Show 1 speaking Speak inK ot of sports madcap maxie awaits title go with joe louis by ROBERT mcshane Alc SHANE released by western newspaper union MAX BAER who was thought to have bave reached the end of his trail when he lost a bloody battle to lou nova last year is now planning a return engagement with heavyweight champion joe louis madcap maxie champion of the night club circuit recently reached back into his misspent misspend mis spent youth tor for the tattered remains ot of a great strength and whipped a second rate clown named tony galento the fact that I 1 tony was nothing more than a blatant bullying beer guzzling g azz ling freak receives little consideration he was supposed to have courage of a sort he last tour four rounds round s with louis so baer whose claim to a championship pion ship match is based on a victory over an animated beer vat is the ww 1 kt 1 voi A ai 1 I 1 MAX BAER next logical match for the merciless coldly calculating heavyweight king the boys who saw max in his dressing room last june 1 after his fight with lou nova must find it hard to believe that he is getting a chance to meet the champ he look very good against nova and nova never was a really good fighter max lasted 11 rounds that night until the referee called a technical knockout of course the whole storys history now the nova fight was more than a year ago and the recent victory over galento revives memo ries of happier days days when he whipped ernie max and primo camera its easy to forget something sooner not remember and it is easy enough an one night no finishing power but max look like a championship pion ship threat when he whipped galento true he gave the fat boy a terrible beating but he apply the finishing touches he redeemed himself in his own eyes a and n d perhaps in those of his manager but bu f he left a huge doubt in the min minds s 0 of f those who saw the performance when the fight was stopped by the referee tony had been taking terrific punishment he could scarcely walk his spirit had long since left his body and only his paunchy frame kept him upright galento was fighting as a robot a silly meaningless grin on his bruised face yes baer whipped him but he have the finishing power to get a knockout actually baer is farther away from beating louis now than he ever was his youth has caught up to him a youth that was devoted largely to having a good time he bent a convivial elbow too often paid too much attention to the fair sex and gave very little thought to training rules and regulations baer was 30 years old when nova whipped him so soundly he was three years younger than that when he met joe louis in new york in 1935 he lasted only four rounds now he wants another crack at a man who is twice as great a fighter as he was at the time of their first as e encounter counter but with the heavyweight list worn rather thin from stretching to meet louis demands baer bacr is the sole veteran of the old school who might attract a fair gate the boxing game is in a poor way however when matchmakers are forced to dig up self admitted has beens to meet the champion but as long as the public is willing to pay for them promoters will supply a never ending series of farcical boxing exhibitions sport shorts aborts jimmy adamick former detroit heavyweight is running for sheriff at midland mich larry macphail insists me ine lighting plant he installed in the columbus american association park 10 years ago is better than the one the giants have in the polo grounds there are registered softball teams in the united states this year sixteen promising sophomore football players have been lost to denver university through scholastic difficulties during the last year |