The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-01
BRADDDc STOPS LOUIS TN 18TH OF 'S'ECRET'G ',!:. E 60.
Champion Whips C0ntend-. CT in Battle in StarII
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By RICHARD HTcCANN NEA Service Shorts Writer

tRNEA 0GEtAcE ORDlea yNhtucED
 Stamford, conn, April t.-James J. Braddock knocked out Joe Louis last night in. a savage bout fought secretly" in an old barn rear here.
 A small select gathering i. of 800 millionaire SportSrnerI witnessed the affair. paying $l00O apiece for the privilege. The battle was fought on a winner -take-all basis and so Braddock received the entire purse.
 The blue- blood spectators were sworn to secrecy, but the excitement of it all was too much for eager tongues and word of the sensational bout quickly spread. sr. ss
 The knockout, according to ob- servers, came in the 18th round of the scheduled Hereunder. It was the, third time that Louis had hit the. floor. Straight right-hand punches to the head had dropped him for a seven-couS1t in. the eightheand again for a nine-count in the eleventh.
 Braddoeks staged sAays spectacular rally to yWih. HEollk titn9sl tn sitlae. first five rounds AS i&sakl srEaS Sf,edg to the canvas by Louis lightning left hooks, but fcuF { tines the gallsns battler Wipedg the sH9qd so1t Af shiA eyes. pulled laarMSesF td his TilbB@y; jegs and marched back into the face of Louis5 WitA6rihg sfife. fis z ikst Tide Turned sin EighfA 4 D"s
 NO one will eVera know lust How he was able to weather the storm of those first five fierce rounds. He had no defense but his blood-spat- tered courage against Louis feint, left jab, ,gejpt left hook, .right-hand smash routine. {
 But weather 1t he did and when. the seventh round came up Louis seemed to tire, or lose heart. Sud- denly, he became an easy prey for Braddocks left sjab, and z Jimmy pumped itainto, the Brown Bomber's startled face often enough. to gain. an even break.
 Then came the eighth.
 Braddock'S seconds busy, ex- cited, little Joe Gould; cool, efficient Billy McCarney--seemed to breathe new life into him. He stalked out at the bell, sturdy, strong, with fight in his eyes, and waited for Louis in tE0 center of the ring. Joe shuffled out like 8 cottoil-picker coming home at dusk after5a sweltering day in the fields. He was tired. Discour- aged. M
 Braddock felt him out--jab, jab, jab And then flung his right hand over Louis outstretched left. It ex- pioded high on Joe's cheek. Louis toppled to the floor.
 He rose. at seven and backped- aled away, dazed, fright showing on his face. Braddock took after him, but the fury of those first few rounds had taken too much from his legs and he couldn't catch Joe. Runs for Two Rounds
 Through the. ninth and i 10th rounds, Louis fled before him. But Jim was not to be denied. He hung his overland right on Joes jaw late in the 11tn and dropped him again. Joe was up at nine, weak and sick, and Braddock tore in for the finish. But the bell sounded. .sfs''. es
 The champion changed his tactics in the 18th. Instead. of firing at Louis head he dropped his attack to the body and pummeled Joe pun ishingly in the stomach. This maneuver was easily understood when the 18th opened. Louis came out with his guard low, trying to protect his pained midsection.
 Braddock carried on the down. stairs campaign for a minute or two and then suddenly shifted his at- ' sck to the head again. Once, twice,
 rec times his right hand crashed
 finst Louis jaw and/ down the \ ftroit Dynamiter went, fiat on his
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 He was out for
 But it's time we were. warning you not to, kick any hats lying on the pavement Tor pick up any pocketbooks.
 It's April Fools Day.