Evening star., 1942-03-28
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Hoists Self at Count
Of 10 as End Comes
In Sixth Session
BY WHITNEY MARTIN,
Associated Presk Ennrts Writer

NEW YORK, March 28-Massivs
Abe Simon and his mite Of a pilot,
Jimmy Johnston, still were prating
about the injustice of it all today.
but the Army Emergency Relief
Fund heavyweight championship
bout at Madison Square Garden last
night goes down in the records as
a knockout victory for Joe Louis In
16 seconds Of the sixth round.
Not that there was even one
rugged individualist in the crowd OF
18 ,220 fans who expected different
ending. The fans, who contributed
a gross gate of $132, 430 Al. knew that
eventually Abe's lumpy torso would
be stretched out on the soiled
canvas.
The champion, donating his entire
purse for the second time, was ex-
pected to reduce the great mass Of
man to a great mess Of a man even
before six rounds.
But when the end did come, Abe
was not stretched out. He pain
fully was hoisting himself erect at
the count Of 10. and he and John
ston vehemently claim Abe beat
the count. 1t probably made no
difference. Abe was a beaten men.
Topples Like Felled Tree.
He had gone down twice before,
the bell stopping the count each
time In the second round he toppled
Fa11a@ 1,ic canNria
churned out like tugboats to nudge
the groggy Leviathan into dock and
administer first aid. The count had
reached two.
The end Of the fifth found Simon
seated placidly in his own corner,
resin dust accumulating on the sole
Of his pants. The count reached
six before his emergency squad
could Chamber up the steps to hoist
him high enough to shove a stool
under him.
Not that Abe didn't have his mo-
ments. AS early as the first round
he withstood as heavy a lombard
ment as the champion of champions
could muster. He didn't 60 down,
and as the bell changed to start the
second round he grinned affably at
the referee, giving a prodigious wink
to show that everything was under
control.
1t was. for a minute or so. Like
. huge, hairy mole he kept boring
in, so awkwardly he positively was
clever, and the ever patient Louis
waited, waited for a chance to crash
through those big arms and start
his usual murderous furry of blows.
He finally caught Abe late In the
round, crashing rights and lefts of
the lantern jaw until Abe Just
crJlmbled.
1t seemed impossible that the giant
could come out for the third round,
but he not only came out, he won an
edge in it, as well as in the fourth,
although the third was taken from
him because of an accidental low
blow.
Louis got the range again in the
fifth, and the knockdown just before
the bell was the prelude to the finale.
Louis Just walked out to start the
sixth, swung left hook and a crush
ing right. and Abe went down. He
crawled to the ropes, -and Referee
Eddie Josephs ruled the giant still
was down at 10.
Abe wandered disconsolately about
the ring voicing protests. and john
ston is threatening to deman6that
Joseph's license be revoked when
the commission meets next Tuesday.
For ability to absorb punishment
and willingness to plod ahead Simon
won the admiration of all.
But he was up against the top
man. a soldier who is champion
in more ways than one. A man
who bought $4,000 worth Of tickets
to his own fight, for which he re-
ceived nothing, to give to his buddies.
Thinks of His Friend.
A man, fighting for the first time
without his faithful friend and
trainer in his corner, who humbly
questioned the ailing Jack Black
burn over the radio:
"I hope you're satisfied. Chappie"
1t was Louis 2lSt title defense,
and his weight was his heaviest
20712. Simon reached 255A. In
an earlier meeting Simon went out
in the 18th round.
Pvt. Barrow is resting today Mon
day he will be back at Camp Upton
on Long Island getting ready for
another f1ght-the big fight. AS
Undersecretary of War Robert w.
Patterson said in a brief speech from
the ring before the bout:
Joe Louis is in the United States
Army. And where is there a better
place for champion to come from?
1t is an army of champions engaged
in a championship fight, and it is
going to win"