The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18
BUDDY MAY NOT GET PROMISED
 GO WITH JOE
Hogan Ahead When Right Hand Smashes Stopped
 Him in Third Round
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 New York, Dec. 1s.--(UP-Buddy Baer kayoed Eddie Hogan in threa rounds, but whether he Hooked good enough" to warrant Q February shot at Heavyweight Champion Jos Louis was the urgent question fac. ing Promoter Mike Jacobs today.
 The younger and bigger brother of former titleholder, Maxie Baer, took 6 terrific tanning from the Water. bury, Conn, giant before he landed a third round right uppercut to the jaw that sent Hogan crashing 70 the canvas before 1000 spectators In Madison Square Garden last night. 4 hard straight puncher like Louis probably would rip Buddy to could stay out og range. It is doubtful if any pugils ist today could weather Q blow such as felled Hogan.
 The end came like this:
 Eddie missed wild right and Buddy, coming up out of Q half crouch, lifted his fist from his knees. His full 24 pounds was behind 1t when 1t crashed into Hogan's jaw. The Connecticut boys head snapped back like his neck was broken, his knees buckled and he fell backward in Q half twist, his shoulders hitting the canvas first. He was glassy-eyed as he rolled to his side at the count of two,l At the count of four he had raised himself on elbows and one knee and was shaking his head desperately in attempt to clear 1t. Referee Jim Crowley wiped the resin off his gloves as he woopleo to his feet at eight.
 Then Buddy was on him again, smashing rights and lefts to the jaw, and he soon was down again. Hogan took another eight count be- fore his rubbery legs would bear his 222 l.2 pounds. When he went down the third time from another barrage of rights and lefts, the ref. cree waxed Buddy to his corner, merciSully stopping the bout ct 2:2l of the third.
 Jacobs had promised the winner, on the condition that his victory was impressive, the first of three warmup bouts which the champion hopes to get under his belt before fighting Max schmeling for the heavyweight crown in June. It would not be hard to interpret Baer's devastating right as "too iin- and much too dangerous to risk in the same ring with one of the principals of potential rnil- lion dollar fight. From usually relia. bie sources came reports that the elimination angle was used merely as a draw and that Louis would fight Jimmy Adamick, Detroit's kayo art- ist, in February.
 It wasn't 6 "one-sided" affair in any sense of the word. Few spec. tators thought Buddy could shake of the effects of the first round thrashing he took and came back to stop Hogan.
 Eddie, who kayoed Jorge Brescia, a biz tough Argentinan, here two weeks ago, hit Buddy with every thing in the books during that wild Initial heat. Young Baer, apparent. ly helpless, stood in the middle Of the ring covering up with elbows and gloves while Hogan shook him up repeatedly.
 During Hogan's attack Buddys face bore the same sort of silly grin that Brother Maxie made famous.
 The second round began with Hogan again battering Budy around the ring. But midway of the stanza, with his back up against the ropes, Baer landed 0 long straight right to the temple which buckled Hogan's knees for c moment. But Eddie wad- ed back in and continued to wallop the Californian until about two niiti- utes of thet hird round had elaps- ed-when that uppercut nearly tore his head of.
 Tn the first of last nights two scheduled i0-round features, Glenn Lee, the hard.hitting Edison, Neb., middleweight, made Harry Balsanio, New York,s belting brakeman, quit in nine rounds. Lees bruising right and left hooks to the head, had blood streaming from four separate cuts on Harry's face. In the middle of the ninth Balsamo dropped his gloves and told Referee Johnny Marto he could no longer see through the curtain of blood.
 Lee was fighting under Q i've pound weight handicap, sealing i64 -4 to Harry,s 16e Ia. The win. ner was promised bout this winter with the victor of the Freddie Steele Fred Apostoli match scheduled in January,