The Omaha guide., 1937-09-22

by Ken Jcs amy.

Flash and speed Eddie Blunt,
Corona, Long leland heavyweight
who scored se~nsational'y when he
knocked out JACK Tyammell IN one
round at the Garden some tima ago,
won a decision over 10 &c B e 5 Ca,
Argentine heavyweight last week
Joe Louis S opped Breseia in
four rounds. Lorenzo Pack, De-
troit heavy, and Tony Galenta, the
heavyweight champion Of New
Jersey, will meet in a ten round
bout ut Convention hall, Atlantic
City, Sept. 2sth William aBill'
TAYLOR known for hi brilliant re-
cord in scholastic circles as a coach,
is Ill new boss Of the Arkansas
State college gridsters This
years team will be led by Captain
Mack Robinson, who starred for
Arkansas last year Tho Black
Yankees football team, an offshoot
of its baseball outfit, is planning
an offensive retinue for the COM
ing scason.......M Moe Attest, who
went to Georgia State was a men,
bcr Of the An Southern Colleglans.
has been installed a. coach.
The kch Of experienced football
era At Hampton Institute Is the
nam eons eTn Of coach Gideon
Smith. The frat game of the
season calls for thorn to meet the
strsng South Carolina State team
Of Roangcburg....... Tiger Jack Fox,
Spokane, Washington light heavy
weight, kayoed Joe Finabbo IN the
arst round of . scheduled ten round
bout on the opening card at the
Rockland Palace last week..
SchmalinR tops the list Of conten-
ders for Joe Louis crown with
Tommy FAIR and Bob Pastor men
toned for the second and third
positionS.......R oscolc Toles, up and
coming fighter of Detroitgot the
tenth position
The National Boxing Association,
after a few disparging remarks by
it's president, okayed Joe Louis as
the heavyweight champion of the
world. Its prexy said that Louis
didn't show championship ealiber
in defense Of his title against
Tommy Farr and that he was hand
e6 the decision on a silver platter
This coming from the president
Joseph Maloney, was considered
unfair by all of the major sports
writers. Louis won by a large
margin being the verdict Of all pre-
sent.
Wesley Farrell, a fighter from
the Pacific coast, has been going
great since his arrival in New
York.~.Last week he was sent
home from DR.. Beirs camp at Pomp
ton Lakes because he made the
welterweight champion, Cdferino
Garcia, look bad.
John Henry Lewis and Bob Pas
tor may be on a twin bill in Oct.
staged by Jimmy Johnson at Eb-
belts Field. 49,. The boxing commits
sion is side tracking John Henry
on his proposed plan to join the
heavyweight elimination tourna-
ment 49,. the commission told
Greenlee, Lewis manager, that
that they had no knowledge of any
tournament to be held.......James
j. Braddock may be forced to quit
the ring.-..In his fight Max Baer,
for the championship. Braddock
injured his ear drum The wound
became aggravatlZ and the former
heavyweight champ may have to
discontinued his ring career. This
new development will no doubt
cancel the Max Baer-B raddock
fight scheduled for the Garden
October 29th I'm place of the
Baer-Braddock fight, Henry Arm
strong Is slated to meet Petey
Sarren at this arena for the feather
weight title.
Al Brown, former worlds ban
tamweieht champion, starter his
comback attempt in Paris last week
and kayoes Andre Regis in one
round.
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