Show I IN I TN N VIEW of a number of ot somewhat somewhat somewhat some- some what sombre events that have taken place lately it Is now a ad d r simple matter to announce Joe JoeLouis' JoeLouis 1 Louis' Louis next defense of ot his heavyweIght heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight championship t In the new program Louis will meet Joe Baksi Ollie li- li Ezzard Charles Violent Ray and 4 Jersey Joe Walcott Walcott Wal- Wal cott under the following folt fol fol- fol- fol t of lowing conditions conditionS- S he is to knock out each one in a single single sin sin- gb gle round for which the price of admission will be 2 As usual bein being a Joe Joc Louis quick thinker it remained remained remained re re- re- re for Louis to call the turn on ona ona a September fight in these words words- I I dont don't believe anybody would pay 15 cents to see me against either Baksi or The price for Ezzard Charles or orY Y Violent Ray might be l lifted ted to 50 cents All of this Is fun tun for everyone everyone- except Joe Louis Here Herc is one of the great heavyweight champions of all nil lime time time-a a year 10 holder bolder of the rings ring's e big crown crown crown-a a fighter who cant can't defy the thc challenging challenging years cars much longer longcr WIth with no one to fight No one knows this better than JoeLouis Joe JoeLouis JoeLouis Louis with a purse ranging from to waiting if it only one fair challenger had emerged from the morass while he bo was In Inthe Inthe inthe the army for lor four years cars If It you picked out the five leading 1 challengers today I Relieve believe Louis i given 20 rounds could stop them all in a single September evening Provided Provided Pro Pro- vided no motorcycles were allowed in the ring rung Boxing's Oddest Turn The second Louis Conn fight looked to be a natural It turned out outto outto outto to be the gre greatest test of all heavyweight heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight flops The Mauriello affair wasn't even a work workout And yet today Mauriello is a better fighter than most of those suggested for a September massacre It is only natural that Joe Louis would like one more fight before bowing out But It so happens that I In the last five years ears no bea heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- V- V weight has bas come along who could even tie his shoes There were carUer earlier ear car tier lier predictions that with thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands perhaps millions of soldiers taking inking boxing lessons in the army and navy at least one or two could be developed I i The first shock I got came from Jack Dempsey who worked 10 hours a day with men for I many months The best fellow Ive I've seen he told me cant even chin himself himsel twice Heres Here's a target target target-or or a goal the goal the heavyweight championship worth championship worth one million dollars The defending v champion has been knocking Cl around for over 10 years And yet 1 with sports sport's richest prize at stake v there hasn't been even a good sec see rater ond-rater developed In the last five years Baksi Mauriello Walcott Ray Woodcock two middleweights of the past S. Mickey Walker or Harry Greb SS could c could uld take them all apart without 5 VV any extra effort S T J Just why this happens to be we V i woul wouldn't nt know i 11 Golf Gol has Hogan Nelson and a S flock of others Tennis has Kramer and Riggs Racing has Assault Armed and Stymie Baseball is S packed with high-class high talent DiMaggio DiMaggio Di- Di DiS Maggio Feller FeUer Blackwell Shea S S Mize Cooper Williams Williams Williams-on on and on C rj The middleweights are packed with S good fighters Ray Robinson is j J S thinly an able welterweight But outside of Louis the best you can say for the other heavyweights T i is s that at they can breathe and eat Especially eat S Attendance Surprises 15 i- i iThe The number of human feet that find their way through various turns turn- turn le IS s a always ways the he main malO tip on pub- pub t Q lie interest It Is also one of the then 1 n arguments among camp fol- fol lowers Each rabid fanatic is a hot rop- rop p cr cr for or his n's own game 11 f There here was an early e-arly report that baseball racing and boxing three of the major sports would take a dip this season The pessimists 5 were only partly right In the Si up check-up to date the answer is that baseball is still the national game with lengths to spare t. t c Racing has taken its enly Important 1 S tant dip in New York It is setting new records in California It Is OK in New Jersey where Monmouth has more than made good in public S comfort S Boxing Is well down for the simple reason there are not enough S S good fighters left to fill out a card Or ha half a card Louis the heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight champion has no opponent 5 5 in sight Only the middleweights t. t S havo any combined class with Zale Graziano Cerdan and La Motta J. J S The lightweights are a drab lot asS asfar as asfar S far as any public appeal Is con con- 55 1 The major surprise has bas hit base base- ball Few figured that 1947 would approach the more than 18 million who visited big league parks In 1946 But despite the worst spring sprine In history plus a B wet cold June 5 there Is a good chance this 18 million mil mU- lion mark will be broken 1 oil i |