The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-17
(Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) BY HARRY FERGUSON lVfustnA nwMaa gWAvsfa EAltnE

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 Pompton Lakes, N. J., September 1T. - (UP) -- Lou Nova stuck out a big brown paw and Ray Arcel, his trainer, started winding bandages around 1t,
 "You weighed yet9" Arcel asked
 Nova shook his head from side to side and walked over to @ corner ot the dressing room and stepped on the scales. It showed 2i0 i-4.
 That's flne," Arcel said, "that gives us some margin to work on" Nova nodded and held out his hands for the handages again.
 Two things strike you as you drive over the George Washington Bridge through the green New Jersey courl. tryside to this camp where Nova Is preparing for the fight of his life against Joe Louis c week from Mon. day:
 1. Nova is in superb physical con. dition. In fact, the job that Arcel has now is to keep him from going stale.
 9. Nova's spirits are high. He isn't going to De afraid of Louis and despite advice from his seconds he probably Is going to slug 1t out with the champion. It may look like Q slaughter house when they get through, because both of them can take 1t and both can dish 1t out, Arcel would prefer to have Nova box and try to escape punishment, brt he hasn't much hope that Lou wil lido that.
 Getting Serious
 Nova worked three rounds yess terday against three sparring part ners and he was rarin' to go. He seems to be getting close to fight ing edge, and he also seems to have forgotten a lot of screwhall stuff that he has given out in the last year. During four hours ct the camp yesterday he didn't mention tho cosmic punch and he didn't stand on his head or do an yof the other Yogi stuff. He looked like young man who suddenly has real- ized that the golden chance of lifetime has arrived.
 In the ring he didn't look toe good, but then he never does.
 "I'm just not gymnasium fighter" he explained as the band- ages were clamped on with tape Tt was the same way when used to play football. If wasn't starting the game. I'd sit on the bench and not be able to work lip much inter- est. Bnut as the coach sent me into the game and I began heaving those passes, I could really get down tc business"
 Arcel, a slender man who Is rec ognized as one of the best trainers in the business, probably knows as much about how to fight Louis as anybody. He has been in the corner opposite the champion nine times and keeps in condition by dragging fighters to the corner after Louis has belted 'em out. His job with Nova is mainly a psychological one
 We don't talk much about the fight around this camp" he said Lou is interested in baseball (he's an ardent rooter for the Dodgers and his favorite player is Dolf Ca millD and we talk about that and listen to the radio.
 Knows Himself
 i've seen some fighters who were worried about Louis. don't mean that they were scared necessarily but they through about the fight toe much while they were training. Lou doesn't do that. He's got pretty good idea what he wants to do when he gets into the ring, so we don't have to go into that much"
 Outside, Nova was singing his Alameda (Calif) high school song for some reporters - singing 1t with a grin on his face and apparently not care in the world. He didn't look much like a man who was wor- ried about being dozen days away from the encounter with one of the most murderous punchers who ever stepped into a ring.
 This one may be something to see brethren, something to see.