The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21
JOE LOUIS STOPS GOD0Y IN 8TH
CHAMPION RETAINS
TITLE WITH 7. K. 0.
Savage Display OF Power Is
Negroes Greatest In Eleven
Fights To Defend Crown
BY SID FEEDER

YANKEE STADIUM, New York,
June 20.-Rl-The "Old'' Joe Louis,
the Butcher" of the prize ring, came
back tonight.
In methodical, cold-blooded fash.
ion, he took revenge on Arturo Go.
doy, the Chilean, who hurt his pride
by lasting Is rounds with him last
February. For seven rounds he cary.
ed the South Americans face apart,
punching with as much devastation
as. he has ever shown, and then, in
the eighth, he ended it.
With Godoy, gallant to the end,
down on his knees for the second
time in this round from what seem
ed a million of the cruelest, most saw.
age blows the Brown Bomber has
ever thrown, Referee Billy Cavanagh
stepped in and stopped the blood
letting, awarding the king of the
ring a technical knockout at one min
0NSs Il oCCOllUS VI CIlC ll6dLs
Thus Louis added another to his
record string of defenses Of the
worlds heavyweight championship.
This was the 18th challenge he has
turned back. Before his reign be-
gan three years ago, the best any
champions before him could do was
to hold the crown against five chal-
lenges.
A crowd of 27,7S6 paid $14e, sos to
see the fight.
This was brutal tonight. At 1919
pounds, the Brown Bomber was in
the best condition Of his career. He
was lighter than for any fight since
he chopped Max Schmeling down in
their return bout two years ago.. He
gave away 2 1-2 pounds to the South
American, but it could have been ten
times that. This was the Louis who
sent Schmeling to a hospital, who
ended old Jim Braddock's career,
who moved down Tony Galento in
four rounds, who now has u up
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fights, and who is ranked by many
as the greatest punching man the
ring has ever seen.
He didn't drop Godoy until the end
of the seventh round when a slashing
string of punches sent the gallant
Chilean to the anv near his w
corner. Arturo was up at six, just as
the bell ended the round. He calne
out slowly for the eighth and there
wasn't anyone in the surprisingly
large crowd in yankee Stadium who
didn't realize the end was near.
The champion met him in midring
and fired his bombs. Godoy, game to
the finish, but with little else to offer
against Louis cold rage and desire
for revenge, dropped for a count OF
eight. He came up again and threw
himself at Joe, trying to get in close
to hold. But the Bomber shook the
Chilean fisherman off and again
drove in with a rally. Down went
Godoy from a short, whistling right.
Referee Cavanagh wisely called it
off right then, but Godoy still want
ed to fight. He chased across the
ring after Louis, trying to resume
hostilities. He went after the referee,
arguing vainly to have the battle
| continue.
BY this time, Godoy's face looked
like a barbecued beef. Louis laid his
left y open early in the first round,
and from there the blood poured out.
At the end, the crimson coated not
only Godoy, but Louis, the referee
and much Of the canvas. Godoy's
eye was gashed top and bottom. His
nose was a soft pulp. And the only
damage to Louis was a scratch be-
hind his left ear.
Everything about this slaughter
was different from the last time
these two met. Then, Godoy's crouch
ing style baffled the Bomber over
the 15-round route. This time, he
was Strengthened up right from the
word go, by straight lefts and short,
bruising uppercuts. Last time and
for every one of the fourteen fights
Louis has had in New York up to
now, Arthur Donovan was the
referee.
But last week in a magazine ar
ticle, Donovan, SO Godoy's manager,
AL WE'LL, charged, "pre-judged' the
fight. A protest against his hand
ling tonight's fight was lodged and
the commission put Cavanagh, a
veteran third man." into the ring.
Last time, Godoy wasn't hurt a bit
by a befuddled bomber. This time,
he was hit by everything but the
ring buckets; and he felt every
punch.
The dead.pan dynamiter admitted
after the fight that he had "dished
OUT a fair country beating.
."Tha's the worst beatin' I evan
gave a man." he said.
"He,.s plenty tough, and the gamest
guy all ever took on, but ahll tell
you-he can't hit a lick himself. All
was sore at him to start with because
he made me look bad the last tina.
Then, in the seventh round, Godoy
hit me a low punch. It didn't hurt
none, but ali didn't like it none
either"
Godoy, agreeing that Louis was a
great fighter" spent several minutes
in his dressing room explaining how
IT can take eet!" II want to fight
heem again., he shouted. "Thees