Show FJ 4 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 04 aft da I 1 C N VIEW of a number ot of somei I 1 IN what sombre events that have taken place lately it Is now a simple matter to announce joe louis next defense of his heavyweight championship in the now program loula louis will meet joe baesl ollie I 1 charles 4 ill ezzard M M 1 I violent ray and an 11 I 1 11 I 1 jar jersey ey joe will wal I 1 I 1 cott it und under er the tha following con conditions editions k 1 1 hj he jj s to fo out z t aa each one in a single I 1 11 I 1 roun round d for I 1 which the price ca of 1 1 q admission will be 1 I 1 I 1 1 2 As usual being a joe louis q auk thi thinker aker it remained for louis to call tile the turn on a september fight in these words 1 I don dont believe anybody dy would pay 15 cents to see me against either cither baesl or the price for or egiard ezz ard charles charle or violent ray might be lifted to 50 cents I 1 all of this is fun for everyone except joe louis hero here Is one of the great heavyweight champions of all time a 10 year holder of tho the rings ring big crown arowna ii lighter fighter who cant defy tho ilia challenging years much longer with no ono one to tight light no one knows tills this better than joe louis with a purse ranging from to walling waiting if only one fair challenger had erner emerged ged I 1 from the fie morass while lie ha wai was in u the army for four years if you picked dout out tile the five lead leading ing challengers today I 1 believe louis given 20 rounds could stop them all in a sin single september evening provided n no 9 motorcycles were allowed in tho the ring i i bowings oddest turn tho ilia second d louis conn tight fight looker to bo be a natural it turned out to bo be tho the greatest of all heavyweight lops flops the mauriello Maur lollo lello affair even a workout work out and yet today mauriello Maur lello Is a better fighter debtor than most of those suggested for i a september massacre it is only natural that joe louis would like alko one more fight before beffie bowing out but it so happens that in the last five years no heavyweight ha has 9 come along who could even tie ie his shoes there were car I 1 ifer her predictions that with thousands ill perhaps millions of soldiers taking boxing lessons in the army and navy at least one or two tivo could bo be developed the first shock I 1 got came from jack dempsey who worked 10 hours a day with men for many months tho the best fellow ive seen he told me cant even chin himself twice heros heres a target or a goal go althe the heavyweight champions hipworth one million dollars the defending champion has been knocking I 1 around for over 10 years and yet with sports sport lar richest prize at af stake there been even a good see sec I 1 ond rater developed in the last five years I 1 baesl mauriello Maur lello walcott ray woodcock two middleweights of the past mickey walker or harry greb could take them all apart without any extra effort just juit why this happens to be we know golf has hogan nelson and a lock flock of others tennis has kramer and riggs racing has assault armed and stymie baseball Is packed with high class talent dl bl maggio feller blackwell shea mize cooper williams on and on oil the are pack packed edwit with 11 good fighters ray robinson Is certainly an able welterweight but outside of louis the best you can say tor for the other heavyweights heavy weights Is that they can breathe and cat especially eat 11 0 0 attendance surprises lt S the ilia number of human feet that find their way through various tura I 1 stiles Is always the main up tip on oil public interest its it is also one of the main arguments among camp fol lowers each rabid fanatic is a hot tooter for his own game there was an early report that baseball racing and boxing three of the major sports would take a dip di p this season tho the pessimists were only partly right jn in the checkup check up to date the answer Is that baseball is still the national game with lengths to spare racing has taken its only important dip in new york it is setting new records in california it is OK in new jersey where monmouth has as more than made good in public comfort boxing is well down for t or the simple reason there are not enough good fighters left to oil out a card or half a card louis the heavyweight cham champion plon has no opponent in sight only the middleweights have any combined class with zale graziano lano cerdan and la motta tile the lightweights are a drab lot as far as any public appeal Is con cerne cetner the major surprise has hit baseball few figured that 1947 would approach the more than 18 million who visited big league parks in 1046 1040 but despite the worst spring in 11 history tory plus st a wet cold june thereas there Is a good chance this 18 mil mal lion cionna mark rk will be broken one of the main reasons for or this I 1 I 1 I 1 |