LOUIS ON POINTS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 193, 1 September 1937, Page 9

LOUIS ON POINTS

-Pres« Assn.

World Boxiug Title .✓ FARR DEFEATED Welshman Held Margin in Early. Rounds LASTS FULL DISTANCE

(By Telegraph-

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N'JSW YOKK, Aug. 30. Joe Louis, the title-holder, defeated Tommy Parr the Welsh "challenger, in their bout for the world heavy-weight boxing title. The decision was awarded on points after the bout had gone the full fifteen rounds. The decision, a very unpopular one, was loudly hooted. o Owing to a misunderstandiug, Farr appearcd 20 minutes early. He sat in the Press section throughout a iourrcand X'reliminary. He showed n« signs of nervousness. Tape covered the cut nnder his ey.c. Louis eutered the ring almost without applausc. He. iirst canie out cautiously. Farr circled and landed a light lef t, and J then elinched. He continued to shoot lef ts, rushing Louis to the ropes. The champion was over-cautious but hit Farr with ■ a stiff Ieft to the face. Farr was continuously left and right-crossing. It was his round. In the second round he adopted tha same tactics, left-jabbing Louis to the ropes. Twice he viciously jabbed Louis to the nose. He repeatedly beat Louis

uwiiwvwv*ru«*v*ruwvwwin«ri i ■ ' ■ i ' — to the punch with left jabs , and continued steadily pumping left jabs to the face. ■ Louis was clumsy and unablo to cope with Farr's left. It was Farr'* round. , Outs Opened CTnder Panr's Eyes ln the third round* Farr jabbed Ms left to Louis '■ nose and right-crossed to'1 the head. Luliis shuffled in seeking an opening, and Farr shot a stiff right to the jaw. ' Louis bored in and landed

a left and. right to tke head and drovo . back. Farr to a neutral corner, where Louis peppored Farr's face with left jabs and opened cuts under bpth of Farr 's eyes. Louis ended the round with a.left and right to the face. Farr staggered: slightly in returning to his corner. T.he round went to Louis. In* the fqurth round the cut under Farr's left eye was still bleeding. Farr

al'tacked to the body and foreed Louis to a corner, where the pair exebanged left jabs. Louis narrowly inissed Farr's jaw with a liard right. The Tounil ended even. • The tifth ronud saw Louis settling down. He drove Farr back with a series of left jabs. Farr was courageous, but the chainpion seemed stronger. A terrific right to the jaw rocked Farr, who retreated jabbing desperately. Blorid from his gashed eyes trickled down his face. Louis .won the round. Blood Pours from Cut. ln the sixth round neitlier was eager to iead, They tradod a series of light punch es. Louis was oxtremely cautious. Farr seemed lieartened. He rushed in, scoring with lefts and rights to Louis' chin, and drove the chainpion to the ropes with a barrage of body punches The round went to Farr. Louis, with tlireo left kooks, again started Farr's left eye bleeding and leapt in tigerishly in the seventh, hitting with two fists. Blood streamed from Farr's eyes, bul lie fought ;back siiva-rcly. Ihough his face w.m a criin- I son blur. Louis uninercifully pum- l

melled Farr's face and body. The crowd forgot its apathy and burst into wild cheering. Louis won the round. The eighth round saw Farr figliting furiously, though blood was pouring down his face into his mouth. He traded left jabs and then hooked with his two hands, followed by a right cross to Louis' jaw, which began to swell. He had Louis on the ropes when the bell went. Farr won the round. In the ninth round Louis' right cheek and jaw were swollen, and he backed away. Louis' right eye was swollen and beginning . to close. Farr pressed in relent'lessly. It was Farr's round. Farr Baffles Louis. Farr's style seemed to baffle Louis in the tenth round and the ckampion took he'avy punishment to the head. Louis' eye continued. to swell. Farr, moving elusivelv, drove hard lefts to the body. Farr won the round. In the eleventh round they both tired, slowing up considerably and sparring at long range. Farr attacked with his two fists and drove Louis to a corner with a sizzling right to the jaw. Farr swarmed over the champion, driving jabs to the face. Louis was very tired. It was -Farr's round. The crowd was uproariously stirred by Farr's courage in the twelfth round. He circled, bloeked and peppered lefts to Louis 's head. Blood gUshed from Farr's nose when Louis hurt Farr with a hard right to the face. The round was even. They were both obviously weary in the tiiirteenth round, and sparred round the ring in a mild anticliinax to theic earlier fireworks. Louis again made Farr's nose bleed and also scorcd with light lefts. Using his right, he forced Farr back to the ropes and staggered him with a left to the chin. Louis won the round. Decision Was Hoofed In the fourteenth round they sparred cautiously. Louis was the stcadior; Far was hitting more wildly and missing openings. Louis shot stinging let'ts to Farr's bloody face. Both were weary, but Louis was the stronger. Louis won the round. Farr staggered to his f eet and rea-ched the centre of ther ing before the opening of the fiftoenth round. His punches lacked precision and power, and he was swinging wildly. Louis ripped in a hard right to the face, again starting the flow of blood. The crowd stood up yelling: "Farr! Farr!" The round went to Farr. A terrific burst of hooting greeted a highly unpopular decision.