Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-01-26 | Page 19 | Lewis Doesn't Remember Second and Third Trips to Floor as Champ Wins

Lewis Doesn't Remember 1 Second and Third Trips To Floor as Champ Wins i By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sport. Editor NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (UP) Joe Louis, a rising young million- ' aire from Detroit, counted his dollari today and announced he , triad embarked upon a new business policy 'knock 'em dead in 41 4: - 1 h wie iirsi rouna. i In pursuit of that policy, he made a bleeding, helpless hulk out of one of the best of the boxers last night In two minutes and 2 seconds of what was scheduled to be a IV round bout In Madison Square Garden. Gar-den. John Henry Lewis, light heavyweight heavy-weight champion of the world and a ring strategist with all the cun-. cun-. ning that W fights can give to a man, was knocked down three times In less than three minutes by blows that traveled so fast that ha hardly saw them. The third time his brave heart commanded him to get up and he tried oh, how hard he tried but a wiss referee stopped the fight before something serious could happen. hap-pen. Today Louis was ready to fight anybody In March Bob Pastor, Max Baer, Tony Galento, Lou Nova or any other heavyweight. Conferences Confer-ences were called for late today by the officials of the Twentieth Century Cen-tury Sporting club to try to make a match that will lure the customers. Eighteen thousand persona In Madiaon Square Garden last night saw Louis at hia peak. Ha was a cold, efficient fighter who was out to knock a man senseless as quickly as he could. No more of this feeling a guy out for a couple of rounds. No more cautious sparring In mid-ring. mid-ring. No mora searching for an opening for Joe Louis. From now on he's cutting 'em down with one punch if he can, and he would like to land that punch In the first ten seconds. Let him tell you about it: "I got a new system. Knock 'em out quick In the first round. I couldn't feel sorry for John Henry even if we are friends. I had a ob to do and I got It over as quick as I could.''