The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-20
LOUIS IS4 TO
DEFEAT CODOY,.
Fl TO SCORE KO
Boxing Commission to
Rule on Donovan as Ref.
cree Since Protest
BY HARRY FERGUSON
united Press Staff Correspondent)

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New York, June 20.--(Up)-Arturo
oodoy, o bohhing, weaving rhumha
dancer from the slopes Of the An
des, gets his second shot at boxing's
richest prize tonight when he craws
into the ring ut Yankee stadium TO
try TO wrest the world heavyweight
championship from Joe Louis,
Even On X, O. Elm Z
He approaches this great hour OF
his life In superb condition, with q
do-or-die CLINT In his dark eyes and
with utter confidence that ne can
outright one OF the great fighters
Of all time.
That confidence Is not shared BY
the Icy, realistic men who fix the
betting odds and the result Is that
Louis Is o 4 TO ] favorite TO win.
Louis Is o 2 TO ! favorite TO win
by q Knockout.
Louis Is an even money bet to win
by o Knockout before the seventh
round.
The fight developed O sort OF side
fight involving o man who will be In
the ring tonight but who will not
strike q blow-the referee. The con.
troversy has reached the channels OF
diplomacy and II will DO settled ut
noon while the fighters weigh In,
Arthur Donovan, o competent
referee, has officiated ut oil Of Louis
fights In the east, But only few
weeks ago Mr., Donovan got the lit
erary urge and sat down and wrote
himself q piece for Liberty maya
zine. He gave q sort OF pre.view OF
the fight, predicted that Louis would
DO able TO hit dodoy and limited
without actually saying 10, that the
Brown Bomber was going TO win
this one.
Complaint
AL Well, 0odoy's manager and o
top-flight screamer, screamed bloody
murder when no read that essay.
He contended the literary compost
tion disqualified Donovan as referee,
and he carried his case 10 Anaba
lara, Chilean consul general IN New
York, arguing that o diplomats duty
safeguarding the interests OF
Chilean fighters In the United
States. lara agreed, and wrote o
letter 10 the New York boxing COM
mission asking that Donovan DO kept
out of the ring tonight. The box
ing commission will hand down It's
decision on JaraS protest OF o meet
Ing OF noon.
History teaches that every time O
man stays the distance with Louis
and makes him look bad, the light
ming doscends on that unfortunate
creature In the return bout. MAX
sohmeling beat Louis, and In the
return match barely got out with
His life, Bob Pastor stayed the limit
and the next time ended up Q
crumpied, bleeding mess on the floor.
Matte Brown and Lee Ramage gave
Joe trouble the first time they
fought him, but In the second bouts
they went down Oh though they had
been blackjaeked.
dodoy not only made Louis look
bad In tho first fight, but almost
won the decision. one Judge voted
for him, one Judge voted Tor Louis
and the Brown Bomber retained nus
title on the vote OF that same Ar"
thur Donovan who now finds him.
self the center Of IN international
Incident.
No Kiss Again
The rage IN the back q Louis
mind IA fed by the recollection that
dodoy not only clowned through,
part Of the fight, but after tho bout
was over planted 0 kiss on Joes
check. II was o sheer outburst o.
low OF, dodoy's part = the sort OF
Gesture n man makes when ne
learns the governor has committed
the death sentence-but In Louis
mind ID comes under the classifica-
tion OF fooiishness. Aocordingly, tne
Brown Bomber plans 10 take steps
10 see that II doesn't happen again