BOXING IN AMERICA.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 26, 1 February 1937, Page 16

BOXING IN AMERICA.

% 1; LOUIS BEATS PASTOR. LOSER'S POOR DISPLAY. IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE FIGHT OK IT. NEW YORK, January 31. The negro boxer Joe Louis defeated I astor on Saturday in a heavy-weight contest at New York. The decision of the two judges and referee was unanimous. Pastor, who obviously hoped only to stav ten rounds, maintained an almost constant retreat in the face of his hard-hitting opponent's advances. Louis tried to make a fight of it. but found the task impossible.. . Pastor could only be credited with the second round. Louis clearly earned the other nine, but the spectators, hoping that Paster would win, booeil the decision. The spectators totalled about 19.000 and the receipts were more than 100.000 ; dollars. Most of the first round was' spent in sparring, but finally Louis drove i a right to the head, a left to the face and a right to ; the head.. Pastor, however, was not liju't.. In the second round both ' men usetl a left jalj. missing frequently. Pastor rushed, driving both hands | repeatedly to the body, and carried Louis j against the ropes. The Retreat Begun. j In the third round Pastor began a I retreat with, the exception of one furious j body exchange, in which he held hie own. I Louis missed with Several rights owing to Pastor's retreat. Louis landed three rights to the head in the next round, but the blows were ineffective as PastoV was ' backing away. I Louis appeared to be going closer in the ' fifth round and hooked several light lefts j to the head and then with a sharp left! to the jaw he made Pastor's knees knock. One of Pastor's jabs caused Louis' nose to bleed. Pastor rushed Louis to the ropes in , the sixth round, but the negro sent a right uppercut to his opponent's face and i exciting boxing ensued with an exchange | of body blows, which sent Pastor to the ! ropes. After sparring Pastor rushed the j negro twice, receiving a left to the body and a right uppercut. In the seventh round Pastor went backwards faster than Louis could go forward with the result that Louis missed several rights, although landing light left jabs. Bolid Right to Chin. Pastor clinched several times when Louis overtook him in the eighth round. One minute was wasted before Louis ' could go close enough to attempt a blow. He sent a right to tj>e chin which drove Pastor solidly to the ropes and forced him to clinch. Pastor kept out of range for the rest of the round. In the ninth round Louis rushed continually in attempting to catch his retreating opponent. He missed a right to the jaw and pounded Pastor's body with both hands. After a clinch Louis stabbed several lefts to the face and a right to the body and just as the bell rang he landed a savage right to the face, whicn was the best blow of the bout. Pastor held his ground long enough in the last round to drive a grazing right to the negro's jaw, but Louis almost upset him with a left hook to the head and blows with both hands to the body. Pastor resumed his retreating and Louis was still pressing at the end of the round. CAUSTIC CRITICISM. LOUIS AND SUPERMAN MYTH (Received 10 a.m.) NEW YORK, January 31. • Boxing writers sharply ci-iticise the Pastor-Louis performance, declaring that one was as disappointing as the otter, but that Louis wafl the chief loser of , prestige. The "New York Times" states that the 1 Louis superman myth is definitely blasted, ' and the referee would have been within t his rights if he had stopped the bout, : declaring it no contest. If there were any 1 lingering doubts about Louis' shortcomings, they were dispelled when he j failed to throw caution to the winds and t go in to batter- down the fleet-footed Pastor.