Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 June 1939 — Page 6

Redskins’ Ups

The Indianapolis Indians’ up-|The Sabbath twin bill is to start at) Milwaukee and taking over the No.

swing, from sixth to third, is the | big “story” in American Association channels today. The home boys finally climbed over Milwaukee and | are now aiming their guns at] the second plake Minneapolis Mil-

1:30 o'clock. It will be Schoolboy Safety Patrol night in the series opener with the Millers under the lights this evening and Perry Stadium attaches have arranged to ac-

and came throvgh with a second 4 spot next to the Hoosiers. safety in the ninth. Six games behind Kansas City's| Barrett really had it last night (Blues, the Indians realize it's{and only three batsmen faced him tough sledding ahead but they are in seven of the nine rounds. Stumpf {not downhearted and hope to re-|reached first base on a walk in |duce that margin by at least three the fourth but nary a visitor

right center. He scored on an

out. In the second frame Vaughn belted a double and scored two mates who had walked. Bill Baker batted in the Tribe's other two markers in the fifth when he

wing to Third Place Is ‘Talk’ of Associatio

Malin McCulloch, St. Paul's left fielder, contributed two circus catches. In the second he took a hit away from Baker by a diving catch and repeated the stunt on Galatzer's drive in the sixth.

Jess Dobernic, just down from

Now that Red Barrett apparently has come into his own, the Indianapolis Indians’ chances in the American Association flag race He pitched a five-hitter last night and heat Last Sunday he pitched a six-hitter and lost, 1 to 0,

have acquired a new glow, St. Paul, 5 to 1.

as his mates were held to four blows. a victory at Louisville in the relief role,

lers who invade Perry Stadium to-| night. The standing between the clubs] this season is three for the Millers, | two for the Redskins. Lefty Bob Logan probably will be sent out against Long Tom Shee-| han's nine tonight and in the] double-header tomorrow afternoon the enemy probably will have to look at the southpaw slants of Red Sharp and Lloyd Johnson, with Righthander Mike Balas in reserve. |

| are to be the guests of the In-

|games before the current home |stay ends on June 11,

Behind Red Barrett's brilliant | pitching, the Indians whipped the dianapolis ball club. Saints, 5 to 1, last night in the The Indians’ upswing into third! windup of the brief series. Barplace is the second busterupper of | rett hurled hitless ball until the the Western clubs’ monopoly on| seventh when Bob Boken drilled the first division. St. Paul was shoved out of the top bracket sev-| eral days ago and now Columbus is on the verge of moving in ahead of |

comodate the largest Saturday

night crowd of the season. The lads who direct schoolboy traffic

Of course, it had to be Boken to break the spell. He does “his best blasting against the Indians

a safety between third and short, |

reached second until the eighth. | Red fanned five and was helped by two double plays. Three of St. | Paul's six blows came in the eighth | and accounted for the one run. Both [teams played errorless ball and about 3000 fans sat in on several circus stops and catches. | Tribe Manager Schalk presented a changed batting order and it | paid dividends in the first inning. | Fred Vaughn was lifted to lead- | off and opened with a triple to

doubled with the bases loaded. the White S lieved Boyles on : e ite Sox, relieve oyles The Indians were held to six hits the St. Paul mound in the fifth but they cashed in on bases on|,ng stemmed a Tribe rally by fanballs. Nine free tickets were issued | hing Chapman and McCormick. He by three St. Paul pitchers and four | was removed for a pinch hitter in

|of the walks developed into runs as | the eighth and Frank Gabler fin-

a result of smart maneuvering by ished.

the home athletes. Lang, Richardson and Vaughn Lanky Harry Boyles hogtied the|came through with some fancy stops Redskins twice this season and tried |on the Tribe infield and it was a it again. He was knocked out in|double play, Vaughn to Richard= the fifth, mainly because of poor|son to Newman, that ended the control. game.

* Johnstown ‘Bids for 3d

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Legof Title

If He Wins, Crown Is His— If He Fails, Victor Will Pay Big Prices.

NEW YORK, June 3 (U. P).—| Johnstown goes against seven rivals today in a bid to clinch the na-|

umph in the 7ist running of the] Belmont Stake, and the price on the morning line was 1-5 that the big Kentucky Derby winner would do it. | | If the Belair Bullet does—and on la fast track there appeared no rea-| +. Ison he shouldn’'t—his defeat in the, | mud of the Preakness goes into the |ashcan and Johnstown goes to the [head of his class. If he misses the | $25,000 added prize of this third and (final leg of America’s triple turf crown—well, there are high, wide] and handsome prices to be paid the | psychic souls who named the horse]

In the meantime, he picked up

GULDAHL IS AT

By Eddie Ash

NOW FOR GOLF'S

to beat him. | Two Rivals Friendly

Two of his rivals count only par-| [tially, because they are coupled in| the wagering with him — the| Wheatley Stable’s Gilded Knight ‘and Belair's Challenge, sent in as! insurance in case of rain. The real! competition came from these] others: FW E. Widener's surprising | | Knickerbocker, which has started only three times and came home a

WORLD SERIES SHORTEST PRICE

OREMOST linksmen tee treat. . .

straight crown and many fol

think the Towering Texan will come through. At any rate, he's at 1-8 in the pre-tourney betting, and that's the shortest price with 1-12 next on several pro

idols. If Guldahl repeats he wi

Anderson, who annexed the National Open in 1903-04-05.

« « « And Willie had previousl

1901. . . . However, the field in Anderson's days was not studded with as many top flighters as Guldahl will compete against at the Philadelphia Country Club.

Eastern links experts are

Ralph his chief opposition and if they duel it out the galleries are sure to see some eye-popping golf.

Confidence Is Champion's

HEN the experts describe Guldahl's achievements they invariably picture him as a man with “nerves of

steel.” . . . The old expression i because he usually is just that

Naturally, the percentage is going to be heavily against Ralph

oft National Open and it stacks up as a rare tournament Yalph Guldahl will be shooting for his third

Foes Hardly Distinguished

A. C. Bostwick's Belay, | William Ziegler's Time Sheet, Greentree Stable’s Hash, second ‘ $113 [to Johnstown in the Withers. 1 tie the record of W illie | The opposition was hardly distinguished and all hands believed | the favorite would be able to stretch] {his vaunted speed with ease over the mile

next Thursday in the

lowers of the divot game

| v garnered the marbles in

jon the calendar

Wes Flowers In Tough One

‘Millers Get Hits Off Colonel When They Need ‘Em. |

picking Sam Snead to give

| ‘Weapon’

s not out of line in his case way in the clutch.

By United Press

finishing in front a third straight time, but until somebody knocks |

him off in golf's World Series the boy

with him as the No. 1 candidate over the long route, Snead’'s backers point to the law

to break the jinx . Usually amon pro seldom has played his best golf there's always a “first time.”

Picard at Home in Philly ENRY PICARD, at home on ti by many only to Gulddahl and on the upswing It's “huture pook.” . . Metz, Lawson Little, Horton Paul Runyan, and Vie Ghezzi cannot Southern experts young pro, as a darkhorse him to plenty of consideration,

Speaking of Yankee Pitchers

ITCHERS like Red Ruffing, Lefty

tainly have something on the ball and much credit is due them put don't overlook the fact they

Yankees! . , facing it.

, They have the heavy

an all-star field with six or eight figure well up in the tourney . Such sterling performers as Jug McSpaden, Dick Smith

have established . « » He qualified at 132 ..

Wes Flowers, the Louisville] Colonels’ big Arkansas southpaw, probably was the least envied man) in the American Association today. | In the first inning of the Colonels’ game with the Minneapolis Millers | last night the Millers scored one run after Flowers already had two men down. The same thing happened in the second inning, and again in the (third. Flowers allowed only nine hits all during the game, but those early runs and Phil Weintraub's eighth-inning homer beat him, 4-2. A second Minneapolis-Louisville game was rained out, | The league-leading Kansas City Blues returned to the win column last night by trouncing the Toledo Mud Hens, 12-4. Vince DiMaggio hit his 20th homer of the season] with two mates on base. The Blues | got 17 hits off Junie Barnes and, John Tate, including four doubles, a triple and two home runs. The Columbus Red Birds put five men across the home plate in the

s who make the prices will string

of averages and think he's due g the leaders, the West Virginia in the major tourneys . Bug

1¢ Philadelphia links, is ranked Snead. , . . His game is reported

, Tony Manero, be overlooked. Tommy Wright,

Byron Nelson,

Knoxville's . which entitles

» Gomez and Monte Pearson cer-

don't have to pitch against the artillery behind them instead of

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NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati at Boston, St. Louis at New York, Chicago at Brooklyn. . Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston at Detroit. New York at Cleveland. Washington at Chicagn. Philadelphia at St, Louis YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION | Milwaukee . 000 000 102 3 11 3 Columbus 320 100 1hx— 9 12 0 Kimball, Willis and Hernandez: Fisher and Schultz,

ansas City . 120 0350 310-12 17 2 Toledo . 110 110 000— § 8 Vance and McCulloch; Barnes, Tate,

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and Lacy: Flowers, Kerksieck and

Minnea Louisvi Bean ewlis.

Second Minneapolis at Louisville game, postponed, rain.

at a Glance

+ Davis, P. 5 and Owen: Melton

| New York | Cleveland

first inning of their game with the Milwaukee Brewers and won handi- | ly, 9-3.

Wabash, Franklin Nines Clash Today

Times Special

CRAWFORDSVILLE, June 3.—

NATIONAL

St. Louis New York

LEAGUE 000 020 000— 2 & 4! 500 000 03x— 8 8 1

R. Bowman, Cooper

PF an, . Lohrman and Danning.

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L. Moore and Lombardi; Shoffner and | opesz.

Sineinnati oston t close their baseball season here

L today in a game against Franklin.

Only games scheduled.

was expected to start on the mound AMERICAN LEAGUE for Wabash, with Bill Hawkins, an-|

Washington +o 110 300 000 § Chicago . 110 020 12x— %

Haynes, Appleton and Ferrell: Lee

11 2 8 1 duty. In a previous game Wabash! and Tresh, Rensa.

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Carter Gets Award

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Boston 010 010 021 5 1% 4 Detroit . 200 012 30x— 8 13 Galehouse, Wilson, Dickman and Peacock: Benton, Bridges and York.

Philadelphia at St. Louis, rain.

tional 3-vear-old title with a tri-|}

and a haif route of the §& | Belmont, longest test of 3-year-oids 8

lon an Indianapolis-owned car when

The Wabash Little Giants were to ers believe Walter Davis, Newmarket senior, Of Way to allow hands to swing

other senior, available for relief to left leg, but golfer should

Times Sports

PAGE 6

SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1939

After No.

Mark Set By Fenske

ond in Central Carnival As Irish Lose Title.

MILWAUKEE, June 3 (U. P).— Marquette track officials sought of-

| est 1000 yards ever run on a cinder |track—a brilliantly paced race | against time by Charles (Chuck) | Fenske. . The former Wisconsin miie star [stole the show from Marquette's | 1939 team champions in the Central | Collegiate Conference track and | field champions under | lights last night with time of 2:09.3 It was his third attempt this season to better the American and un- | official world record of 2:09.7 set by | Elroy Robinson at San Francisco two years ago. Fenske was paced by two freshmen members of tlie | Wisconsin team—who both were registered with the National A. A. | U. for the record assault. Meet officials were confident the | record would be accepted. | Despite heavy showers which fell during the meet, two Central records fell as anced squad led the route of Notre | Dame's defending champions. Bill Faymonville, Notre Dame discus thrower, bettered the meet record of 156 feet 11°% inches set last year by Hugh Wolfe of Texas with a heave of 162 feet 9'2 inches and Milt Padway of Wisconsin | broke the pole vault mark with a height of 13 feet 117: inches. The |old record of 13 feet 9'% inches was held jointly by Bill Hawthorne of Michigan State and Al Haller, Wisconsin. | Power in the last two events— | mile relay and the high jump— clinched the team title for Mar|quette with a total of 45'4 points. | Indiana was second with 36, Notre Dame had 35'¢, Wisconsin with 35, Michigan State scored 23 and 15 other schools were strung out behind.

10 Local Athletes Get I. U. Awards

a record

Bob Bohlen, Park School hurler, sought his sixth victory of the season today in the prepsters’ game with Waukegan, Ill, High | School. Bohlen, who has lost | but one game in three years, | | |

plays third or second base or left field when he is not on the mound.

| Timez Special

BLOOMINGTON, June

3.—~Ten Indianapolis athletes are among the 122 who are to receive spring [sports awards at Indiana Univer- | sity.

Locally Owned Car Favorite at Dayton

Times Special DAYTON, O. June 3-—Other| Indianapolis award winners are: Central States Racing Association John Corriden and Bozidar Stosdrivers will have their sights lined | hitch, varsity baseball; Gail Eldridge and Victor Kingdon, varsity the first race of the season is held| tennis: Peter Grant, varsity golf; tomorrow afternoon at Funk's james Boswell, Eulis Carroll, Cecil Speedway here [Ferguson and John Massariu, The car, to be driven by Jimmy freshman baseball; Herschel Sartor, Wilburn of Los Angeles, is an/freshman track, and Massariu, Offenhauser Special, owned by| [freshman spring football. Ralph Morgan. Wilburn won the| 1938 C. S. R. A. national champion-| ship and already paces the field | this season with four straight vic- | tories to his credit.

Coll ege Baseball

lowa, 8: Wisconsin, 0. Louisiana State, 5: Minnesota, 0. (Called end seventh, rain.)

PREPPING FOR PAR

Sixteenth of a series of illus. | trated and instructive golf ar- | ticles.

Bowling Tourney A mixed doubles bowling tournament is to be held tomorrow night at the Parkway Alles, with the | first squad rolling av 7 o'clock. | Further information may be ob{tained from Harry Koller, Parkway manager, Talbot 5832.

“HT AGAINST A STEELENED BRIGHT LEG, INSTEAD OF SHIFTING THE WEIGHT COMPLETELY

By ART KRENZ NEA Service Golf Writer Position at impact is not same as | that taken at address as many golf- | At impact body faces more toward | hole since left side has turned out |

past. At i

mpact weight is well shifted | be care- | ful that weight has not been shifted | completely onto it. If player hits against stiffened left leg instead of shifting weight completely onto it he will be able to hit | with weight behind the ball, where hitting force should be. This lets wrist action take place | in Propet relation hy Dall. of ball [12 inches ahead of spot where ball maximum speed of clubhead is not | youd, attained as ball is struck, but 6 to

NEA |

NEXT: Follow through.

Indiana Thinlies Place Sec-|

| ficial recognition today for the fast-|

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Mike Jacobs

N.Y. Selected As Fight Site

Joe Jacobs Given Right to

Serve as Tony’s Second.

| NEW YORK, June 3 (U. P.).— The world heavyweight title fight between Joe Louis and Tony Ga[lento will be held in New York, |it was indicated today after a meeting of the New York Boxing Com- | mission at which details of difference were settled, Promoter Mike Jacobs had con{sidered shifting the fight to Phila- | delphia, but the idea apparently | was abandoned when Joe Jacobs, manager of Galento, received a |license from the commission to act fas second in Tony's corner on June 28. | Joe Jacobs (no relation to Mike) has been under suspension as a manager and a second in New York since the day he refused to make Galento go to a training camp to prepare for a scheduled fight with Harry Thomas. Tony and Joe wanted to train in a gymnasium land in Galento’s saloon at Orange, N. J. No action was taken by the com- | mission today to restore Joe Jacobs’ {manager's license, but he was granted a second's license. Mike Jacobs, disappointed at the size of

the crowd that turned out for the|

Baer-Nova fight here Thursday night, had considered moving the Galento-Louis bout to Philadelphia because of the difficulty over Joe's license, Formal papers for the LouisGalento fight were signed. signed for himself, and Julian Black, comanager of Louis, signed for the | champion,

| —— | Tribe Box Score

Stumpf, ef McCulloch, Boken, 3b Reis, rf Anton, 1b | Schluster, York, Wells Bovles, Dobernice, Fleming Gabler,

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Totals 24 12 Fleming batted for Dobernic in eighth. INDIANAPOLIS | AB Vaughn, 2b . vio Richardson, s¢ Lang. 3b ‘ Galatzer Newman, Baker, ¢ Chapman McCormick Barrett,

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St. Paul . Indianapolis 120 020 00x— 5 Runs batted in—Lang. Vaughn, 2, Baker Fleming. Two-base hits—Vaughn., Baker. Three-base hh-—Vaughs, Sacrifices— | Barrett, Galatzer. Double plays—Lang to Vaughn to Newman, Vaughn to Richardson to Newman. Left on bases—St. Paul 3: Indianapolis 9. Base on balls—Oft Boyles, 7: Barrett, 1: Doberic, 1: Gabler, 11 Struckout—By Barrett, 5. Doberic, 3. | Hits off Bovies, 4 in 4'3 innings; off Dobernie. 2 in 2'3 innings: off Gabler. none |in one inning. Losing _pitcher—Bovyles. | Umvnires—Genshlea and Weafer, Time — 1:49,

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Postpone Ring Bill

The Hercules Athletic Club’s boxing show which was to have been held last night at Sports Arena, has been rescheduled for next

‘Cleveland Refuses to Let

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American League Clubs Keeping Their Hurling Aces Away From Yanks

Bombers Get at Feller; It’s Harder Today.

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, June 3.—There was more than a murmur going around

today about the way the rival managers were juggling their pitchers to face the Yankees. Cleveland, for one, seems bent on | keeping Bob Feller out of harm's | way when the Yanks come to town. | The Yanks beat Feller in 10 innings May 4, and his turn hasn't come up against the world champions since. |: The Yanks play their final game of |: the current series in Cleveland today and Mel Harder will face them.

Bridges Misses Yankees

Tommy Bridges has won 6 and | lost 1 and hasn't yet faced the |; 4 Yanks. Bob Grove lost a heart- | breaking 2-0 game against them | opening day at Yankee Stadium |3 and didn't get a chance against | them the next time the Red Sox | tangled with the Yanks. Jim Bag- | by beat the Yanks three {times last | vear and Jim Heving licked them | twice and neither has heard the | call to arms against the champs | this season. Buck Newsom, another | old Yankee beater, hasn't pitched |

Mel Harder

Lee here two years

against them this year. Willis] Hudlin, Indians, and Ted Lyons | White Sox, two other pitching {leaders haven't had a chance to see what they can do about stop- | ping the Yanks. | =eemm—— " ——— The American League race may | be over as everyone says, with the Al b L Yanks breezing along with a 7’: a ama ce game lead, but there are a few} fans around who'd like to see ‘em |win the pennant the hard way, not | On Mat Card the easy one. Allen Fails Again _—— Johnny Allen, beaten by the Former Grid Star Ready for Yanks last time, failed again yester-| day. The Yanks belted him out of | Any Strong Opponent. the box before he could get any one _ out. Before they were stopped the McCarthy Maulers had seven runs| The appearance of Alabama Bill in the first frame and coasted to a Lee, former All-America football 17-5 triumph. The Yanks whaled sta) at the University of Alabama, out 18 hits, including homers by| Henrich and Selkirk, Atley Donaid 1° scheduled as an added attracwon his fifth game. [tion for the wrestling show of the | Hank Greenberg hit homer Mo. 11 Hercules A. C. next Tuesday night to take the major league lead as| at Sports Arena. |the Tigers beat the Red Sox, 8-5. was “tops” |Joe Cronin clouted two homers but made two errors as the Boston de- 280 when he scored against some |fense fell apart. [of the best heavies in the game, Ollie Bejma’s single in the eighth |The former grid star has agreed to |drove in the two winning runs take on any formidable opponent enabling the White Sox to triumph |in the semi-windup next Tuesday. over Washington, 7-5. Matchmaker Lloyd Carter has signed Billy Thom, mat mentor at A Habit With Reds Indiana University, to meet Buck Making a habit of winning extra | Weaver, the “Flying Hoosier” from | inning games, Cincinnati rolled back | Terre Haute, in the main event. the Bees, 4-0, in 11 innings (after Weaver was a pupil of Thom’s a the previous days 14-inning affair) [few years ago and since that time 'to increase the Reds’ National has gone out to make a name for League lead to three games Whitey | himself in professional wrestling : . ks.

Moore won his sixth game, giving |'an up nine hits. Ernie Lombardi hit

J ex on meee Tellus Ready for Logansport Races

| Cardinals, 8-2. The Terrymen drove Surt Davis to cover in the first inning, scoring five runs. Bill Lohrman, who relieved Melton in the fifth, pitched hitless ball to receive credit for the victory.

Times Special LOGANSPORT, Tellus, Indianapolis dirt track driver who escaped injury when [thrown from his car at Columbus, nd., when it spun and somersault« ed last Sunday, will drive in the 377 | five-event speed program here toe 3% | morrow. 353 | mrellus notified Dan Sheets, local o | promoter, that his car had been re9|paired and that he is recovered 9| sufficiently from his cuts and 45 | bruises to take his place in the line« 34 up. 34| ‘Sheets announced that time {trials will begin at 11 a. m. with the 51 | first of the final events scheduled 51 for 2:30 p. m.

June 3.—Ray

Major Leaders

BATTING Pet

| Arnovich. Phillies .... | Dickey, Yankees 1 | Campbell, In Foxx, Red | Hassett,

LW or I NOI

HOME RUNS ‘Tigers 11 Lombardi. Reds .. 10 McCormick, Reds 10 Mize, Cardinals .. BATTED IN 37/ Selkirk, Yankees. . 37 Gordon. Yankees. 36/McCormick, Reds. 35 HITS 55! Dickey 3 Hoag,

Greenberg, Camilli, Dodgers Selkirk, Yankees RUNS Senators Williams, Red Sox Goodman, Reds Freenberg, Tigers

Wright,

Yankees .

Arnovich, Phillies Browns

| McQuinn, Browns | Me rmick. Reds

West Coast Prizefighter Dies in Ring After Blow

SAN DIEGO, Cal. June 3 (U. P.).|the canvas. To the crowd, it was —Lou Gomez, 20-year-old Mexican [only another knockout of a $25-a-prizefighter, died in the ring last [night preliminary fighter. But night, apparently from a blow to Gomez did not revive, and a fire dethe stomach struck by his Negro|partment resusitator squad worked opponent, lover him. Dr. Edwin F. Chamber«

inutes and 48 seconds | lain, fight physician, said he probAer we ound. a Jody blow | 2PY died of an internal hemorrhage,

Thursday. Threatening weather caused the postponement.

; topsy will be made today, from Hut Thompson, his opponent, | AT 2% OPS) y

: : Thompson said he was throu sent Gomez pitching on his face to| ip up ring: gh

‘How Much Better It Is That Max Lost,” Says Mrs. Baer

By HENRY M'LEMORE

United Press Staff Correspondent EW YORK, June 3.—Max Baer walked into his hotel room after

being beaten by Lou Nova and his wife took one look at him and fainted. It was the first time she had ever seen him immediately after a fight. Today she was hoping and praying she would never have to welcome Max home from the ring again. With tears in her eves she said that for her own sake she was glad he lost to Nova, because it meant he wouldn't have to fight Louis. For his sake she was sorry, because Mary Baer is an understanding woman. She knew how much Maxie was going to miss the plaudits that go to the victor, After her first glimpse of him, when he came through the door, still swaggering a bit despite a face that was beaten almost to a pulp, Mary Baer did not see Maxie until late yesterday. “If I had gone into the next room to see him,” she said “I would » *

have cried. I know I would have. And he might have thought I was crying because he lost. Oh, I don't care about his losing. I heard it on the radio and actually felt glad in my heart. I knew that if he had won he would keep on fighting, It's only his poor hurt face that would have made me cry. He's such a little boy

| in many ways.”

Mary Baer, talking quietly, revealed the real reason that Baer |

started a comeback at 30.

“He couldn't bear to read in the papers and hear them say he |

was yellow, that he quit to keep from meeting Louis. It was on his mind all the time, and he felt that he just had to vindicate himself. I think he did against Nova. Everyone tells me so, and besides I know he did. In my heart I know that boy never was a coward.” Maxie's wife has never seen a fight, but she has read enough to know what happens to fighters who fight too long and who get hurt too badly,

smiled.

| The baby, asleep in the next | “Badly as Max is bruised and |

better it is that way. He might have won and won again and gone

on fighting too long. And I've

gestures as if they still were in the

Mary Baer was grateful for the scores of friends who came to

their rooms after Maxie's defeat by “He knows how many came,” please him because he never likes

and because it shows he still is liked. He's just a big boy, really.”

Yes, Mrs. Baer, he is a big boy.

Nova, and he took his beating like one,

| Thank God Maxie'll never walk down the street the way I've read of fighters walking—seeing old friends, but not knowing them, making

“I'll give my $25 to his mother and never fight again,” he said, “It was strange but all afternoon I had a funny feeling that something was going to happen, and that things weren't going right. I couldn't shake it off. I didn't hit any harder than I usually do.” Referee Benny Whitman said Thompson langled two lefts, “neither hard enough to hurt. I've seen hundreds of blows harder than these struck and no one ever hurt.” In Gomez pocket authorities found a copy of the poem “Danny Boy” which says in part:

room, whimpered, and Mrs. Baer

cut tonight,” she said, “how much

heard about what happens then.

ring, and suffering.”

“But when ye come, and all the flowers are drying, If IT am dead, as dead as well may be. You'll come and find the place where I am lying, And kneel and say an ave there

do. me,

Nova. she said, “and it will please him— to be alone, even when he is hurt,

But he was a man in there against