BAER AGAIN BEATEN

Evening Star, Issue 22144, 26 September 1935, Page 4

BAER AGAIN BEATEN

HEAVY-WEIGHT BOXING LOUIS A COMING CHAMPION Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, September 24. The knock-out iirthe contest between Louis and Baer came after 2min SOsec in the fourth round, Baer taking the count helplessly on one knee after being saved by the bell in the third round and after taking a terrible beating. Baer weighed 15st OJlb, and Louis 14st 3jlb. There were 90,000 spectators present. Preliminary estimates indicate that the receipts will exceed 1,100,000 dollars, of which each contestant will receive 30 per cent, of the net receipts, the promoters 30 per cent., and the New York Milk Fund charity 10 per cent.

When Baer stalked from the building saying that if he was not allowed to use a specially-constructed glove to protect a thumb there would be no fight, after much argument the commission granted the request over a protest from Louis’s managers. Harlem City’s negro section, which is'just soutji of the stadium, seethed with excitement all day, with hundreds of extra police detailed to the area should Louis’s victory provoke a riotous celebration.

The betting odds shifted radically throughout the day, the betting commissioners stating that the wagering was the heaviest in a non-champion-ship contest that they had ever witnessed. Louis added a touch of romance to the affair two hours before the fight .by going to the residence of friends, where he married Marva Trotter, a 19-year-old Chicago stenographer. They had been engaged for some time and were scheduled to be married' at noon tomorrow, “ win, lose, or draw,” as Louis said, but they decided that there was no reason for waiting. The referee for the fight was Mr Arthur Donovan, . and the judges Messrs George Lecron and Charley LynclA At the opening gong both fighters came out slowly. They sparred cautiously for a few seconds, Louis finally landing a hard left hook to the jaw. He then battered Baer’s chin with two hard lefts and a right, and continued to land punches, to win the round easily. In the second round Louis continued his hard attack, and, instead of attempting to counter the rushes, Baer started to hold, and during the round failed to land a single effective blow. By this time apparently the negro was completely superior, and it was only a question of how long Baer could remain standing. In the third round Baer resorted to his familiar crouching position and tried desperately to reach the negro’s chin, but his best efforts apparently failed to hurt his opponent, In the last minutes Louis unleashed a twofisted attack and forced Baer to the ropes, and with a right to the jaw dropped him for a count of nine. Baer arose in a shaky condition and immediately went down again under a left hook to the jaw, being saved by the bell at the count of four.

At the bell for the fourth . round Louis started a concentrated attack to the face and the head, and swung drive after drive with both fists as Baer retreated, scarcely able to defend himself. Finally Baer worked himself into a clinch, and in the break reached Louis with a light back-hand. Louis again planted powerful blows to the jaw, and this time, when Baer tried to clinch, Louis sent his head back with a straight left and then dropped him to the floor with a right to the head, and the former champion took the full count on one knee, Louis winning on a knock-out. It was. a clean knock-, out, and Bear sank like a tree falling. He collapsed in a sitting position, but managed to gain a kneeling position in a futile effort to rise, and muttered a feeble protest as the referee told him the fight was over.