Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1941 — Page 8
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_ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
"WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 1941"
Big Fight Kiny 1 Holds Glory, Gold And A Girl. For Conn
Pines Sports
Wednesday, June 18, 1941
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Owen Tador Wins English Derby
NEWMARKET, Eng, June 18 (U. P.).—Owen Tudor, a bay son of the 1933 winner, Hyperion, swept the black and white silks of Mrs. Catherine McDonald-Buchanan to
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al of the English Derby on the substitute course at Newmarket. The three-year-old colt, who had been quoted at odds of 20-1 on the eve of the race, carried his 126 pounds home in a close chase with the Maharani Saheb of Kolkhapur’s Morogor, who finished second, and Sir William Jury’s Firozedin, who came under the wire third. Firozedin had closed in the final callover as the longest-priced colt in the 20-hotse field. Although official attendance fig-
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‘today. Most estimates placed the crowd around 30,000. Thousands of other racing fans were unable to find transportation for the 70-mile trip to London because of “the restrictions on gasoline, and other thousands were unable to take time out from the war-time jobs.
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Williams Likes Slugger Louis
By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer NEW” YORK, June 18—Unless you know your fisticuffs, frayed or otherwise, you can’t be blamed if you go up to the Polo Grounds tonight expecting to see a battle royal involving John L. Sullivan, Jim Corbett, Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. Most of the pre - battle communiqu e s have had more to do with these gentlemen than Joe Louis and Billy Conn who are supposed to be fighting for the heavyweight championship. We can’t remember a fight where the boys have dug up so many old and interesting relics to serve as comparisons. It has practically been a history of the Queensberry art. Much as we like the place, we refused to go all the way down to New Orleans and that historic day in the gay ’90’s when Corbett beat Sullivan, toytry to get the answer to the current blood letting. We abandoned the boys at Chicago and, in fancy, went out to Soldiers Field and took another look at Dempsey . and Tunney in _ the seventh round. We came -away with ‘what ‘we think is the answer: Louis by a knockout.
On a Slugging Basis
Here's how we figured it out. Dempsey was the Louis of his. day, Tunney the Conn. Dempsey was making his third fight in a year; he had regained some of the sharpness lost through - three previous years of idleness. He still wasn’t Dempsey but he was. better than he had been for the first - Tunney fight at Philadelphia. Tunney was at his peak, a master boxer, thoroughly ' game, hard as nails— and much faster. The common belief was he ‘would. repeat the Philadelphia story. He would outspeed Dempsey with feet and hands and stab him dizzy. For the most part he did but in the seventh round Dempsey caught’ up with him’ and almost blew him out of the arena with a blistering two fisted attack. It’s still a question whether he actually knocked him out. You may have heard of the long count. Anyway, Tunney, with all his speed, his boxing finesse, all his generalship, went down like ‘a pack of cards the first time the slugger broke his defense. That’s the point we are making. Once a slugger catches up with .a boxer it’s Katy bar the door. -Tun-
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than Conn is today; better and higger and stronger. Louis is a better fighter today than Dempsey Was that night; better because he is younger and faster and probably is hitting harder, at least sharper and more accurately. ; Inevitably, . A year ago Conin's manager wanted no part of Louis. “What do you want me to do—get him killed?” he commented. On what meat has Conn been fed in the past
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Billy Conn makes an all-out Romance was added to
ment that the father of Billy’s fiance; Mary Louise Smith, was objecting vehemently to
their marriage plans.
Handsome Billy. politely refused to discuss the affair, but a member of his entourage said: “Regardless of the Pittsburgh story, those parental objections will end quickly if Billy wins the title—which he surely will.” Betting men were not so confident of this happy ending. The price
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with indications that it might be 5-1 when the hard-hitting Detroit Negro and smaller Conn enter the
Aring for their 15-round battle.
40,000 Expected With fair weather forecast, Promoter Mike Jacobs was confident
the Giants’ ball park when his new-fangled quartet of gongs open the fray at 8 p. m. (Indianapolis Time). He estimated that the gate waquld range between $350,000 and $400,000. This would be the largest fight crowd and gate since the re-
in 1938. . While Louis drove in. from his Greenwood Lake "camp for the weigh-in ceremonies, . fans arrived from all sections—particularly from Conn’s home city, Pittsburgh, which sent four special trains, several chartered planes and 'a caravan of autos. Conn’s headquarters swarmed with the Pennsylvania fight mob. Even Governor Arthur H. James and his party arranged for ringside seats, as did New York's Governor, Herbert Lehman. Because this shapes up as the most important heavyweight encounter in three years, celebrities will stub the ringside sections and the brawl will be covered by a rec-ord-shattering brigade of more than 700 sports writers. Despite the betting odds, it is extremely uncertain what will happen after Billy-The-Kid and the Negro monarch climb into the square of brilliant light. The bout may end in the first round with Conn in the
memorable brawl that will go down in history with .the Dempsey-Firpo battle which was staged in the same park in 1923.
More Facts
NEW YORK, June 18 (U. P.) —Facts on tonight's fight: Principals — Champion Joe Louis, Detroit Negro, vs. Challenger Billy Conn of Pittsburgh. . Title at stake—World Heavyweight Championship. Distance—15 rounds. Site—The Polo Grounds. Promoter—Mike Jacobs’ 20th. Century Club. Betting—Louis favored at 4-1. Expected crowd—40, sons. Expected gate—$350, Fighters’ purses—Lo "gets ‘40 per cent of et gate and Conn 20 per cen : Time of main "tis p. m. Indianapolis Time. Supporting card—One fourrounder and four sixes. Weather forecast—Cloudy. Broadcast—Over Mutual Broadcasting System, WIBC.
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Many experts regard it an all-im-portant test of Louis’ greatness. The Brown Bomber has proved himself the most destructive of heavyweight champions by virtue ‘of his 45 knockouts in 53 fights, a better showing even than Jack Dempsey’s 47 in 69. . But many observers still question the Negros footwork and his ability to: think quickly against a fast, smart opponent. He may get a test of physical and mental speed tonight. . Small Irish Warriors Conn, who seeks to duplicate the achievement of two old-time “small Irish warriors—Jim Corbett and Bgb Fitzsimmons—unquestionably is the fastest man Bomber Joe ever faced. - He is also the: cleverest and perhaps the most courageous. This 23-year-old challenger, who fought up from Pittsburgh’s streets to the light heavyweight title, loves
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Battle ‘Called All-Important Test of Louis’
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By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, June 18.—With three supreme inducements tossed into the kitty—glory, gold and a girl—Irish
attempt tonight to win the
World Heavyweight Championship from mighty Joe Louis.
this Polo Grounds drama of
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Fight Facts
NEW YORK, June 18 (U. P.)—Tale of the tape on tonight's fight: : LOUIS CONN 27 years ...Age... 23 years 1991/, lbs. . Weight. . . 1 74 Ibs. 61. 1/5 in..Hgt....6 ft. | in. 76 in......Reach...72!/, in. 41 in..Chest (normal).40!/, in. 44 in..Chest (expanded) .43 in. 17 in. «ess .Neck... 17V/5 in. 14 ine... .Biceps.....15 in. 12 in.....Forearm....12 in. 8 iNvieass Wristeuoed 7 in 1134 in... .Fist.eeus ll in, 34 ine eeo Waist... 3305 in. 22m «ess iThighe se. 20 in, 15 in. ees. .Calf... 143, in. 10. inieass Ankle. ose 9 in, -
to fight. His yen for battle may prove disastrous tonight if he comes tearing in wildly after being tagged. However, Billy can take a good punch. His neck is larger than the champian’s. He never has been knocked out. Moreover, he has the stamina of a marathon runner. A slow starter, he usually doesn’t get warmed up thoroughly until after the fifth round. Bomber Joe, who gets 40 per cent of the net gate, will bring his ring earnings beyond the $2,000,000 mark. They already total $1,931,571. He has earned more than Gene Tunney, but is far from Dempsey’s total. x .
Thom Ends Mat Winning Streak
Coach Billy Thom, Indiana University mat mentor, snapped the local winning streak of Sergt. Bob Kenaston, Detroit Marine, in the feature event of the weekly wrestling program staged at Sports Arena last night, when the Blooniington athléte took a three-fall - decision over the former “leatherneck” by annexing the deciding tussle in two minutes with a body press after the first two sessions on the mat had been divided. . In other bouts on the three-event card Jules LaRance of Canada employed an Indian death-lock "hold to subdue Jack Hagen of ‘New Orleans in 24 minutes and Stacy Hall of Columbus won the opening tussle over Dave Reynolds of Boise, Idaho, in 17 minutes, with a reverse standing wrist lock. All of the matmen are light-Leavyweights.
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Steers Leaps To New Mark
Jumps 6 Feet 1 Meet With Big 10
LOS ANGELES, June 18 (U. PJ. —The University of Oregon's longlegged Les Steers, who high jumped 6 feet 11 inches to a new world record, and the University of California’s four-man relay team, which broke Stanford’s world record, were the heroes today of the fifth annual dual meet between track teams of the Pacific Coast Conference and the Big Ten.
The Western team won the meet for the fifth straight time, 80 points
strongest ever entered, scoring 12 points more than its best previous effort, in 1937. Steers went on alone after 6 feet 7 inches, the best effort of Johnny Wilson, Southern California, who placed ‘second. Steers cleared 6 feet 10 inches in two tries, then had the par placed at 6 feet 11 inches. California’s record-smashing performance in the mile relay gave the Bears their second important world ‘relay record. Winning time for the mile relay was 3:09.4, compared with the former world mark set by a Stanford University quartet in 1940 at 3:10.5. The Big Ten lost certain points in the 120-yard high hurdles in one of the worst series of spills ever seen in the coliseum. Bob Wright of Ohio State was leading when ne hit the seventh hurdle and fell flat. Chuck Horvath and Joe Finch, both of Northwestern, also tumbled. Horvath got up and finished third behind Art Kavewicz of Southern California, winner in 149 seconds, and Don Hommell of Southern
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submit the name of Henry Kowal. For Kowal's chances to come oft the Speedway, course ‘late this afternoon with the District champion ship were about as certain as anything to be found ‘in this
unpredictable game of golf. - -Virtually eve g was In Kowal's favor today as 237 survivors ganged on Speedway’s 18 holes to complete their three-day 54-hole assignment. With a two-round sum of 146, Happy Hank was. four strokes ahead of his nearest com-
petitor and was playing in the front and back yard of a layout he knows
and likes. : Kowal had to perform no sensa~ \_ steady . golf like he showed yesterday at the
tions to win. Ulen Country Club in Lebanon was almost certain to keep him ‘out of anybody else's reach. Yesterday it was careful Kowal who aimed for the pars and disregarded the birdies while most of the other first-day leaders. tore apart what they had built so: diligently at Highland.
Par Good Enough for Hank
Two over par at the end of the first three holes at Lebanon, Kowal lost another stroke on the front nine and another in the sand on No. 13. But he made no attempt to regain these four claimed by Mr, Par and he finished the journéy without encountering a birdie, Others weren't so fortunate. Bill Russell, the first-day leader, found the slower greens vexing and added a mediocre 82 to his initial “71. Wedmore Smith of Pleasant Run did all. right again with his bore rowed driver but rimmed no less than eight putts and wrote down an 81 beside his first 74. The shrubbery on the back nine snagged Charles Harter -and he .too. put down an 81 alongside a more bril liant 74. But there was consistency amidst all this confusion. Alan Sweetser, a Meridian Hills registrant, sticked his way to a second 75 and a 150 total that moved him into second place. And Paul Sparks of Speedway came up with a 75 to match his earlier 77 and move into a tie for the fifth place. Carf Smith Comes On Folks around Highland Monday said Carl ith of Coffin could do better than a 79. . Carl must have heard them, for he batted 38-34—72 yesterday, which was the best between dawn and dusk, Lennie Murphy, a member of Franklin's junior delegation; and Walter Chapman of Coffin hammered out 73's, while Dick McCreary and Bil] Diddel joined. Kowal in the 74 bracket. It was believed that Martinsville's Dale Morey would get on the beam ‘after a weak start at Highland, but Dale had his troubles on the front nine. Just when it seemed he had solved the course —after three birdies—he clubbed seven times on a par-three ‘hole. Since only 31 sub-80 scores were
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