Evening star., 1935-12-08
Dempsey Sizes Up Joe Louis
Continued from page tWO

Eaplu-Ilre battery. his right caught
Louis behind the ear and bent his
head over before he could clinch and
the referee stopped Baer. No kick
about that - just an extra punch or
two that man would let go, pell or
no bell, when he was hot in a mix-up.
Did the punch hurt Louis? That's
hard to tell. 1t must have Jared him
considerably, but here's what hap
pened: his seconds spoke to him, and
he laughed. 1t looked as if they were
complaining about that last punch
after the bell, and he was kidding
them about it. This showed that Joe
could take a punch and go about his
business. Id like to haveseen him tried
out a little harder, though; for one
minutes rest brought him out fresh
as paint for the third round. And
during that minute was giving Max
the spur.
Cut loose and keep punching" |
said. "You can't win if you don't hit
Go out and gamble punches with him.
Don't try to box with him; go out and
slug - and keep on slugPing till
something drops"
Il will" Max said - but once more
he seemed to forget all about it when
he answered the gong. Instead of
making slambang rush, he began
trying to spar
Why did Max do it? He told me
that Louis beat him to the punch.
Every time start to let one CO." he
said, ''he beats me to it with left"
When man figures that he is not
capable of doing his best, while the
other fellow in the ring is all set, he is
tempted to hold back, to try to save
himself by being extra careful. That
means trouble for him every time.
What he ought to do is cut loose in a
fast mix-up, where he'll have at least
an even chance to win. It's as plain as
day to the fellow outside looking in,
but unfortunately the man in there
fighting doesn't see it.
Anyway, Baer forgot to swarm all
over Louis, and went on sparring with
him. Louis had studied him out by
this time. He knew exactly what was
in Baer's mind, what Max was going
to try to do - and he beat him to the
punch. While Max was waiting for
Louis's right smash, Louis Clipped
away Max's strength with left jabs
and left hooks, now to the jaw and now
to the ribs. leaving him weaker every
minute. Just before the end of the
third round Louis did let go his right,
and dropped Max The bell saved him.
He was in pretty bad shape when
he came to his corner, and we worked
hard to bring him back. He still had
that puzzled look, and he didn't say
anything. When the buzzer sounded
warning, ten seconds before the gong,
l said:
Now, Maxey, here's your big shot
coming. Hustle in there, throw every
thing you've got at him and win with
a knockout. You have as good a
chance as he has. Win or lose like
man. Get him - and if you don't get
him. it'll be an honorable knockout"
No use. Baer went out slowly to
get his boxing lesson - and got it
plenty. Louis kept his head and
didn't take any risks. He Clipped
away and Clipped away with his left
fist till he saw Baer was ready -
and then pounded over his right with
killing power. No wonder Max thought
the ring was full of crowd of Joe
Louises when the dusky battler let
loose flock of lefts and dropped him
that last time. He tried to rise off his
knees. but his power was gone.
From what l saw of Louis that
night and what I've seen of him in
other fights, I'll say that he seems to
have everything. No other man in the
history of the game has ever come so
far at the age of twenty-one. Six feet
tall and 200 pounds of lively bone and
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