BOXING

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22005, 1 February 1937, Page 5

BOXING

LOUIS BEATS PASTOR LOSER'S RETREATING TACTICS (UXITED PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPTBIGHT.) (Received January 31, 7.6 p.m.) • NEW YORK, January 29. Joe Louis won the decision over Pastor, the verdict of the two judges and the referee being unanimous. Pastor, who was obviously hoping only to stay the 10 rounds, maintained an almost constant retreat in the face of hard hitting and his rival's advances. Louis tried to make a fight of it, but found the task impossible. Pastor could be credited with the second round only. Louis clearly earned the other nine, but the spectators were hoping Pastor would win by a miracle, and they booed the decision. The crowd numbered more than 19,000. Receipts were more than 100.000 dollars. Most of the first round was spent in sparring. Finally Louis drove with his right to the head and left to the face, and then a right to the head, but Pastor was unhurt in the second round, using his left jab and missing frequently. Pastor rushed in, driving with both hands repeatedly to the body, and carried Louis against the ropes. Pastor was outjabbing Louis when, the round ended. In the third round, Pastor began his retreat with the exception of one furious body exchange in which he held his own. Louis missed with several rights due to Pastor's retreat. Louis landed three rights to the head in the fourth round, but they were ineffective, Pastor going away. It appeared in the fifth round that Louis was getting closer. He hooked several light lefts to the head and then hooked a left sharply to the jaw which made Pastor's knees knock. One of Pastor's jabs caused Louis's nose to bleed. Pastor Retreats In the sixth round, Pastor rushed Louis to the ropes, but Louis ripped a right uppercut to the face. An exciting mix-up followed in which both men swapped body blows. Pastor was on the ropes, and after sparring rushed in twice, receiving a. iei% 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 with half-a-dozen rights, although he landed light left jabs. Pastor clinched several times when Louis overtook him. One minute of the eight round was wasted before Louis was close enough to attempt a blow. He rammed a right to the chin which drove Pastor solidly to the ropes and forced him to clinch to keep out of range for the rest of the round. In the l.inth round Louis, who was desperate, rushed continually, attempting to catch his retreating opponent. He missed with a right to the jaw and then clinched with both hands. Leu is stabbed several lefts to the face and a right to the body.- Just as the Dell went he landed a savage right to tne face, the best blow of the fight. In the tenth round Pastor held his ground long enough to drive a grazing right to the jaw, but Louis almost upset him with a left hook to the head and landed with both hands to the body. Pastor resumed the retreat but Louis was still pressing at the bell.