The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-31
LOUIS RETAINS
CHAMPIONSHIP
BY DECISION
WELcHMAN PUT UP GREAT
FIGHT ALL THROUGH FULL
FIFTEEN ROUNDS AGAINST
BROWN BOMBER
Especial to The Citiren)

| ANhEE O1 ALI OAhy NSW
York, Aug. Yankee Stadium
twas packed last night with boxing
fans who went to see the heavy
weight championship bout be-
tween Joe Louis, the Brown
Bomber of Detroit and the then
champion, end George Thomas
Paul Farr, challenger from and
champion of Great Britain.
The worlds champion entered
the ring in purple trunks and
weighing 1877 pounds, and the
iWelchman made his appearance in
white trunks, tipping the scales at
E204 IL.
| The battle for the supremacy
of the boxing world was schedul-
cd to 90 fifteen rounds and it
went its full length, much to the
lsurpr:se of the experts and sports
writers.
Louis remained the top man
| among the heavies by close de-
cision.
! The chalkenger's face was
bleeding from the third round on
but he always came back for
more and won the admiration of
the fans in his display of great
courage.
] Farr fought from the fifth
round on with one eye almost
closed-still he would not give
an inch.
II Louis took the seventh by a
wide margin. The Welchman was
right hack in the eighth to give
the champ some very hard punch
| es to the facs and body.
/ In the ninth, Tommy had the
champs right cheek puffed up.
/ In this 10th he took some hard
blows and at the bell, hard right
caught him on the jaw but he
weathered that.
Farr carried the fight in the
eleventh. He was giving all he
had, as fresh as when he starttd.
It was remarkable the way Farr
fought in the twelfth stanza but
lgot another fresh cut on his face.
The Brown Bomber let go q
number of hard lefts in rapid fire
fashion in the 18th but Farr just
came in for more.
/ The next to last round was
even. with both fighters going in
like mad dogs. The final round
was the same.
The judges and referee favor
ed Louis with decision.
7. The battle was even in twelve
of the Is rounds. OF the other
!. three, one went to Farr and two
to Louis.
Farr got a big hand after the
fight for his gameness and cour-
aga. He may come back soon for
another exhibition of the viii to
carry on when it is noted that the
Welchman was in a strange cOun-
try among strange people and
fighting a man who was given Z
to / odds to win.
FAIRS unorthodox fighting style
; was hard to solve, said Joe at the
end of the fracas. He claims
Tommy IS the toughest man he
has ever fought. and the man
/. who goes up against Louis must
be in perfect condition.
Tommy stated after the fight
that Il am satisfied I lost, and
find Louis great fighter and .
very clean one" Fairs manager
7 said that he will bring Tommy
/. back to the United States.
ii Mike Jacobs says that with the
: showing Farr made last night, the
= Welchman can come over here
! and fight anytime he wants to il
he can find anybody who will dc
: battle with him.
:, Blackburn. Louis manager alse
I claims that the welehman is .
great fighter and a tough custom.
ier.
Judges Of the fight were VIM
Mcfarland and Charles Lynch
Arthur Donovan was referee.
TIE crowd was estimated al
: "a. 0oO. and the gate at $500. 1000
Thirty percent OF the receipts
vas donated to the New Yorl
Mix Fand, and sc percent wcnt
to the fighters
s Glenn Mccarthy and Edwin c
HSll gave the description Of ths
: fight, blow by 'low, over tt.
{ tNBO network.
TIE battle turned the tables or
: all ths * aerts who predicted tia
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