Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-04-16 | Page 9 | One Sock Finisher Rare Bird in Fistic Fraternity

One Sock Finisher Rare Bird in Fraternity I NEW YORK April 16 INS INS INS- Harry Lenny old time battler and andone andone one ons of the shrewdest managers of fighters in the game today offers a a. different slant on punchers and punching There are ore au all kinds of ot punchers says Lenny Theres the fellow who felloW who can knock you dead with one punch Theres There's the fellow tellow who numbs you and the one who gives you a sharp shock And of course theres there's always the cream puff puncher whose taps wouldn't annoy a baby Lenny calls Joe Louis the heavyweight heavy heavy- weight champion a great puncher but by no means the greatest who whoever whoever whoever ever lived i i J S SS ik S Louis says Lenny is what I call a bruising puncher His blows blows' hurt and if you are strong enough to sample plenty of them you'll be paralyzed But hes he's not one of ot those punch one-punch finishers He hit Max Baer over times right on the whiskers and still Max wasn't unconscious unconscious un ur conscious when he was counted out outon outon outon on one knee Henry Armstrong the featherweight featherweight featherweight feather feather- weight champion is something anthe on an the same order although I think his punches are sharper Jack Dempsey also was a crushing puncher but It took a lot of punches as a rule for for- him to finish II his man t There have been ver very few one- one ib 1 L k 4 punch finishers In the ring These birds really are the terrific hitter hitters S Sam m Langford was that kind of a and there was a kid down In Baltimore years ago ago Chancy Chancy a lightweight who lightweIght who could stiffen his hisman hisman hisman man with one sock I Lenney would rather be knocked out by a fellow like Langford than by either Max Baer or Max I Ing The two Maxes hit numbing punches explains Lenny When either of ot those fellows hits you on the lug youre you're numbed and the chances are youre you're through for forthe forthe forthe the rest of ot the fight even if you dont don't go down After either of them hits you youre you're liable to go along for several rounds without knowing j r IJ i s where you are proved that against Louis After Max hit him with a aright aright aright I right hand early in the fight Louis said afterward he didn't know what he was doing for the rest of the night Getting punched by Baer or Is like getting hit with wah a club and the combined effects of ot their punching is likely to cause more permanent damage than a punch by Langford When Langford Langford Langford Lang- Lang ford hit you a short sharp jolt the lights went out on you and that's all all' there was to It But if one of these other fellows keeps clubbing you for feir 10 or 15 rounds the effects are liable to last a long t time me V S I S' S I S ib i f. f S