The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-30
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pion's NEST ardeQt felleweTs
were wsiling that 'sHe 1ever
locked Nike that before
Then suddenly, and simply, Il
happened.
Louis tented with his left and
threw all of his 202 pounds be-
hind his right. It struck the pow
erful Nova flush on the jaw and
he dropped ~ though he had col
lided with q boxcar. It was such
a terrific blow as to make what
happened before and afterward
in the fight seem scarcely worth
the telling. .
Though terribly hurt Nova
managed to gain his feet at the
count of nine and to stagger into
a barrage of blows. He shudder-
ed under the impact of twenty or
thirty cruel shots TO his head and
body a. he sagged and founder
ed three-quarters Of the way
around the ring before Referee
Arthur Donovan stopped it. just
at the bell. But that one punch
had ruined him.
FORGOT TO DUCK
II just forgot to duck" said
Nova, almost cheerfully, after
the wobble came out Of his legs
and he had reached the dressing
room. "Joe's the hardest hitter
I ever fought. I saw the punch
coming all the way, but I
couldn't get out of range. It must
have been a beauty"
Ray Carlen, Nova's manager
was bitter because Donovan had
stopped the bout with only q
second remaining Of the sixth
round. He argued with seeming
logic, that Lou should have been
given the minute rest period to
see If he could come out and
fight. But Nova refused to join
him in his beef.
maybe I could have taken
care of myself If I had had a
rest" he said, "But I've got no
complaint about Donovan. He
can referee all my fights"
NOVA MODELLING
AS q matter of plain fact, q rest
wouldn't have done Nova q par
ticle of good and would have
earned him only a worse beating
than he got. A full two minutes
after the bout ended Nova got to
his feet and made his way out to
the center of the ring, and his
knees still were webbing and his
face still was blank.
AS it was, the worst the Chal-
lenger had to show for the night
was q slight cut on the bridge Of
his nose and a shattered dream.
He really thought he could whip
Louis and he gave 1t a good,
brave try. He learned different
ly, and took it very well.
II still think ] can lick any
other fighter in the world" he
said carefully, excepting Louis.
IF Joe retires and goes into the
Army, then I don't see why I
shouldn't claim the title"
LOUIS UNHURT
Louis, as usual, didn't have q
great deal to say about the af-
fair, presumably feeling that the
right he laid on Nova's whiskers
had spoken for him eloquetnly.
He did say that Nova had not
hurt him, but that had been more
or less obvious.
Up to the big punch and the
knockout, the fight failed entire
ly to live up to its glowing ad-
vance notices, where both men
had been expected to wade in
and slug, they did nothing Of the
kind. For minutes at a time
they circled each other with
deep respect, feinting and miss
ing wild leads by q mile. The
most exciting thing about the
early rounds was the continuous
bleat from the champions corner
that Nova's handlers were load
ing him down with grease which
they were.
The fourth round saw the first
real action. Louis finally clip
ped Nova q good one, staggered
him considerably, and beat him
around some more until the bell.
But Nova weathered it in good
shape and even fought back, so
the crowd settled down to see II
&C the limit.
The surprise, then, was all the
greater when Louis suddenly
wound up and knocked his man