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Ro Re 00 en od ed by We Yte em Now New pope Un on onTHE THE fact that there IS no v . worthy worthyopponent 01 thy thyopponent opponent for Heavyweight Cham Champ P on Joe Louis hardly can be lIsted lasted lIstedunder lastedunder under the head ng of ne vs It Itdearth The Thedearth Thedearth dearth of o1 outstand out stand ng candidates t for forbox forbox ( box ng s greatest title is no recent recentdevelopment recentdevelopment recer development And the situation isnot IS ISnot : not improving Improvmg improvingBooing reclmgfrom reelingfrom Boxing Bo\.mg Bo.mg Bo .mg mg Booing ' \ . is staggering staggermg and reclmg reeling from the repeated rcpe'1ted rcpe1ted rcpeited ' beatings it has hastak'n hastaken taken tak'n takn ( ' dmmg dm ing the past three years- years yearsparticularly yearsparticularly yearsparticularly - - particularly in m the hcavyweigranks heavyweight heavyweightranks heavyweightranks ranks Promoters have bave attempted attempti attempted attemptedto to foist fOlSt upon the public matches matcheswhich matcheswhich which arc nothing nothmg more than cvhib c\.hlhl c.hlhl c .hlhl hlhl c.hlhltlonsand e ' \ . hrbi hrbiLionsand tlons-and tlons and Lions-and Lions ( ions - and poor ones at tl tI at atPrize atPrize Prize fight tans fans cons stently havc have havcbeen havebeen hav been subJ subjected ectcd to a diet ot of second secondraters secondraters seconraters raters and has beens The mertact mcrc mere mcrcfact merefact fact that several of these IDdlVldu individu IDdlVlduals individuals individials als gave tl ti e a champ on a chance to todemonstrate todemonstrate t demonstrate hisprowess his prowess doesn t thelmatters help helpmatters helpmatters matters Fans pay to see a cortest con contest contest test not a shado v boxing boxmg demon demonstrat demonstrtt demorstrat strat strtt onOnly on onOnly Only two candidates for heavy heavyweight heavyweight weight honors are worthy of the thenllme thename th name nllme One is Pat Comiskey a glur glum glumyoung glumyoung young Irishman who is being bemg brough brought broughtinto broughtinto into the top brackets too quicklyThe quickly qUICklyThe The other otber contender is Billy Conna Conn a light heavyweight . whose v.hose vhose ambitio ambition ambitionmay ambitionmay : may overcome his lack of weight "eIght eIght weightQuestionable " Questionable VictoryConn Victory VictoryConn Conn has been the subject of many manya man : a heated debate His recent 13 roun round roundvictory roundvictory < victory over Bob Pastor in Madisol Madison MadisonSquare MadisonSquare Square Garden d d 1 I ttle tUe to enlargi enlarge enlargeh h tl s stature It v w . was as tar far from a cleancU cleancutr clean cut cutictory cU \lctoryv.hlch lctoryv.hlch cUlctoryv.hlch ictorywhich cutr \ \ictory ictory \ which . Conn ach eved eyed ove over overthe overthe : the one onc time lime N Y U football player play player er The punch that sent Pasto Pastor PastordOD Pastordos : dos down dO\\D dO D \ \ n and out out , , a left to the body bodywas bodywas bodywas was just another of the thc numerous numerousto numerou.0 numerou0 ! 10 to . v blo vs vh v.h tah . , ch B Uy lly fly lande landed landedthroughout landedthroughout < throughout the fightIn fight In the first place the fight wa'an waan was wasan wasan ' an attempt by ' Mike 'like like Jacobs to make makeout makeout makiout out of the 171 174 pound Conn a second secondGene secondGene SCCODGene ( Gene Tunney Tenney However Conn wilse\ wilse wilseer wIll wIllne willnes ne\ ne nes neer \ \ er have Tunney Tenney s size or weight weightNor weightNor weightNor Nor will he acquire Gene s determlnation determi determl determinahon determination nahon nation and s ngular adherence to topurpose topurpose tlpurpose tlpurposeConn purpose purposeConn Conn did have a good left left , , , "hlch hlch which "hlchhe whichhe " whictie he used with tell ng effect In add adds addstion addition I Ihon hon tion he was taster faster on his feet anc aDd and anda /a a / [ 1r - 1 11 r h hc -1 1 - hetq etq c 3 w wfrillx frillx "Aww Aww 1 " < - t tb r b s si sy9 l L h jt.ct jtct jt.cts jt.ctBILLY . . i s y9 : BILLY CONKhad CONN CONK CONNhad had considerably more stamina stamma But Butthose Butthose Buthose those factors alone are not enough enoughLou enoughLou enoughLou Lou s would have 1 I ttle tlle difficulty difficultywith difficultywith difficult3with with Conn The Pittsburgh Plltsburgh youth youthhkely youthlikely youttlikely hkely likely could keep out of the champ s sreach sreach ireach reach during durmg the early rounds busooner but butsooner butsooner sooner or later that dynamite laden ladenright ladenright laderright right would bomb B Uy lly to the canvas can l lvas vas vasComIskey Comiskey on the other hand has hasplenty hasplenty hasplenty plenty of wild-eyed wild eyed wlld-eyed wlld - - - backers But Buteen Buteen Bu ' even een , % those fans readily admit that thathe thatbe thahe he be lacks sufficient seasoning seasonmg Before Be- Be Before Before - - fore his recent departure from the theprehmmary thepreliminary ( bpreliminary ( prehmmary preliminary ranks young Patnck Patrick Patnckknocked Patrickknocked PatncIknocked knocked out 25 of the 29opponents 29 opponents opponentswhom opponentswhom opponentswhom whom he faced facedLooking facedLooking Looking Lookmg at the FieldHe Field FieldHe He is 1 I ttle lIe the ! better than a novic novice novicat noviceat noviceat < at the Lhe moment be ng so new to b g gtime gtime gtime time competition compellhon but he has a w v . whale whaleof hale haleof halfof of a punch-somethmg punch somethmg punch-something something punch - something almost 1m fm fmpossible 1mpossible impossible : possible to develop Given anothelyear another anotheryear anotheryear I year of experience Pat well may be beLou beLou bLou ( Lou s most formidable foeAs foe foeAs As for the rest of the field th thless the theless theless < less said the better Lou Nova IS ISattemptmg isattempting iiattempting attemptmg attempting a comeback under the thegUldmg theguiding thguiding ( gUldmg guiding hand of Manager Ray Car CarIin Cartin CarUn Iin tin His star faded into obscuritywhen obscurity obscuritywhen obscuritywhen when he took a brutal beating from fromTony fromTony trorrTony Tony Galento in ID Philadelphia a yeai year ago agoThe The perennial pen.nnlal pennnlal . \ Max 1\lax 1 lax Baer stili still stiliwea stillweaves stillweaves wea weaves ves around the outer fringe frmge of ofelJglble ofeligible ofeligible elJglble eligible contender contenders ! > ! * Bnt But no one oneknOv.s oneknows oneknows knOv.s knOvs knows . better than Promoter Jacobsthat Jacobs Jacobsthat Jacobsthat that a Baer Louis fight would have haveall haveall haveall all the drawing power powcr of a Rlpubh Rcpubli Rcpublican Rtpublican I Ican deepest Dixie Vnue The Thc fans fanswould fanswould fanswould can rally in m would stay away m droves drovesFew drovesI drovesFew I Few champions have so far out outclassed outclassed outclassed classed the r contemporaries as Joe JoeLouIs JoeLouis JoeLouis LouIs Certainly no DO one can CBn begreatly be begreatly begreatly greatly excited over the prospectLou prospect of ofLou oLou ( Lou s meeting meetmg any of f the above abovement abovement abovement ment oned fighters Sport ShortsTHE Shorts Nat onal Pro I E ootball league leagueis aHE THB THE IS now a $3 3 $ $ 000 000 a year industry mdus indus mdustry industry try accord ng to league hcadquar bcadquar hcadquarters bcadquartars headquarters ters tars which places at that figure the thecost thecost thecost cost of operation opernllon Stanley Stanev } Cove Covelesue Coveles Covelesiuie and Washmgton Wash Washmgton Washmoton lesue les , ue the old Cleveland mgton moton spltballer spitballer now operates a gas gasolme gasoline gasoline olme oline station stallon at South Soutb Bend IndDoc IndDoc Ind Doc Sutherland thinks thmks it seas seas1er s eas easier easler footballplays football footballplays footballplays 1er ier to tool fool pros with trick plays than collegians because expe experlcnced experienced expericnced rlcnced rienced players are more likely to towatch towatch towatch watch tor for more orthodox moves mstead In Instead instead stead ot of new plays I |