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LOUIS CERTAIN OF DEFEATING GERMAN BOXER i Joe Louis Confident Os Victory In Title Fight June 22 Pompton Lakes, N. J.. June 14. — I (U.R? —The tile of the Joe LouisMax Schmeling heavyweight title ! fight a week from tomorrow night has been cast so far as the champ- [ ion is concerned. Louis will tear out and try tonal! his man from mmm ■■■

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the opening bell. "Ain't no use foolin' around like 1 did las’ time," Joe suld. “If he’ll stand up and fight me, I’ll knock him out befo’ the secod rounds over. Course If he dogs it for a while, It’ll take four or five, j “Smeltin' didn't give me my first licking. 1 was beaten as an amaI teur, hut 1 came back to win later^ I from everyone of ’em. Smellln' j ain't no different from the rest. 1 | know how to fight him now. If lie'll mix it with me this time, the 1 fight won't go three rounds.” Louis' trainer. Jack Blackburn, ' was equally positive that “Chap- : pie" has learned all the answers since he was tagged by Sfchmeling’s right in 1936. "No fighter can ever be a great i fighter until he takes one good licking and learns eough not to let It j happen again,” Blackburn said. “Joe's had his and he ain't gonna ! take aother one, at least not one from Schmeling. He learned too ! much to let Schmeling keep whal- \ mg away with those right hands j again. | "Ever since that fight, whenever |he was hit by a right, he has ! fought back. Look what he did to j Braddock after he had been knock- f !ed down by a right. Braddock. j knows that's gonna happen if | Schmeling lands one of those | straight rights this time, and that's why he's picking Joe to win by a knockout.” Joe plans to box four rounds with two sparring partners today. Schmeling Drills Speculator, N. Y., June 14. —(U.R) — Max Schmeling. German challenger, who will meet Joe Louis for the heavyweight title June 22, resumed boxing drills today. Max announced that Doc Casey, expert fight handler who has been in his comer in most of his American fights, whould be one of his seconds. The second second will be trainer Max Machon. Whether his manager. Joe Jacobs, will act as a third second, depends upon whether his license is renewed by the boxing commission. It was revoked because he couldn't make his No. 2 fighter, beer drinking Tony Galento. adhere to the commission's training wishes. Schmeling will ask chairman John J. Phelan to reinstate Jacobs. Max said he would also protect Louis wearing gloves especially made in Chicago with longer thumbs. FAVOR GULDAHL IN GOLF MEET National Open Champ Favorite To Take Western Open St. Louis, June 14—(U.R) Ralph Guldahl, national open champion, was favored to win as the 38th annual western open golf tournament opened at Westwood country club | today. The tall Texan hopes to win the i $3,000 western for the third straight year against a field of ap- ] proximately 150 leading professionals and amateurs. The first round of play, 18 holes for each entrant, was to begin at 9 a m. (CST) with threesomes teeing off every six minutes until midafternoon. Guldahl. who came here after successfully defending his United States open title at Denver, will battle such golf notables as Sammy Snead of West Virginia, Frank Moore of Mamaroneck. N. Y , Horton Smith and Harry Cooper of' Chicago, and Tony Penna of Dayton, in his effort to win a second major title within a week. Included in the list of “dark horses" were Jimmy Demaret of Houston. Dutch Harrison and Lawson Little of Chicago, and amateur Don Schumacher. in his first practice round on the Westwood course yesterday Guldahl ran into trouble on the first hole. He toured the first nine in three over par and was two I under on the hack nine, finishing j with 72. Cooper had a chance at a 68 but / \ LOANS $lO to S3OO NO ENDORSERS CONFIDENTIAL—NO CO-MAKERS There’s no need to feel any embari rassment about asking us for a loan. Our service to the. public is to help i them plan and arrange their money problems. A cash loan may help you. Consolidate your debts with us— I have only one place to pay Call at office, write or phone us for full details. You are under no obli- j gation if you do not take a loan. Call, write or phone LOCAL LOAN COMPANY INCORPORATED Room* l and 2 Schafer Building Decatur, Indiana Phone 2-3-7 Every request receives our prompt

Dempsey Came Within Seconds of Winning Back Heavy Title When He Floored Tunney in Chicago

EDITOR'S NOTE: This Is | the fourth of a series of five stories about ex-chanipions who couldn't come back. ny BILL BRAUCHER Central Press Sports Editor JIM CORBETT came close to recovering the world's heavyweight j championship when he beat Jetfries for 22 rounds, only to run iuto a haymaker and take the count in J \ the twenty-third. But of the heavyweight champions who tried to come hack. Jack Dempsey came closest of all. He missed by a few fleeting seconds. Dempsey, maker of melodrama at Toledo, where he massacred Jess Willard; at the Polo Grounds, where he pounded Luis Angel Firpo into the earth after being hurled out of the ring at the end of n flying fist, and at Boyle's Thirty Acres, where he toyed with the Orchid Man of France, did not fail the 104,000 who packed into Soldier Field at Chicago to see ills j last magnificent gesture. That Neutral Corner Rule That was 11 years ago. In the | previous year, the Man Mauler, j then 31 years old. had met his master when Gene Tunney slashed him iuto a gory pulp in ten rounds | on a rainy night in Philadelphia. Y'et there were thousands who re- [ fused to believe that Tunney could do it again, thousands who strung along once more with the man with the killing punch. It was his own failure to comply with a rule that Dempsey can blame for his failure to become , the first heavyweight to win back the title. One of the regulations j the Illinois boxing commission imposed for the fight was that, in event of a knockdown, the man scoring the knockdown was to go to the farthest neutral corner. The referee was not to begin his count until the fighter scoring the knockdown complied. Referee Dave Barry explained the ruling to both fighters at the start of the bout. In the first round at Philadelphia Dempsey had come out fighting. But at Chicago he started more cautiously. He was wary of that snaky Tunney left, and try as he would to maneuver him into a position to make him a target for a good right. Tunney was unable. Tunney threw a flock of wild right hands in that Chicago fight, but it was not until the fourth round that he fi.ially hit Dempsey with one It landed high on the temple, but staggered the ex-cham-pion. Jack covered up. Left Finally Lands Though Dempsey was bleeding!

(overshot the 17th green and came ' jin with a 70. Larry Moller, of Quincy, 111., shot a double eagle on l the 475-yard par-five 14th to make the best showing in practice j rounds. The entire field will play IS holes today and again tomorrow. The 00 low scorers will tee off for the third and fourth rounds Thursday. Entrants said the tricky Westwood course was in ‘'beautiful” shape. It was believed a score of 274 or 276 would be needed to win. CENTLIVRE COPS DOUBLE HEADER Fort Wayne Team Wins Two Exhibition Games Monday Night The Centlivre softball team of Fort Wayne scored a double triumph under the lights at the South Ward diamond Monday night, tak-. ing down both ends of a double j header. • In the opening game, Centlivre pounded out 16 hits to mark up a 20 to 5 victory over the Pleasant ; Mills team. Pleasant Mills obtained only oe hit, a home run by Everett. In the nighcap, the Fort \V r ayr.e team edged out a 10 to 9 triumph | over Berne, with Berne’s last inning rally nettig three runs, one short of the total eeeded to tie. R H E ; Centlivre 031 037 6—20 16 5 | Pleasant Mills 010 013 0— 5 1 8 Edmunds and Koch, Stauffer; : ! Andrews, Archer and Edgell. R H E i Centlivre 403 003 o—lo 10 5 ! Berne 202 110 3— 9 8 5 ! Edmunds, Weaver and Stauffer, Koch; Beer, Huser and H. Ililty, Neuenschwander. o Station Attendant Beats Off Bandit Fort Wayne, Ind, June 14—(UP) H. A. Tillman, service station pro-: prietor, resisted an armed bandit who attempted to rob the station ! last night and after a bitter fist fight, the robber fled without loot. during the struggle, the bandit st uck Tillman over the head with a .38 calibre revolver. The 53-year-old proprietor, however, suffered only minor injuries. o Dance Wednesday Sunset. No Detour.

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from cuts on his face when the I fifth round started, he seemed] fresh, and the action began to pick up in this round. Tunney kept trying to cross with a long straight right, and was careful to stay out of reach of Dempsey's left hook. In close Tunney Inevitably tied Dempsey up. In the seventh Dempsey crossed with a long right that hit Tunney high on the face, and Tunney retreated. Dempsey followed, and planted a left hook on the champion's chin. It was a terrific punch, and Tunney sagged, his back against the ropes. Rebounding he took another left hook, then a right and a left, another right and left as he was sinking to the floor. Barry began his count, but at j "three” turned and saw that I Dempsey had not gone to "the ! farthest neutral corner.” He sig-

TENNIS PLAYERS GIVEN RANKING Rating Committee Ranks Players For InterCity Matches The rating committee of the Decatur Tennis association, composed of George Laurent, chairman; Paul Handler and Harold Hoffman, met Monday night to establish ranking players throughout the season. The ranking of players has been done to select a team for the intercity matches in the Northern Indiana Tennis association, of which the local association is a member. Rules for challenge matches, by which any player may challenge the player ranked above him, are as follows: Two written copies of the challenge shall be made, one to George .F. Laurent, chairman; and one to the player challenged. Three days ! time will be allowed after the chal- 1 lelige is issued until the match j | shall be played. Unless weather j j conditions do not permit or anoth-1 ler sufficient reason is advanced, ! ! the player challenged must play j within three days or forfeit. Any | position that is forefeited cannot 1 j be re-challenged until a period of i i one week has elapsed. A defeated challenger cannot | challenge the man ranked in the position albove him until he has j successfully defeated a challenge j | of the man ranked below him. Any complaints shall be referred to the rating committee, who shall make a full investigation and render a decision within one week. The ranking of players, as determined by the rating committee, is as follows: James Cowan, Har- \ old Hoffman, Bud Townsend. Paul JiHancher, Meredith Cline, Rolland Affolder, David Mackltn, Vernon Affolder, James Ehinger, Vance Fenimore, William Melchi, Don Bobnike, Milton Hoffman, William 'Coffee, Dick Sheets, Tom Allwein, i Robert Bach, James Murphy, John Hoch, Glen Dickerson, Wendell Mann, Pete Reynolds, George Laurent. o Early Settlement Os Strike Forecast Fort Wayne, Ind., June 14 —(UP) I—Arthur C. Viat, assistant state labor commissioner, today forecast ! settlement of the Grand Leader de-

| naled to Jack to do so, but Demp- j j sey, confused, did not comply. Barry rushed over to Dempsey and pushed him toward the corner. Then he returned to Tunney and started the count all over again at “One." Gene rose at "nine.” Just how long Tunney was on the floor is a disputed point. Certainly he was there 14 seconds. Some ringsiders said 20 seconds. But when he did get up, his head was clear. He knew that his only safety lay in flight. As Dempsey] tore out with a murderous left. Tunney picked it off, and retreated i start"\g to circle to Jack's right. The; vent around and around, Derns. -y swinging at the fleeting l targt not landing a punch. Then, sudde. ;y Tunney stopped and flung a right full the Mauler's face. Dempsey buckled. A Right to the Heart Then Tunney circled to the left, i

partment store strike within 24 hours. Viat reported, “Points at issue have been worked out and we expect final approval by the store management and the Union iate today.” G. T. Wateon, national labor relations board representative, has conducted an investigation at the request of the retail clerk’s union involved in the strike. It was indicated that the "truce” is based on a working agreement subject to I legal action by the company to de-

Vitt Puts Indians on Warpath . Lootlln|t lhln Km | Nr:l r With the Cleveland Indians on the warpath and now leading the American league, it looks as though credit is due that old Medicine Man Oscar Vitt for their rejuvenated form. Manager Vitt is a hustling, fighting baseball veteran who has made a rather lethargic club into a spirited and determined team. He has succeeded in bettering the outfit in nearly every department but hij main contribution has been getting the old drive out of a team notoriously inclined to fold under pressure. Vitt was born in San Francisco in 1890, started with the home town team in 1910, played with Detroit nine years and the Boston Red Sox for two. His past two years I were as manager at Newark, N. J., a team with which he won the u junior world championship last season. w

' followed by Dempsey, who shouted, “Come on and fight!" Tunney kept skipping backward. Then, suddenly, again he stopped and planted a vicious right under Dempsey’s heart. That was the blow that won the fight for Gene, in the opinion of many writers at the ring side. It stopped the Mauler ln- ] stantly. The crowd seemed to sense that Dempsey had “shot the works." ! When the Mauler went down before Tunney in the eighth, there reI mained little doubt. The next two rounds saw Tunney in complete mastery. After the gonf ended the tenth, j and the formality of a decision I had been enacted. Dempsey went over to the ex-Marine and said. ] “Congratulations, Gene! I did the best I could!” Next: Can Schmeling Do It?

termine Jurisdiction of the NLRB In the case. o Prominent Geologist Dies At Fort Wayne! Fort Wayne, Ind., June 14— (UP) I —Funeral services were held today for Frank Bursley Taylor. 77, prom- | inent geologist who died of a heart I ailment at his home. He attended Harvard university ad had writte many papers of geology. He waa | formerly employed l'y the U. S. | Geological Survey's glacial division.

DEAN'S TROUBLE LAID TO SINUS Medical Experts Find Torn Muscle Is Completely Healed Chicago June 14 — (UP)—Despite expert Medical advice, the Chicago Cubs were no nearer today to the answer of what’s wrong with Dizzy Dean's -pitching arm than they were ' a month ago. Dlz went vlirough another physl-' cal examination and all they could find wrong was a trace of sinus infection. The original tear in the deltoid muscle of Dean’s right arm was healed completely. A physician who asked his name j Pie withheld said Dizzy's ailment may be caused by a sinus Infection. He advised the $260,000 arm be rested for at least one more week and presenibed continued massage and heat treatment. It cost the Cubs $185,000 and three players to get Dean from the St. Louis Cardianls shortly before the season opened and so far Dean has appeared In only four games. He won three and retired with a sore arm that never Improved. Dean works out dally at Wrigley Field and may not rejoin the team until it returns from its two week j road trip.

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