TOMMY FARR IMPRESSES
Coming Bout with Lotiis WEAKNESSES IN DEFENCE 5 NEW^YORK? Aug. 16. Although Joe Louis is tho substantial 1 favoufite, sports writers are increasingjlv impressed with Tommy Farr 's tiain|ing porformances, paying many flatteriihg references to his skill and the powcr, iOf his left hand* also his tigerish abiiity; |t0 figkt back under punishment. However, visitors to the trainingi Jcamp at Long Branch, New Jersey, sug-i gest weaknesses in the defence, especi-, ally to the left hook, wliieh is Louis 'sj ifavoufite weapon; also the seeming laek' iof a realiy destructlve punch/ i | Stories from Louis 's' camp at Pomp-j Jton Lakes, New Jersey, are largely do-j (VOted to the manager's difficulties in; ;Curbihg the champion's unique appe-i titO, but he entered the head-linesi owing to his bcing kaocked down whilej sparting with Pal Silv'ers. The manager claimed that Louis j ■siipped, but sports writCrs say the inci- 1 ,dent infuriated Louis, who unmerci-j ,fully battered Silve^s thereaftef. ;
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 181, 18 August 1937, Page 2
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