FARR THREATENS BAER

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 200, 24 August 1937, Page 15

FARR THREATENS BAER

TRAINING RING INCIDENT. NEXT THURSDAY'S FIGHT. NEW YORK, August 23. The Weleh heavy-weight boxer Tommy Fair eparred three rounde at hie training camp at Longbranch, New Jeraey. He jolted hie opponents with coneietent left* which appeared to be the fastest eince he opened hie training. The Wekhman'e manager, Mr. Ted Broadribb, saye: 'Tarr looke grand. He ie ae fine ae a razor and I am confident he ie going to win hie bout against Joe Louie, holder of the American title, on Thursday." Farr will work oat lightly until Tuesday, after which he will rest until the day of the fight. Excitement was caused by the eudden appearance in the ring of Max Baer, who ehouted to the crowd, "Fair cannot punch. He cannot hit ae hard ae a fly." Farr replied, "I beat you once and will do so again now." Mr. Broadribb and others eeparated the pair before bio we could be etruck and persuaded the two to fchake hande. At Ponipton Lakes Joe Louw (champion) hammered three eparrinz partners in an impressive workout in which there were frequent knockdowns. He will conclude hie training with six rounds of sparring on Tuesday. Max Schmeling (a former world champion), who wae a spectator to-day, said: "Farr'e only chance is to win on point*. I do not think he can knock out Louis. I saw several weaknesses in Louie' technique and I think I could knock him out quicker than before if I were given a chance." BAER'S PLAN FAILS.

OOULD XOT "POLISH OFF" FARR.

Max Baer, on June 14, 1934, won the world championship on a technical knockout in the eleventh round, against Priino Camera, in New York. Jas. Braddock, exactly a year later, relieved Baer of the title, and held it until knocked out by Joe Louie, at Chicago, on June 22 of this year. Baer, though under contract to Madison Square Garden Corporation, early thie year took up an outside contract with General Critchley, of London, for two fighte in London, despite the protest of the corporation that he was not entitled to fight for any other promoter. Baer declared that hie American promotere were not giving him action, and hie avowed programme in England was to "polkh off" Tommy Farr and Walter Neusel, in euch decieive fashion that the Americans would immediately sign him up with Schmeling, Louis and Braddock. However, the 23-year-old Welehman, Farr, fighting the greatest battle of his career, beat Baer (on points) over twelve rounds at Harringay Arena on April 15, the American scarcely winning a round. It was Farr, too, who, on June 15, knocked out Walter Neusel (Germany) in the third round. Baer'e other fight was with Ben Foord (South Africa), whom he defeated on a technical knockout in the ninth round, on May 27. It was from Foord that Farr lifted the British and Empire championships at Harringay, when the Welshman outpointed the Springbok in fifteen rounds on March 15.