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;anfing %i&f Classified Ads WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., - Baer Pronounced in Perfect Shape as. Critics Debate Condition of Foeman FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1935. D—1 CHANCED MAXE | TO BATLE LOUS . Only a Trace of Clowning Remains as He Grimly Awaits Contest. BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Associated Press Sports Writer. PECULATOR, N. Y., September 20.—The big do-or-die kid from California, Max Baer, was as | ready today as he ever will be | for the fight of his life Tuesday night against the Chocolate Soldier, Joe Louis. As far as preparing himself is con- | cerned, that's behind, left with yester- day's rough-and-tumble four-round workout against George Turner and Abe Feldman. | Today and the rest of the week | bring the easing-off process, a little boxing, a little exercise, a little road work, a little ale and lots of rest to| store up animal energy. | So there's no need of delaying| analysis of what's going on here. | No one ever saw Max in finer phys- | ical condiion. No one ever saw him| more serious, more determined. All but a faint trace now and then, of his old, high-spirited clowning is gone. Sees Fortune at Stake. E'S grim-faced, he talks the seri- ousness of the fight all the time, of the fact that this is the cross-roads | for him, that $500.000 rests in the bal- ance in future earnings. In the training ring, where Baer | looked horrible preparing for his | tornadic efforts against Max Schmel- | ing and Carnera, he has shown late flashes, sustained bursts of savagery and punching power that were tre- mendously impressive. Dr. William Walker of the New York State Athletic Commission has pronounced Baer in superb condition, | far better in ways medical men look | for than before his lack-luster de- | feat by Jimmy Braddock. His blood pressure is lower, his reflexes faster. His muscles are sharper, his huge body is trim, hard as cement. Still an Easy Target. N THE debit side, he's still the | easiest man in the fight game to | hit with either hand. No amount of | boxing or training, apparently, ever | will change that. He has boxed a | great deal from a crouch from which | he can neither hit nor defend him- gelf. Those close to him say that’s strict- 1y a gag, that he'll roar down on | Louis, as he smashed into Schmeling | ¥ and Carnera, hitting the Negro every: where he can get a hand hold, from his knees to the top of his head. How much of that Louis can take is one major question. How much of | Louis' terrific punching iron-jawed | Baer can assimilate is the other. No | one has hurt Baer yet, knocked him off his feet, and all the big ones tried. Jimmy Braddock, world's champion, was to watch Baer work today. G. P. 0. FEDERALS PLAY | Opposed by Hibbs Nine in City Title Series Contest. G. P. O. Federals, champions of the Federal League, were to face the | Hibbs Co. nine, Bankers' League champs, in a city title series game to- day on the South F .pse diamond at | 4:30 o'clock Another G. P . outfit, title hold- | ers in the cpartmental League, | bowed to Heuricn Brewers, 6-0, yes- | terday as the beer boys advanced to | the sec.ai-f:nal roupd of the cham- pionship s¢ries. even errors sent | the erntors to defeat. | OFFERS MUCH SCRAPPING V4§ | 11 Bouts, Battle Royal on Tap at Aeat Pleasant. Max Shows He’s in Earnest < RISKO PROMISES 5 Baer standing over Abe Feldman, rugged veteran, whom he floored in his fistic preparation for Joe Louis at Camp Speculator. This is a new wrinkle in Max’s tuning up, as he previously had let his sparmates off easy. —Copyright A. P. Wirephoto. MAYS WIE WONT WTNESS CONTES Could Not Bear to See It, She Says—Will Attend Mavie That Night. By the Associated Press PECULATOR, N. Y.. September 20.—The forgotten woman of Max Baer's training camp is Mrs. Max Baer, but her back- ground role is by choice She isn’t going to see her husband fight Joe Louis in the Yankee Stadium Tuesday night. She and Max's moth- er plan to go to a movie. “I couldn't stand it.” she said. Against her will she came here to the training camp. She wanted to go far away. But Max insisted. She lives in a cottage near fight | headquarters, fully 5 miles from the lodge in the woods where Max lives with his trainer, his parents, his man- ager, Ancil Hoffman, and Mrs. Hoff- man She has appeared only once at his workouts, but she spends most of the day at the lodge, plays bridge with | Max and the Hoffmans nightly and at 9:30 p.m. departs for her cottage. Max’s mother adores her. “She’s the finest daughter-in-law any mother could have.” she said. “She’'s much too nice for Max,” J grumbled Jacob Baer, Max's father. ALPINE CLUB RESUMES Central Presbyterian Boys Group for Sixth Year. Alpine Boys' Club of the Central Presbyterian Church, under the di- | | rection of Claude W. Kniseley, will Eleven amateur bouts and a battle | open its sixth year tonight at Fif- | Yoyal will feature a benefit boXing teenth and Irving streets at 7:30 | card tonight at Duffy Stadium, Seat Pleasant, Md., at 8:30 o'clock. [ Proceeds will go to the Volunteer Fire Department. League Statistics FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1935, ' American. RESULTS YESTERDAY. Boston, 4: Detroit. 1. Other ‘clubs not scheduled. - i Z| H o W20 ---smot 1 -uosog SaweD wAEprIUd] -aswjuadIag -~ puviaray u0IBUIYS! == ~puryaq [E=e N0y i | | 8110/ — 111 60, 3 PR 5/ 6101 61101 71— 55/841.396 E., 521591691 71172/80/82/R4] —I—| GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Ph. at W. (2). 1:30. No games scheduled. New York at Bosto. St Louis at Detroit. Chicago at Cleve. National. 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INEW YORK, September 20.— Mike Jacobs, promoter of the forthcoming Max Baer-Joe Louis heavyweight fight, has the statis- tically-minded boys digging into the records. ‘The way the tickets are going it appears that the record books will serve only one purpose—determine by what margin, financial and otherwise, the Baer<Louis fight will eclipse previous record-making at- tendances in New York. Jacobs intended to have accom- modations for only 80,000 ticket- holders, good for a gate of $700,000, but the prospects today were for a capacity house of nealy 100,000 in the Yankee Stadium next Tuesday night and gate receipts in the neighborhcod of $1,200,000, includ- ing taxes. “We've got $700,000 that we can covat right now,” said Jacobs. “The way the advance sale is going, it looks like capacity. In fact, to meet the extraordinary demands, we have rearranged the original seating plans to handle a bigger crowd.” EMIL DUSEK WINS MAT FANS HISSES Now Is “Pet Villain” of D. C. Patrons of Ball Yard Wrestling Shows. MIL DUSEK, young brother of that old mat masteh, Rudy, threatens to become “pet vil- lain” with Washington's wres- tling fans. The local mat maddies were ready to maul Emil at the ball | yard last week when he roughed their | pride, Jack Donovan. Last night they | were even more irked by Emil's may- hemish methods as the young mem- ber of the Dusek family got a deci- sion over George Lenihan. Both parties wrestled ruggedly, but the 3,500 crowd was all with Lenihan, so when Emil got the pat on the back Referee Jim McNamara got a grand booing. Donovan stepped up to final bout glory to flatten Dick Daviscourt in a 29-minute joust. It was billed as wrestling, but fists were flung freely. So were words, for Daviscourt had Department of Playgrounds open | Much argument with Benny Bortnick, tournament, Potomac Park courts. TOMORROW. Base Ball. Philadelpn®a at Washington, Grif- fith Stadium, double-header; game, 1:30. Tennis. Department of Playgrounds open tournament, Potomac Park courts. Hunt Races. William du Pont, jr, estate, Fair Hills, Md., 2:45 p.m. Louis’ Camp Greets Fans Shooed at Baer’s Pompton Lakes Lively Spot, But Ex-champ Is Isolated at Speculator. Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, September 20.— between the Louis training camp at Pompton Lakes Speculator . . . Max is hidden in a deep forest and is denied even middle of a sporty ¢Summer re- sort . . . Except for observing does pretty much as he pleases. Visitors are shooed away from they get the glad hand in Jer- sey . . . Louis is impatient to BY EDDIE BRIETZ, ‘There is a vast difference and Max Baer's headquarters at a radio . . ., Louis lives in ‘the eating and sleeping rules, Louis the retreat near Speculator, but fight, but otherwise is happy and the third man in the ring. The semi-final, between Abe Cole- man and Ed Meske, proved the fea- ture of the show. These two frolicked first | about the canvas for 45 minutes be- fore Bortnick, who contributed greatly to the fun-making, called the bout a draw. In other encounters Silent Abbott outwrestled Marshall Blackstock and Dean Detton got the call over Dobie Osborne. contented . . . Baer, unaccustomed to such isolation, appears about ready to crack under the strain. Four of the eleven iron men who beat Princeton last year out are working out with the Yale squad . . . Betsy MtLeod, 17-year- old* Buffalo golf sensation, will enter Duke University this Fall. If he beats Max Baer, Joe Louis and his bride will tour Europe this ‘Winter . . . Joe Cronin, who traded “Lemon” Solters to St. Louis, may be interested to learn Solters is one of the seven American League hit- ters who have driven in 100 or more Tuns this season. Congratulations to the Browns for giving Rogers that YAROSE TITLE GO New Middle Champ Offers Bout When Boxer He Beat Gets Knee in Trim. | By the Associated Press. ITTSBURGH, Pa, September 20.—Eddie (Babe) Risko’s beetled and battered brow bore the middleweight boxing crown today while Teddy Yarosz, from whom he won it, wondered about his ring | future with a “trick” knee. | Risko eked out a 15-round decision | from a title-holder performing almost | on one leg alone last night. | The Monaca, Pa., boxer’s right knee, | injured first last New Year day when | | Risko defeated him at Scranton, Pa., | | with a technical knockout in a non- | title go, caved in again last night. | After the fight Yarosz said he began | | to experience trouble with the knee from the first round, possibly from the j rain which drenched the ring and the | 13,228 paid customers. Well Matched in Weight. | Yarosz weighed 158': pounds while his “conqueror from Syracuse, N. Y, came in at 158';. Yarosz got a guarantce of $25,000 from the $31,762 | gate. | Risko promised, after the fight, to | | give the Monaca lad a chance to win | back ths middleweight crown Wwhen- | ever the latter’s bad knee is recovered | sufficiently. | faint brush with the challenger in the fourth round. He flopped with his knee straight out, and arcse at the count of onme. The bell ended the round soon afterward. Yarosz re- appeared with his knee bound tightly. Yarosz, who won the title September 11, 1934, from Vince Dundee, Newark, | N. J., at Forbes Field, said he will seek | another operation in an effort to re- | pair his “trick” knee permanently be- | fore starting along the comeback trail. GRANT STAYS AMATEUR Little Tennis Star Turns Down $9,000 Offer to Turn Pro. ATLANTA, September 20 (#).— Bryan “Bitsy” Grant, Atlanta tennis star, has rejected a $9,000 professional contract and let it be known definitely at the same time that he is not in- terested in changing his, amateur status. “I'll never turn pro,” he said. “I've thought it over and talked it over with my people and with friends.” o an MITCHELL, WELSH TENNIS FAVORITES | | | | Will Meet in Playground Final Barring an Upset. Doubles Progress. | BARRING an upset, Dooley Mitchell and Barney Welsh will clash tomorrow to decide the first annual playground tennis tournament championhip. Mitchell was to face Hugh Lynch and Welsh was to battle Bud Markey in semi-final matches today at 4 {o'clock on the Potomac Park courts. | Mitchell fought his way into the semi-finals by defeating Ray Sherfy, 6—2, 6—2, while Markey won from Tony Latona, 6—2, 6—4. Quarter-final doubles matches were | to see Rickey Willis and Red Mather | opposing Bud Haney and Don Garber and Mitchell and Markey facing the Sherfy twins. Welsh and Ralph McElvenny, rapk- | ing District doubles team, were forced | to the limit in beating Latona and Don Brent, 10—8, 6—2. ! | Fights Last Night BY the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH.—Babe Risko, 158, Syracuse, N. Y. outpointed Teddy Larosz, 158, world middleweight cham- pion (15), won title; Ken Overlin, 156, Pittsburgh, outpointed Anson Green, | | 160, Homestead, Pa. (8). | NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Tony Shucgo, | 179, Boston, outpointed Leo Duncan, | 174, Philadelphia (10). | PHILADELPHIA —Eddie Cool, 137, Philadelphia, outpointed Tony Mor- gano, 133, Philadelphia (10). ST. PAUL—Charlie Retzlaff, 194, Leonard, S. Dak., stopped Art Lasky 198, Minneapolis (10); Petit Serrerre, | 178, Des Moines. Iowa, outpointed | Mickey Patrick, 170, Chicago (8); Ki Miller, 182, Des Moines, outpointed | Stan Savoldi, 190, St. Paul (4). | FREEPORT, IlIL—Billy Celebron, 48, Rock{ord, stopped Ernie Kirchner, 150, Germany (1). | LEYS IS NO. 1 GRIDMAN. John Leys of Lynchburg, Va. cap- tain of Virginia’s feot ball team, Wears Jersey No. 1. new three-year contract . . . and a $5.000 salary boost . . . Joe Gould, Jimmy Braddock's loud- mouthed manager, has taken Georgie Salvadore, crack Edgar- town (Mass.) welterweight, under his wing . . . the kid has victories over Harry Dublinsky, Eddie (Kid) Wolf and other good ones. Joe Louis was paid $50 for his first pro fight . . . his end of the King Levinsky purse was $47,000 . . . he will collect a cool quarter of a million for the Baer fight. Joe's 24 professional ring battles brought in $118,657 in less than a year . . . He didn't hit the $1,000 class until his eleventh fight, against..Charley Massera in Chi- cago last November, , cinnati, New Champion Yarosz's -knee collapsed during a | ?fl EDDIE (BABE) RISKO, New middleweight ruler, is shown as he weighed in for bout in which he togk the title from Teddy Yarosz in Pittsburgh last night —Copyright A. P. Wirephoto. N ARRAY of games this week country being represented in curtain- the Virginia-William and Mary clash Many Tilts, Some of Note, on Tap This Week End. end gives King Foot Ball his first shove toward the sports raising attractions. Many night games dot the card today and tomorrow at Williamsburg. Two other games in the Old Dominion bring together Duke Gets Test. A throne, all sections of the The feature in this section will be | Hampden-Sydney and Virginia Mili- * tary Institute, and Roanoke against Virginia Tech. Duke goes to Greens- boro, N. C, to take on Wake Forest in a real test Down in the Southwest, Rice's for- midable Owls meet St. Mary's of Texas, while Texas Christian opens with an old rival in Howard Payne. Southern Methodist has a warm-up with Denton Teachers. Following are the most important games and the 1934 scores, if they met: TODAY. Daniel Baker vs. North Texas Asricul- ture at Brownwood. Tex. Denver vs. Colorado Mines at Denver. B34-0.) Duquesne Pitishurgh Millsaps vs. Mississippi at Jackson_Miss Mississippi. State vs. Howard at Stark- Nava rentice School vs. Randolph- Macon at ort News. (6-6) North Dakot oorhead Teachers at Grand Forks a Washburn vs. Bak Xavier_vs. 'Geors, ©Ohio. TOMORROW. Bavlor vs. Southwestern at Waco, Clemson 'vs. Presbyterian at son. (-0 Davidson vs. Elon at Davidson. (33-6.) Emory-He! vs. Carson Newman at Emory ) Hampden-Sydney vs. V. M. I at Lynch- v bur; Rhode Island vs. Illinois Weslevan at Dp! D a Vs, at Topeka. Kans wn College at Cin- Clem- Cross vs i anhattan vs. Niagara at New York. rih Dakota State vs. Concordia at ate vs. Linfield at Corvallis. ry’s (Texas) vs. Rice at San Soutkern Methodist vs. Denton Teach- ers at Dalias. ~ (33-0.) Texas Christian vs. Howard Payne at Fort Worth. Vanderbil St. Mai Antonio. vs. Union University at L vs. Roanoke at Blacksburg. ) llznova vs. Penn Military at Villanov ake Forest vs. Duk hington State vs. Whitn = nan, . (4%-0) HSD s Eu William and Mary vs Virgi vil- e aagy irginia at Wil 'LISTS ARE REVISED BY MAJOR LEAGUES By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. September 20.—President Will Harridge has announced a schedule revision for the American League to care for shifts and double- headers as follows: September 21— s :’huldelnhnr at w.'sh%:.’.‘;‘é:n.“a?fifizf%e‘.%‘f TS, September 22—Chicago at_ Cleveland. Philadelphia at Washington an 3 at _Boston, douhle-hcnfle‘rs ey September 24—St. Louis at Chicago, double-header. . Dtember —Washington York. double-header (zeme of Sehtember moved over to make room for Louis- Baer fight). September 27— Washington-Philadalphia, 2 k. no_game (already plave ton’ at New Yorl Iphia, double-headers September 28—Bos Washington at Philade] . Louis at Cleveland, (ng zames Friday) September 2: double-header. YORK Sentember 20 (P — The National League has announced the following schedule changes, in- cluding dates for playing off postponed and tie games: @); At Brooklyn—September September 29, Philadelphia (2) At New York—Se e Boston (2), Brooklyn Boston (2); September —September 21. Boston Boston (2); September i—September 20, with Cine cinnati. played August 11. At Cincinnati—September 24 and 25, with Chicago, played August 4 and 5;.Sep= tember 20. Pittsburgh (2). 3 r 23, 4 mnfilflis&; l-vumhr'fli- 80, Duke at Greensboro. OE 15 SUSPECTED | OF GROWING STALE | | | | | Critics Say He Is Getting | By the Associated Press. critics guessing. stale from lack of intensive training thrives on action, but he’s had little heavy work until tomorrow. Then his | Suspicions of staleness are based on | too far in advance of the fight. Jack | through a little light boxing Sunday THE days he doesn’t do any ring usual early morning road run and couple of hours. When he isn’t sleep- Louis will remain here until 10 am. at the headquarters of the New York hotel. wedding to Marva Trotter, Chicago | PR FILM QUEEN RING FAN | HOLLYWOOD, September 20 (#)— people at the Max Baer-Joe Louis schedules interfere. —_— | BIG HORSE SHOW 1 Disagreeable Too Far in | Advance of Bout. OMPTON LAKES, N. J, Sep- tember 20.—Joe Louis has fight ‘They can't quite figure out if the Brown Bomber is going a bit for his bout with Max Baer Tuesday. | The 21-year-old Detroit Negro boy | of it lately. He didn't box yesterday, and he isn't scheduled to do any program calls for peace and quiet in | the rolling Jersey hills. | | Louis’ attitude around the camp. The ! scribes say he is getting disagreeable | Blackburn, Louis’ trainer, laughs it off. but hints he might put Joe | just to keep him satisfied and on edge. Likes His Sleep. o~ work,. Louls goes through his then slips into a pair of gaudy pa- | jamas and goes back to bed for a ing he’s either eating or playing bil- liards and always fretting. | Tuesday, when he will motor to New York for the weighing-in ceremonies State Athletic Commission. After that detail he will go to an uptown Win, lose or draw, Louis will return to the camp Wednesday after his stenographer. The wedding is sched- | | uled for the morning after the fight. Mary Pickford Will See Louis and Baer Have It Out. Mary Pickford is a fight fan. She will be among scores of movie | heavyweight fight in New York next week, unless changing film shooting | She plans to fly East for the con- | test. Montgomery County Event Opens in Morning—Has Varied Program. HE Montgomery County Horse Show Association will holds its sixth annual meet tomorrow | on the farm of T. A. (Lex) Barnsley at Olney, Md., and an in- teresting program of 15 classes is to be presented. | Events for all types of farm horses comprise the morning program, be- | ginning at 9:45 o'clock, while a pony saddle class, separated into four divi- | sions, and a grand parade of farm | ".gnms are to open the afternoon ses- | sion. One of the standouts in the after- noon | Cup competition, in which members {of the two fox-hunting organizations will vie for a beautiful trophy. Thomas Hyde, 4th, has donated a cup for the Junior hunters’ class, awarcs are to be made in the other | events. | Lieut. John B. Reybold will judge the program for show horses, while the draft classes are to be judged by David A. Adams and Elmer Guyton of Frederick County and William H. Cunningham of Washington County. TITLE SOFT BALL TILT. Porsmouth Boosters, soft ball cham- pions of Virginia, will tangle with the Agriculture ten, District title holders, for the South Atlantic championshiv | at Griffith Stadium tomorrow at 7:30 pm. . ‘MANOI{GETS P. G. A. EVENT. The Middle Atlantic assistant pro- fessional golf tournament will be held | at tne Manor Club on September 27, |it was announced today by Eddie | Stevens, home assistant pro. CARDS RACING STAKES. The Empire Cily Racing Associa- | tion has announced five stakes for the | 12-day Autumn session beginning Oc- | tober 12, which will close the New | York' season. | T | C.TU.STAR NOW COACH. Johnny Long, Catholic University three-letter athlete in 1928, has been named coach and athletic director of Cathedral High at Trenton, N. J. CAB ELEVEN CALLED. Candidates for the Premier Cab 150-pound foot ball team are requested to report for practice Sunday at noon at Seventeenth street and Constitu- tion avenue. Big Series Tilts Will Go on Air By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 20.—All games of the 1935 world series again will be broadcast by radio under the sponsorship of the Ford Motor Co., Base Ball Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis has announced. The network will be the Columbia Broadcasting System and the Na- tional Broadcasting Co. ‘The Ford Motor Co. paid $100,000 for the broadcasting rights, the same as last yn'. is the Redland-Howard Hunt | while cash | THE SPORTLIGHT Baer’s Dual Personality and Louis as Unknown Quantity Scramble Dope. BY GRANTLAND RIC! PECULATOR, N. Y. Septem- ber 20.—In the midst of a hullabaloo of words the point | came up that boxing experts | by the margin of two to one. This is the census taken up to date. Speculator is a long way from Great Falls, Mont. But this gossip recalled a certain night in Great Falls when more than 40 experts were called upon to cast their vote on the outcome of | the Dempsey-Gibbons meeting. | Practically the entire platoon picked Dempsey to win by & knockout some- where between the third and seventh rounds. Few gave Gibbons a shade any lighter than indigo. But Gibbons still was there at the end of 15 rounds. This is what had happened in that | “far-away and long-ago” setting. Most | |of us had overlooked the fact that Tom Gibbons’ boxing ability and his ring smartness made him a tough | target to tag. Most hard punchers | must get set. You can’t get set against a good boxer who is also using the old bean. So a flock of good guessers went wrong by overlooking a certain fundamental. 1 | Tunney and Dempsey. FEW experts strayed off the broad path in picking Dempsey to stop Carpentier and Firpo in early rounds. This reasoning was sound, although Firpo nearly crossed the bunch by nailing Jack with a long, shaggy right paw. | But later on another king was tossed {into the fundamental scheme, when | most of the bunch went haywire on Dempsey to rumple Tunney into a shapeless mass. Most of the bunch. in picking Dempsey to win by a knock- | out or by a decisive margin, overlooked these factors: | 1. Gibbons, a good boxer, had given him trouble and had lasted 15 rounds. 2. Tunney had outboxed and had outpunched Gibbons later on. 3. Tommy Loughran had outboxed | Jack with a bale to spare at Atlantic | City in a training workout. | Reviewing these details in their | proper order, the logical deduction should have been that Tunney had | at least an even chance against a fighter who had been clinging to the | top for seven years—against a fighter who always had been bothered by such smart, clever boxers as Gibbons, Loughran and Harry Greb. | Tunney had his supporters but Dempsey carried the ad- vance vote by an overwhelming majority that still looked to Jack's flaming ring spirit and his harder punches to carry the day. But the logic of the situation didn’t | point that way, looking over the past ‘\performance chart. | | | Baer and Braddock. AX BAER rated to beat Jim Brad- dock by any system you might have followed, but, in looking at the | evidence more closely, he never should | have been a 5-to-1 or a 6-to-1 favorite. For these simple reasons: | 1. Loughran had shown that Baer | had difficulty in hitting a target that moved around—in nailing a fellow | who knew something about defensive | boxing. ! 2. In the Paulino and the Risko | fights, Baer had shown that he was | full of uncertain moods—that he would | fight when he felt like it and not fight | when the mood wasn't on. | 3. That he had been out of condi- | Satu Open Saturday Reg. List $5 THERMO Sport-Back Coat SWEATERS 52.95 Zipper and_ leather button models. () An Remington Shur-Shot Clean-Bore SHELLS BOX tion for the better part of four years, with only brief returns to conditioning days. 4. That Max had got discouraged | are picking Joe Louis over Max Baer | when he found he couldn't hit Lough- ran or Paulino—and let it go at that, \paymg little attention to the pleading of his seconds. Checking over these details, 2 to 1 or 3 to 1 was the most that Max should have carried—for consistency still means something. Looking Back. OHN L. SULLIVAN was a 5-to-1 shot to beat Corbett—Ilargely through memories of what Sullivan once had been. Before the fight Cor-. bett told George Ade the odds should have been 5 to 1 the other way. Or even greater. Few had figured just how “the grand old tub,” middle aged and slowing down, could hit Corbett with a handful of shot. In the same way. looking back. how could any one have figured Jeffries, out of the ring around six years, growing, bald and weighing more than 200 pounds. getting ready to whip Jack Johnson—then in his prime? Louis-Baer Angles. \\]HAT then, are the angles to take in advance of the Louis-Baer party—angles that will remainf logical after the fight is over? On the part of Joe Louis, one must figure his brief professional experi- ence—his single-track mind and what might happen if some unexpected turn, such as a smashing punch, should come off. How much does he like rough surf? On the part of Baer, there is his wide-flung punch—easy for a good boxer to block—his comparative slow- ness—and the open holes in his de- fense. Also. there is the guess as to whether a fighter out o ftop condition for several years can get ready in five weeks’ time. Leuis has been consistent so far, Baer has been the toughest problen. in the ring to figure out. He has shown at various times that he can hit—that he is har¢ to hurt— that he can't box—that he is crafty and cunning—that he fights in flur- ries—that he can get discouraged He has Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde backed into the gravel path when it comes to a dual personality. He would leave tangl. knots in the brain of an Einstein and have old n:an Aristotle pawing the Autumn alr. (Copyrizht 1935 Newspaper by the North American nce. Inc.) 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