Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-01-08
JOE LOUIS COMING
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his real class. And what did Joe
do but pop his elephantine rival
into submission in a hurry.
They tossed Max Baer at him
and the "wiseacres" said There's
one fighter he won't knock out"
But Louis did knock him bow
legged and inside of four rounds.
That triumph popped open the eyes
of the skeptical ones and Louis
Immediately became the idol of
the fight public. His short, crisp
punches, particularly his left hook,
delivered no more than six inches
but with such leverage as to rem
der his foeman senseless, attract
ed such widespread attention to
Louis that reams were written
about him.
"He's the greatest fighter since
Dempsey" some said. "He ranks
with the all-time heavyweight
greats" was the tribute from still
others. All agreed that Louis was
destined to become the next heavy
weight champion of the world
when and if he gets the opportunity
to fight for the title. And that
chance may not be too far distant.
Louis lost his immediate oppor-
tunity simply because of his de-
feat by Schmeling. The German
was elevated to the top rank as
No. 1 challenger and was given
the first shot at Jim Braddock, de-
Tending titleholder. They are to
battle it out in June, but Louis
has been promised a shot at the
title against the winner in Sep
TENDER of the same year. And who
ever wins the Schmeling- Braddock
bout doesn't seem to bother Louis
and his managers, Julian Black
and John Roxborough, an iota.
"Louis can beat either or both,"
chorus his handlers confidently.
And to be prepared for the big
test when it comes next fall, Louis
is engaging in exhibitions and ac-
tual fights, a smart procedure to
keep Joe in the best of trim for the
"big chance" After Louis appears
at the Minneapolis auditorium
next Thursday, he will leave for
the East to fight Bob Pastor in
New York late this month. He has
another engagement in February
and then will move westward to the
Pacific Coast to appear in series
of exhibitions. The western jaunt
will keep Louis on the coast until
May when he will move east and
stay close to the scene of activities
relative to the championship af-
fair.
That Louis is easily the biggest
fistic attraction may be gathered
from the advance sale for the ex-
hibition in Minneapolis. The first
day announcement was made that
Louis will appear here, hundreds
of requests were received for tick
cts, one st. Paul banker alone pur-
chasing a block of so ringside
seats. The demand for tickets has
been as brisk since and one of the
largest fight crowds here in years
will tax the auditorium to capacity
for the Bomber's only appearance
in the Northwest.
Six other bouts of six rounds
each will precede the Louis exhibi-
ton, giving fans a complete pro-
gram of AZ rounds of battling. In
one of the six-round preliminaries,
Freddie Dixon, a colored welter-
weight who is feared in his divi-
sion, will box Dixie Taylor, an
other Negro welterweight, from
Iowa.
Eddie Wenstob of Edmonton, AL
berta, fights Lou Thomas of In
dianapolis in the feature prelimi-
nary, while the other scraps pit
Lenny Cohen of Chicago against
Paul Lee of Indianapolis, at 1926
pounds; Jimmy Legrone, Des
Moines, against Nick Peters, Chi
cago, at 125 pounds; Tony Clan
ciola, Milwaukee, against Max Kali
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