Champion K.O.'s Musto in Ninth Round in Sixteenth Defence Bout

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 109, 10 May 1941, Page 3 (Supplement)

Champion K.O.'s Musto in Ninth Round in Sixteenth Defence Bout

I _ Disdainful of Louis' shock-induc-I ing blows, the diminutive Musto j advanced almost continuously. Stand- | ing only sft 7|in as against his rival's 6ft Hin, Musto made the picture! ] even more incongruous by fighting,! for the most part, out of a crouch, j He bobbed and weaved his way toward the champion through these ; two rounds of his greatest glory, and ! fired both hands at any part of the Brown Bomber's body that he could ! reach. Louis took any number of j lefts on the chin, and the blows '■ plainly flustered him. j These efforts on Musto's part j proved too much for him, though. ! {for Louis solved his crouch in the seventh, and went on to spray his i challenger with a ceaseless stream : of lefts to the face.

ST. LOUIS, April 8. | JOE Louis had things much j » tougher than anyone expected I "i His fight with Tony Musto, ! Chicagoan challenger, to-night. The Brown Bomber, defending his heavy-weight championship of the world for the sixteenth time, knocked out his rival in 'minute and 36 seconds of the ninth round of the scheduled 15•ound bout, but the end found Musto still on his feet, still eager to continue with the warrior who was subjecting him to a methodical beating. , Arthur Donovan, N'ew York reeree imported to serve as the «« J2. an [ ? thc ril1 S. halted the ,L wher > it became apparent to -eoone that the challenger had hL£ anc !\ Musto was plainlv oni, u* hls facc - t-ipped raw and tJZ , y i he . stea <J.V impact of Louis' S-L left . 3abs and hooks, was a Pitiable picture indeed. But before in»* oVa £ called a halt to the proceedhad made things ;?™edly unpleasant for the cham- ««« : even en Joyed the satisfacf«S, 0 /u Ca, ? turln S a couple of rounds Ir °m the dreaded Brown Bomber.

fo tho first in St. Louis Paid Mt»f a t Vy ' woi R 111 ,i,io < drew a rcceiot^ U l v2 dan - ce ,jf 17.150. The «'PU were 52.00.'; dollars. «Bon ,? aI flgh,< - founrl him of al' , c fanva.s under Hip force d Wi? 1 But the s , turd > 'O'jnt IZ' Quinine to take J ateiv ;«? unc ' cd <° his foot, immedl stuKJSS? Prowler] to present mos .<harnil- oppOMikjri ,n ihe crafty tIS, Ulng . Lo;,is - I'Toin the was it anL Ven m th ° hrM three rounds rini^ P& h 8 f- eC aS '! 10l, S" L""*s roulc '•'sposed whenever he felt s< little t fe.- fo " r,h rouml 'here wa. fishtw. dlca V on th at the lllinoi But th» Wo ! , . ld Ui<l much fts L g l l - lanl Musto - turning th offend?" L 1 1? tormentor, fashed ai ff, ve of his own in the fifth am Wot? U u nds ' anrl hannled the chair the th , so much ease as to caus ously owd t0 ch * f ' r him tumulti