Show r Never Kayoed I t S 'S t du Joe 1 Salt Lake anny army air alI base fighter who re recalls recalls re- re calls sparring with Billy Conn Coma when Billy was an amat amateur ur Army Recalls Hardest Blow I The hardest punch I ever took I Lanky Joe scratched his head Mad and pondered He cro crossed sed his long legs adjusted his 6 feet 3 frame in a chair that was too small and smiled I 1 was b boxing xing Alex Steuben at Charleroi Pa one night Medo Medo- said Alex started to pour it on at the opening bell rights bell rights and lefts They were finding their mark Midway in the ro round nd Alex cracked me on the chin It was wasa a h haymaker I thought the roof was going to cave in My knees were rubbery and the boys at the ringside said my eyes were glassy I guess I X looked like a tanker But somehow or other I managed to clinch and hang on until my head cleared I was okeh after the rest and I took the decision But Alex almost almos took my y head off offin in the first frame fram Private Joe who comes from McKees Rocks Pais Pa is a member of Coach Don Galbreath's Galbreath's Galbreath's Gal- Gal breaths breath's boxing team at the army air base Salt Lake City Joe has climbed through the ropes twice as a a. member of Galbreath's sluggers sluggers slug slug- gers and twice Joe has won by kayo Is 22 years old and he tips the b beam am at pounds He started boxing when he was about 15 years of age age admitted that he was a little bit scared when the bell rang for the first fight Young has has' odd 50 bouts under his belt and today Joe is what they call a ua cool customer I inside the ropes Before coming t to the Salt Lake army air base was the light heavyweight king at Keesler field Mississippi Joe has a durable chin Proof rests in the fact that hes he's never been kayoed or even dumped Joe used to spar a lot in the gyms around Pittsburgh when he was 17 or 18 Such fuch coming fighters fight fight- ers as Billy Conn Comm Fritzie Harry Bobo and Charley Chancy Burleigh used to work out at the same gym One day put on the gloves with a lightning fast curly curly- haired kid named Conn the same boy who was to win the world light heavyweight crown and make a gallant bid for the heavyweight title Alfred M. M Evans Captain Air Corps Public Relations Relations Relations Rela Rela- Office Army Air Base Salt Lake City Utah |