Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 June 1948 — Page 25

NEW. YORK, June 17—The

Louls appeared far off torm in ‘nis early sparring sessions, He was 100 heavy in hips and thighs. He was off on his timing and .judgment of distance. He was slow in. taking advantage of openings. His punches lacked explostveness. And he was being hit by, nearly every type of blow “ni¢ spgrmates threw. The champion’s” poor showing, ed with. his hair-breadth sscape in the December Walcott fght, .indicated that he had “gone over the hill"—that he never could regain even-a semblance of "his old-time prowess—at y Waléott Sharp at Start

[ CHAMP — John Aeridian Hills Coup. ecame a threat. for amateur “champion. _ day when hs won apolis District golf a Iwomval por 2 213 ol es.

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“have shifted from the Joe Louis camp to the Jersey Joe W bivouac as they approach their return title fight. Slomt During their early boxing drills, Louls and his handlers weré "ynder terrific pressure at Pompton Lakes, N. Y., whereas the entire walcott outfit at Grenloch, N. J, was relaxed

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and confident.

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Louis Seems Sharper, § Jersey Joe Overtrained

- Challenger Appears fo Have Lost Mental Edge;

~ Champion Has Improved Tremendously By JACK CUDDY, United Press Sports Writer

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varsity letters for the 1948 season, Coach Jack Hester announced! today.

At the same time, John Speirs of Clinton, second baseman, was| named honorary captain for the!

season, Wabash won five and|

lost nine this season,

Players awarded letters f Brat time were: y for the

: eanwhile Walcott—who had/ i-Finals i 2 informal preliminary con-| |wavne; Bil Ss” Don JTrber. P| 18, O., June 17 (UP), ~ Jl .aitioning while® Louls was still Kem. _Aure on Mebiten™ po luster, CrawfordsMtle giri who has ~ Ql gving CAUCE TC, England it pegagin, BL Viti, Joie 300 e heavy brace because’ jisoked rly leather-tossing. And and Vho "datums a Renee >on letters back met Medalist, two weeks ago he was so sharp| "fine alla: yt yk today in the semis he séemed a sure shot against the | Shana, roach ; Bob Joyce Shelby. » National Collegiate slowly improving’ champ. |Paligrat, Gary; Prank Roman, Gary. hay Today conditions seemed to Behudt, dt. Buciey, Di: John Speirs, Clinif Pournament. done an about-face. {ton Young, Williamsport. 3 handicap. Bartury Pe foday the Walcott handlers/ts Saann farses NAY te Tix awarded

Jestern Michigan bat. . y to a quarter-finals - r Betty Richaart of - p, in 19 holes, yester.

were wearing masks of confidence

| warrior who apparently had] who had worked himself “too| om. Dulken fine.” During yesterday's four

Tounds of sparing, the Camden

zyk won her quarters 2) yesterday over Nane, tf North Carolina, ¢

her semi-final today, former Indians

al, [ Rollins; faced Mari. of Kansas, Miss sterday beat Carol Miami University of” 1

a lightening of his schedule might enable him to regain his physical “ edge. " Loses Poise Jérsey Joe uppeared to have lost his mental “edge” also, for he F lacked his usual poise when answering the questions of 23 newspapermen during a mass interview in the camp’s guest house. It seemed the stocky challenger

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y this brown trousers and tan sports gd shirt was experiencing self-doubt.

the challeriger did not predict victory. While Walcott saehingly has been losing his’ phys tal edge, Louis’ has improvfoy a straight right to the chin, as he-always was. But his offensive co-ordination has sharpened until he reminds ‘one ‘of his for mer self. And he began punching Sxplustvely Sunday. Mentally he is relaxed and confident. * Although the pressure now is upon Walcott, he probably will be sharp when he enters the ring at Yankee Stadium. “Trainer Florio is one of the best in the world. And if the challenger is sharp, it'll be an s fight. That's why the betting price of 3 to 5 in favor of Louis today is as big an “over-lay” as was the top-sided price that favored Rocky. Graziano to lick Tony Zale

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Negro appeared - stale. .over-: trained. His trainers hoped that):

_and mean-}

ing. The champ still is a sucker]

to. hide their concern over aN. J.

| Nume reached his peak too soon and /jisistant managers:

During that interview, ut least, |fish.

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FREEPORT, Tex. June 17— Two mansize kingfish, a smashing tarpon strike but no tarpon, and 32 miles over an ocean roller coaster. That's

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18 miles out to Snapper Banks

again. : “It was plenty rough. When It gets any rougher you just don't go out,” said the Patricia M.'s

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a bell just inside the window in the pilot's house. The government makes you put it in and you use it for signalling if you

One by one the boats decided to turn back in and at foon we changed course and set out for New River: Your correspondent made up for

ago. He got two strikes and two: kingfish were duly brought intoithe floor of the boat. They ran about three feet in length and weighed 12 or 15 pounds which aren't the biggest, nor the smallest either. We trolled all the way back to the river but that was all the action. Although we weren't to go

decided to have a sneak preview, Tarpon Escapes Hook We hadn't any more got into the river when Joe Lackey, vice president of the Consolidated Steel Co., who sat next to me in the back of the boat, hooked a tarp on a silver spoon. The tar- | pon struck ferociously at Joe's | lure, the water churngéd where he Struck 150 Test trom the boat. 1é leaped once into the air clearing | the water by & good 18 inches, | hung there by his nose for a sec-

an angry bulldog and he was off the hook in a flash-—and back" {down under with h his is fellow ar

Smith, Garner Ing Feature

{ Boxers from indiana and oa {neighboring states will provide {the entertainment for Hoosier mitt fans tonight at Sports Arena on a 36-round card. Oakland Billy Smith of Cin|cinnatl, O., who has won almost {half of his fights’ by knockouts to earn recognition as a contender | for the world’s Hght heavyweight (title, will meet durable Bob Gar- | ner of Louisville, Ky., in the 10-/ round main event.

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pon crying pe a st another man, A few minutes later I got my strike but I didn't even get to see the tarpon. All I saw was a flash of foaming water and my line was free. But tomorrow we go at it in earnest,

Joe got one more strike and the

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little Texas tale I heard today.

end of the state at Texarkana a baby was born. They duly wrote home about it. It took them so long to: get to the southern end of the state {(pecos) that when they wrote again they said their new sof had “started to chaw tobacco.”

always thought * that only Hoosiers bragged as much about their state. They told me they had sent their expert braggers to Indiana to learn how to really brag and) that's the reason for all tall Texas tales.

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WoCAGO, June 17 (UP)—| Welterweight Champion Ray “Sugar” Robinson was a 3 to 1 favorite today to retain his title in a 15 round bout tonight against, Bernard Docusen, 21-year-old | challenger from New Orleans. Docusen was expected to weigh about 146 pounds, one under the weight limit, while Robinson was figured to hit 147 pounds. Tonight's scrap will be Robinson's third defense of the title he won in December, 1046, after he {defeated Tommy Bell. Now he has aspirations for the middleweight title held by Tony Zale and has offered Zale a $150,000 guarantee to meet him in a title match later, His offer was contingent upon his successful defense aguinst iDocusen, who has lost only two in 59 fights.

Negro Leaguers in Victory Field Tilt

The Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League have two home games carded this week, playing the Memphis Red Sox at Victory Field tonight and the Cleveland Buckeyes, champions, here Saturday night. Andy Porter is slated to toe the rubber for the Clowns tonight at 8:30. The hard and timely] hitting of Ted Strong, outfielder Kansas City Monarchs, has added a potent punch to the Clowns" attack.’ George Walton, new shortstop, also has been starring.

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