Evening star., 1942-05-17
Victor Here Thursday
Will Face Champion,
Rival Pilots Claim
Hot Drills Are Stoeed
As Heovyweiehts Tune
For Ball Park Bout

For Ball Park Bout
A tight with Joe Louis for the
heavyweight title is the juicy plum
that will spur Lou Nova and Lee
Savold in their 10-round bout fea-
turing the Navy relief fund benefit
show at Griffith Stadium Thursday
night.
Both want it badly and from the
tone Of conversation in the rival
training quarters yesterday as they
pumped through lengthy workouts
both will be ready to give their best
to win the title shot. OF course
Bob Pastor, over whom Louis holds
two decisions, tentatively is booked
to meet the champ in his first scrap
of the outdoor season next month,
but neither Ray Carlen, Nova's
agent, nor Bill DAILY and Hymie
Wiseman, Savold's co-managers, are
certain that fight definitely is in.
Mike Jacobs promised me Savold
would get the first crack at Louis
If he beats Nova here" Daily said.
That Pastor fight amt signed at
all. That's only talk. Mike says
well get it If we win this one, SO
you can count us in"
Nova Shines in Rough Drill.
Even If Pastor is signed" COM
mented Carlen, "he isn't certain of
getting the fight. He's got that
Tami Mauriello on his hands next
week, y'know, and Mauriello is a
plenty tough cookie. Pastor always
has two bad rounds-the first and
secondhand don't be surprised If
Mauriello belts him out in either
one. That baby can hit. OF course,
II Bob gets into the third he figures
to give i'm boxing lesson, but I
wouldn't want to bet the fight goes
that far"
Nova resembled the pre-Louis
Nova in his brisk session with
Claudio Villar yesterday at Uline
Arena. He banged the Spaniard
with rib-bending rights to the body,
hooked effectively with a left to the
head and stood toe-to-toe and slug
ged with both mitts when Villar,
rough hombre, opened up. Villar
got in some good icks on his own
account, but couldn't outrough Nova
or make him bulge out of his tracks.
This is good as you pay $3.50 to
see in the Garden" chortled Lou
Diamond, the honest brakeman, who
is lending his good Offices to help
keep things functioning smoothly
for Jacobs. THAT Spaniard is tough
but never see Nova look so good
since before the Louis fight"
Savold Likes EN- Tough.
News of Nova's workout was de-
Hvered personally to Savold at the
knights of Columbus gym where he
had knocked off after a 12-round
drill, but he wasn't impressed in the
least.
II like 'em tough" he grinned as
perspiration poured down his face.
And he can be as rough as he wants
Il like that, too. One of my first
jobs was bouncer in place where
you had to fight two and three guys
a night and had to win or lose your
job. I never lost a duke and I'm
sure Nova isn't as hard-boiled as
some of those eggs. He can set the
pace in this fight if he wants, but
I'm the guy who's gonna win be-
cause whatever he does III do it a
little better"
Nova weighed 202 pounds after his
workout, but will come in at a lower
figure for the fight.
His best weight is between 1913
and 200," said Carlen. But he looks
ready to 60 right now. He's fast and
sharp and a couple of pounds
wouldn't make any difference one
way or the other"
I'm down to 190." Savold replied
concerning his weight. And never
felt better. I don't mind giving
weight and giving lots of it because
I know I can beat this guy.
Record Wrong, Lee Claims.
II never had any trouble with
Buddy Baer a couple OF years ago. l
know all the records show he won
tne decision over me III elSItI IOuIlOS
even Nat Fleiscker's new book
which is supposed to be accurate
but it Just got out over the wires
wrong and never was corrected. But
I beat him and beat him bad. You
can ask anybody who saw the fight
how I had him on the run. Max
Baer was at the ringside that night
and I was pouring it on Buddy so
bad he jumped up and hollered at
him to run away from me. Can you
imagine a thing like that and that
guy weighing $50 pounds, or what
ever it was. and me 1852"
Both boys will go through their
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toiling at 2 o'clock at Uline and
Savold an hour later at K. of c. The
same schedules with boxing every
afternoon, will be followed until
Wednesday when they'll taper of.
Tickets for the affair will continue
on sale at Griffith Stadium box Of
flee today from noon until o'clock.
An increased demand has been
noted since the arrival OF the two
principals and officials in charge OF
the big nose-punching party expect
a real boom the first three days OF