Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-23 | Page 10 | Baer Has More Defeats than or Champs

Baer Has More Defeats Than Other Champs IMax Max Classed As Greatest Of Punchers Death eath of Frankie Campbell Frightened New Champion Claims No Knockdowns downs Editors Editor's note This is the fourth of ofa a series of articles on the life and carcer ca ca- of Max Baer new worlds world's heavyweight heavy heavy- weight eight boxing champion B By PAUL GALLICO NEW YORK June 23 If If I Ima Imay Inay ma nay may be permitted to change my mind I would like to postpone the article about x ut the amorous nature of the Bacr Baer and nd write about some of his prize prizefights fights since this is primarily a piece about bout a prize fighter He has had hadman man many any He has not always been sue sue- He has probably more defeats de de- feats eats chalked up against him than any ny previous heavyweight champion unless it be Jack Sharkey Seven m men en have beaten Baer The They were ere on a foul Tiny Abbott bbott Les Kennedy Ernie Tom om Loughran Johnny and Pauline aulino Uzcudun Three of these deats de de- feats ats he reversed He knocked out Abbott bbott and Les Ke Kennedy in return bouts outs and won a round 10 decision over vcr Ernie f. f The bell saved from a knockout But it did didot not ot save him from a beating that rendered ren ren- dered ered him unconscious for three hours after fter the fight Dolls Only Incidental Yes we can ean talk about the dolls Monday The They arc are after aHer all purely incidental in the life of our great man gadflies irritants episodes p perfumed stopovers on the way to the pinnacle Here and there they played a minor part in the outcome of a a fight chien chiefly assisting to get Max beaten for one absurd reason or another But mostly they hey didn't count an awful lot It was as that walloping right hand the rawhide jaw and the fighting flair the ic urge to become the heavyweight champion lampion of the world that made the champion what he is today The most dangerous hitter in the era of the modern prize ring Baer Bacr has participated d in 48 bouts He has knocked out 31 men men won 10 fights by decision and has lost seven se He lie has never been knocked out And unless there ther were some rough and tumble tumble tum turn ble He fights In the early carly days which he would like to forget he has according to his managers manager's state state- never ment been knocked or off his feet teet We left him yesterday at atthe atthe atthe the point where he knocked out one ono Chief In 1929 and became sick thereafter from drinking soda pop before the fight He knocked out Tillie Taverna and sailor Leeds and Al Ledford twice to o make it stick and Frank and nd George Carroll and took on Chief again and this time shunned the ic treacherous fizz waters and put the ic snore on the Chief in one round He knocked out Alec Rowe and did it gain again to Tillie Tulle Taverna and to a man named amed Chet Ghet and also to Tony Fuente Fuente Is the only one you rou recognize Fuente was supposed to o know better He was a pretty slick boxer Max nailed him a right hand punch on the side of the face the opening pening round and that was that Knocks Out Trio In 1930 he knocked out Tiny Abbott Abott Ab Ab- Ab bott ott Jack Stewart and Tommy Toner who rho used to be a masseur in Phila Phila- elphia Jack O'Brien's reducing par par- lor br or here He clouted out Jack Link Link- horn orn and Buck Weaver and Ernie Owens and K O. O Christner and Frankie Frankle Campbell He killed Camp bell ell He killed him in the rin ring with terrible ter ter- ter punches to the head when Campbell Camp Camp- bell sell hung helpless on the ropes out on I his ils feet but supported b by strands of passing under his arm pits just justie the ie way Primo Camera Carnera stood help- help lear backed into the ropes in ill the tenth round at the Garden bowl last June 14 4 Only Camera Carnera had precedent and Referee Donovan to protect him In the he Campbell fight the referee was wason wason on m the other side of the ring Also there here had been an agreement that thai the he fight was not to be stopped under any ny circumstances s. s Campbells Campbell's rise had been as sensa sensa- tion ional l as ns Baers Baer's and the light fight was wa a great natural Baer hi hit the unconscious clous Campbell eight punches until Frankie hankie went all lil limp and slid to the floor loor Baer was suspended and remained re rc- rc quit of th the ring for a year The death of Campbell frightened him lim