The Washington times., 1935-08-23

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discuss the
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Kirk Miller which can be
expected Of this pair.
Enough people who seem
to assume I should know
something of the possible result
Of this fight, have approached
me for q preview, to make me
suspect that the fight is very
much on the public mind.
Therefore I take typewriter in
hand and attempt to elucidate.
A Cat-Dog Fight
My belief is this:
It will be a whale of a fight
If Make Baer can get himself
into the physical shape and
in the mental attitude he was
last September when he knock
ed the giant Primo Carnera
to the Long Island Bowl can
vas 13 times-count 'em-13.
You don't have to worry
about Joe Louis pronounced
LooieS) state of mind or be-
ing. Like John L. Sullivan,
''Looie" is always ready to go.
Unlike Baer, Louis has spent
no time sacheting amid the
twinkling lights Of Broadway
or Hollywood.
"Looie" therefore has ad-
hered to the simple life, in.
Sofar as his personal habits
are concerned, and therefore,
as any Boy Scout will tell
you, he is always physically
and mentally prepared to face
an issue.
Joe Doesn't Scare
But despite his exemplary
conduct in and out of the
ring, I look upon this "Looie"
as no sure thing. He is sure
thing to give a great account
Of himself. He won't get scared.
as King Levinsky did last
month in Chicago. and ask the
referee to stop the slaughter.
If "Looie" happens to be on
the collect side of o slaughter,
it will be his seconds who will
ask to have the slaughter
StOpped-nOt "IOOie,"
But because "Looie" has had
such a sensational rise and has
proven in his two major engage
mentS to be we'll night invinci-
BILE, is no logic on which to count
Max Baer out of consideration.
'Looie" has been knocking his
partners cold or soaring them so
severely that they asked for
relief from the referee, it is
true.
However, Max Baer, as stated
above. knocked Carnera down 13
times and made him bounce II
Of 'em. Don't lose track of that!
A Demon Man
That night at Long Island
Bowl I shall not forget soon.
Baer was the most demoniacal
individual I have gazed upon in
a ring since the days when Jack
Dempsey was wading out into
all opposition and taking four
to get in one-lick.
On the night of September
"a, at Yankee Stadium, Baer's
future will be at stake. If he
loses to "Looie," Baer is through.
His appearance against "Looie"
will be in the nature of a come
back after his June loss to the
mediocre Braddock. Neither
fighter was q Superman that
night. On the other hand, Baer
was the worse Of two cautious
fighters, neither Of whom ever
got around to opening up. Either
they wouldn't or couldn't. The
secret is held by them. But it
was the Sorriest heavyweight
championship exhibition on rec
ord.
Even the slow, sluggish Jess
Willard never fought so sloven-
1y as did Baer that night. Brad.
dock, on the other hand fought
one Of his most alert fights, but
1t was far short Of a champion.
ship effort compared to some
OF the attacks of Gene Tunney,
Max Schmeling, yes and Jim
Corbett of 1892, all outstanding
underdogs, as was Braddock.
when they faced their supreme
opportunities.
There has never been the
public interest in a non-title
heavyweight fight that seems
to center in next months Baer-
''Looie" fight. The old issue Of
Q white hope Is involved.
At least we have a killer.
something we haven't had since
Dempsey. "Looie" is all Of
that; mercileSS piece of mech
aniSm whose swift right and
lethal left is as deathly as the
swing Of Q guillotine.
And in his moments, Baer has
been just as devastating. Will
he experience such moments
come the night Of Septem-
ber "a?
! believe he will!