He has the richest southern ac-
cent | have heard for years. Listen
ing to him is like having a Negro
comedian all to yourself"
Paul Calico of the New York Dali
ly News, whose recent article on Joe
Louis in the magazine Vanity Fair
under the title "Mean Man" attract
ed considerable attention, stood amaz-
ed at a man who could marry and
rush Immediately to the prize ring
and there vanquish his evenings foe.
IF there was ever a more remark
able man in the ring than Detroit's
Joe Louis, the colored heavyweight,
then you will have to dig in the past
Of fistfightng for some long forgot
ten, unsung fighter. Here tonight he
went from a wedding to an execution.
The wedding was his own. And he
played the role of the executioner. He
went from tenderness to terror, and
there is no figuring, or knowing, or
even believing a mar like that" Gal
leo wrote.
"Here was the coolest %concentra-
ton ever a man displayed. And |
wonder if his new brides heart beat
q little with fear that this terrible
thing was hers"
With little ground left for any 9th
er comparison, experts are now won
dering what would have happened
had Joe fought Jack Dempsey in the
Manassa Mauler's prime. And here is
4 what Warren Brown, sports column
ist Of the Chicago Herald Examiner
has to say:
Dempsey would have given Lopis
a fight. He's the only one | can think
Of in a long line of heavyweight
champions who would. Dempsey
would have taken a terrible beating
But he wouldn't have quit. But in his
very best day he couldn't have beat
en- this Joe Louis, who hasn't yet
reached his top form"
Jack himself, Immediately after
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