Show rj AS S FAR as anyone can see now kj athe 1 the month of june will be a bit one for boxing with louis demendia de fendia nj his title against walcott louis says this will be his las iasi f feht what nhat will happen it if louis wins and then retires the heavyweight division division will be the way gene tun ney left it years ago then the aftermath included sharkey camera baer and brad dock this was not what you d call the greatest collection 0 of fighting flesh ever thrown together on a general average it was pretty sorry stuff there warn 9 a top fighter in the lot yes knocked eat out louis but baer knocked out and so did louis in the return match tunney left a sorry bunch of fighters in bis his wake until louia lotus came along louis made up for the mediocrity of the others that pre ceded him it was dempsey tun ney chaos and louis what will it be after louis sup pose louis lotus wins that will leave ch chaos aos ag again am it if walcott wins jer sey joe win will be the new champion no one can rate jersey joe a great champion he has be been en lust just another nother heavyweight too long just another average fighter who hap bened to remain in shape when louis didn t you can t sell a number of tight fight ers even champions the idea that condition is as important as their own native skill yet condition happens to be more important than anything louis has his punch his boxing skill his gameness ga menes louis as the beavy heavyweight eight cham pion defending bis his title against walcott was a joke a travesty on training on condition he ile was a puffy tat fat man who couldn coulden t move out 0 of f his tracks he returned from his exhibition tour in england weighing at leat pera tely to lose 25 pounds in a few weeks lows louis took on walcott as a joke it louis can win in the condition be he has to offer tor for late june wal cott must be a joke louis will have to create a miracle to be even close to the form that made him and kept him champion so many years medal play Is tops medal play and match play are two ent rely different forms of golf especially on the psychological side which Is a big part of golf I 1 still think medal play Is the rougher test where every stroke is important this isn t true of match play where you can take a nine and only one hole there Is no chance to give your concentration a vacation in medal play there Is in match play bi in medal play you are fighting both the field an and d the course in b match play your opponent Is one man the live ball it has remained for a young rookie pitcher to call a check on your reporter and also enter what Is perhaps a well deserved rebuke this rookie pitcher Is smart and what Is more important he also can pitch up to was of for his service in the box you write 11 he said that johnson Jo huson walsh alexander mat ty and others pitched around innings or more that 9 right you also write that no modern pitcher can work innings most of the good ones are inning pitchers that a right too but don t forget those old pitchers were throwing a half balf dead ball a spit ball a st fuzzed op up ball a logy ball that samson couldn coulden t hit bit out of a bandbox ball park now check back with me home run baker hit 12 home runs in one year and promptly was la ta belled home horve run baker here Is the king of all home run hitters he smashes 12 tour four in one season and be he is the king why to day some of these bums I 1 in throw ing at might pile up 12 home runs in two weeks I 1 im m telling you he continued that today we are throwing ex plosive bombs to the plate every ball we throw Is loaded with dyna mite you can take a broom and hit one tor for three bases you remember those old yan kees headed by ruth and gehrig they set a home run record that never would be broken and they were swinging at a rabbit ball last year the giant giants came along and made those ruth gehrig yan sees kees look like hunters banters they were hammering at a rubber ball even taster faster than the one babe and geh ng rig swung at to show the difference if ruth were playing in the day of home run baker his top would have been 20 home run runs for the entire season which reminds me that I 1 ran into larry lahote a lew few year years after he iad nad quit and the lively ball had ome into use lorry played in an ild old timers game I 1 im rn glad he laid said we didn t bave this modern modem ball when I 1 played I 1 |