Evening star., 1940-12-17
Louis Is Rusty,
Mccoy Stand
In Loss Shows
Lousy T.K.O. Victory
Reveals Champ Needs
Heavy Ring Schedule
BY BILL KING,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

BOSTON, Dec. 17.-HeavyWeigh
Champion Joe Louis appeared con-
vinced that idleness breeds nothing
but rustinesS as he prepared today
to undertake the long series of
monthly title defenses mapped out
for him for the remainder of the
indoor boxing season.
The Brown Bomber just back
from the fourth lengthy vacation
he has given himself since he gained
the title from Jimmy Braddock in
1887. renewed his fistic operations
against the much smaller Al Nc
Coy of Boston last night before a
1884 crowd at the Boston Garden.
1t took the iron-fsted champion,
who had a weight advantage of
more than 81 pounds, five rounds to
damage Mccoy, an overstuffed light
heavyweight, to the point where
the challenger's handlers decided he
had taken enough punishment
Mccoy baked at first, for his only
noticeable injury was a closed left
eye, but finally was prevailed upon
to ignore the bell that sounded
for the sixth round. thereby giving
Louis technical knockout verdict
Joe Lands Two Good Rights.
During most Of the action Nc
Coy's shifty style prevented the
stalking Louis from doing much
damage with his deadly right. Twice
during the abbreviated engagement,
originally listed for Is rounds, the
champion, who weighed 202l+ to
McCoy's 180s4, did land his famed
right fist in bone-crushing fashion.
Both Of those blows were decidedly
effective. The first one, in the OPEN
ing round, gave Mccoy a severe
shaking up and the other, unleashed
in the fifth, put the challenger's left
optic out OF commission for the time
being.
In between times. the courageous
Mccoy. who hasn't been counted
out once during his long career.
bobbed weaved and side stepped
with much skill to escape Louis
devastating punishment and landed
few rights on his own account.
1T was lousy fight" Louis said
shortly after McCoys handlers re-
fused to permit him to come out
for the sixth round Il must have
looked just as bad out there tonight
as I did on my first visit to Boston
back in 1888"
At that time. Louis was an obscure
amateur battling out of Detroit and, |
while he was making his first bow
to the Boston boxing public, he
suffered the humiliating experience
of getting knocked down seven times
by Max Marek of Chicago in
national junior boxing tournament
semiflnal match.
That Mccoy gave me plenty of
trouble with his bobbing and weav-
ing Louis continued. He moved
around so much that had trouble
landing my right Then I had to
try to left jab him and I know I
missed plenty of those blows, as
any one would after a long absence
Mccoy may not be able to punch,
but he sure can make you look bad"
Outside of his injured eye, Mccoy
escaped without a scratch and he
boasted that he could have travelled
the full distance without any great
effort. IF I hadn't been half
blinded" Mccoy said, Il could have
lasted through all Is rounds
Gate Is Disappointment.
Although the gross gate receipts
were s46.980. making it the second
most successful promotion in Bos-
tons boxing history, it was far below
the expectation of Promoter Rip
Valenti, who had high hopes of a
sos 900 sellout.
After the bout ended, with most
of the spectators and both of the
principals disgruntled about it all,
Mike Jacobs, the New York pro-
moter, announced that Billy Conn,
the hght-heavyweight champion,
would surrender that title imme-
diately and start preparing himself
for an outdoor engagement with
Louis in New York next summer.