The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-21
GIGANTIC SIMON GETS CRACK AT
 LOUIS TONIGHT
My Destiny Is in My Hands," Says Huge Abe,
 Trained By J. Johnson
BY JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent)

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 Detroit, March 2l. - CUP) - Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who rocketed to fame in his first New York showing six years ago at the expense of ponderous Primo Camera, stages his second giant- killing act tonight he hopes - right here in his own home town.
 Louis, who as a young Negro laborer ran the gamut of odd jobs in this motor city, losses his dark dynamite against huge Abe Simon, the Manhattan Inan-mountain, be- fore a sell-out crowd of 19,000 at the Olympia.
 Busiest of the champions of his division, bomber Joe is defending his title for the 18th time.
 Odd-Jobs Joe, who has belted out 42 of his previous 50 ring rivals, is determined to make quick work of the Broadway Behemoth because two previous home town opponents, Matte Brown and Bob Faster, went 10 and II rounds, respectively. Brown-Lightning Louis wasn't sat. isfied with those performances.
 Despite this yen for Q quick clocking, Louis wants his gas-buggy buddies to get some sort of run for their ticket dough. So he says earnestly, "Ah, sho' hopes simon pulls hisself up often dat cancanvas a coupla times, anyways"
 Big Talk
 But Giant Simon, as ugly as he Is large, scowls and says, This fight Is scheduled for 20 rounds. That's Is too many. I'll belt Louis out within five. He's an over.rated push-over. He can't take 1t. Washed-up schmeling knocked him out. Old man Braddock and fat Tony Galento had him on the floor. I've had 10 fights, only 10 less than Louis - and nobody ever had me on the floor. He's not fighting Q bum of-the month this time Therell be a new champion crowned at the Olympia. My destiny Is in my hands"
 And what handsl Simon, that huge house-hauntin' man who looks like an over-groWn Boris Karloff, has the biggest hands of anyone who ever tossed leather. They're bigger than the maulies of Camera, or the giants that preceded the Ambling Alp - Jess Willard, Charles Free man, Tipton Slasher, Jan Plaacke, Ed Dunkhorst, etc.
 Despite these hands, Simon is smaller than Carnera was when he fought Joe in 1935. Simon will out- weight Joe by about 47 pounds - probably 250 to 203. Camera had a GA l-2 pound pull in the weights. He scaled 260 l-2 against Louis 198. But Jack Johnson, former heavy weight champion, says that Simon Is different from most ring giants because his weight is properly dis tributed for hitting, and he's the fastest hitting giant that ever Nved."
 Jack Hates Joe '
 Johnson, first Negro to hold the heavyweight title. lost his crown to the Giant Jess Willard, but he has been training simon, another white giant, to wrest the diadem from the second Negro champion, Louis, whom Johnson despises heartily.
 Johnson points out, simon dif- fers from other fighting giants be- cause he's not a freak. He's only about six-foot four tall. He's com- pactly built, and has good co-ordi- nation. He's been an all-round ath- lete since his grammar school days. l make no predictions except this: If Abe hits Louis with one of his hooks, you'll see Louis on the canvas"
 Promoter Mike Jacobs and some 30 newspaper men from all sections attended barbecue given at Louis Utica farm - 20 miles out from De- troit - last evening. Jacobs ap- peared cock-sure of a Louis victory because he announced 6 Louis title tilt with Tony Musto at St. Louis on April 8, and admitted he was negotiating for another Louis title fight at Los Angeles or Washington, D. C., in early May.
 Jacobs said tonight's gate would approximate $6,0o0.