Show 6 k 0 new york post service let bill farnsworth pass on blackburns blackburnn Black burns view of joe louis wilton villon slim farnsworth F arns north atho etc de 30 years to journalism before deciding to turn to the crasser fields of endeavor sits sils in as guest columnist colum nit for hugh bradley this meek lie he was teas a 0 former neav york sports editor and is now general manager of the twentieth century sporting club by BILL farnsworth I 1 ASKED jack blackburn a great fighter in his day and now boxing instructor and trainer of joe louis just how he be figured the brown embalmer would have done against former heavyweight champions his replies are mighty interesting te here they are AGAINST JOHN L SULLIVAN 1 I never saw john L but I 1 under stand he was a standstill stand still fighter who relied on one punch to win I 1 am m sure that joes speed and punching power would have been too much for sullivan AGAINST JIM CORBETT cor bett was foxy and louis would have to tag him they fought 25 round battles in corbetts day and I 1 think joe would have finally connected in the later rounds if it went the limit then joe would have lost AGAINST fitzsimmons louis would be too strong for fitz just as jeffries was and strength would have decided this one fitz fast but crafty and louis have eased up for a second but he could stop an opponent cold with either hand AGAINST JEFFRIES jeff was big but slow he was a powerful puncher but joe punches just as hard and he would have speed on his side it would be a great fight W balb 1 V az lah until one or the other landed in this bout louis speed would be his ace in the hole AGAINST TOMMY BURNS burns was too small he punch a lick I 1 think louis could name the round in this fight AGAINST JOHNSON jack was a great defensive boxer I 1 have boxed with both johnson and louis joe throws much more leather and hits much harder johnson might stand him off for a while with his great defensive skill but would wilter finally under louis terrific punching AGAINST WILLARD this T h i s would be just another dempsey wil lard affair barring size louis has everything to make him the winner AGAINST DEMPSEY T this h i S would be a FIGHT how id love to see this one two men evenly matched in strength plenty of it speed and punching ability if joe got the least bit careless it would 01 be all over and the same would go for dempsey if he slipped up for a second either could win by a kayo purely a matter of who landed first it if it went the limit I 1 think louis would get the nod on points AGAINST TUNNEY G gene e n e would be tough to tag and might stand off louis until the final bell I 1 dont think tunney could flatten joe as he did dempsey with the bout going the limit joes harder punching and boxing ability ifould give him a slight edge AGAINST joe has no alibi to offer for their fight last summer and I 1 will let their next bout give the answer AGAINST SHARKEY CARNERA BAER AND BRADDOCK the records speak for themselves when lefty gomez steps out of the dugout to go to the box he always wa Y s puts one foot in the tray that holds aids the bats does docs it even if he has to push a bat or two out of the way y to make room for his dogs NOT IN THE BOX SCORE F tj IVE fillies and six colts have won the Hamb letonian the rich trotting stake decided at goshen N Y every year only one filly regret has won the kentucky derby the running race to which the hamble tonian most closely compares in the matter of general interest tommy bil bilodeau 0 deau catcher and captain of the 1937 harvard baseball team may sign a red sox contract any day now the st louis cards have signed max alax Sur kout fifteen year old pawtucket R I 1 pitcher the cradle snatchers snatch ers will send him to rochester for some reason or other the st nicholas palace probably the best known of smaller fight arenas has changed its name to the royal windsor mike jacobs the man who drove madison square gardens millionaires lion aires out of the boxing business is proud of the fact insurance companies rate him as a half million dollar risk it continues difficult for the average citizen to understand the brainwork of racing officials it pays to referee prize fights chicagoans report that the cocktail bar of tommy thomas the former featherweight has improved 50 per cent since lie he handled the louis braddock championship changing jack dempsey is predicting that the son of the late billy bliske may some day disprove that myth which says sons never follow in the footsteps of first class fighting fathers terry denies rumors hell head farm system i bill terry still denies those rumors that he is to become general manager of the giants farm system next year when pressed he ends the conversation by remarking s that his contract as manager runs through 1938 those rumors that pie traynor is is through at pittsburgh are be becoming stronger glenn herin wright still is hitting bill terry home runs with the bases full while managing the wenatchee We natchee club in the western international ter league also does some relief pitching when regular hurlers falter in spite of frantic hot weather pleas of the players nearly all american league managers ban swimming in the pool in that swank washington hotel at which they stay gabby hartnette Hart most valuable souvenir is the catchers mitt he used in his first major league game napoleon lajoie one of the greatest of all time batters and second basemen took such good care of his eyes that when he rode on trains he refused to look out of the window said the telegraph poles flashing past the window were bad for his vision new york racing commissioners get sore when dog track operators charge they are being discriminated against the officials say dog tracks can operate with as much freedom as the race courses if they employ the same bookmaking system of betting the trouble is that it does not work out very well at the dog tracks which need the certificate or pari form of wagering to rake in heavy dough from small customers george lamaze has added a new gag at his fancy arrowhead inn by refusing to have menus printed hal schumacher considers it unlucky to sit on the left side of the bench johnny evers the f famous amous cubs infielder always wore his stockings inside out when luck was needed to settle a tough series A heavy woolen sweater worn in all kinds of weather seemed to satisfy hans wagner that he was wooing fortune properly elephants with trunks turned up are the good luck charms of athletes as well as of celebrated financiers and eminent publishers auto race drivers still tell of hughes who had dozens of ivory elephants and almost always wore one of them suspended from his neck by a chain one day at uniontown Union town he was standing 0 beside the track listening to friends congratulating him on winning a race where he had driven superbly and escaped death by inches at least a dozen times funny part about it laughed hughes turning his back to the track for a moment 1 I guess ive been overplaying this MIS luck thing all along fact is I 1 forgot my elephant this morning and lavant had it on all day A car with a driver anxious to finish with some portion 0 of f the prize money came speeding down the track it hit flu ches and tossed him a hundred feet thio through the air before he landed dead |