BAER BEATS FARR

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 143, 14 March 1938, Page 10

BAER BEATS FARR

Exciting Boxing At New York VICTORY ON POINTS (Received March 13, 6.30 p.m.) New York, Mttrcli 1 In a fifteen-round heavyweight boxing- bout Max Baer (lost. 21b.) defeated Tommy Farr (list 121 b.) on points Eighteen thousand people ciowdcu out Madison Square Garden. Farr, who was favourite, lost the first round and was down for the count of one in the second. After 30 seconds’ fighting m the thud Baer floored Farr for the count of six with a right, to the temple. Farr was bleeding from below the right eye. . He improved in the fourth, scoring with lefts and rights to the body and the fifth round was evenly contested. Baer was tiring, and his left eye was almost closed. However, he won the next three rounds with smashing rights to the head. He sneered when I'air missed with a right to the head and frequently laughed when Fan failed with his left'. Although not escaping punishment, Baer pounded Farr unmercifully about the head. Farr opened the ninth with a furious assault, scoring with lefts and rights to the head and body. Both men's noses were bleeding. Farr won the tenth and eleventh. Baer's left eye being completely closed. Both were swinging wildly in the twelfth. Baer was tiriug, but Farr was quite fresh. The crowd was screaming with excitement. The Englishman led in the thirteenth, but Baer (<heu took the offensive. He scored with a nice right to the head. saying. "Ilowja like that one?" Baer was fighting beautifully, aii|l. following several rights to the bead. Farr slipped to his knees, but got up valiantly and broke through Baer’s guard. Baer had won the thirteenth and .fourteenth rounds.

The men refused to shake bauds before the fifteenth. Farr opened wildly. Both men wese exchanging lefts ami rights at the bell.