Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 June 1941 — Page 18

SPORTS. ..

By Eddie Ash

© BILLY .CONN’S supporters are banking on the theory that Joe Louis is an overrated champion, plus the possibility that Joe will 'have an off-night in form . >And in addition, the lcw of averages is working against the Brown Bomber, according to the challenger’s backers, : Louis had a bad night against Tommy Farr, the British bulldog, and Tommy stayed 18 rounds . . . The Britisher couldn't hit and eonldn't box like Conn, but made the champ look confused at times and Joe had to be satisfled with a decision on points, ; In his first bout with Bob Pastor, Louis made a sour showing, then made up for it by flattening the New Yorker in their second . . « Moreover, certain opponents went much farther with “the champ than few experts thought they would . . . In this list sare Abe Simon, Tony Musto, Arturo Godoy and Buddy Rger, all _Awkward and short of speed. .. : = Tomorrow night's fight in New York will be Joe's 18th defense of his crown and the fistic world gives him 100 per cent credit for taking on all comers . . . It may be true that he came along when _ “there was no serious opposition in the heavyweight division and __ iagain it may be true that he would have been equally as successful -Mgainst a better grade of challengers.. "At any rate, it's generally agreed that in Conn, Louis will be . “facing the Best boxer in his career, an elusive target difficult to ‘peach, and a fast jabber gaited to go the distance if he can escape - “Joe's Sunday punch. : _ Billy's style may baffle the champ, at least his manager and "Pittsburgh boosters think it should,’ so ring the bell, timekeeper, "and send ‘em out fighting . . . while the rest of thé nation listens in.

Joe's Record Since Annexing Crown

: NOT THAT this corner is picking Cann to win, but the point _ is that a good, smart boxer capable of shaking off an occasional stiff «punch, may be the one to upset the champion. " You can’t take Billy the Kid's record to get a line on the out- = gomeé of tomorrow night's joust because he is fresh out of the “light heavywheight division and has met but few heavies. i. Herewith is Joe Louis’ record as champion in title bouts (he

5 : . defeated Jim Braddock for the title) —Against Farr, won, 15 rounds;*

= Mann, k. o, 3;

Thomas, k. o., 5; Schmelling, k. 0, 1; John Henry + Lewis, k. 0, 1; Roper k. o,, 1; Galento, k. 0. 4; Pastor, k. 0, 11; Godoy,

~ won, 15; Paychek, k. o0., 2; Godoy,

o., 8; McCoy, k. 0, 6; Burman,

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Sports Editor Of U.P. Picks Browmr Bomber

Conn: Has Everything But Joe Will Nail Him

By HARRY FERGUSON nited Press Sports Editor

+ NEW YORK, June 17.1 pick Joe Louis to knock out Billy Conn tomorrow night. 1t will happen, I think, sometime before the bell rings for the eighth round. It can happen in the first and happen so fast that Conn won't have a chance to throw a punch. ; Conn has speed, heart, cunning and the best left in boxing, but somewhere along the line Louis is bound to nail him. Billy may sideslip the first five punches and block the next four, but the tenth one is likely to catch him squarely on

the button. When that happens, some of the speed is going out of his legs and he is going to become an easier target. Those who: like Conn’s chances— and there are plenty of them— argue that this will be another Corbett-Sullivan affair or another

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THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPS, beginning witht John L. _ Sullivan and down through the years: Jim Corbett, . Bob Fitz- "© simmons, Jim Jefferies, Tommy Bufns, Jack Johnson, Jess Willard, “ Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Max Schmeling, Jack Sharkey, Primo .Carnera, Max Baer, Jim Braddock, Joe Louis.

Ga Tunney retired undefeated in 1928 and in a tournament to

5 ermi ssor Schmeling won the title . . . Participating determine his successor g Young Stribling and

were Sharkey, Schmeling, Johnny Risko,

5 niard. Paulino, the. Sp Stribling and Schmeling defeated Risko

Sharkey defeated A ... Then Schmeling gained the decision over Sharkey I mune . that was in 1030.

: pecause of a disputed low blow . . jibe After a bev hn of controversy, Schmeling was recognized as

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a champ and Sharkey lifted the crown in 1932 by decisioning the

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Braddock Prevails In Huge Upset

CARNERA DETHRONED SHARKEY in 1933 and Max Baer "+ dethroned the Italian in 1934 ... In 1935 Jim Braddock “came from. nowhere” from on relief to essay a fistic comeback, and in a startling ‘upset the Irishman decisioned Baer and danced off with the

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Le Braddock played it safe and when he got around to defending © the title it was against Louis, in 1037, and Joe chalked up & . knockout in the eighth round. Some boxing fans are puzzled about the first meeting between '% Louis and Schmeling . . . The answer is that it was not a title bout 2 when the German flattened Joe . . '. It was staged in 1036, before % Louis won the crown and long after Schmeling had been dethroned ©... Braddock held the title whe uis and Schmeling met the { first time, - :

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Lohrman and Danning; Vandér Meer, Thiowmpson, L.' Moore, Beggs and Lombardi,

Boston at Pittsburgh, wet grounds. Only games scheduled.

AMERICAN LEAGUE 12 2 oy 73-8 mead d Milnar, C. Brown and Hemsley: Gomes, Murphy, Ruste and Rosar, Dickey, Detroit 000 100 1 Washin of .....i.... 000 sii } Newsom, MoKain and Tebbetts; Chase nd Early.

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English Gather. For 162d Derby

NEWMARKET, Eng. June 17 (U. P.) ~The English Derby, usually the world’s greatest sporting event and the occasion of a massed holiday for Londoners, will be run for the 162d time without an interruption tomorrow, but for the second straight year all resemblance

at Epsom Downs will be blacked out by the war. : Shifted to this racing center last year from Epsom because of the latter's proximity to London and

Luftwaffe raid over such a mass of humanity, this marks'the sixth time since Diomed won the first derby in 1780 that war has brought the classié race to Newmarket. The other transference came in the four years of the World War,

to the customary gay derby scene

the accompanying danger of a2

man who can box stands a swell chance against a slugger. Taking the arguments up in the order of their appearance, let us say right now that Louis is no Sullivan. Sullivan was fat, old and ring rusty when Corbett stabbed him out of the title. Lous is comparatively young, fast and trained to the minute. Dempgey-Carpentier

Nor is Conn any Tunney. Even the boys who didn’t like Gene in his hey-dey adniit that he was a dangerous fightg¢r. His left jab carried authority, ke was a great counter puncher and he had knockout dynamite in his right. If you are looking for a closer parallel between this brawl at the Polo Grounds tomorrow and another famous fight in history, take the Dempsey-Carpentier affair. Dempsey’'s legs still were good; so are Louis’. Dempsey could punch with either hand; so can Louis. Dempsey carried a pull in the weights and was much the stronger man; so is Louis. Carpentier, like Conn, pinned all his hopes on speed and cleverness. The result was that Dempsey caught up with him and blasted him to pieces. . There has been a lot of talk about hew Louis is mad at Conn. Lots of it comes out of the agile brains of press agents, but actually it doesn't make any difference how Louis feels toward Conn. The only thing important is that Joe's trainer, wily old Jack Blackburn, knows that the farther the fight goes the better are Conn’s chances. The Louis crowd definitely wan's a short fight and their idea of how to bring that abgut is to send Joe out blasting at tlie first ‘bell.

Joe May Have Slipped

Louis may have slipped & bit, but not enough. He looked great in Washington after. he crawled back through the ropes and went to work on Buddy Baer. He nianeuvered the big guy around the ring, hit him with lefts and rights and was punching hard and accurately. Baer took a lot of punches before

9 crumbling, and the question in my

mind is whether Conn can take punches. I don't say he can't, but I do say I never saw him do it. Not the kind of punches that Louis throws. The hardest single punch I ever saw Conn catch was thrown by Lee Savold, and it broke Billy's nose. Conn isn’t afraid of anyihing that walks and Lovis is going te have to give him a terrible beating before the kid goes ont. And while that is happening it may be ¢uite a brawl —considerably\ better than anything that’s been seen around heére for a long time. : There are two cld sayings in the prize fight game: : 1. String along with the champion. be 2. A good big man can always lick a good little man. People have got rich playing it

that way.

Major Leaders

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3 Travis, Washington "4 Cronin, Boston 65

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District Golf Tournament over Country Club course. Perfect ‘golfing conditions

over the rain-soaked Highland

There were difficulties today, however, over this par 70 course where the greens are

slower than at Highland. The bulky field moved up here

18 holes of the 54-hole assighment with the hope of trapping the two leaders, Bill Russell and Henry Kowal, somewhere on the long trails .of the front nine or in the foliage that dots the whole course. It was Russell, a Speedway member, who came out of the rain late yesterday with a one-over-par 71 to grab the first-day lead, while right on his heels was Kowal, an

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Aid District Linksmen In Second-Day Test at Ulen

Bill Russell With 71 and Henry Kowal With 72 Captured First-Day Honors at Highland Course

a E. O'BRIEN Staff Writer LEBANON, Ind., June 17.—Old ‘ Man Weather came over to the golfers’ side this afternoon as nearly 250 links-

men fired away at par in the second day of the Indianapolis

the long, shrub-guarded Ulen

were conducive to low scores,

today offsetting the usually high cards turned in yesterday

Country Club links where the

weather and tricky greens befuddled most of the boys.

Early scores from Ulen: Walt Sedders (€) «..ciivone $1:3080-180 Andy White (C) ....ccvvnne 4208-00179 Ww. H Conner (C) ascabanen 524800200 Curtis Mathews (PR) «cocci 43-44—80-1600 Bernie Clemens (PR) ..... 48« F. Jones (PR om Lary Sulli D. C. Jillson (CC) 3- . .(C)=Coffin, (RR) =Pleasant Run,

(CC)—Couiriry Last score is two-day total

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74 yesterday. After rimming the cup to lose a birdie on the 380-yard first hole, he bogied No. 2 and went two over par on the short fourth teat. He gave up another stroke to par when he missed a short putt on the

other Speedway registrant, with a

This is Billy Conn posed in his famous foolproof shell defense, taught by his manager, Johnny Ray, and supposedly guaranteed to be effective against Joe Louis’ dynamite right. Billy has the knack of blocking punches, where most fighters slip away from them. Can Joe crack the shell tomorrow night?

® Too Light? NEW YORK, June 17 (U.P). —Billy Conn is in town, ready for tomorrow night's shot at Joe Louis’ crown, but his weight is a closely guarded secret. On the eve of this Polo Grounds battle, the suspicion increased that Pittsburgh Billy will weigh in closer to the light heavyweight limit of 175 pounds than to the 180 he allegedly has been registering at Pompton Lakes. His weight is being guarded, apparently, becau:® a low figure for the good “little” man is not considered stimulating “box office.” The same procedure was used when Georges Carpentier, the French orchid man, fought Jack Dempsey 20 years ago. Carpentier scaled 172 and was kayoed in four rounds. ; ;

Big Ten Stars Race Today

LOS ANGELES, June 17 (U.P). —Three-fourths of the nation’s top college track and field athletes compete at Memorial Coliseum tonight in the fifth renewal of a meet be-

tween the Pacific Coast Conference and the Big Ten. World records are likely in at least three events, and the 81 representatives of 20 universities and colleges will furnish a preview of the National Collegiate Amateur Athletic championships to be held this week-end at Palo Alto, Cal. Trackmen for the 10 schools of the coast conference were favored to win their fifth straight victory in the annual classic, but the Midwesterners have what may be their strongest team since the meet was inaugurated in 193%. Campbell Kane of University of Inciana is regarded as a potential world record breaker in the half mile. Kane has a mark of 1 minute 50 seconds, well below the best of any coast runner and close to Elroy Robinson’s world record of 1:49.6. Another Indianan, Archie Harris, is expected to come near the world record in the discus.

fadtiins Take No. 7 in a Row, But They Were All On the Chin

Times

Special

KANSAS CITY, Mo, June 17.—The swimming season is open but

coolish weather around and about

is not to the liking of swimmers.

They prefer warm and cozy conditions beforé indulging in the recreation, but a couple of western baseball clubs in the American Association have discovered that a springboard is a handy thing to have around.

The springboard in this instance is the Indianapolis ball club. First, the Minneapolis Millers used the Vanishing Indians for a springboard to vault back into the pennant run-

‘ning, and the Kansas City Blues

were quick to.catch on. In yesterday's series opener here at Ruppert Stadium the Blues downed the Redskins, 7 to 5, and advanced to second place behind the Millers. ! : Seventh Straight Defeat = It was the Tribe's fifth straight setback on the current road trip and its seventh consecutive loss, counting two defeats at Indianapolis before setting out upon the rocky Western trail. But losing ‘em on the road, especially in the West, is an old Hoosier custom and American Association observers just shake their heads and say: “Same old Indians!” But the Hoosiers got sort of tough

the Hoosiers threatened again, Ed Carnett relieved Wensloff for the Blues. The Indians collected nine hits, the same number as the Blues, but had eight scoreless innings, whereas Kansas City had better luck in bunching blows and scored in three different stanzas. gai The teams will meet under the lights tonight to wind up the brief series, after which the Redskins will head for Milwaukee and perhaps more grief, now that the tailend Brewers are showing signs of com ing out of the fog. :

Tennis Courts

GALESBURG, Ill, June 17 (NEA). —Knox College athletic plant is to be augmented by permanent-sur-faced tennis courts costing $1500.

yesterday and made it a game before action was concluded. They Actually held the lead at one time by scoring five runs in the seventh. The startled Blues and the surprised onlookers took a second look before convincing themselves that they really were playing the Indianapolis team. ; Having been convinced, after close inspection, the Blues promptly bounced back with three runs in their half of the seventh and the Indians were out of the ball game

again, : Gill Departs Early

The Blues got off to a one-run lead in the first frame off George Gill and knocked him out of the box in the third with a three-run splurge, bringing the score to 4 to 0. Italo Chelini relieved Gill and the Indians chased Milo .Candinij, Kansas City starter, in the seventh to assume the lead, 5 to 4. Charlie Wensloff relieved Candini and then the Blues went to work and pulled out in front again. Bill Cox went to the Tribe mound in the seventh and in the ninth, when

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A veteran in spite of his youth, Russell encountered most of his trouble on Highland’s front nine and was three over par at the turn. He overshot the pin on the fourth hole and had to work his way out of the ditch on No. 7. But he came home in four pars, three birdies and a pair of bogies— a dazzling 33—to capture openingday honors. »

today after familiatising himself with a new set of irons. Kowal complained of being short with his second shots yesterday, and course six holes in the rain did nothing to improve his figures. Nevertheless he rounded the turn one over par and treated the day's largest gallery to birdies on Nos. 10 and 11. Halfway home, Hank appeared to develop a faint slice and he lost the margin he had built up with over-par totals on the 14th, F15th and 18th. As it was, his pair of 36's represented crack golf, and he could boast of only one threeputt green—that the 18tH.

Smith Makes it Look Easy Lanky Wedmore Smith, who will be remembered as the consolation flight winner in the 1936 State .Junior, was three strokes off the pace as he set out today. He was another to pick the rear half of the Highland premises to pieces yesterday after firing an average 40 on the first nine. Smith slipped away to a bad start and three-puttéd the first two greens. But he more than atoned for these mistakes with his greens shooting from No. 10 to\No. 18. On these holes he took only 13 putts and added a brilliant 3¢ to the 40. Charles Harter of Coffin, who maintains that one bad shot doesn’t mean a bad hole, employed this

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400-yard ninth hole. Steady on Back Nine On the back nine, however, he unwound a steady 36 and was in real trouble only twice—on the 12th and 18th. His deuce on No. 11 and his three on the par-four 16th showed him at his best. The lead ers’ cards: ‘

Highland par: Out—445 344 In—435

Out—4453 In—425 353 Kowal: °° Out—454 In—325 Harter: Out—4353 In—426 Smith: Out—3563 In—434

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54438 344—33—11

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435-38 354—36—14

534—40 44-34-14 : Three other sharpshooters were bracketed at 75 behind the four leaders. In this group of challengers were Leonard King of Pleasant Ruh, Ray Roberson of Speedway and Alan Sweetser of Meridian Hills. Nine mote were coupled at 77, another nine at 78 and 10 at 79. It was doubtful that any in the 80 class could lop off enough strokes here today or at Speedway tomorrow to catch the pace-setters. Although 254 customers planked down $2 at the first tee as éntrance fees, several of these either gave up during the showers or declined to make public their cards. More could be expected to drop out toe day, but at least 200 should romp under the wire tomorrow. In spite of yesterday's unwieldy field, the foursomes never were more than nine minutes late in gete ting away. And there was still a bit of sun in the sky when the last group cupped their putts on No. 18. For that, the ladies and gentlemen in the starters’ tent deserve soma

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