The Phoenix index., 1940-04-20
Column Answers Numerous Questions
Put to it Past Few Days; Is Joe Louis
Dodging Arturo Godoy Return Bout?
MLUc7us Melanchou Zones

Dodg1ng Arturo OodOy Return Bout!
Q-What is the address of World Heavyweight Champion
Joe Louis?
Aloe Louis resides at SO East 35th Street. Chicago
QWhat the date of the last appearance of Erslnc
Hawkins band in Atlanta?
A-Erskine Hawkins band last played in Atlanta Novem
Der IL, 1898 at Sunset Casino.
QAre any coored fighters listed among the ten lradng
challengers for the heavyweight crown?
A-There are two listed Roscoe TOes No. 9, Buddy Walk
No. 10. Toes is Detroiter while Walker is the pride
of Cincinnati (WaIker's picture has in the Atlanta
Daily WORLD and SINS pages in connection with his kayo
Unknown Winston and coming bout against the winner OF
the Eddie Simms- Unknown Winston encounter.
Q--Where is Johnny Paycheks home?
A-Paychek halls from Des Mones Iowa as does Lee Sa
Q-Who is the present world heavyweight WRESTLING
A-Ray Steele won the title Nagurski exBg
Ten football AI-American, at Tom Packs Auditorium in
st. Louis recently?
Q-Is Mildred Bailey white coored
A-The gifted vocalist is white.
Q-Wha is the of the fighter who kayoed Jim
my Braddock in round?
A-His is Corn Griffin
QAre Joe Louis and Marva his wife, at the end of the
matrimonial trial rumors state?
A-There nothing the column knows of has heard to
subsanate reports the couple separated Its personal
s h he at ar to esrd he a
ued simply to the fact that they make the best kind OF
gossip or beauty salon talk.
QWho do you think is Louis most dangerous challenger
A-Tony GaIeno the beer barrel Arturo Godoy make
Louis look bad but he'd knock him out decision
QWhat is your opinion to Joe Louis next three bouts?
A-The column believes Louis will meet Bob Pastor III
June in Yankee Stadium with his next engagement being
against Arturo GOdoy and Tony Gaeno in that ORDER
vided the latter bout is conducted in 1910 the Bomber
doesn't take Gaeno this year. the column feels assured
such bout will ever come off again.
RUNAROUND TACTICS are being charged in the
present heavyweight circuit Joe Louis handlers
cuSed of supercauon regards return bout with Aru-
70 Godoy on chat they think the Brown Bomber
might be made to look silly all over again IN return
match Bop Pastors camp is saa to nav nave no mtenf1n Of
okeh to Gaentos handlers too New York scrveners say
because is freely written that the Newark Nghtstck
thinks the chances about that ne might lose his
return shot at the title messing around with Pastor Gaen
to has agreed to bout with Max Baer instead of the Bob
Pastor fight they tried to sign.
Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons lodged nobody
These crack white heavyweghts kings took all
van feared Peter Jackson much to the salts
faction of everyone The result. sxtyone round draw
It is the firm conviction of the column Joe Louis fears
living and is quite willing to meet any and all
If is being hinted Louis handlers guilty of
percaution regards Arturo Godoy the whole thing
seems fantastic to this observer for several
CD Louis kayoed by Schmeling and had no quams
about return match
( Louis knows Godoy couldn't knock him out because he
has punch
3 Louis is anxious to regain the prestige lost in the
Godoy battle.
W Louis feels sure Godoy match would be at least
100000 attraction.
(5) A Godoy match would be even safer than one with
either Gaento Pastor
This runaround stuff is nothing new, writes Nat
Fescher, editor in the May issue of RING He tells of how
posed battles with Harry Wills the great Negro fighter
tFleischer gives angle the runarOund business
however when he states it as conviction that it Tex
Rckard the promoter and not much Dempsey who OBJ
ieced to the fight with Wills. It said Rickard belleved
following Jack Johnsons example another Negro heavy
weight champion would bad for all concerned and while
he believed Dempsey the better man, he had
of being sure)
Jim Jefres, the RING editor recalls lodged Johnson
Langford and Jeanette all colored Ultimately he met
Jack Johnson badly beaten John L. Sullivan drew
the proverba oor ne and would have no part of Peter
Jackson master Negro boxer of his time.