Evening star., 1939-06-30
Inability 10 Take Jaw
Blows Held Tribute
To His Courage
Tony's Showing Causes
Rush to lond Bout
With Champion
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, June 3O.-Now that
the paens have been swung for
gallant Tony Galento and he has
been rewarded substantially by
Promoter Mike, Jacobs with a check
for $50,02063 and the promise of a
fight with Lou Nova in September.
there must be room left for a few
words about Joe Louis.
After all, Joe did win that fight
by knockout. Again he came out
OF the ring with honors, the same
quiet, courteous young Negro. He
had nothing except kind words of
praise for the fat family man he had
just slugged almost into the hospital
There still is no demand for white
hope"
What this fight proved, If any
thing, I think, is that Joe Louis is
about the greatest offensive fighter
who ever drew on a glove. Probably
not the greatest fighter, for he does
not take a punch well. He is easily
dazed, and the old-timers will not
admit a pugilist is great unless he
can take it,
Champs Jaw Vulnerable.
All right, Louis doesn't have a
granite jaw. When he is hit solidly
On the whiskers either with right
or left (as Schmeling and then
Galento demonstrated he seems to
go to pieces for few seconds. His
feet do funny things and his face
takes on the panied expression of
Kid that has just been spanked,
hard.
But doesn't that very fact make
his record Of destruction the more
remarkable? Despite this obvious
handicap the bronze boy fought his
way to the championship and since
has defeated seven challengers, six
OF them by knockouts. He has been
Knocked down but has come back
to blast his men down. He deserves
credit.
I'm positive he was a little scared
after Tony surprised him with that
first wild clout to the cheekbone the
other night. Still, Louis had the
ability and the courage to fight his
way out of that and to bide his
time until the chance came to tear
Galento apart. He displayed some
fortltude that might have been over
looked in the excitement over Tony's
great stand.
All Eager for Louis Bout.
After seeing the champion knocked
down by Galento. the managers of
other heavyweight contenders are
falling all over themselves in the
rush to get at Louis. Even Ray
Carlen, the cautious manager of Lou
Nova, wants to get at Joe quick.
When they see Louis get smacked.
they forget instantly that he also
can hand it out.
Jimmy Johnston, manager of Bob
Pastor, has been yelling flt to bust
now for SO hours. His Bob lasted
10 rounds with Joe back before the
Negro won the title, and Jimmy is
convinced now that Pastor can
knock him out. in another meeting.
There's a good possibility of such
match. in Detroit in September,
the same month Nova and Galento
tentatively are billed in Philadelphia
Nova, if he can't get at Louis now
is perfectly content to fight another
preliminary" against Galento. He
realizes, he says, that he and Louis
will draw much bigger gate if they
put it off until next summer.
1T might take me longer to knock
out Tony than it did Louis" he con-
ceded. 1t might take me eight |
rounds to do it. But he won't ever
have me on the floor like he did |
Louis. Don't try to tell me Galento |
is as good fighter as Max Baer
was when I whipped him a month |
ago.