The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-16

Has Yet to
Meet Actual
Fighting Man,
Says Grsyson
By HARRY GRAysoN

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~ fight proved what q few Of
us have been claiming all along,
Joe Louis is nothing more than
the best Of a sorry lot.
Louis might be able to knock
over the Statue OF Liberty or the
Empire State building. but he's q
loogan against a moving target.
Tommy Farr made that plain
as early as August, 1887, when
the Welshman stuck around for
Is heats.
And now we have Godoy. .
flop against the rank and file
here two years ago, repeating
the performance.
Had Farr or Godoy been able
to dent a pudding with a mallet
he would have won the world
heavyweight championship.
Some Of the Johnny-Come-
Latelys and yes boys are criti-
cising Tommy shortell. the judge
who gave Godoy 10 rounds, Louis
two and called three even.
PRETTY SORRY DEFENSE
OF HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
This against the identical vote
Of the referee, Arthur Donovan,
and the other judge, George Lee
cron, who credited Louis with 10
rounds. were forced to chalk up
four for Godoy and ruled one even.
Shortell, the old lightweight,
happens to be the man who de-
vised the New York scoring sys-
tenn. He was for years boxing
instructor Of the New York Rae
quet and Tennis club.
They can't say Godoy ran,
as was the charge against Bob
Pastor his first trip with
Louis. Godoy crouched, but
what Is q fellow supposed TO
do: Stand and let Louis belt
him.
As Shortell says. II couple Of
fellows who had never seen Louis
walked into the Garden and been
told they had just watched him
box Is rounds they would have
been terribly disappointed and
wondered what this heavyweight
business is coming to.
Where was the supposedly
Wanted Louis uppercut when the
Chilean crouched? Where was
anything? 1t was positively the
most disgraceful defense of the
heavyweight championship in his
tory.
SAYS GODOY SHOULD
HAVE GOTTEN DECISION
OF course, the fact that the ref
cree and one judge agreed to the
letter was purely coincidence.
But I agree with Shortell &.
That on the fight fought at the
Garden, Godoy should be the
champion.
Godoy won nine rounds. The
best I could give Louis was three
and I judged three others even.
Godoy lugged the trouble.
Had he not been In the ring
there would have been no
fight. But Louis Is on top
and there he remains. After
being knocked out by Max
Schmeling, an old man, he
assembled the throne by stiff
ening Jim Braddock. another
old man with whom his hand
lers made a deal. Braddock
still gets 10 per cent of Louis
money.
Outside Of his quick knockout
OF Schmeling, sull an old man, in
rematch. Louis record might be
well matched by Tom Thumb II,
Without an ak.
LOUIS HAS FOUGHT
EVERYONE But A FIGHTER
E,ARR went 10 rounds and lot
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was entitled to the decision. Louis
knocked out Nathan Mann, who
couldn't fight a lick, and Harry
Thomas. who Is still squawking
Then came the one-eyed John
Henry Lewis ard Jack Roper. q
veteran pulled out OF a Hollywood
studio electricians loft.
Tony Gslento, the human beel
barrel, hurt Louis and had him OF
the deck before going TO the mos
convenient shower.
They'll now feed Louis John
ny Paycheck Of Dies Moines
for the Finnish relief, at the
Garden, April s. and will at
tempt TO bring back GaIento
In June.
Louis strongest point from ,
box office standpoint Is that h
has a glass jaw and can't fight
too much.
You can take your nearest
teamster, longshoremAn- anybody
provided he Is big enough-and th'
chances are that he would Civ,
Louis a good fight.
Tony Galento was a bartender
Bob Pastor was a football player
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