| Show Ample Abe Meets Joe Again I JACK GUENTHER NEW YORK Feb 26 UP UP- UP Abe Simon the king size of Manhattans Manhattan's upper west side aide has won the nomination again and will be served up as a fat sacrifice sacrifice sacrifice fice to Joe Louis on March 27 The noral moral is reasonably obvious Bo Bob start Bob start training now and before before before be be- fore the year is out you too maybe may maybe maybe be privileged to fight the world heavyweight champion The selection of Simon as the next Louis victim is evidence of ofa a serious nature that nature that we are faced with shortages of other than just sugar and rubber Probably at no time in recent years has the supply of prominent muscle men fallen so alarmingly short of the demand There are no youngsters on the way up and those who al already already already al- al ready are up are shopworn Only Melio Mello Overlooked The heavyweight who hasn't al already already already al- al ready been knocked out by the champion is as rare as an Egyptian Egyptian Egyptian tian fire ruby Louis has chilled every accredited man of his size with the lone exception of Melio Bettina who is about as popular in boxing circles as an asp suffering suffering suffering suf suf- fering from distemper The others others oth oth- ers all have failed once and must start all over before they can try again Billy Conn Lou Nova Bob Pastor Pas Pas- tor each tor-each each of them has felt the power of the Louis left jab and the Louis right cross The Lem Franklin bubble was broken by Pastor Tuesday night Tony Galento Galento Galento Ga- Ga lento is just an unpleasant memory memory mem niem- ory and the Baers at long last have retired The situation is so critical that Toots Shor now is in Hot Springs working out daily Meanwhile Marse Joes Joe's muscles must be kept oiled by competition and the army and navy relief funds are in need of ready money Joe is an amazingly popular figUre figure figure fig fig- ure but he cant can't go on forever He may not be slipping now but the old guy with the scythe is just around the corner Hence Simon must step up and give the folks another look at the champ Afraid of Melio 1 There is no question in my mind that Simon has no more chance of whipping Louis than I have of winning a Pulitzer prize Bettina should have been given this March 27 date but while Louis doesn't care who he fi fights Mike Jacobs Julian Black and John Roxborough Roxborough Roxborough ough care very much They know Joe is rusty now and they dont don't care to have Bettina sneak one home With Bettina out the next most logical opponent would be Pastor who has beaten Turkey Thompson Thomp Thomp- son Booker Beckwith Gus Lesnevich Lesnevich Les- Les Lesnevich and Franklin lately But last night Pastor was assured of ofa ofa ofa a part of a big outdoor show and Manager Jimmy Johnston who Johnston who also handles Simon Simon Simon-is is a great hand at shooting for two birds with the same stone He will make that much more money To continue the elimination Nova was hypnotized by Louis in his last appearance and Conn put on a miserable per performance for man c e against Tony Zale Too Billy the Kid is being kept in reserve for bigger and better things He wont won't be wasted indoors any more than Pastor will because Madison Square Garden cant can't hold more than customers So we come back to Simon which isn't too much Ample Abraham Abraham Abra Abra- Abraham ham is ideal because all the profits profits profits prof prof- its of the March 27 show are earmarked earmarked earmarked ear ear- marked for army relief and the Garden figures to be fairly crowd crowd- ed Also he will make a fine chopping block on which Louis can sharpen himself and he will stay on his feet long enough to repay the farts fans their investments Abe Has lias Courage The bout has little Simon Simon Simon Si Si- mon has won only two of his last Continued on Following Page I It I Simon G. G Given Iven I t Louis Bout Continued from Preceding Page six fights and was knocked kicKing kickIng kickIng kick- kick Ing by Franklin in five rounds But he held up for 13 rounds against Louis the last time He isn't exactly able but he is ready and willing He has a big heart and we know he wont won't quit the first time he is hurt He has too much pride for that So lets let's face it Forget the sporting element Few Louis bouts contain any of that Look at the show for what it is is-an is an evenings evening's entertainment devoted to a worthy cause and an opportunity to watch Louis slapping the government stamp on a really sizable piece of beef in town that already hasn't been rigorously inspected |
