THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 25, 1937.
TOMMY FARR "HAS THE ANSWERS
NEW YORK HAS ALREADY TAKEN TO HIM
LIKING TO
Empire Champion's Carefree Manner Will Help
(By B. Bennison)
Edinburgh, July 24.
WITHIN a few hours of our champion's arrival in New York, I spoke on the 'phone to a well- known American critic to inquire what his reaction was to first impressions of Tommy Farr.
“LISTEN,” HE DRAWLED,” INSTEAD OF A SIMPLE, UN- SOPHISTICATED YOUNG WELSHMAN, HE HAS ALL THE AN- SWERS. SHY? HE IS AS BOLD AS BRASS. IF HE CAN FIGHT AS WELL AS HE TALKS, THE TITLE IS HIS. HE'LL GO WELL HERE FOR SURE. WE LIKE HIS WAY. HE'S JUST MADE FOR PUBLICITY. I HAVE NEVER BUMPED ACROSS A BET- TER SHOP-WINDOW DRESSER. HE, NOT HIS MANAGER DID ALL THE TALKING. HE IS NEWS.”
Which is good for Tommy Farr. Give the American news- paper boys red-hot "copy" and you are a front-page story. A good mixer such as Farr is as manna from heaven to the big promoters on the other side.
GUBIFORMES. ?
JOE LOUIS
Joe Louis, World's Heavyweight boxing champion, above, will defend his title against Tommy Farr to-morrow at the Madison. Square Garden.
I am glad to have had a tele-he would not knock the German out. phone talk with New York. It From the time he outpointed lessens the fear of a possibility Tommy Loughran and proceeded to of the fight with Louis being put leave us wondering how Bob Olin back until late September. Paul came to win a world's title, he has Damski, Neusel's pilot, who is kept doing something of which he more or less attached to Mike was not thought to be capable. No cides to make fighting a whole-time (Jacobs, he will return to Wembley Jacobs's staff, and who went out British heavyweight within my re-job. with Farr, tells me that August collection has so readily found in- Harvey asks me why he has been 26 will stand, for the reason that spiration in the occasion. It is not left out in the cold. Says he: "If in September one or more cham- that Farr is boastful. Rather has he pionships are to be staged, and it a mind that revels in a gamble on is vital that Louis and Farr himself. He has, if I may so put it, should be presented before then a contempt for little things, and he All the same, I am prepared for never forgets what he has achieved discussions, and complications. One was in contradiction of popular never knows how the cat will final-estimate of him. ly jump. As I write, a message has come to me to the effect that Farr proposes to prolong his stay in the States until latè autuena
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NO USE FOR SOFT PEDALLERS In any event, I hope Farr will hold to his care-free spirit, even to being indifferent when the appoint ment of referee and each and every other detail come to be discussed. He would profit nothing by attempt- ing to put a finger in any pie. By all means let him thunder his con- fidence that he will beat Louis. The more confidence he roars, the better he will be liked by the New Yorkers, among whom there is small, if any, room for soft pedallers.
BIG N.S.C. PLANS
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ready for all-comers. Maybe. we- shall see him in a bout with Neusel, if Doyle fails to toe the line. His Doyle wants a fight, I will back my central idea is to force himself into chances against him for £2000, fight with Farr, but he well knows money down. And, let there be no that he will have to wait indefinite- mistake, Harvey has the backing, ly for the Welshman. Perhaps Foord and, what is more, is fighting fit. will come back for the New Zea-
Strickland will be on the same bill at Louis and Farr, but at the AN ARMY HEAVY-WEIGHT moment his opponent has not been I was not a little surprised that "I am as good as, if not better chosen. So
soon as he has got Jim Wilde was knocked out by Jack than, any other fighter--that is his through his engagement with Mike (Continued on Page 21). abiding faith. But there is more than his colossal assurance to commend him. By quite remark- able power of assimilation he has acquired a deep knowledge of men, and matters, and this was changed him from a “mere provincial” to a man of affairs with the keenest pos- sible eye on the future.
الأه
John Harding, manager of the National Sporting Club, tells me that a large number of his mem- bers are going over for the fight, and that the Marquess of Queens- berry, who is to make the journey In a few days we shall be re-with Sir Noel Curtis Bennett, will galed by opinions of the experts as present the winner with the N.S.G. to what they think of Farr as a Championship Belt, which, it is boxer and fighter. It is improbable hoped, will be defended at the new that he will set the Hudson on fire. Earl's Court, which will seat no For while when sitting around he fewer than 30,000 people. It is also is most interesting, he is no wonder hoped to put on at least two world's worker in the gymnasium. He is championships in the new building the least spectacular of all fighters under the banner of the NS.C. dur- when at work. As likely as not heling the next twelve months will be written down as an especial. ly plain and ordinary fellow-an- other "Limey.”
HAS NOT EVERYTHING
WEMBLEY BOUTS
It is good news that the Wembley people are to remain of the big and pretentions promoters, and will
is because he is not what he have their next show some time in seems to be when training that 1 September, at which Maurice redit him with a chance of win-Strickland. the New Zealander, who ning. He certainly has not shown has followed Farr to the States, everything at his command. None will appear in the main contest. but a white hot partisan believed The idea is to match Strickland that he had it in him to master with Doyle. But unless there is a Foord, and not a single critic ex-change on the young Irishman's pected his ruthless exposure of front, I am afraid he may not be Max Baer As much as 3 to I was taken into serious reckoning. I sug offered against his beating Neusel gest that nothing should be done It was any odde, we were told, that in the matter of Doyle until
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