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Show PAGE SIX PR 6 V O (UTAH) EVENING HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2 6, 1 93 5. ovi - . m e - . LiUVJ U UU VJU3U U ?9 1'f ' ',f; v ri ran Figif W7fi Baer In September Next On Program For Negro "Sepia Slasher" Knocks Camera To Floor 3 x Times in Sixth Round and Wins On Technical Knockout Newest "Black Menace" By GEORGE KIKKSEY I'nitwf I'rois Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, June 2G (U.R The dark shadow of Joe Louis, the Sepia slasher, hovered menacingly over the heavyweight heavy-weight division today, threatening- the reign of James J. Braddock, the rags-to-riches champion. Louis' two-dynamite-laden fists obliterated Primo Cat nera. ex-titleholder. from the heavyweight picture and the ,fight business last night, and set up such a furore the sporting sport-ing world has not known since another giant, Jess Willard, was obliterated by another "lit-(s tie" heavyweight, William Harri-sson Harri-sson Dempsey. Fight experts, not always given to rhapsody, hailed the dead-panned, dead-panned, unemotional colored man, as the greatest fighting machine of his era. Many said he was a fast express on a one track line headed straight for Braddock's championship. Must Fight Ila-er But betore Louis may fight the -champion, he must fight the most recent ex of the ex-champions, Max Baer. Promoters from three cities - New York, Chicago and Detroit were bidding for a Louis-Baer Louis-Baer bout for September with a $500,000 gate in prospect. The promoters visualized the million dollar gates of the Dempsey era brought back by the merciless savagery of the Detroit brown bomber. Not only did he make the Italian Ital-ian giant quit, a battered and bleeding hulk, but caused him to decide to retire permanently from the ring. His victory, his 23rd straight one in the most dramatic rise to fistic heights since James J. Jeffries won the title "after 15 fights, the record books as knockout after 2 Secf mis of the Sixth Dnuii 3 Time. A crowd of 60.000, of which approximately 15.000 were negroes. ne-groes. -saw the 21-y ar-old Louis coldly and relentlessly slash down his ponderous opponent last night in Yankee stadium. Camera's 260'- pounds toppled to the floor three times in the sixth round before a steady drum-fire of Jeth.il punches Louis weighed 196. After the last knockdown, Camera feebly pulled himself off the canvas, arid through blood-spattered blood-spattered lips membled to referee Donovan that he was through. Later in his dressing room, Car-nera, Car-nera, on the verge of tears, said he would never fight again. He plans to return t his native Italy as soon as posible. Baer lso knocked out Camera. It took him 11 rounds to finish the Italian Giant ;ind win the title Louis did it more convincingly convinc-ingly in five fewer rounds. Harder Than Baer heavyweight will go into a technical minutes, 32 round. WE HELP WW Pi AN VACATIONS Camera said Louis was a more deadly puncher than Baer. "He hit harder, much harder than Baer," mumbled the dejected deject-ed Camera. "He is what you call a sharpshooter. He feinted me into his punch. I could not ejet away from him. Hell make a fine champion. Camera was Louis 19th knockout knock-out in 23 professional bouts and his G2nd knockout in 77 bouts as an amateur and a professional Last July 4 he made his professional profes-sional debut by knocking out Jack Kracken in Chicagop for a $50 purse. Last night he knockout out an ex heavyweight champion and his purse will be about $55,-000. $55,-000. No other fighter in ring history from bare knuckle days to the Marquis of Queensbury era has bridged a ga ythat wide. Louis' version of how he beat Camera was simple. "I jes' hit him 'till be quit." The Italian giant's physical ad vantages proved useless. His added height, weight and reach meant nothing. The dead-pan youngster j had no trouble hitting Camera ; at long range or in close. He hurt I Camera with a right-hand jolt in the first round, splitting his lip i and drawing blood. Moving in on ; flat feet, Louis continually bang-I bang-I ed I'rimo with" both fists. Louis r carried the battle to Camera in j every round, winning all but the I fourth by wide margins. ' The beginning of the end came I m the fifth round the round in I which Louis had premised to stop mm. camera nit Louis witn a right on the head, and then started start-ed to wrestle the negro around and brought him up in a clinch. Louis shook free, gave Camera a twi.st and then went to work with both fists. Up to this time Louis had fought carefully, slowly softening soft-ening Camera up for the kill with jolting rights to the head. Just before the bell Louis caught the giant with a one-two punch to the head which hurt. Midway in the sixth round, the browm bomber touched off one of his dynamite rights to the Italian's Ital-ian's jaw. Camera toppled in a heap, blood smeared across his grotesque face. Louis calmly walked to his corner. The count reached 4, Camera got up. He was hurt too badly to know what he was doing. He put up his huge arms, but Louis knocked them aside and blasted the Italian's chin with both fists. Aagin Camera dropped, drop-ped, dazed and bewildered He got up this time after a short count of three, but fear was written all over his blood-spattered ' face Lotus leaped to the kill struck down th giant again with a left hook and a right cross Camera's legs buckled and he fell. He got up at 3, helpless, his arms dangling, dang-ling, his face turned toward the referee. "Louis shuffled toward his tottering foe. but Donovan step-lied step-lied in and declared a technical knockout. There was no protest from Camera Cam-era over Donovan's act as there was in his bout with Baer. Car-nera Car-nera was whipped and knew it. &pg&lJL L ----- 'V..- H-r S if" .tMJ';;V . K fi &i III 1 1 " w tm i . f , $ JiV:E: -7-5. . -' . h-T: 1 - - . i FIRST ROUND GIVES TIPOFF Louis Seemingly Unconscious of Crowd As He Bores in On Italian. .$ W Joe Louis broke that dead-pan expression of his long enough to smile about his victory over Primo Camera, Italian ex-champion at the Yankee stadium Tuesday night. Louis stopped Camera in the sixth round of their projected 15 round fight, winning by a technical knockout. Provoan Gets Limit Catch One of the most successful' fishermen on the Provo river this year is Rual D. Davis, of 360 West Second South, who Tuesday brought in seven fish that made up his limit. Although several of the fish were ha If -pounders, the others weighed 2 and 2l-pounds 2l-pounds each. They were all German Browns, caught below be-low Wallsburg with spinners and minnows. Last week Mr. Davis bvcught in one that scaled nearly live pounds. He has caught several of that size, and has brought in a number of limit catches. American League I - Standing of Teams W. L. Pet. New York 3S 23 .623 Cleveland 31 25 .576 Chicago 31 24 Detroit 33 2s Boston 30 31 Washington Philadelphia St. Iollis 564 51 1 492 459 21 33 .421 IS 39 .3 it; Tuesday's Ke-uii. Washington 7, Detroit 4. New York 4. Cleveland 5. Only games scheduled; other-played other-played previously. BY JOE ALEX MORRIS UniLed Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, June 26 (U.R) A shadowy smile flickering across the icy, brown face of Joe Louis summed up in one second a new and long-waited climax of prize ring drama . Louis had returned to his own comer after his first three min utes of boxing last night against Primo Camera. He stretched out. His arms and big, leather-coyered hands touched the ropes. He stood lightly on tip-toe, stretching six feet one inch of yellow-brown body v.n which arc lights dropped a brittle whiteness. The passionless masK of face a face that has never been shaved relaxed for an instant only and a vague smile curved the thick Hps. It was a smile that mingled confidence with contempt. 15,000 Negroes Perhaps the crowd of 60,000, the rumbling, hopeful cheers of 15,000 negroes watching him, meant something to Louis in that instant. Perhaps his childhood poverty pov-erty in Alabama, his factory labors in Detroit, his daily reading of the Bible and his devotion to his church lent a subconscious background back-ground to his impending .triumph. But seemingly he was completely unconscious of the crowd. He dropped to his stool. His face became be-came again as emotionless as an idol carved of oak. Across the ring, the giant who had been champion threw back his head and a trickle of blood from his lips ribboned his whiskered chin. Louis came out at the bell, his cold eyes on those lips. Fights Own Pace The tigerish youth fought at his own pace. If he lacked the perfect per-fect finish of a great fighter the "killer" heavyweight the fistic world has been awaiting it might h.- laid to his record of 54 amateur- fights 43 knockouts) and inly 22 professional fights I the j latter in 11 months with 18 knock-I knock-I outs i. Once as an amateur he j was knocked down seven times in ! the lirst round of a three-round ! iighl in Chicago, and came back I to win a decision. His admirers say thia shows he can "take it." Louis faced Camera with deadly ' seriousness. His round-face., topped by "kinky hair, was slightly lowered. low-ered. His eyes were slanting ovals above high cheekbones. There was no trace of Uie "killer" in that face. It was the swift swaying of a brown body, the fearsome flash of anakish arms aided by complete coldness of expression, ex-pression, that created a feeling of awesome and deadly violence. It was In the furious sixth that Louis became the killer. Camera went down under a sizzling blow. Slowly, he got to his feet, lifting his ponderous body inch by inch. Red spurted at his mout. Precisely, Precise-ly, perfectly, as if he were measuring meas-uring distances with calipers, Louis swung his fists, the great muscles of his back rippling with every blow. Blood spattered across Camera's face. His eyes bulged and he crumpled, reminding one of a slow-motion movie of a blasted mountain side. He came up again slow motion and Louis, the referee, and the end were at his side. National League Standing of Teams Dixcns To Enter Utah Open Meet Fred and Don Dixon, Provo's ace tennis players, willt-enter the Utah State Open tennis tournament, tourna-ment, which begins Saturday on the Salt Lake Tennis club courts at Forest Dale. The entry list in the open meet already includes a number of nationally na-tionally ranked net stars from the Pacific coast. The latest entry was W. L. Pet. New York 40 17 .702 St. Louis 36 25 .590 Pittsburgh 36 27 .571 Chicago 33 26 .509 Brooklyn 27 31 .46 Cincinnati 26 35 .426 Philadelphia 21 36 .368 Boston 18 40 .310 Tuesday's Results Pittsburgh 2, Boston 7. St. Louis 6, Brooklyn 4. Chicago 2-10, New York 3-5." Cincinnati 1, Philadelphia 10. Mrs. Esther Bartosh of Los Angeles, An-geles, who was rated No. 19 in the 1934 women's national rankings. Mi Stop In at your neighborly Shell station and ask to see our Finger-Tip Information book. It's crammed with suggestions sug-gestions for Western vacations. vaca-tions. Tells places to go for fishing, fish-ing, hunting, golf, swimming. Describes scenic and historic spots. Lists rates and accommodations accom-modations at hotels and resorts, re-sorts, f Ask also for free copy of Shell's Auto Cabin Directory. And for our wonderful new maps and other touring helps. TOURING SERVICE At Shell stations throughout tho Wost ...there's always one nearby Woman Breaks Le "Listening" In On Heavyweight Fight DETROIT. June 26 H'.IM Mary Paplctt, 35, was confined con-fined to bed today because when the cry. "Joe won." resounded re-sounded throughout Detroit's Harlem, except perhaps one leaped in the air so high she broke her leg. Mary wasn't the only one that leaped, however. Every member of Detroit's little Harlem, except perhops one or two. leaped just as high. The streets where the negroes were celebrating were cluttered with bits of paper, confetti and practically everything every-thing Joe's admirers could get their hands on. Provo To Play Mines Sunday Provo Timps will travel to Bingham Bing-ham next Sunday t play the lT. S. Mines in their next to the la.st game of the first half schedule in the Industrial league. With the deieal -jy the Koyal Bakers at Provo Sunday still leaving leav-ing a dark brown taste, the Timps hope to climb the percentage ladders lad-ders with a victory over the hardhitting hard-hitting Miners. Normally the Timps play better away from home thaji at the local orchard. All but one of their victories vic-tories so far in the first half have come in the outside parks. Pmvo's final game in the first half is at home on July Fourth, when the club meets the fast-traveling fast-traveling Holsum Bakers. Holsum, in a few short weeks, climbed from the cellar to second place in a dazzling succession of victories. Additional Sports On Page 7 TOO LATE FOR i CLASSIFICATION . , , ? ROOM Apt., private bath, etc.; 2 blks from Center. 3d i table for young couple, no children. Renter must have job. Phone 727 after 6 p. m. tf FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS ROOSTERS. 6 wks. 10c. Route No. 1. Box 75B. Viggo Christiansen. j28 TODAY and THURSDAY (SCI0IB I The Coolest Spot in Town! 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