The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-19
Kirk Miller
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sticking to his standards in their
pre4battle estimates.
Louis established definitely that
he never was the flash in the
pan that so many pronounced
him when Schmeling gave him a
good going over eight weeks back
The Detroit Dynamiter threw
back into the teeth of his be-
littlers and fair weather friends
the allegations that he had been
built up at the expense OF
mediocre fighters of the Car
nera, Baer and Uzcudun type.
Yes, the preponderance Of the
evidence Today is again on the
side Of the stout young colored
man who had four times on the
canvas one of the best boxers
and sharpest hitterS the game
has known-albeit at an hour
when Sharkey was pretty well
beyond normal fighting age.
Sharkey himself seemed to sense
by the time the fight was a min
ute old, that he had met his
master. His very actions conceded
impeding defeat. He was cautious
to a fault.
Sharkey Did Land One
Instead of stabbing his let's at
his target, as he did Of old, he
minced mean little half-hearted
flicks at Joe from which the latter
had little trouble rolling away.
Then there was brief exchange
in which Sharkey did land his
left to the chin.
From that moment on the holo-
caust was loose. Joseph Barrow
Louis took his cue therefrom and
he didn't tumble. He rushed
Sharkey With q succession of let's
and righG which drove him back
to the ropes time upon time. The
first was just as definite Louis
round as were the other two SeS-
SionS marked by continual knock
downs.
Helpless, but by no means head
less, Sharkey displayed rare for
titude by persisting in getting up
off the floor three times in the
face of what seemed predestined
and definite defeat.
Just before the knockout Shar-
key reached back far into his
ancestral caverns and Embossed
a left to Louis chin which was
like the death rattle of a desper
ate man. It" caught Louis flush
and halted him momentarily, but
since it was the effort Of spent
man it could not have had too
much dynamite therein.
However, it ignited the spark
of retaliation in Louis mental
makeup which brought on the
end that followed in 10 seconds,
with Sharkey a detected and ex-
hausted figure, barely able to rest
on his hands and knees but utterly
unable to rise therefrom.
It may be that Joe Louis will
go far from this victory on. BY
hurdling this first, all-important
fight following his collapse at the
hands of Schmeling, Louis at
least has overcome a psychology
cal barrier that will stand him
in good stead the next time out.
It Was Easy for Louis
At the end of last nights
fight the chocolate cavalier was
hardly breathing heavily. He
fougth a heady fight, makinC no
false moves, for he had been
trained to never let that man
Sharkey gain an advantage, lest
he get his second breath and by
some superhuman effort, follow
I'D with some of his old-time
slaughter.
Neither was Louis perspiring
heavily by the time the fight
was over. His eyes were clear,
in contrast to the disillusioned
boy whom they led out of the
ring from the Schmeling setback.
Too, Joe's flesh seemed less
flabby, particularly around his
iowls. He was apparently trained
better, mentally and physically.
Last night he would have been
a big order for any Of our recent
heavyweights, from Tunney either
way you wish to count.
Thus the 22-year-old Louis today
is well on his way back up the
golden steps Of fistic fame, from
which he fell so suddenly and
sickenly in the very laps of his
own people who had wagered their
very vests on him to say nothing of
the experts laps, the experts who
could hardly believe what they had
seen.
Most of the chroniclers stuck
with Joe this time out. and we're