Show WHEN abie HEN anyone mentions gamble tn in connection with the various zoe joe louis ring enterprises the responding answer is likely to be in the nature of a hoarse guffaw the bomber Is usually ia a 1 10 shot or 01 even shorter which cleais more in the sure thing than any gamble yet the gamble Is still there in this uncertain world the louis crown Is ii worth around as long as louis wears it in his last start against abe simon in the detroit show the champion raked in a trifle under so he was gambling a title against a collection with the odds at 1150 1 a price few would care to offer offe r in any form orm of competition or grantland Gran dand rice bice no one rated simon m on with a chance to whip louls louis but in tak taking ng numerous whacks and smashes at abes granite chin suppose louis bad cracked one or both paws this can happen to any puncher at any given nio moment ment both dempsey and louis carried iron fists into action where more th than an a few good fighters have been harried or wrecked by brittle hands when you are leveling against a simon jaw hooked to pounds ol of human flesh and bone only a pair ot of tough hands can stand the test fighting hands jim corbett once told me that in his earlier days he was a good puncher 1 I decided to go out oat for boxing he be said for or two reasons one was the speed I 1 had in my legs the other was to save my hand bands gene tunney had early hand band trou brou ble one of the reasons he boncea grated on boxing in place of the knock out wallop in his second start a against jim jet jef tries fries bob Fitz sim mons might have won if he smashed both hands hand s on the jeffries Jeff rles jawbone they were shattered down to the lower knuckles gene tunney more than tha a few rather important fights have been lost by broken hands louis is 6 one of the tew few fighters on record who can punch equally hard with both hands this explains more than 80 per cent of his effectiveness ti veness it if either fin a should hould crack up his assaulting pow powers rs would bp be cut down heavily both tom gibbons and gene tuno ont dey ey knew the way to keep on guard against Demp blasting left hook lioon jacks right was no nothing like the louis right so when louis Is swinging away wn with any two handed attack he Is always taking a double risk against a concrete head or cement chin H he e confessed to a pair of sore hands aft after er the simon party another angle it Is also a matter of judgment as to how long anyone anyone can keep at working as often as the bomber does no other heavyweight champion ever took any such gamble fortunately tor for louis he the type of imagination that keeps him keyed up but long training periods can remove a big part of the joe louis ke keenness baness that follows long resting spans a there Is a touch of drudgery to training that most naoso fighters either cither dread or dislike int intensely e ensely mickey walker and benay ay leonard two ot of the best were always below par in their training the wonder is that louis with all the cash be has plied piled up Is still willing to face the grind ile he will rill have practically no me recess from now until late september this campaign on top of 15 defensive stands it Is easy to understand mike jacobs big rush ruh the answer is the draft both louis and billy conn are not so many strides away and the odds against their going to an army camp will be considerably tower lower before the summer Is over draft numbers that were once la in the treetops tree tops have now fallen to the lower limbs and they are falling faster every week no one knows this better than mike and those handling the destinies of most of the leading challengers len kers time tide and the draft wall wait tor for no one and beyond early summer the shore line of all sport is thick with togs and gathering m mists As the matter now stands jacobs has arranged tour four starts for far louis in the ext six month june july and september this will leave louis facing his twentieth defense of the main crown lf he slips safely through them all if there Is someone around tor for him to fight figh 11 I 1 |