The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05
T0day's Sport Parade

Aeeo mercy turn 10 page 45 Of Nat Fleischer's ring record book where all pertinent data is plainly listed.
 Under the name of Joe Louis are listed the records of the 56 assassina- tions in which the honey -colored world champion has engaged since he left the Ford Motor company with g. pair of golden gloves in quest of the golden fleece. The rec- ords read somewhat in the manner of casualty list and they don't offer room for much debate.
 With the aid of 8 little simple arithmetic I find that in defeating 55 of those 56 men and being de- feated by the other Joe Louis has needed only 84l minutes of fighting time. Unless my long division is im- moderately inaccurate, this means that the former cotton picker has banged out the boys in a few sec onds more than five rounds, or 16 minutes apiece.
 Modified Murder
 This in itself may mean much or little. The baby Baer himself broke par by some four minutes the last time he walked into the champs fist primed to avenge his family's honor. But in so doing he cooked the dice against himself. Only five men have fought Louise twice and, like Buddy, each made an excellent showing. But when they came back for second helping of thunder and lightning-man, 1t was murder.
 Here is the roll call of these dis asters.
 The five skeptical souls who couldn't be convinced in an examina- ton were Bob Pastor, Natie Brown, Lee Ramage. Arturo Godoy and Max schmeling. The first four stuck around for 10, 10, eight and Is rounds respectively and only one, Ramage, was knocked out. Schmel- ing needed 12 rounds to hand Louis his only defeat, so the five of them together lasted 55 rounds, or an av- craze of II.
 But on their return trips, the boys didn't cut such fancy figures. Joe apparently had found the range the first time and remembered 1t with a tenacity that could put many an elephant to shame. Reading from right to left, Ramage was rocked into never-never land in two rounds, Brown in four, Schmeling in one, Godoy in eight and Pastor in II. Average Down
 The figures for these return bouts drop as alarmingly as those of a bathing suit merchant in Alaska in January. Instead of averaging the II rounds of their initial as- saults, the boys stood up only 5.1 rounds apiece-or at almost even par with the whole list of Louis op- ponents, the very worst buns in- cluded. Only Pastor kept the rating up that high, and he spent much of his time in the ring desperately trying to stay awake.
 These aren't encouraging figures to toss at modest, virtuous young man like Buddy. He has done much to deodorfze the family name, he once had Louis on the floor and he Is equipped with a beautiful, old fashioned round-house punch a fixture which can upset all mathe- matical maneuvers quicker than you can say logarithm or geometry. The punch is an obvious asset and so is the fact that Buddy never has mouthed loud noises in Louis direc- ton The champ holds no i'll will toward the younger Baer and on Friday night he'll just be doing his job. But remember that Joe has do- mated his entire purse to navy relief, and any guy who works for nothing likes to clean up the chores just as quickly as he is able.