The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-05
SIMON, DRILLED BY ). JOHNSON,
 SET FOR LOUIS
New York Ring Giant, GA and zSO Pounds Taught
 By Famous Negro
BY JACK CUDDY

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 New York, March 6-(UP)-Abs Simon, the human boxcar, hits the rails tonight for Detroit where l1s hopes to wreck Heavyweight Cham pion Joe Louis on Marcn 2i.
 Never was a journey undertaken with more confidence. The Long Island giant is positive he will pul- verize little Louis, after giving him the fee-fi-fo-fum business.
 Big Abe regards Louis as 'littie" because Big Abe is Q inastodon of maui, packing about 250 pounds on a six-foot four.inch beam. He will dwarf the Detroit negro when they climb into the ring. Louis regis- ters 203 and six feet one.
 Some of Simon's confidence may have sprung from looking into the mirror at himself-if he didn't get scared stiff. In truth, he is fear some looking fellow--an ambling H. lustration of the abysmal brute. Fronting for his over-sized head is Q countenance that reminds one of @ somewhat battered Boris Karloff. This se-haunting head, with its fuzzy brown foliage, ilestles snugly upon huge and somewhat hunched shoulders. Then comes the torso an amazing mass of compact meat 5i inches around the chest, sup- ported by comparatively spindly legs.
 one might consider the Long Is- land behemoth Q freak, were 1t not for the fact that he is an athlete and has been one since his school days at John Adams high when he starred in football and the shot.put, and hurtled through the 100 yard dash in i0.4 seconds. Now, at 25, he's 8 prizeflghter with some seven years experience and more than 40 bouts under his huge belt.
 Johnston and Johnston
 Big Abe is managed by Jimmy Johnston, who piloted Bob Pastor through two encounters with Louis. And for this title fight he has been grooined by ancient Jack Johnson, first negro to wear the heavyweight crown. Jimmy travels tonight to De- troit with the giant. Johnson-Lil Artha--goes to the Auto City Q week before the fight.
 Johnson, surprisingly spry for his 6S years, has been training simon daily ct Stillmants gymnasium. Johnson has been prepping this white giant to do to Louis, second negro heavy champ, what another white giant-Jess Willard--did to Johnson on that broil!ng afternoon in Havana, April 5, 1915.
 Johnson says, "Th!s Simon is better fighter than Willard was then. He's faster, has better CO., ordination and can punch Q lot harder, particularly with his hooks. I'm not pred!ctin' nothin', but any, thing can happen If Abe lands on Louis chin."
 Can't "See" Joe
 Johnson dislikes Louis, and al- ways has. He's the Brown Bomber's severest critic. Whenever the elder- ly negro in the blue beret thinks of Louis footwork that straight ahead shuttle, he grins sardonically and belittles the champions leth- argic tootsies.
 Giant Simon, son of butter and egg salesman, has been in Detroit before. He won l0-round decision over Roscoe Toles there last Dec. 6. That was one of his best vic- tories, ranked along with his tri- umphs over Willie Reddish, Eddie Blunt, Gunnar Barlund and Al De- laney. Although Abe Is challeng- ing for pugilism's most coveted diadefn, the records show that he lost his last fight-on 10-round decision to Big Jim Thompson d Baltimore. Abe had beaten Thomp- son twice and he claimed that he "wuz robbed".