The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
BOUT MAY DRAW S200,000
 THIS EVENING
Welch and Vigh in Semi= Final; Fiantini, Will
 Hams to Show
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boxing season tonight with a his- tory-making event. Joe Louis is de- lending his world heavyweight title for the twentieth time and is doing so with no financial profit to him. self. Louis is turning over his en- tire purse, less training expenses, to the Navy Relief Society; and Pro- moter Mike Jacobs is contributing the full profits of the show to the same fund.
 Challenging for the title this time is the huge and hard-hitting Buddy Baer who is getting his second op- portunity. But it was the courag- eous and thrilling effort which Baer made against Louis in Washington, D. C., last May g which gained for him this second chance. Buddy is confident that on this occasion he throne coupled from June, 1884 to will succeed, thereby climbing to the June, 1885 by his brother, Max.
 The combination of these two factors: the prospect of another thrilling heavyweight title contest and the fact that the Navy Relief Society is to share so substantially in the receipts, has resulted ill a most gratifying ticket sale and in- dications are that this titular match will be witnessed by crowd of per- haps 10000 paving approximately $200 900 for the privilege. Considerable confusion marked the ending of the first Louis- Rudy Baer | fighdt. Buddy had knocked the champion through the ropes with a smashing left hook in the first round. Louis climbed back into the ring and for the next several rounds first Louis and then Baer held the upper hand.
 Foul Claimed In the sixth stanZa Louis unload cd some mighty blows on Buddy's chin and the out-size Californian crumbled to the canvas. But he arose to fight back and just at the bell Louis drove 8 crushing right hand wallop to the Baer jaw. Baer's handlers dragged him to his corner and immediately put in a claim of foul, demanding Louis be disquali- fled for striking after the bell.
 The referee, Arthur Donovan, dis allowed the claim, instead disqual- flied Baer when his seconds refused to let Buddy answer the bell for the seventh round.
 Louis wants no repetition tonight of the Washington incidents: CD being knocked out of the ring; (2) the dispute over the outcome. He will strive for quick and decisive triumph, one that will leave abso- lutely no room for doubt.
 He has trained as hard as for any fishing quarters at Greenwood Lake, N. Y, he spent several weeks at Stevensville, Mich, doin 2prelimin- ary training. The champion plans to scale 205 pounds, more than ever before but a poundage which Jack Blackburn, his trainer, now regards as Joe's best weight.
 In his daily sparring sessions the champion has shown return to the same viciousness which marked his early career. When Louis was build- ing his reputation as puncher he used to batter his sparmates with out mercy. Lately, however, he has been treating them with 8 measure of consideration. In preparing for Buddy Baer, Louis has given his staff of helpers a thorough going over, knocking them out or hurting them terribly if they remained on their feet.
 But Buddy, too, is in excellent condition, in far better shape than he was in Washington. Indeed, it is Buddy's claim that had he been in his best fighting form the night he met Louis last May he would have dethroned the champion.
 First of all, says Buddy, he was too light. He scaled 237 1-2. For tonights fight he plans to weigh in at about 245. Secondly, he claims, he had injured his right arm in training for the Washington fight and had to rely solely on his left. Today the injury is completely heal ed and Buddy's right-his most dangerous weapon-is ready for ac- ton.
 Confident
 Buddy enters the ring with other attributes which were somewhat lacking in the previous meeting with Louis. Most important of these is complete confidence. Buddy did so we'll against the champion that he surprised everyone-perhaps even himself. But his achievement in knocking Louis through the ropes added tremendously to his confi- dence and now Buddy knows he can win, can knock Louis out He feels that if he had followed up his advantage he would have won the last time. This time he is sure he will not make the same mistake but will follow through with every thing at his command should he hurt the titleholder.
 The crowd tonight will include high government and Navy officials and prominent persons from many fields.
 Tickets are available at prices throughout the price scale: $50 for ringside and SidA loges; $16.50 for
 
 side arena and end loges; $11.50 for mezzanine; $ll.50 and SITS for end arena; $5.75 and $3.50 for balcony Classy Prelims | Matchmaker Nat Rogers has lined up strong supporting program to back up the championship event. Paired in the semi-final of eight rounds are Coley Welch, Portland, Me, middleweight, and Ernie Vigh, of Newburgh. N. Y.
 These are two of the foremost middleweights in the country. Welch will be striving to even his score with the Newburgh puncher. A lear ago they clashed in the Garden ring with Vigh annexing close decision Since then Welch has been travel ing at fast pace and in his most