The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-27
TODAY'S SPORT PARADE
By HENRY McLEMORE

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 Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 27-(UP) This is the city where the white hope" beats eternal in the breasts of the boxing lovers.
 Not 50 long ago Des Moines felt that Johnny Paychek's skin had rtpened like the corn and that he would win the heavyweight title from Joe Louis. Johnny came in a bad second.
 His was at the same time the weakest and braveSt challenge ever made for a championship title. It was the weakest because he was knocked out without ever having thrown a punch. It was the braveSt because no man ever was as terri lied in ring as he was, and only courage of the highest order kept him from collapsing while waiting for the first bell to ring.
 Now Des Moines, undaunted by Paychek's annihilation, has fastened its hopes upon Lee Savold, one of it's younger citizens. The city al- ready has schedule worked out for Lee. He is to partially erase the painful memory of Paychek by beat ing Light-heavyweight Champion Billy Conn in New York's Madison Square Garden Friday night, and then he is to yindicate Des Moines completely by going on to a victory next summer over the aging politi. clan, Louis.
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 Reports from New York that Conn has been made a 1 to 3 favorite over the Iowan are discounted here on the grounds that the east is biased toward its eastern fighter, and every one Is quite sure that Savold should certainly be no worse than even money. Everyone was cheered, too, by reports that Savold has been training seriously for the bout. In. quiry here revealed that for a while it was feared that Savold had ann bitions to become the corn belt Tony Galento. Blessed with a natural taste for beer, and an equally nat ural dislike for such things as shadow boxing, sparring, road work and diets, he found 1t difficult to main tain what medical men term tip top" shape. His weight rose and fell like the tides. Sometimes he would fight at 190 and sometimes at 225 and 230.
 For Conn, however, the Des Moines Norwegian has really worked. Be- fore going to New York to do his final work in the smart atmosphere of the exclusive Columbus Circle gymnasium (no one allowed unless wearing cap and sweater) he toiled fo:' three weeks in a Wisconsin for est, where it is said he had the local beavers marveling at his industry.
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 Des Moines feels that Savold will knock out Conn. Here he is re- garded as the hardest hitter in the world, Louis included, and the fact that he has broken the jaws of Sev- eral of his recent opponents is spoken of with justifiable pride. He is said to hit just as devastatingly with his left hand as with his right, and that his left jab is not only @ superbly fashioned weapon but one that packs tremendous authority. Savold's courage and stamina never have been questioned, either. He got of the floor to give Buddy Baer a busy evening and out here they figure if the mammoth Baer couldn't stop him, Conn's punches surely certainly won't bother him.
 For myself, I am not so sure about that. Billy the Kid will hit Savold more than he ever was hit before. That's certainty. There isn't boxer who can match Conn for speed and accuracy. And he can punch too. When he wants to, that is. When Billy tires of fancy-dancing and settles down on his feet, he can throw a right hand that1l hurt any, one. I saw him knock Bob Pastor through the ropes with right hand smash, and Pastor takes fair sort of punch.
 For Des Moines sake hope Savold wins. But it'll surprise me If he is in there at the finish.