Evening star., 1939-06-21
The
SPORTLIGHT
GoIento's Open Mouth
Louis Best Target
BY GRANTLAND RICE,


NEW YORK, June 81 CNAN.A)
One of the best known of all the
referees had just offered the re-
mark that Joe Louis had better
not take any chances of leaving
his anatomy in the path of Tony
Galentos moving fsts.
Joe .may find" the official said
that while Galento can't box he
can outhit or outpunch any op-
ponent Louis ever faced"
In order to get a better inside
line on the activities and camp
life of Tony, we dispatched our first
line fighting scout to Galentos
camp. Our scout for this impend-
ing joust is Clarence Budington
Kelland, author of 81 novels of ma
tion-wide repute, who on the side
also is one of the country's keen
est fight fans.
Mr.. Kelland seems to have the
general idea that Louis will 60 to
town, just as his man, Mr.. Deeds,
did. Anyway, here is Mr.. Kell-
and's appended check-up-
40 ollC SCllO uClCCG al
the style of Mr.. Tony Galento,' y
reports the eminent fight expert
"and that is that Tony goes into
action with his mouth open.
GoIento Never Tokes
Foe by Surprise.
ut is true that his mouth also
Is open when he is in repose, but
very few fighters are knocked out
when in repose.
THE result of this facial pecu-
liarity is that each blow upon the
chin compels Tony to gnash his
teeth vehemently which prevents
him from uttering either the words
Dat Bum or his second telling
phrase, He stinks.' Thus, at one
blow Mr.. Galento is deprived of
his two most efficient weapons.
No fighter can spot Joe Louis his
entire offensive program and hope
to wrest the world championship
from him in the ring.
Il have watched Mr.. Galento in
number of those physical exercises
which he calls fights and have
studied carefully both style and
technic. They do not vary. He
never takes his opponent by sur
prise He arises from his chair
without the aid of hoisting devices,
opens his mouth carefully until
it assumes some resemblance to a
gaping rosebud and advances upon
his foe with all the bounding buoy
ancy of a ton of putty rolling across
freshly laid tar pavement and
pouting like petulant puff ball.
Tony Is Not Quick
At Guessing Games.
His left arm is extended at full
length somewhat to the southeast
so that the tip of his glove extends
very short distance beyond the
periphery of his abdomen, and he
breathes loudly through his mouth.
1T is my prediction that in the
Louis embodiment Tony will
breathe through his mouth only
once. Probably he could continue
to breathe through his mouth if
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moved 1t to some new and strange
locality, and Tony is not quick at
guessing games
Mr.. Galento's hope is to strike
Louis on the chin with his left
fist. He has struck several oppon-
ents in this manner and the op-
ponents promptly have lost the
- Nf ray, int vorfioo1
But to strike blow to the
Jaw, Tony must have the COM
plete cooperation of his opponent
The opponent must spread wide his
arms and stand with chin sta
tionary and slightly advanced SC
that Tony will have ample time
to recognize the opportunity tc
deliver the blow.
Louis Won't Cooperate
By Stonding Still.
"The thing that will lose this
fight for Tony is lack of dis
elimination and faulty observation
Though he has seen Louis embattled
on many occasions, he has failed
to observe that Joe does not locate
his chin at given point and an
chor it there to await results.
II fear the customers will be
treated to no exhibition of the
manly art Of self-defense. In tht
curriculum studied by Galento self
defense was omitted. He is 10(
per cent offensive, but it is the sort
of offense that will not Offend
Louis even negligibly. 1t will offene
only the customers in the expen-
sive seats"