Show KNOCKOUT EXPECTED IN BIG BOUT BO UTI r- r Critics Dont Don't Believe Daer Louis Baer-Louis Louis Scrap Will Go Its Round 15 Limit J. J By ALAN ALA GOULD Associated Press Sports Writer r- r NEW YORK Sept 23 23 Whether or not its it's a happy landing for If e. e dusky warrior of the prize ring the thc sens sensational pugilistic flight ithe Brown Bomber year old Joe Louis comes to a c climax imax slay day evening in the first dollar million setting that boxing has t took the long count at Chicago eight wn since Gene Tunney Iu years ago Tho The sullen suilen hitting hard-hitting negro I from Cram Detroit whose rapid rise Is I Is s synonymous with return of pugilistic tic boom days that Is little short 1 of Incredible stakes his unbroken professional pro pro- pro pro-I winning streak and his I II I championship ambitions against the rugged but erratic former champion champion champlon cham cham- pion plon Max J delbert Adelbert Baer Bacr They are matched ma for tor 15 rounds but it doesn't nt fig figure re to togo go the limit A majority of the hundreds of fight critics gathered for or one of or the biggest bigg biggest big big- g gest st flinging fist-flinging pa parties ties in New NewYork's Newyork's Yorks York's sporting tin history favors Louis LouisI to win by a knockout The betting odds odd arc are 1 to 2 In or favor of this the Brown Broun Bomber unbeaten in 24 2 consecutive cons fights and a fisted two puncher whose advantages nd in youth speed boxIng boxing box box- I ing and hitting ability appear to Ito outweigh the iron jawed resistance resist resist- ance ance- or slugging in power of the haired curly Californian This writer picks Louis to batter down the pl playboy of ot the prize ring inside five or six rounds On form and past p performances despite his youth routh and comparative Inexperience inexperience ence Louis looks to have a decisive edge But that doesn't mean there arent aren't two distinct sides to this argument argument ment If hes he's really in shape f for r a rough and tumble punching party Bacr Baer might produce sufficient weapons weapons weapons ons to overpower the young negro and abruptly end his dynamic sweep Everything to Gain Rated oft his last appearance Ina Ina in ina a New York ring where he lost his title to Jl Jim n Brad Braddock dock Maxie Moxie has nothing to lose and everything to I gain cain in shoo shooting tinS tinS' the works From every angle it figures s to be bea a thrilling show for the greatest crowd that has ever er witnessed a apri prize e fig fight rew in New York With only a af few thousand Uck tickets ts unsold Monday Monday Mon Mon- day and an advance sale amounting amounting amount amount- ing to Promoter Mike Jacobs Jacobs Jacobs Ja Ja- Ja- Ja cobs time one associate of the re renowned renowned renowned re- re Tex Tec Rickard predicted a sellout This said laid Mike lik would m nan mean an ticket holders In the Yankee Yan Yan- Yankee kee stadium and gross gate re receipts receipts receipts re- re of a a record for a fight From a money standpoint the fight tight on on a sellout basis will be second sec second ond and only to the Firpo Firpo Dempsey battle battle bat bat- tle of ot 1932 which produced a gate gat of from cash cus us- us us- us tamers The Tho record Is 1 1 set by the Dempsey Sharkey fight at the Yankee In 1927 1027 Win lose or draw its it's a certain gold sold mine for all concerned With Witha Vitha a net gate of oC slightly marc than after the deduction of I state and federal taxes each fighter will collect 30 per cent or about Overshadows O Title Fray An idea of what t this means can be gathered from the tho fact that the thelast thelast thelast last title fight between Baer and Braddock last June drew only a little more than Until Louis came along to skyrocket fis fis- fis tic stock with his knockout punch the boys along tin car tin Un alley thought th the million-dollar million gate was a thing of tho the glamorous p pat past st buried burled with ith the boom days and retirement of Jack Dempsey Dempse greatest drawing card in boxing history The Tho task of turning the huge hue ball ball park into n a fighting arena 1 was as begun Sunday night with a Ii force of men working in three thre shifts Thc They are installing nearl nearly ringside scats seats which bleh will ill cover the entire infield and most of the tho outfield In the Ja Iam famous l us house that Ruth built With speculators peculAtors getting a as high as each for the choicest ringsIde ringside ring ring- side tickets obtainable the aggregate aggregate aggregate gate outlay involved reaches st staggering staggering stag stag- gering proportions At least half halt the fans I who will see the fig fight t Will wUl Willbe willbe be from outside New York Special trains from San Francisco Francis Francis- co Chicago Detroit Boston Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia and other large cities were duo Monday or early Tuesday Business Business Business Busi Busi- ness men figured would be bo spent as a direct result of the bout The main lure undoubtedly is the prospect of seeing more fireworks than the heavyweight class has produced produced produced pro pro- altogether in in the tho tho last half doZ dozen n years The match itself is i's is a natural bringing together the two outstanding contenders for the crown worn by Jimmy Braddock Far and wide the fame or Louis and his explosive punch has been the tho chief reviving pugilistic tic interest B Baer er 1 too tao o has a tre tremendous tremendous following and his adherents adherents cats will be bo out in force in the hope of ot seeing tho the time one-time movie hero of at tho the prize fighter and tho the lady attempt a comeback In Better Condition Whereas Louis has been rated a known quantity right along Baer manifested serious attention to the business of getting In shape at Speculator His do or die attitude atti- atti tudo tude has hM been loudly broadcast Although Although Al Al- though his hia workouts have e a been al alternately ril- ril unimpressive and Baer is undoubtedly In better condition condition condi conch tion lion than he was WR when he lost the title to Braddock Baddock with a clownish performance V-A. 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