The guardian., 1941-06-14

permanent guests keep the hostelry
well occupied at all times so that it is
highly advisable to write or wire for
choice reservations in advance
among the many friends we encoun-
tered at the Theresa were 1t. Coils. Al
Davis and Edward Gourdin and their
charming wives, DIR. James Lee, Lieut..
and Mrs. Elmer Hatton, Lester Dani-
els, Philip Aston, Seaton Manning, j.
Caswell Smith, Edward Hutchins, Joe
Louis and his encourage, st. Clair
Bourne, Alvin Thompson, Joe Yancey,
Emma Moseley Brown, Una Mae Car
Isle, Mary Harris Miller, Hilda Hill
man, Charles Widdisa, Sgt. Leonard
johnson and others incognito :.
now to get down to the business of the
Louis VS.. Conn heavyweight match for
the championship of the world at the
Polo Grounds in New York June 18
=. the Twentieth Century Club and
promoter Mike Jacobs have their big
gest stake in this battle and managers
John RoXborough and Julian Black
are strangely reticent in prefght pre-
dictions Billy Conn has received
the biggest publicity and ring build-up
of any contender who has ever faced
the champion all concerned would
have you believe that Conn is winged
dynamite . =. that he is ''blood hungry"
:. eager for the title =. like Jimmy
Braddock the mite he outboxed slugger
Max Baer for the decision and the
heavy crown =. see how Conn cut
down and carved up Buddy Knox in his
last fight he has developed the
killer instinct &. he can go fifteen
rounds unwinded :. . they are going to
install the largest regulation ring the
"a footer to give Conn plenty of room
to move around in that's how Bob
Pastor stayed with Louis . that's
the size ring they used when Tommy
Farr went the full distance against the
Brown Bomber :. . the moguls of the
fight game can't get nickel out of the
Louis Roxborough Black combina-
tion e. e.. they have all the money sewed
up and in the bag Joe and his
crew are financially independent for
the rest of their lives Joe is def
nitely slipping because of easy living
he isn't hungry any more .
that's what happened to Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney the boxer against
"Tiger" Jack the "killer" . and now
history will be repeated besides
Billy Conn is Mike Jacobs "white
haired" boy =. for his chance at the
title shot he has made all kinds of
concessions to the ring overlords
Arthur Donavan, veteran referee at
most all Louis battles will not officiate
during the coming bout because of the
recent Washington controversy
Billy Conn is the "white hope" answer
to the women of America q. e. millions
of dollars in advertising endorsement,
radio, stage and motion picture con-
tracts will come pouring in when Conn
is champ . Hollywood beckons and
the movie beauties are willing to trade
cold cash for posing with the new
champion .. think of the possibilities
: from these angles that the promoters
can't possibly kayo Louis except by a
lucky punch but he will outlook, be-
wilder Joe and keep him off balance by
dazzling him with his speed and endur-
ance for fifteen round decision
besides, if Joe gets tough, Billy Conn
knows every inside boxing trick in the
book and is at present champion of
the light heavyweight division
all these and heaven too :. now, here's
the low-down on paper, it is
strictly a gamblers fight with Conn to
turn the tables on Louis and the wise
boys to pick up all the short end bets
=. but how about old Chappie? :?
let me tell you that Joe Louis is up at
that Greenwood Lake workout camp
punching the heads off his sparring
partners every day in the week includ-
ing Sunday and training harder than
ever before in his life ). he is develop
ing his speed to catch Conn at the
earliest stage of the fight =. his IA
NOUS quotation that he could whip any
man he could hit will be proven again
when Joe was hungry he could
knock off these meal tickets right away
e.. but now that he's not hungry any
more it may take him longer but he
uses more finesse don't be bam-
n boozled by reports of Conn's dancing
ability and rapier left. . Joe waits for
his man stalking him like a cat :. nc
wasted effort in his movements .
and then, boom, boom, boom! and
it's all over . Conn is a stand-up
: fighter and cat meat for Joe Louis who
e has only been slowed up by the crab
crouch crummies who were in there
for long count g.. Old Joe is still
\ marching on to victory :. first Billy
Conn, then big Abe Simon, finally
Buddy Baer in September and then a
: second lieutenant's commission awaits
him in the United States Army as