Show Lem Rates Slim Edge For Battle CLEVELAND Feb 24 INS INS INS- With a possible shot at the title as the prize Bob Pastor the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York cyclist and Lem Franklin Cleveland's gift to the heavyweight ranks will pitch punches at each other tonight before a sell out house of On the outcome of the scheduled rounder 10 hinges the question o of who will be the next fighter t to step before the pole-ax pole blows o of Champion Joe Louis None Too Spry Certainly Billy Conn earned another another another an an- other match with the champ o ohis on his showing last year but th the Pittsburgh Adonis hasn't looked looke too spry in recent matches It Ita Its It's a certainty that either Jack Hurley Hurley Hurley Hur Hur- ley Franklins Franklin's manager or Jimm Jimmy Johnston Pastors Pastor's guardian would woul start a a. terrific clamor for a fight figh between their boys and Conn before before before be be- fore he gets another shot at Louis Although the odds have dropped sharply on Franklin he will g ginto go into the ring t tonight about a 3 32 3 faVorite to Pastor blast Pastor out o othe of the heavyweight picture Four Fou years years' younger than the man who wh has fought the Detroit Bomber Bombe twice the year old Franklin will have a pound 17 weight ad ad- vantage Pastor figures to keep Lemuel Lemue on the run speeding out of range rang of the Cleveland negros negro's two two hand hand hand- ed dynamite Lems Lem's best policy is to try for a quick knockout for he is much slower than Bob and could be worn down for a late late- fight kill unless he gets in the lethal leather early Assured Take Assured of better than a take Promoters Ben Goetz anc and Bob Brickman envision a gross outdoor show next summer between the winner and Louis in Cleveland's mammoth municipal stadium on the Lake Erie shore They've offered the champ and are hoping that Franklin is the winner since Pastor has done battle with Joe through 21 rounds The 01 Ol himself wilbe will wil willbe willbe be watching from ringside along with his managers and Franklin may show them something to mull over seriously He doesn't punch as fast or as sharply as Joe but buthe's buthe's buthe's hes he's a wicked in the early cantos S. S Pastor is planning a campaign of punch and nd pedal with plenty of action in the vicinity of the Franklin FrankI Frank Frank- lin ribs Bob expects to weigh while I Franklin will go about or a pound under by bi fight time I |