Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1936-09-01


Then the fight Louis, the best fighter in the game
TODAY and if tuored right has good chance become
champion, out strangely cumslly That Make boy
taking chances, in the pink OF condition, ne land
ed stiff blow Louis jaw in the second. Then, wham!
pow! right sent Joe the in the fourth. Yet
Louis was down. and lacking experience he rushed back
only to be saved by the bell Make tried desperately to
fight in the early rounds but LOUIS game to the
core and fighting only by instinct held out for twelve
rounds.
Most of the fans went home in despair. Louis fam
lily affairs dope and trckery of the
given for his defeat
1t is this writer's opinion, that confidence with
some sort mental depression might have played part
his We predict the winner only the basis
of logic, and taking this statement for it's full WORTH
Louis should have won, however, anything happen
in the ring
The public was upset simply because Louis had lost
one fight jinx that of the great fighters have
been able to sidetrack.
Mike Jacobs eager to place Louis back in the eyes
the public decided bout with Jack Sharkey. Shar-
key battle SCARED who had fought the best in
his day. trying for comeback His comeback started
fairly we'll with wins two three opponents He
out pointed the young coast favore, Phil Brubaker It
might be clearly that the Boston tavern keeper,
ing such poor crop of fighters, with the possible
ceptons Braddock, Louis and Others fig
ured rightly that he had chance of coming back in the
heavy weight picture His chances looked brighter after
Max whipped Louis. Meanwhile Louis started training
for the bout which to take place in New Yorks Yam
kee Stadium August 49, joe to redeem himself in
the eyes of the public and being accused of having
acute of inflated cranum started down real hard
training in order to be in decorous condition for this
important bout The curious crowds and certain unde-
srabe reporters barred from his training quarters
Sometimes Joe worked with only his trainer looking on.
His managers taking chances. 1t said that
the Bomber looked bad in his work outs, his sparring
partners longer afraid and following Blackburns in
structions ripped into Joe always throwing that right
kand sucker punch many of the fans unwsely dubious
thought that Louis all washed up.
Sharkey, who had whipped two good rock fighters in
his day. predicted that he would stop Louis Jack said
that Negro fighters lacked "Grts and could be stop
ped with two stiff body blows" Maybe Joe had
something superior to Grts OF course all of this was
good publicity About 10000 fans entered Yankee Sad
ium for the fight.
Louis out with his old shuffle cautious not
very hasy, however he peppered sharkeys face with
rights and lefts The first round Louis. l
Snarkey in good conciton and ready t1 go for
long time. He used fifteen years experience crying
to stay in with Louis. Quickly seeing that he could not
swap punches with the Brown Bomber he switched to
breeng and weaving here too the Bomber was his SUI
peror Louis the Louis of old in the second round
Sharkey couldn't away from that raper like left
or that dynamite right succession of lefts him to
the where through the of his ring experience
stayed until count or nne Inree Tunes Jack
down and in the third he hit the for keeps that
until his trainers allowed him to rest his battered
upon their shoulders and exit to peaceful place
The crowd in uproar. Louis the Louis of old
He had served notice to the world with his cool calcula
ing attack Sharkey that he still the best in the
game. He had done this in a place where he had been
whipped less than two months before Louis again
the topic of the fstic fans.
His managers have signed for bout with AL Ettore
IN Philadelphia, September %. Louis should win but
Ettore very good young fighter and three times con-
queror of Leroy Haynes should give Louis one of his
best fights Do not under estimate Ettore but if you
have any money to bet, stake it Louis
Louis has again established himself topnotcher
and is this writer's opinion that unless something un
forseen developes the Bomber will hold this title for the
next five six years