Show I Speaking o of 0 f Sports Sports Sports- j Courage Tony Showed ved Plenty In Louis LOllis Brawl By ROB ROBERT RT McSHANE pONDEROUS PONDEROUS Tony Galento the beer barrel who walks like a aman aman man had his big day recently recently- and made the most he could of it Though Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis carried too many guns for Tony the Orange N. N J. J tavern keeper gave everything he had earning the respect of all who witnessed witnessed wit wit- the fight Gone was the buffoonery and clowning which characterized characterized characterized char char- him during training camp days das and in its place was a grim ferocity and singleness of purpose He De wanted a knockout and wanted it in a hurr hurry His ambition wasn't realized but Tony can go back to his tap room and md tell teU his customers for tor years to come of ot the time he had the devastating Brown Bomber on the canvas looking up at him Not many men who have fought Louis can tell that interesting a story The dusky heavyweight champ likes to earn his wages in a hurry And has been very successful in do do- M M suf A I JOE LOUIS World LOUIS World Champion Championing ing tag just that Though his record is isa isa isa a familiar one a recapitulation may salve the injured feelings of ot Galento's supporters Louis has been b boxing since 1934 In four Cour and one half years he has engaged in 43 fights winning 42 and losing one Thirty six of those fights have been won by knockouts and six by decisions His one defeat was suffered at the hands of Max who in one of most surprising upsets knocked Louis out in the twelfth round This surprising record is further enhanced by nine round one-round knock knock- outs His round one-round victims included ed Jack Kracken Kraden Stanley Bill BifI Bennett King Levinsky Charlie Eddie S Simms Max Max Jack Roper and John JohnHenry JohnHenry JohnHenry Henry Lewis Since August 30 1937 when Tommy Tom my Farr went the route with Louis only one other challenger remained in a vertical position as long as did Galento That lone individual was Harry I Thomas who lasted for tor five rounds Galento didn't die in the dressing room In other words his courage didn't desert him before he climbed into the ring I His Js bra bravery very cannot be questioned When Referee Arlhur Arthur Ar thur Donovan stopped the fight In Inthe Inthe inthe the fourth round roly-poly roly Tony was staggering on his stumpy legs half haIr blinded by his own blood To continue continue con con- would have been suicide Soon the war drums of at publicity will start all over over again Some other other other oth oth- er white hope will be built up high enough to be considered a championship championship cham threat But pow high ered publicity wont won't be of ot much help to the threat when hes he's roped Inthe in inthe inthe the same small enclosure with the invincible Brown Bomber from down Alabama way Two New Ne Records T T IE IE hitting hard New York YanKees YanKees Yan Van Kees cast a still blacker cloak of d spai over the seven other teams of or the American league recently I when they established two new records records rec rec- in a 3 header double played with the Philadelphia Athletics The Yanks pounded out eight home runs as they won the first game une 23 to 2 The batting spree continued in its the second game with five homers being chalked up for forthe forthe forthe the world champions who won the thc game 10 to 0 0 O. Eight Yankee homers in the first game broke the mark of oC seven which was established In 1886 and which has bas stood since that time having been tied five times The five circuit clouts in the second game broke the major league record record record rec rec- ord for Cor the most borne home runs in two consecutive games which the Yankees Yankees Yankees Yan Yan- kees of 1936 had bad set at 11 three Fifty-three total bases on their 27 hits bits in the first game broke the Yankees Yankee's own record of 50 50 set in 1932 This Tills fell Cell two short of the National Na league high set by Cincinnati Cincin Cincin- nail nati in 1893 The previous record of at seven nome home runs in a n game had been set by the Detroit team in the old National National Na league in 1886 1880 and of the five tics ties the most recent was recorded re recorded corded by the New York Giants who accumulated a total of seven in beating Cincinnati June 6 1939 Other holders of the mark included the As A's of 21 and the thc Yanks anks of 32 |