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GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF ARMSTRONG'S LAST FIGHT Extremely Gallant Come-Back Effort That Failed

A BIG PROGRAMME OF BOUTS FOR LOUIS

ONE MORE FOR J. Shufflin` Louis, the busiest heavyweight champion the gloved game has known. The prospective victims who received samples of what the Dark Destroyer handed to Red Burman are Gloomy Gus Dorazio, Ample Abe Simon, and Osculatory Arturo Godoy, the Kissing Bug of the Andes. After that, if all goes according to form there will be a Louis-Conn bout, writes John Kieran from New York, in an article dated February.

Cut And Bleeding Fights To Last

NEVER BEFORE had there been so many peo- ple crammed into Manhattan's Madison Square Garden. Besides the 23,000 who filled every seat to the rafters, there were thousands standing three- deep. Outside, police formed a wall around the any great spiritual lift to the de-Garden to keep all but ticket holders away, writes

an American Correspondent,

off to cantonments wouldn't give i

Tence programme,

Outside The Ropes

However, this essay is on pugilism and that other argument is outside the ropes. It just came to mind and was mentioned in passing, which is the way it was heard.

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The crowd had gone to see a prize fight. More than that, they had gone to cheer a gallant little Negro: spindle-shanked, kinky- haired Henry Armstrong. Two years ago, al 25, Henry Armstrong held three world's championships (featherweight, lightweight, wel- ter weight), a feat unmatched by

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He will take

What this observer saw in the Louis-Burman bout was some- any other fisticuffer, white or That may be slightly different, Coun, bis hardlers might have thing like the cool wind or the black. He renounced his feather- fighter of the year. The Conn Man from Pittsburgh to go back six rows into the ring- lazy

leaf that Come drifting weight title, lost his lightweight Zivic this time, fight fans figured, is a fast and fancy fellow with side seats to pick up the body of ị down

late some

day in crown to Lou Ambers. Then, last now that surgeons have removed Jus fists.

the bothersome scar tissue from Speed and youth go the fallen

It's Summer yet, fighter. That much August.

October, after defending his wel-

But before the together, Which is another way is atly conceded in this corner, that first falling leaf- well. Sum-terweight championship 19 times, around his eyes. of saying that when youth goes,

mer doesn't last forever and even the little tornado, whose gameness first round was over, the crowd speed goes. It's the

they were. motion in!

Louis Joe

SOM day

8, and stamina made him one of the realised how wrong this corner that J. Shuffin' Lou! |

downhill.

most extraordinary fighters of all Instead of his customary windinill tried to box, time, lost the last of his crowns to attack, Armstrong

In awe-

· Fritzie Zavie, youngest of Pitts- scarcely landed a blow, burgh's the "Fighting Zivies."" some silence they watched round after round The Uny dynamo, after ten years of punching, was Gamely Running duwn at last he swung, but Zivic landed two

Getting Smarter

However, has added years have

isn't quite as fast as he once was. Hen't as quick with the wing, shots as he used to be. He's older, not been altogether a hatuap to wiser, stronger. But where he J Los Banow Heymarter than i med to strike like Bghtning, it's he was the night he took that now the boomban of the heavy

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A Growing Problem

to be razor-keen and lighting Tast to hold his own mean ng

the heavy weight championship What came to mind as Lous he-

again: the assault of Gilamay Gin sitated in letting y at Butman's Dorazo. Ample Abe Simon and weaving chin was that the cham-Oseulatory Arturo, the cuperang pion is now faced with a growing chap from Chile. Lou may have problem. It's

small matter

a more CTROLIS problem in Billy when he is called upon to meet a Com and may be Lou Nova Bater. Burman. It may be a small mat, but the Dark Destroyer may think ter when he goes

up something or be told zło. Simon and Godoy order.

against Dora

in that thing that will Tent T the as

tellows too,

One way or another, and sooner

There is the further chance that later. the Dark Destroyer the scheduled campaign thay be figures to blow them down. He hasn't missed yet, though he had halted by the

induction of Jue

Lous unto muilitary voiVRO Joe

to go around the second time fol says he'll take that in stride, think,

catch up with such bouncing boys¦|

as Bob Pastor and Arturo Godoy But he got his man in each case What after which tall"

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they ask him.

Two Schools Of Thought

Apropos of

the call of notes.

Well, the point is that, if he ne lunger is as keen as he olive wis on sight dialt or wing shots, a

fly gent and fancy boxer like 'athletes to Army life, there 441 Rally the Conn Man might have a two school of thought. One is that chance to go the distatice and even [the athletes should be the art to pale up enough points to take the come a-running when the country crown awny from Louis, Of calls. They have the build for it course, if the Shuffler ever nailed, They can set good examples for

other fellows who may be slower of foot or not sa belligerent of disposidon, They can show that the defence programme is a united effort in which one and ad must share, regardless of personal sacrifices. Thus * ball player drawing $18,000 a year who ex- changes that for H soldier's stipend, or a fighter like Louls taking Uncle

Sam's small purses instead of the big ones offered by Uncle Mike Jacobs, would be a fine object--lesson for the young men of the nation. It wouldn't leave those making lesser financial sacrifices much room to kick.

The other school of thought has it that it isn't profitable to put a

fellow like J. Shufflin Louis or, for that matter, Hank Greenberg, into a soldier sult. Those fellows make big money. They pay big income taxes. A Greenberg on

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JACK OF ALL SPORTS

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Do Or Die

At last Ittle Henry faced Zivie again, in a do-or-die attempt to Wir bak the welterweight title Amstrong had just received the Net Memorial Trophy, annually. awarded to the med praiseworthy

INTRA-DEPARTMENT

RIVALRY

Great vary has arise

for one.

with

round, Arm.

By the strong's eyes were dripping

blond.

By the tenth, he look- ed like an idiot, face swollen. eyes closed, mouth open.

Roaring Mass

Then suddenly the fans rose to their feet in a roaring mass. As if some unseen. transformer had hooked on a new supply of pow- be-jer, Armstrong was the dynamo tween members. of the Mesheal of days gone by. His little fists Hospital Divisions of the smashed Zivie with savage fury. Medical Headquarters. These two, It was a superhuman rally, one its seefions

in a engaged

friendly witnesses will never forget. But it football match some time ago walg too late. Alter 52 seconris

The Girls' School which

Hospital Division of the 12th round, Referee Arthur will havelet their annual sports energed winners. Two Sundays Donovan stopped the Gght, Three meeting on the Queen's College | agn they

tried conclusions at times tafter the eighth, ninth and had peered an- ground, Causeway Bay, on Mon- ericket mid the match resulted in, tenth rounds) he

wounds. xiously at Armstrong's April 21, commencing at another win for the Hospital Iva (30 PRE

there is some talk His eleventh-round warning - - Mr M G

OUannon, Head. Fabout lawn bowls and tennis "Just one more round, Henry". "Buster of Queen's College, will matches to be staged in the near had spurred the chocolate soldier

distribute the prizes.

to his last stand.

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