| Show Heavily Favored l Louis vs CharI Charles es Tonight By fly Charles Einstein tein YORK Sept 27 INS INS- i S who retired for his hiser and returned for the tax er hurls his Porn pam fists J- J Ezzard St t interim W Wednesday night with an es scorn for the law that lS l'S they dont don't come back Fitzsimmons Corbett nere i-nere fries failed faded t the c Brown jeffrieS j ii- ii champion of all tred ed by br o odds ds of 2 2 to 1 to toi first heavyweight nea ever er the i e hi his own vacated crown aim roost most boxing men aver the fir om Louis will do by a ut in his round IS-round title bout Charles at Yankee stadium t fight to be watched by byi live lire fans and millions of f 10 i rs throughout a many many- Tideo ideo hookup hookup- can an be a short hort ra 5 thing filled with liquid fire firc Or it can be the worst stadium turkey tur- tur key since the tho Louis of 1946 and 1948 was dancing his preening ga with Billy Conn and Jersey Joe Walcott Off Tax Hook But win or lose there lose there wont won't be a draw if New York boxing commissioner com corn missioner Eddie Eagan can possibly help it it tire the occasion w will ll help Louis of off an income tax hook that drove him from the circus and exhibition ex ex- trail and back into the title title- ten Joes Joe's current taxes aye e paid but his back revenue is to the total o of about Louis Louis' last official fight fight hi his title u defense against Walcott alcott at the stadium more than two years ears ago was ago was the one after which he promised to lay layoff off for good for m my mother He had rei reigned ed as heavyweight champion for nearly 12 years longer than any other man On March 1 1949 18 months ago U Louis uis made the retirement official and then as kingmaker helped promote the Charles Walcott-Charles fight which set up Ezzard the gizzard as his successor All Mi Agree New York state alone refused to recognize Charles as champion Station KALL in Salt SaIt Lake City will ill air th the Joe Louis Louis- Ezzard Charles fight for the worlds world's heavyweight championship championship champion champion- ship Wednesday at S 8 pm p.m. direct from New York Intermountain Network stations in Ogden Provo Logan and Price will also brin bring the bout to the regional audience The KALL broadcast will viii be preceded at pm p.m. by interviews with the two fighters t through rough his dismal and unvarying ing title defenses against Gus Lesnevich Lesnevich Lesne- Lesne vich Ich Pat Valentino and Freddie Beshore New York in a wa way could not be blamed It has held the title in abeyance since Louis' Louis retirement retirement retirement retire retire- ment but will restore it to the winner of Wednesday nights night's event There is the additionally peculiar circumstance of Louis as nominal challenger r receiving e e e i vi n g 35 of Wednesdays Wednesday's nights night's gate as opposed opposed op op- op posed to 20 for Charles That does docs not irritate Charles too top much His manager Jake Mintz is the more aggravated aggra Mintz 1 claims he just found out there is no return bout specified in inthe inthe inthe the contract This does not suit him But it seems to suit his fighter Charles the lank Cincinnati basher who started as a middleweight and may start back the other way Wednesday night is supremely confident of the evenings evening's outcome Ill knock him out in twelve he predicted Not Especially Moved lo Louis has heard this sort of thing before A man who has had 61 professional professional professional pro pro- fights all of them main events of which he lost but one and won 52 by knockouts he is not especially moved by dire promises promises promises prom prom- from the other othE r corner For that matter he figures to hold a weight spread of more than 30 pounds on Charles Wednesday night night pounds to The gross gate should not be much more than not In Including In- In eluding radio and television rights This is a far tar cry from what Louis has been accustomed to in the past Or for that matter looking looking- at it the other wa way vay Charles too t 4 f Y I 2 4 10 5 7 4 A k fr I J 4 v L A i Y si 4 I Isi 4 e X v i 4 I h r 4 a Ii J f T J Y 2 j ii A V i z I x Brave in Phillie Rundown Eddie Philadelphia first baseman IJa leaps I over O Boston's second acker Gene Mauch Iauch after Mauch was vas caught in rundown in sixth inning The Tho went on to win the contest by hy 8 7 I |
