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Show S Loiln single fac- IS with Joe Louis and received only want Concern, hi. weight . came to the top of years ago he was J " Lhtlng around 202 '1 1 I ; a f Mi pounds. The point was made then, by this writer and many others, that the man to beat Louis would be a fellow named Louis. It was well known it the time that the Bomber's deep Inward In-ward yearning con-listed con-listed largely of two elemental details. One was food and fit sleep. (tlcken or both together ,f his daydreams. After the deep desire for sleep Ihli combination seemed in directly at Increasing Lny believed that within ,r (lme Louis would be fn jdjhborbood of 225 pounds Louis faced Buddy Baer :'jton there he was again i(i ounces of 202. i; title defenses In prso-7 prso-7 fight he has known start-Louis hasn't varied I tale by as much as two post Instances he hasn't and sway from his start-icement. start-icement. pigftt Battle i weighed 183 pounds slaughtered Jess Willard. en Tunney seven years i vai up to 193 pounds, starting as a light heavy-ai heavy-ai always working to pack pounds until he came to tween 185 and 190. illard weighed 240 pounds itk Johnson in Havana-he Havana-he met Dempsey at Toledo, eitest weight shift I've elonged to Ace Hudklns, lit at 135 and then sky-ifter sky-ifter his ring career to 223 rat la for horse racing. s goes marching along at rber that is now his official . There isn't the slightest his physical makeup after . swer to this is fairly slm-e slm-e Jacobs and the Bomber's i hare kept him too busy cumulation to make any list three years Louis has rreater part of his time (raining camp. There Is champion in ring history, money Louis has collect-mmld collect-mmld have faced such a i Ighters hate training the of camp life. Louis has the same without a And this has been the son that he has kept his full control. mg Angle :ays ago I was talking with 't best known trainers and builders. Sgest mistake any athlete bt told me, "is getting out ;M- By that I mean well sndition. You can get so f condition in two weeks $t easily take two months the damage. It is so easy W of shape and so difficult tt in again " mistake Joe Louis has . I doubt if he has been ffrom first-class condition t came along the road. 'Ws method there was the s Dempsey who was out " and away from action i between the Firpo and le? campaigns. Dempsey, or twice a year during at least would have Iar better physical shape Kure of Health 1 fte greatest combined N trainers I ever knew oe F'tzpatrick who gave Tears of his life to condi-P0r condi-P0r he retired. Michigan, Keene jmceton, where he trained " in football, track and J "ever missed a day's prosecutive years. 0ver 60 years old." .T6'"1 was ln much m thape ""a "any of ; jnaetes returning to col- summer's vacation. I outrun them. I tired S,y did. Some of J4 to college far over-long over-long struggle to get believer In watch- r. , ""My." Keene 'P Sh100 many 8er,ous Diet and exercise if this." exerc,se S.percent right. One hl fa ,s ca f 'might easily have put .butwhohasnev. it,.. fan lW Pounds In ' athlete wh0 ha facin!.0" and takin off ho, heavy handicap. he may be. |