Louis Easily Beats Pastor

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 26, 1 February 1937, Page 7

Louis Easily Beats Pastor

More Running Than Fighting BROWN BOMBER CAN’T GET WITHIN RANGE. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Sunday, 9.20 p.m. NEW YORK, Jan. 29. Joe Louis won the decision over Pastor, the verdict of the two judges being unanimous. * Pastor, who was obviously hoping only to stay the ten rounds, maintaineu au almost constant retreat in the race of hard hitting and his rival’s advances. Louis tried to make a light of it but found the task impossible.

Pastor could be crodited with the second round only. Louis clearly earned the other nine, but the spectators were hoping Pastor would win by a miracle and booed the decision. The crowd numbered more than 19,000 am! the receipts were in excess of 100,000 dollars.

Most of the first round was spent i:i sparring. Finally Louis drove a right to tho head, a left to the face and then a right to head, but Pastor was unhurt.

In the second both using a left jab and missing frequently Pastor rushed in, driving both hands repeatedly to the body and carried Louis against the ropes. Pastor was outjabbing Louis when the round ended. In the third Pastor began to retreat with the exception of one furious body exchange in which he held his own. Louis.missed with several rights due to Pastor’s retreat.

Louis landed three rights to ths head in the fourth round but they were ineffective, Pastor going away. It appeared in the fifth that Louis was getting closer. He hooked several light lefts to the head and then hooked a left sharply to the jaw. That made Pastor’s knees knock. One of Pastor’s jabs caused Louis’ nose to bleed.

In the sixth round Pastor rushed Louis to the ropes, but the Bombei ripped a right uppercut to the face. An exciting mix-up followed in which both swapped body blows. Pastor was on the ropes and after sparring rushed in twice absorbing a left to the body and a right uppercut.

In the seventh Pastor went backward faster than Louis could go forward with the result that Louis missed half-a-dozen rights, although landing light left jabs. Pastor clinched several times when Louis overtook him.

One of the minutes of the eighth was wasted before Louis could get close enough to attempt a blow. He rammed a right to the chin which drove Pastor solidly to the ropes and forced him to clinch to keep out of range for tho rest of the round. In the ninth Louis, who was now desperate, rushed continually attempting to catch his retreating opponent. He missed a right to the jaw and then clinched with both hands. Louis stabbed several left* to the face and a right to the body. Just as the bell went, he landed a savage right to the face, the best blow of the fight. In the tenth Pastor held his ground long enough to drive a grazing right to the jaw, but Louis almost upset him with a left hook to the head and landed both hands to the body. Pastor resumed his retreat but Louis was still pressing at the boll.