The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-19
NOVA MAY GET
 SEPTEMBER GO
 IF BILLY BALKS
"Terms" VIII Decide Next Title Foe for Heavy.
 weight Champion
By JACK cUDDY

(UnAted Press Stan C0kFe0pO@@emeD
 New York, June l0-(UP)-Diily Conn, the slender Irishmar from Pittsburgh, who for c few tunultous moments last night looked like . i0-to.l shot to win the worlds heavyweight boxing title, may get Q return bout in September with Champion Joe Louis, who finally knocked him out with less than three rounds to spare.
 Promoter Mike Jacobs sald teddy that Louis would fight again in September, and, If the enthusiasm of the crowd of 64,4e7 which paid S4bi ,776.ei to see last nights pers formance ct the Polo Grounds was any gauge, c return Louis- Conn bout would draw . 4i 900 900 gate.
 At the end of the i2th round last night the i74.pound Conn had Louis groggy. Giving the champion afi advantage of 26M pounds and weathering his most explosive blows for II rounds, Conn had made c spectacular stand, out.boxing and out-slugging the poised and power- ful Louis until victory was almost within his grasp.
 At the close of the tunultous 18th round it sefned Conn couldn't lose. He was ahead on points. A slow starter, he was getting stronger with each round while Louis appeared to be fading fast.
 But you need stamina and luck in fighting, and Bomber Joe has both In abundance. The hstic gods who watched over him in such crises as tho Braddock, daicnto and Buddy Ba0r brawls came to his rescue again in tho hoodoo 18th.
 Conn--inspired by the champions woeful condition Of the 18th and unwilling to coast to victory--went out in the 18th 10 knock out the heavyweight king. Fighting at close quarters, he let Louis beat him to tho punch with a smashing right hook to the chin. The blow stag- gered Billy, but he tried to light back-leaving openings for the bars rage of hooks and uppercutS that battered him about the ring and drosSed him for the "kiii." It cafnO whom c laundering straight right caught him on the head and dropped him like ( shot horse. "0ame" Boy
 As Referee Eddie josephs tolied tho count above him, Conn tried to rise, but had gained only ono knee when the fatal "i0" Was spoken. Billy didn't know how no was counted out, and as hs finally climbed Co his feet, he turned to- ward Louis-ready for battle---afd said, "Now you'll really have to fight"
 Despite Conn's remarkable show ing, Promoter Jacobs was none too certain today about c return match, He said that "LouB viii not fight again until September and his chal- lenger then will depend upon the terms we can make with the out. standing eontenders."
 Tn other words--if Conn and Manager Johnny Ray demand much more than the ieM per cent re- eeived last night, Biliy.the-ISid may Do left cooling his heels while Lou Nova Is tossed In with Louis.
 Jacobs believes that either Conn or Nova would draw c ei,0oo,00O gate In September with Louis. Accordingly, tho proposed July bout between Louis and either of tho giants, Apo Simon or Buddy Baer, has been cancelled.
 Meanwhile Manager Ray, some. what distfaught ct ConnB knock- out, lashed out verbally ct Referee Joseph "for actions h the ring that helped Conn iose his head"
 Referee Blamed
 Ray charged that Joseph sepa. rated the men too quickly when biliy was doing the punching and that in the eighth or ninth round no nlotioned to Billy with his hands and yelled, Come on and fghti" Ray said, "That wag c helluya thing for referee to yell at q hot. headed Irish kid who'd rather aight than oat-at c kid we were trying to Keep cool In the corner. wei, Jsephs hould Dc satisfied-Biiiy lost his head anid got nailed"
 Ray charged also that reprosentas tives Of tho colnmsion had favored the champion by (O not informing 0onns handlers until they were ia the dressing room about af amends ment which permits the use of more hand bandagos than the ruie book specifics, and (2) by permitting Louis to come Into the ring wearing purple trunks also, after Conn he'd been given purple trunks at tho weigh-in.
 Ray said, "yEad we known in cd. vance of the heavy bandages Louis would wear, we never would hay0 permitted it. And who ever heard Of two fighters in c teavyweight title light wearing the same eoioFeA trunksS There was something wron0 in Denmark"
 At the close Of the i2th, this writer had scored six rounds Tor the challenger. Five were given to l0oM pound Louis, and one was rated even. Louis won the firsk three, lost the fourth and then caFne back to take the fifth and sixtli. He didn't win 6 round thereafter. conn took ali the others, except the even 10th. The knockout blew was the lone knockdown Of the fight. although Conn had slipped in vet spots In the first and 10th,
 Louis, who received 42k per cent 0f the net gate, earned about el4O,s VOO, bringing his total earnings in four years well over the e2,O00, 900 marx. Oonn1 i6h per cent ap-