The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-26
TODAY'S SPORT PARADE
(Reg. U. s. Pat. off0 : BY HENRY McLEMORE
United Press stan Correspondent

Limited Press Stan Correspondent)
 Daytona Beach, Fla, March 2e--- (UP)--1t would be interesting to know, to the penny, just how much Abe simon made for fighting Joe Louis in Detroit last week.
 I don't mean the amount of the check that Promoter Mike Jacobs handed him, but how much actu- ally was left for Abe after his man. ager, Jimmy Johnston, had taken what am sure was a sizeable cut, handlers and sprkring partners had been paid off, ahd the other 10l tabs picked up.
 My guess is that it was a pretty paltry sum, as heavyweight cham- pionship payoffs go, and that con- sidering the terrible beating he took Abe was almost as badly lrl- derpaid as those unfortunates who used to have to play tag with the lions to make 8 Roman holi- day.
 No Sympathy
 Yet 1t Is difficult to feel too sor. " for Simon. He didn't have to fight Louis in the first place. That's really making money the hard way When you get g knot on your head with every dollar, even gold loses its appeal, Abe would have been wiser had he taken one of 50 al- ternatives. He could have borrowed a beard and can and posed as a Spanish War pensioner or worked at fifty cents an hour testing used parachutes.
 The best proof of what a beating Abe did take in those 13 rounds in Detroit, is the fact that he has signed to fight Louis again. The next evidence of what Louis fists did to him will come in the return, bout. He'll never go 13 again. For one thing, he will know he can't lick Louis. That will soften him some and there never was chin not even one of those Gutzon Borg lum Mountain Memorial chins - which could take licks Abe's did and be the same afterwards.
 Boxing should have law to protect men like Simon against themselves. It could be a law sim- liar to the one that says 8 mans life can't be placed in jeopardy twice for the same time.
 A fellow like Simon is in jeopardy when he gets in there with Louis I don't believe you could find a reputable physician who couldn't tell that a man can't take beat ing about the head such as Simon took from the champion and ever be the same again, mentally or physically. simon is just the type who suffers the most at the hands of Louis. He is 8 giant in stature strong as young Redwood and un- imaginative enough to be fool,sl1ly brave. The light, glass -chinned boys go out quickly and thus miss rounus of pummeling. Simon can take il he probably Is proud of his abil- ity to absorb punishment--and that leads to slaughter.
 Pastor Got His
 Bob Pastor is @ good example oi what happens to @ man who takes 8 10 or IS round beating from Louis. Pastor got his from Louis II rounds of it--in the same De. troit where Simon got his. Before that fight Pastor could really take 8 punch. But Louis so softened Pastor that the feather-punchine Billy Conn was able to knock hin, out in a later bout.
 Speaking of Simons return matcl, with Louis, what impels a man to buy a ticket for a Louis vs pushover bout?
 Does he buy 1t for the privilege Of watching a great champion In action? Does he buy 1t in the hope of being on hand when the cham pion Is finally beatena Or does he buy 1t for the same reason that Spaniards buy bullfight tickets?