The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-24
Claims Foul
In 9Th Round
Of Tile 60
Knocked Champion
Through Ropes
In First Round

Through his manager. Ancil
Hoffman, the towering Buddy
had q date Cat noon. EST to
appear before the District Of Co
lumbia boxing commission to ar
que that he should be the cham
pion instead Of the loser on . dis
qualification In seven rounds of
the battle put on before %, 1872
paying customers in Griffith
stadium last night.
1.-THE last blow of the fight"
Hoffman said upon being grant
ed the hearing by the district
commission, twas struck at least
three seconds after the bell
sounded ending the sixth round,
and thus was illegal. The time
keeper, Major Ernest H. Brown,
told me that.
Arthur Donovan was the
referee and should have real
lied that. You know, we had to
accept Donovan (who was
brought from New York; as the
refreee. Otherwise, we wouldn't
have been given the shot atJoe."
An unusual angle Of the ap-
peal to the district commission
was that whatever action this
body might take probably will
be approved in rs other states,
since the local group Is q MEM
Der of the national boxing asso-
citation, which controls the sport
in that large an area.
Baer put up q surprisingly
good fight before he failed to
come out for the seventh round
at Griffith stadium last night be-
fore q crowd Of $4,000.
Up to the time he had enough,
the towering Buddy made a
stout showing. He knocked Louis
smack through the ropes in the
opening round, bringing awed,
hesitant cheer from the dark
stands and he generally comfort
ed himself with honor until the
moment when his manager, An
ell Hoffman took advantage Of q
thin technicality to end the fight
In confusion.
Hoffman claimed that Louis
clouted Buddy after the bell
rang ending the sixth round. He
was correct in this by the matter
of Z half second, perhaps. but 1t
wasn't important. Baer was bad
ly beaten and ready to flop, any
way.
It was too bad that q good
scrap had to end that way, in
,conclusively with Louis stand
Ing up wanting to fight and with
Baer sitting on his stool.
Referee Arthur Don o v q n
didn't hesitate or argue. He gave
IL TO Louis and in the dressing
room later he was inclined to be
pugnacious when que toned
about his decision.
I'm not sure Louis hit him
after the bell" he snapped. 1T
was close, but, anyway. Baer
probably wouldn't have gone
long In the next round. He was
in bad shape and I would have
been watching to stop it,"
The sixth round-the one that
caused all the argument - saw
Baer knocked to the canvas
twice. First the dusky champion
dropped him for a count Of sir
with q terrific right to the Jaw.
Baer staggered >up to run into
another - wham - and went
down again, sprawled all over
the place.
Donovan this time Just had
reached the count Of nine when
Buddy heaved himself up off the
floor. He was helpless, his arms
han & In E Imply, and Louis
charged in for the kill. Louis
had the Anal punch already
started through the uproar.
The blow caught Baer flush on
the jaw and down he went again.
Baer's seconds swarmed out
and carried him to his corner.
Az the end Of 90 seconds the
long, tall Californian had re-
vived and could have toddled
forth 70 catch more punishment
but his manager, Hoffman, wa
tearing around the ring instead
and arguing with the referee.
Donovan shook of Hoffman i'm
patiently and pointed TO Louia
a the winner. IN
Bser. q hereinbefore, stated,
put up q good light and II
scarcely was his f4ult that the
bout had 10 end n such crazy
faehiou. Buddy, taking advan-
taoo q hls enormous height end
rsaeh, lashed ont every time
they came toesther. He put Z
bruiso a Louis chin h re vesy
ara round and lancod . NttlG
cut under thG champion's left
syo n H. nth. Louis hAd - pu(
svpgythins h he'd behind hi
puRchos 70 cut Buddy down n
Tho sixth.
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