Show FY t FAIR OR FOUL FOULI f J By Lawton Carver NEW V YORK May lay 4 INS Joe INS Joe JoeLouis I Louis and Lee will set an I allt time all me record when they meet in a 12 12 rounder on June 13 to establish a challenger for the American version of or the world 1 heavyweight championship held by Ezzard Charles Their combined age will total 72 years making them the oldest pair of challengers ever to come wheezing in flabby grips for a aI aI 1 I crack at what is sometimes called I fairest farest baubel the heavyweight title whose British and I European heavyweight championship champion champion- I ship will not be at stake in the 12 12 is 35 and Louis willbe willbe will I be 37 on the of this month i They are old enough to know better but what the heck fun funis is fun when there is a buck to be made Final Stand I I This will be Louis' Louis final stand in his latest attempt In culmination of or his last such enterprise enterprise enterprise en en- he got his ears beat down around his fallen arches by the aforementioned Ezzard the I Gizzard If II he fails against or even if he beats and fails against the champion in September Septem Septem- ber that surely will end the onetime onetime one one- I i time great titleholders titleholder's career I Or will it Maybe he is going to keep on coming back for life As for the thc former bartender bartender bartender bar bar- tender out west who now is the pride of N. N J J. J because because because be be- cause of the British accent that goes with the title he won from Bruce Woodcock he has been making comebacks since the year ear of the flood Sometimes he doesn't but at other times he does Did It Before He lie did the last time to become the world champion according to Britain and Europe when he I belted out Bruce Woodcock That was in June of last year andI and I has has' been in one of his periodical retirements ever since In the event he loses to Louis he can still go to England or Europe at any time and defend that version of his heavyweight crown What it adds up to is that he has nothing to lose and anda a lot to gain in a financial way by I meeting Louis A victory would move in against Ez the Giz for what would be the undisputed world championship More lore money and who needs a title more than money anyhow at the wizened old age of 35 Who Vho figures to win bel between Louis and as they stand or more specifically as they will stand or fall on June 13 to Win If it is a rough fight either cither or both of or them may fall down before before be be- fore six rounds or so It more likely will be a slow fight and to a decision if he has one of h his s good nights or what is left of the good nights that he enjoyed enI enjoyed en en- joyed occasionally in his younger I days S positively could score the knockout if there must be bc one He can hit when the mood moodis is upon him lIe He may hit better now than Louis does docs It may be that I am prejudiced beyond all reason but somehow I cant can't see Louis knocking out considering his performances performs performances perform perform- ances antes s against these others in his comeback must be a better better better bet bet- ter fighter than the likes of Omelio Agramonte who ran and ducked and hid for 10 rounds at Detroit Wednesday night and stayed the limit He got up off the floor to be bein bein bein in there at the finish and Louis from all is slipping more every day t |