The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
BAD BOY BAER
 TO GET WORKS
 FROM LOU NOVA
Gentleman Fighter Decides to Get "Tough" If Max
 Pulls Any Tricks"
BY LESLIE AVERY United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff COrreSpOndenD
 New York, April 24-(UP)-Lou Nova, the most promising young heavyweight on the fight front, be- gan training today to Battle Max Baer, and he was emphatic that the June l match is 8 stepping stone to September title shot at Joe Louis.
 Whoever started the report that I would not be ready for Louis next fall is nuts," Lou said. "After I beat Baer, the sooner I get Louis, the better I'll like it.
 And Nova's manager, Genial Ray Carlen, was in complete accord. T guess some other managers must be trying to inject their heavyweights into the picture" he said, "but they can't do it. There's only one other contender, Tony Galento, and Louis will take care of him on June 28."
 The Alameda Adonis" took the occasion to warn Baer to fight clean "or suffer the consequences, be- cause I'm tired of being polite pugilist."
 Tipped Off
 Nova explained that he had been informed reliably that Slapsie Maxie intended to win lone way or another"
 The handsome, 24-year-old Calif- ornian warned the ex-titleholder, that "at the first unethical move in the ring, I'll really give him the works, and happen to know plenty of tricks myself. I used to be a football player, and know how to use other things besides my fists" : Lou charged that Bob Pastor and Tommy Farr had taken advantage of his good nature, "and nobody is going 10 get away with the things they did. Pastor butted me SO bad ly when we met last April that my brows were cut for the first time. And Farr kept poking his thumbs into my eyes so that I could hardly see in our December fight.
 T fought as clean as whistle in both those bouts, but things are go. ing to be different if anyone tries to pull any underhanded tricks on me from here on out. If Baer gives me the backhand or the elbows. you're going to see plenty of fun out there in Yankee Stadium"
 Carlen echoed his pupil again, yeah, he fought clean even when I wanted him to give Pastor and Farr the works after they fouled him He was just too decent then. Now. I've brought him around to my way of seeing that kind of stuff"
 Not So Bad
 Handicapped by blod filled eyes, Lou fought Pastor to a draw. And he handed Farr the worst beatirg of his life. He probably would have kayoed the rugged Welshman, who stayed 15 rounds with Louis, if the referee had not mistakenly attempt ed to count Tommy out while he was laundering around the ropes. Nova had him groggy, but the ref cree stepped between them, and the count gave Farr's head 8 chance to clear s sufficiently to last the full IS.
 Nova is training harder for the Baer fight than any of his brief career. He sharpened up his box ing in Los Angeles under Bob Mo- Allister, a former well known hea- vyweight. Then he went to Hot Springs, Ark, for conditioning. He will work out today and tomorrow at the Pioneer gymnasium here. then go to his training, camp at Clarkstown Country club in Nyack, N. Y. He weighs POS now, expects to train to POP, three pounds more than he ever carried into the ring. He weighed 199 against Farr.