Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-05-19 | Page 23 | Max Baer Foe Studied Cheese Making and Married Daughter of Professor

Max Baer Foe Studied Cheese Making And Married Daughter of Professor - " "' - - I II I III Pll Nova Is Interesting New Figure in Ring Realm Editor's net First ef throe articles ar-ticles en Lo Nova, By HARBY GRAYSON NEA Server Sports Editor NYACK, N. Y, Msy It Is Nova, as Webster's dictionary says, a nsw else deetlaed to shin lev only brief period? Well know by the time the flret frost rolls over the pumpkins, for If the Callfornlan Is not knocked off by Maxie AdelbMt Bar in M rounds at Yankee stadium, June 1. hell tackle Jo Louis la September. Sep-tember. Lou Nova Is ons of ths mors Interesting In-teresting flgurss to crack ths cauli-f cauli-f lower headlines. Lovsy Lou Is as hsndsom as a collar ad, has the physique of a Greek god and Is as versatile as a fivs-letter man. The personable chap, training at the Clarkstown Country club at Nyack, haa been an "all" football and basketball player. He has sst records for throwing ths javelin. He is a star baseball playsr and backstroks swimmer. He Is a yachtsman and won medals in canoe races and is expert on a surfboard. Hs plays ths piano, sang in ths high school glee club and has appeared ap-peared in plays and operettas. Hs posed as a javslin thrower en the stsge during the Olympic gsmss of 1932. Lugged Fuel Nova haa been the poor little rich boy and the just plain poor little poor boy. He worked as a laborer in a box factory, lugged fuel for a steam shovel, drove a truck. He studied cheess making in col-legs col-legs and married the professor's daughtsr. He recently became a father. He is a violent baseball fan and a radio bug. Ha is crazy about fire sngines and has a habit of putting on th wrong clothes. Nova, just turned 24, did not Inherit In-herit his fighting ability. His father, Louis Nova, was a musical director and writer. His mother was a nurse. The parent, par-ent, met In a hospital. The elder Nova died In 1021. shortly after Lou's sixth birthday. Two famous orchestra leader , . . Paul Ash and Paul Whiteman . . . worksd under Lou Nova's dad in San Francisco-, whsre he directed a large band. It was during this association that the elder Nova wrote the music for "Beside a Silver Stream." Whiteman and Ben Black collaborated on ths lyrics. During his last four years in San Francisco, Louis Nova Sr, also played the piano In the San Francisco Fran-cisco Symphony orchestra, which was directed by Alfred Herts. Shortly after his father's death, a well-to-do uncle took Lou Nova to New York. Littls Lou lived the life of a rich man's son for two years, but didn't lika Fauntleroy suits and stiff collars. He spent two summsr vacations In the Adirondack, and It was there thst hs showed hie first athletic inclination. in-clination. He learned to swim and paddls a canoe . . . won a medal at canoe racing. Boy Scout Mrs. Nova returned her son to San Francisco when he was sight . . . supported him by working at her profession . . . nursing. Lou wsa becoming so large for his age that he was allowed to Join ths Boy Scouts long before he was 12. When hs was 11 his mothsr fell ill with heart trouble and he acted as her nurse, fixed her meals, eared for her aa best he could. He picked up a little money carrying fuel for a steam shove L Lou Nova got there the hard way from that time on. He appreciates his opportunity . . . hss hurdled bigger obstacles than Max Baer. Next: Lou Nova, the all-round athlete, puts on the gloves.