Show 1 speaking of sports sport madcap maxie biej waits awaits title go with joe louis by ROBERT KOBERT mcshane released by western newspaper union MAX AX BAER who was thought to i have 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 maxle 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 calento the fact that tony was nothing more than a ma bla tant bullying beer guzzling freal freak receives little consideration he was supposed to have courage ol of a sort he last four rounds with louis h so baer whose claim to a cham pion ship match is based on a victory over an animated beer vat is the A V MAX BAER next logical match for the merciless coldly calculating heavyweight kin king 9 I 1 j the boys who saw max in his dressing room last june 1 after his fight with lou nova must find it if hard to believe that he is getting a chance to meet the champ he look very good ag against ainest nova 1 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 memories 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 to find an alibi for that one bad night no finishing power but max look like a championship pion plon ship threat when he whipped galento T true rue he gave the fat boy a terrible beating but he apply the finishing touches he redeemed himself in his own eyes and perhaps in those of his manager but he left a huge doubt in the minds ot of 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 1 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 y youth auth that was devoted largely to having havin a goo good d 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 encounter but with the heavyweight list worn rather thin from stretching to meet louis demands baer is the sole veteran of the old school who might attract a fair gate the boxing game is in a poor way however no wever when matchmakers are forced to dig up self admitted has beens abens to meet the champion but as s long as the public is willing to pay aay for them promoters will supply series of farcical a i never ending boxing exhibitions J |