The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-30
PAYCHEK STOPS
LOUIS PUNCHES
With HIS JAW
Championship of World
Fight Lasts Less Than
Two Rounds
By HARRY FERGUSON
UNITED Press Sports Editor


New York, March 30-UP)-Joe
Louis endorsed the Paychek with a
right to the jaw and the Paychek
bounced.
Bounced about six inches off the
canvas ring in Madison Square Gar
den and then Topped back fiattsr
than a pauper's wallet.
It was dreary end to dreary,
lop-sided fight for the heavyweight
championship of the world, and to-
day there's not one word of con-
ISOLATION that can be whispered into
the ringing ears of Johnny Paychek
of Des MoineS, Ia. He futtered
nervously around the ring for three
minutes and A seconds, hit the can
vas four times and never threw an
effective punch.
Maybe Paychek was scared and if
he wasn't he should have been. For
Louis was just mad enough last
night to make him killer and from
the moment the bell sent him shut
fling into battle he was out to make
up for his poor showing against
Arturo Godoy in the same ring a
few Weesk ago. 1t was a cold,. cal
culaIing anger that made the Brown
Bomber's punches travel sharp and
straight to the button. Louis missed
only one punch-a Whistling right
in the first round-and that one was
so close that the wind gave Paychek
the Sniffles. All other blows were
right on the target and what tar
get that Paychek turned out to be
with his head back, stand up straight
style!
When the fight started, the tip
off was that Louis began shooting
Immediately for the jaw. There was
no waste motion, no throwing of
to soften up Paychek, no sparring
hooks into the belly in an attempt
for an opening. Louis shuffled out,
Whammed left hook to the head,
crashed across a right and another
left and Paychek's knees went rub
berry as he wilted to the canvas.
Later Johnny said everything was
a blank after that first knockdown
but at least he had sense enough to
take a count OF nine.
Louis caught him in mid-ring al
most as soon as he was up and
left hmook that Travelled about q
foot and went rafting against the
teeth sent Paychek down again.
Once more he waited until Referee
Arthur Donovan reached the count
of nine and this time he came up
slowly and began to do a curious,
jitter-bug dance around Louis with
his own knocking knees providing
theswing music. Paychek had time
to do only about three steps and
hi-de1do before Louis right smashed
into his jaw. This time Paychek fell
in a heap in his own corner, but
got up at the nine count, bleary
and unenthusiastic. Louis was meas
uring him when the bell rang end
ing the round.
In A more seconds it was all over.
Louis went out and f1icked his left
into Paychek's face. Then the Brown
Bomber brought his right clear up
past his shoulder and let fly. The
glove travelled so fast it was only
a. red blur under the glaring lights.
Whoosh! The right exploded on
the tip of Paychek's jaw and this
time it was "Oh, Johnny, Oh, john
ny, Obi" Paychek sailed about three
feet through the air, landed fiat
on his back and bounced. Referee
Donovan didn't even bother to start
a count, for he would have had to
have gone far up into the multiple
cation tables. He waved Louis to his
corner, halted the fight and helped
pick up Paychek.
The 1890 customers let loose
their booS against Paychek and to.
day there appears to be plenty OF
truth in the old slogan that the
customer is always right.
Tt was a clear-cut triumph for
Drawn over brain, for in Paychek's
corner was Benny Leonard, former
lightweight champion, who intended
to think Louis out of the title. Prof.
Leonard attired himself in a dark
green sweater and blue trousers and
sent thought waves out into the
ring from the opening bell. AS radio
engineers say, the sending was per-
feet but the reception was poor, for
somewhere along the line Louis fists
injected some static into the set-up
and a left hook tuned Paychek out
Of the picture.
Ten per cent of the gross went
to the Finnish relief fund and, at
long last, the Films got double
break in their favor. They got the
dough and they didn't have to watch