The Washington times., 1937-01-27
Wills Sees
Defeat For
Bomber
BY DAVIS J. WALSH
International News Service Sports
Editor

Editor
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Ons
Broadway gambler has laid $4,000
against $4,000 at the current
odos of 81 that Joe Louis gets
himself bopped out Of the de-
cision by Bob Pastor, the old Blue
from N. Y. u, at the Garden on
Friday night. Another is offering
to take 81 that Pastor isn't even
down there getting sand-papered
by the canvas any time during
the scheduled ten rounds.
And in personal statements to
the writer, two great lightweight
champions; the original black
menace and a first-rate fight man.
ager are not only picking Pastor.
but telling why-in statements so
uEflattering to Louis as to border
or the incredible. The authors
of these remarks are Benny Leon
ara. greatest of all lightweightS
during the modern generation:
Tony Canzoneri, one of the best:
Sammy Goldman, his manager
and old Harry Wills.
Much Interest
Briefly, the Pastor-Louis fight
has suddenly come on within the
last twenty-four hours from q
routine bop-on-the-nose job to
something that seems to have an
outside chance of repeating the
Schmeling melodrama of last sum-
mer. The odds were 10-1 on
Louis. They're now six and may
go to three. or less.
Did you know, for instance,
that Louis is IAN awkward boxer?
Leonard says he is. Did you know
that he, Louis, hasn't enough
variety to change his style against
an unorthodox boxer like Pastor?
That's what Canzoneri says. And
that Louis is at marked disad-
vantage any time he has to think?
That's Goldman.
And the old menace apparently
just cannot see the new menace
in this fight because he says Louis
will have to punch downward on
the underSiZed Pastor and
'cain't" hope to do it.
Anyhow, here is what they have
to say, including an allusion by
Leonard, either hailing Pastors
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LEONARD'S REASON
>LEONARD-"PaStOr's style
and stance will beat Louis. He
can outlook the colOred boy, who
is an awkward boxer and al
ways has to reset himself for
any new move an opponent
makes. Pastors stance is such
that he always is moving sur
priSingly from one direction or
another, so that all he has to do
is keep boxing and moving away.
They talk about his courage, but
all I can and will say is this:
Courage doesn't win many
fights, but it certainly loses Q
AOG Vi LHcHs
CANZONERI 'L Ou s only
knows what to do against an
orthodox boxer. They taught
Carnera the same way and,
when Baer did something differ
ent than he expected, the big
guy was bewildered. Louis has
to get set to punch and Pastor
will do a lot of things that will
keep him off balance"
GOLDMAN-'Louis is cute
and instructive, but he can't
think for himself. When Pastor
begins to rough him, he'll get
cautious and start trying to
think his way out of spots. AS
soon as he does that, he's
licked"
WILLS-"Pastor Is faster on
his feet than Louis, but the
latter is faster with his hands.
Still, that won't matter. Why?
Because Louis is used to throw
ing punches at big, stand-up
fighters. This time, he'll have
to punch downward and there's
no way he can get leverage
when he does that. 1 know.
because I tried it with Lang
ford and didn't have thing"
Yes, yes; that's right. They're
talking about the same Louis
that everybody agreed was flaw
less prize fighter eight months