The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-10
WORLD OF
SP OR I S
BY r. IA. DAVIS
WHY KICK ABOUT
THE EARR EIGHT

AOuHGS IN hHhEG SLaaiutH y WEN
ago Monday night? 1t seems to me
the best thing that could have hap
pened because:
(1l 1t showed the champion Is
able TO step Is fast rounds against
foe who constantly casries the
fight to him, when a lot Of boys
thought the Brown Bomber incap-
able Of lasting that distance at top
speed.
t2) 1t proves Joe Is the mos
skilful boxer in heavyweight ranks
today. Before the bout, Fafr was
painted as the ablest boxer existing,
with the best left hand in the husi
ness. Louis bested the Welshman
at his own game, that Of jabbing
and blocking.
t3) It insures big gates al future
fights and places another strong con-
tender alongside Schmeling. Now
that the experts have been proven
wrong again, the public will discount
their claims that an opponent hasn't
got chance and will pay at the gate
TO see bout which might bring into
existence u new world champion
There are plenty who arc sorry nov
they didn't take III the Fart i.ouis
fight
confess being extremely amused
at the chagrined White sports writers
who saw another Of their predictions
90 astray The boys went way out
on the limb, saying the Welshman
would be carried ont IN FIVE rounds
and since ii didn't happen, they are
trying TO take their spite out on
Brother Joe. But since OF the.r own
volition they painted Louis as d
super -mankiller and made him to-
days greatest drawing card, they
therefore have the same right q
tear him down.
Maybe the champion had an OF
night After all, Jesse Ovens was
called the worlds fastest human bat
he was out run d few times by lsu-
lace Peacock. Minnesota's alghty
football team had bad day last fall
and Northwestern Won; during the
cross country tennis show last winter
Fred Perry won one night Ind Ellis
worth Wines the next. In otter
words, no mere human can be n
sensation every time out. And if
you're the least bit suners.itious,
you may recall the Schmelins bout
was postponed and Joe's foe pulled
q surprise; the Farr fray was meved
back and again the opponen. / alazec
them all.
There il no real reason why a
fighter should be expected 10 knock
out every foe he faces. TO repeat
barbershop talk, they're both meat
men. Everybody agreed Pa. was
practically as tough rs a stons lion;
if Joe gave him his sunday punch
and Tommy stood UP, its no eflec-
tion on the kick III the Louis mitts
for the champion has laid horizontal
many pugs who never before knew
what il was ID hit the canvas.
can't forget that once Jack
Dempsey, called by some expett Is the
greatest Of them all, eouldn't begin
to hatten Tommy Gibbons IN Is
rounds. This same Dempsey won
seven fights Oh decisions, hal four
draws and lost four decisions. James
j Jeffries, another Of the real greats,
had to be content with decision
in seven fights and got draw in
two And Jack Johnson won deci-
sions 35 times. fought five draw and
lost five verdicts What has Joe got
to be ashamed Of
Furthermore, retention Of the
crown should be worth a couple Of
million dollars more to Joe. He has
the title; his opponents don't. Why
should he take unnecessary chances
when he can keep the diadem purely
bv using skill and caution2 He is
also the first champion to lislS his
title SO soon after winning it and
the first since 1882 not to lose hi
CROWN III his first defense Of
Louis is not to be condemne, i,ti
Farr is to be praised for the haisi
And | go on record now as i viae
that if schmeling can ever be lre
into the same ring with the " lsh
man, my pennies will be agar I tic
German. Max has only one giin. a
right hand, and Tommy's fight witt
Baer and Louis show it is ,lmost
impossible to sock him with that
weapon He'd decisively out. oint
Schnaeling if they ever met, ans no.
body knows this better than does
Herr Make. That's why the Teuton
will dodge boxing Farr if possible,
and try to cover up his actions by
saying he'll fight Louis or nobody.
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