The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27
Max Baer Breaks
Comiskey Bubble
In One Round
Rumors OF 'Bagged' Fight
Dispelled By Ex-Heavy
Champion
BY JOE WILLIAMS

Jersey City, N. j., Sept. q = Irish
eyes were not smiling here today
Patrick Comiskey. pride of Jersey
and leading hope of the younger
heavyweight set, was an exploded
bubble. Ell wasn't able to survive
even a round against the veteran
Max Baer.
The second guessers are now say
ing a boy was sent on a mans err
rand and this undoubtedly is part
of the answer to the collapse of the
Sandy Comiskey dream. In ring
tactics and "savvy" the 19-year-old
son of Paterson iron worker was
as green as the bathrobe with the
golden harp he wore SO bravely and
confidently in the ring.
He started the first and only
round as If he intended to feel Baer
out, employing long, stifiSh left
jab which found tn champion
conspicuous nose at intervals. But
suddenly Baer moved in, rushed
ComiSkey to his own corner and be-
labored him with ponderous lefts
and rights, visibly shaking him.
This was the first time Comiskey,
recently graduated from the pre-
Iminary ranks-and much too re-
Gently, as later events were to prove
had ever been in tough spot. He
seemed to weather it well for tn
moment. He slid along the ropes
and went back to jabbing to keep
Baer off.
Just before the destructive climax
came he appeared to be getting bet
ter. There was a furious mixup in
the middle of the ring and the
youngster at least held his own.
Once he shot over the right which
had dropped SO many of his oppo-
nents in the minor league of pugil-
ism. 1t landed flush on Baer's jaw
and the veteran laughed that crazy,
clownish laugh of his. That was the
tip-off. Baer knew Comiskey's
knockout punch couldn't hurt him.
Measured Him
Z From then on it was simply a
question of how long. BY. now Baer
was the raging fury he always is
when he knows he can run the ring.
He battered Comiskey against the
ropes. A few seconds later they were
out in the clear again, and Baer
stepped back, carefully measured
Comiskey with a right and let him
have it squarely on the button. We
never saw Baer throw harder
punch. Comiskey went down as if
he had been shot.
Here his inexperience showed,
though by this time probably would
MT have made any difference If he
were the most experienced fighter
in the game. Anyway. he got up al
most as soon as he went down. To
be specific, he got up ct two. Jack
Dempsey was still counting, with
his eye shifted 10 Baer, when he
looked around and saw Comiskey
had dropped back to the canvas on
one knee.
This was @ violation of the
Queensberry code. going down with
out being hit, but the charitable
Dempsey was IN no technical mood
and he began q new count. This
time Coinlskey was W at eight. He
might rs well have stayed down the
fiFst time. Baer rushed him 10 the
ropes and Yves betting the life out Of
him when Dempsey wisely stopped
The one-sided thing.
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