The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-15

Today's Sport
 Parade
By HENRY McLEMORE
United Press stan Correspondent

knew he had by name, and that l myself right then that he'd know was his old man, and ! promised me as the best fightin' man in the world, and not as Q clown"
 If this kind of talk from Max, ,"the butterfly boy" amuses you, don't blame you. Unless I had seen him with my own ears, 1t would have amused me, too. But the Baer that l talked to today wasn't the clustering, gay caballero who took New York apart and examined It's seams, or strolled up and down Pics cadilly wisecracking with every bobby and hoisting one with every pub keeper.
 This was Q Baer suddenly grown up. A Baer, who, ct 2e, has sud- denly found that life has it's rec sponsibilities and that even Q heavyweight champion, with face that the girls 60 for and 0 body that attracts scuiptors, must pick up and carry just c few of them.
 What caused this startling reyela- ton to appear before the hitherto reckless and needless California boy, I don't know. Perhaps It was be- cause his wife bore him Q son. Per. haps 1t was because his father is desperately Ill and his mother none too well.
 I'm gonna fight again, and I'm going to fight soon," Max said. "1've got the men I want to fight oil in my mind and I've things in order I'd like to fight Bradodck, who licked mo when my hands were 50 bed 1t hurt to lace on the gloves. Then wanta fight Tommy Farr, who beat me when I'd been out of the ring 50 long I didn't know what I was doing. And then I wanta fight Louis. I wanta fight him most of oil, because they said I was yel- low the night that he licked me. I know wasn't yellow that night, but that kid over In the hospital with his mother doesn't know ! wasn't yellow. But he's going to.
 I'm gonna fight Q few fights for him now. From here on out I'm not gonna be fat and full of night clubs, and oil that other junk. I'm down to 2is pounds and 1t won't be long until I'll weigh what I should
 about 208 or 2i0. Then I want 'em to, bring on those fighters"
 Max wasn't talking this way be- cause he needs money and publicity. The wolf will never howl ct his door if he never fights again. He can make better than 2,000 0 week ref- ereeing fights and wrestling matches and in four or five years on annuity will start paying him 6 thousand dollars e month. That's not hay anywhere, and out here it's posi- lively clover.
 Baer figures thero are only two fighters in the world today who stand between him and Q recovery of the heavyweight title. They are Louis and schmeling. He figures Louis is washed Up and that schmeling can't possibly be any better than on that night In Madi- son Square Garden bowl few years years ago. And on that night, you will remember, Baer knocked out the German after weathering e first-round punch that was as hard as any schmeling w!l lever throw. Baer spoke of that punch today. He caught mo right between the eyes with c full right hand and 1t like to have took my head of. I re member that the tears jumped right out of my eyes and nearly blinded me, but I took 1t and went on to punch him silly. Tin gonna do 1t again-this time for the kid who's coming home tomorrow"
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