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Show ; Brown Bomber Strikes Again I la.... ' v. ...... . .. , Seldom has Twentieth Century sportdom teen a figure so tensational and consistently spectacular as Joe Louis, heavy weight champion who icon his title on June 22, 1937, by knocking out James J. liraddock in the seventh round of a scheduled 15 round bout. Joe Louis is again in the news be-cause be-cause he risks his title again January 27. Negro Louis ( above left) will fight John Henry Lewis (above right) , light heavy weight titleholder and also a Negro, a boxer whose success has been almost as sensational as that of the "brown bomber." In lv37 he rose like lightning, winning 11 out of 12 bouts. Hut Joe Louis has fought about 39 limes since July 4, 1931, and has lost only once. That teas when Max Schmeling, the Ger-man, Ger-man, knocked him out in the 12thround. X ilk JLfl. 1 i : pa'lr J Last June 22, Louis met Schmeling again. Earlier, Former For-mer Champion Jim liraddock ami Jack Dempsey visited him at camp. Said liraddock: " believe he will turn the trick in five rounds. Joe fooled him. After 2:01 minutes, min-utes, the shortest championship champion-ship bout on record, An- i nouncer Harry Halough raised the victor's hand. Joe floored Max three times in the first round. Schrnelinq's seconds threw in the towel. Louis was in top form that night, as shown by the above picture. Schmeling completely missed a left to the head as Joe drove a right uppercut to the chin and strung his left into action. This was revenge, and it brought joy to the youngsters at Detroit's Brewster C.enter.where Joe received his first boxing lesson. At right he is shown holding two hero worshipers. VJV t &r Wj 111 :-v '4:i; ILlJ1 A sensible, calm-headed fighter, Joe Louis is retiring in prU vale life. Much of his success he attributes to his wife, Marva Trotter Louis, shown here eating breakfast with him the morning morn-ing after he trounced Max Schmeling. |