The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-19
HowExperts (?)| Pick Louis and Conn Title Bout

New York, June 19-(UP)-Wltn the men who know the fight bame best, is was S3 to 13 in favor of Joe Louis for him to retain his heavyweight title against challeng- CT Billy Conn in tonight's cham pionship bout at Yankee Stadium.
 The United Press polled 66 box ing writers who will cover the fight and of the 53 who picked Louis, 43 stipulated that they thought he would win by a knockout. Four of the 13 writers on the Conn band- wagon gave Pittsburgh Billy the nod by knockout.
 For The Champ
 Those who picked Louis include:
 Jim McCulley, New York Daily News, within five; Ray Johnson, Nashville Tennessean, within five; Ben Wahrman, Richmond (Vao News Leader, within five; Jerry Ma son, Boston Globe, by knockout; Franklin 'Whitey" Lewis, Cleve- land Press within seven; Lewis Burton, New York Journal Ameri- can, within IS; Anthony Marenghi, Newark, (N. J) Star-Ledger, with in 10; Leo Pedersen, United Press, within 10; Charles Reilly, Norfolk, 1 (Va.) Ledger Dispatch, within seven; Dan Burley, New York Am sterdam News, 2:40 of the first Wendell Smith, Pittsburgh Courier, within eight; Leonard Levin, New York Daily Mirror, within four; John Carmichael, Chicago Daily News, within five; Gayle Talbot, As sociated Press, within three; Lyall Smith, Detroit Free Press, within three; Gene Kessler, Chicago Times, within II; Fred Maly, San Antonio, (Tex) Express and Evening News, within nine; Ed Van Every. New York Sun, by knockout; Francis Albertanti, Newark (N.J) Star Ledger, within four; Jim Jennings, New York Daily Mirror, within 12; Jim Doyle, Cleveland Plain Dealer, by knockout; Lester Scott, New York World Telegram within 1O; lily Hurwitz, Boston Globe, within three; Bob French, Toledo (O0 Blade, Louis; Jesse Abramson, New York Herald Tribune, within 10; Max Kase, New York Journal-Am- erican, within 10; Jim Butler, Lon don (Eng) Daily Express, by knock out; Frank Butle, London Daily ,, Herald, by knockout; Lawton Car yer, International News Service, to win; Henry McLemore, McNaught Syndicate, within five; Ed Scan- nell, Worcester (Mass) Gazette within seven; Jack Cuddy, United
 Press, within eight; Ed Danforth Atlanta (GaD Journal, within eight; Oscar Fraley, United Press i within six; Paul zimmerman, Los |, Angeles Times, within six; Frank :, Graham, New York Journal-Am- erican, within seven John Webster , Philadelphia Inquirer, by knockout; |, Tim Cohane, Look Magazine, with in 10; Jim Dawson, New York , Times, within eight; Nat Fleischer 2 Ring Magazine, within nine; Steve Snder, United Press within IA; Pa
 Robinson, International News Ser
 vice, to win; Sec Taylor, Des Moine
 Ia.) Register, within eight; Ton
 OReilly, New York PM, within
 eight; CasweN Adams, 1nternationa
 News Service, within four; Fly Gold
 berg, Newark (N. J) Evening News
 within eight; Wendell Smith, Pat
 tsburgh Courier, within eight.
 Conn BackerS
 Dick McCann, Washington Time ., Herald, within 12; Joe Williams li New York World Telegram, b !. l knockout; Harry Neck, PittsburG ;. Sun-Telegraph, to win; Walter By y CTS, United Press, to win; Al Bucl ,. s New York Post, to win; Sid Fedel v Associated Press, to win; Jack Ma = hon, New York PM, perhaps in 18th " Joe Bank, New York Jewish Morn y y ing Journal, within 12; Guy ButleI 'i Miami (Fla) News, within 13; liar ?. " Martines, New Okleans Times v, Picayune, to win; Fred Digby Ne h ht Orleans Item, to win; Harvey Boyl n ', Pittsburgh Gazette, to wir 4 Chet Smith, Pittsburgh Press, ,- win.