Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-29
Novd
Cracks
AT Joe

NEW YORK Sept. 20 rUP1-Lou
Novas fantastic comeback cam
paign. from Eraye-edte 10 glory
reaches It's 1ilmaX t0r lPht bciorr
some $4,000 spectators a the polo
grounds where he has his dream
Shot at Joe LOUIS heavyWc.eht
crown
--' It's climax night too 1or LOUIS,
the great negro Lhampicn .. who IS
making his last fight be. ore SolnG
into the arny-rlS 1917 tile de-
fense and against The m5al rated
the most DANGEROUS oppos n; ne
ever faced. ..,
Nova Is de SperatelT dete, mlneC
10 win. TnlS determination htisG,
him off his hos, ,eit0l cot Is na 'nhtS
ago when doctor; INSISTED nc Wa Wa.
diving II .aolcd him along the
tough trail b.. LOUIS 81! t&.> :
EQUAL determined To PACK I.ls
crown Into IL am.
* Hence the,. schcG lod !5-:ou. "a
batt!a may BIS On Il aaotet Z
Der,r-ev.T.rao b--Ul ...'a W.
s,ocr6 n. .n5 saro 9.t rounds =.
1ec2 I.ke D,mp9e.. I'd Flrpp.
ho-h o1 tonicht's principals con-
centr3t, OH attack ard are TatAe1
carcle.e or defense 2c;a arc IKE
AZ - oe O.. - cav tH n" ea:iT
rourtS.
Prospects OF ;7rr.5 leather ,a>sis1-
should bring out crowd OF @o91'
6oOC0. largest light gathering s!Aec
10 coo attended the second LOUIS
schmellrr Do: il IS Promot.l
. NIte J2cons expects Satc Z.
. about $4,000. even II t2da>
) threa1euod rain causes tWo-oa.
ros,nonarIe,,. 10 WedaesGaN.
p, The forecast Ct showers taf4E %
dav ,ndi,.red th2, tie Weftae.
) rnirht cIcar N time Tor the bout.
, scheduled tor 10 pm 'to1
- Meanwhile LOUIS IS the petiA'7
-fayorite at l3 ts5, orSp.te NOV" $
apparent proves al 70 years
. peak axe 70. { fighter ana NJ
; assists from lhe Cosmoiok. az, %.-p
Yogi I.cun !. only one year u C5' g.
27. but he has RAD 81 fights II INK
past seven yea-a and he has bee.
. in almost constant training lac
tors which tend TO burn one OH
The champion apparently shoWsc
stuff in training al
Greenwood Lake, y Y, TO convince
the smart-noney boys that he still
. Is capable OF licking Nova.
Louis has suffered bat one de-
feat in 81 professional bouts. ano
he knocked out IS opponents,
making him the most destructive
: champion IN history. 1E.s Wiz D.
: his 18th title oelense, al th'
. hearvwe.eh: before hln, MADE TO-
: tai Of only % detense7,
Joltlng Joes peg ,o:uanceS against
the SIX opponents whom both have
, fought were far more impressive
than NoyaS. ONLY against Tommy
Fayr dld CHALLENGER lou make the
better showing TIE champion was
much superior aca:rs: Lee RamaR'
. Bob pastor Naxlo Bscr. Abe ST.
mon anG pa:1cg.crlV ataMst Ioh7
Galcnto "Two-tc1" Tony scoreL
a techrIca! knocEout Oyer Nova d
Philadelphia II 1899.
That Galeuto knockout has bee3
one OF the big question marks IL
Nova's career. Lou and his hand
lers insist that NJ was elcE Inc
= bout was postponed tWo weeks al
legedly because Of MS illness. Thc%
claim he already was suffering from
blood Infection that amoa'
proved fatal few months later :"
a California hospital
AT Ponpton Nova looked oatte.
than ever before Il worKoutS.
though never an Impressive gym
nasium pcrlornc. HIS toot".orh
was lmplolco ana hi io!. ]an> anc
hooks wee sharper.
Louis WHO Hao tAc i!Ri' pos
poncd 10 c.}s ,o he could -e' NJ
condiuon. ,o9f trnes s0 ca -
GreenNro& lufr =. ! = -.
dlfnC4ll for e>pe"l. :" Ct ifa1
Inc or H.. tom Ii .esmea -.
during E.e WrcoGuig i4eht-a-inOn'n
campaIIn aud particularly II Ii
last bout with Billy Conn IL JIM
In framing hc apparently lackeo
zcst. ano he appeared OF l. IL
timing and judgment o. distance
b Co-manaRcr julian Black admitted
he had fadoc 20 per cent ..
. Trainer JACK Blackburn dent
TINS,