LOUIS’S VICTORY

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 232, 31 August 1937, Page 2

LOUIS’S VICTORY

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE FIGHT DESCRIBED

(United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Extraordinary.) Received August 31, 2.50 p.m. NEW YORK, Aug. 30. Joe Louis, the American, beat Tommy Farr, the British champion, in the heavyweight title bout here to-night. He won the decision on points.

ROUND BY ROUND

Owing to a misunderstanding I 1 arr appeal lU' twenty minutes cany a.iu sat in the Press section tniougaoUt . the four-round prelim.nary. He showed no signs of* nervousness. A tape covered the cut uncier hui eye. Louis entered the ring almost without app.au.se. i*e came out first and jj arr cautf.ou.sly 'circled, landing a liglit leit anil then clinched, burr continued to shoot lefts rushing Louis to the ropes. Tile champion was overcautious, hut hit Farr with a stilt leit to the face. Farr was continuously left and right crossing. It was his round. in the second round he adopted the same tactics, left-jabbing Louis to the ropes twice. He viciously jabbed Louis to the nose and lie repeatedly heat Louis to punch with left jabs. He continued steadily pumping left labs to the face. Louis was clumsy and unable to cope with Farr’s left. It was fairs round. ■» In the third round Farr left jabbed to the nose and then right crossed to the head. Louis shuffled in, seeking an opening. Farr shot a stiff right to the jaw. Louis bored in and landed a left and a right to the’head. He backed Farr to a neutral corner. Louis peppered ' Farr’s face with left jabs and opened cuts under both.of hairs eyes. Louis ended the round with a left and a. right to the face, and Farr staggered slightly in returning to "Ins corner. The round went to Louis'. ' In the fourth round a cut under Farr’s left eye was still bleeding. Farr attacked to the body and forced Louis to the corner, where the pair exchanged left jabs. Louis narrowly missed Farr’s jaw with a hard light. The round ended even.

The fifth round saw Louis' settling down. He drove Farr back with a series of left jabs. Farr was courageous, but the champion seemed stronger and a terrific right to the jaw rocked Farr, who retreated, jabbing desperately. Blood from his gashed eyes trickled down his face. Louis won the round. In the sixth round neither was eager to lead and they traded a scries of light punches.

Louis was extremely cautious and Farr seemed heartened and rushed in, scoring with lefts and - rights to Louis’s chin. He drove the champion to the ropes with a barrage of body punches. . The round went 1 -o Farr.

Louis, with three left hooks, again started Farr’s left eye bleeding and he leapt in tigerishly, hitting with two fists. The blood streamed from ‘Farr’s eyes, hut lie fought hack savagely, though his face was a crimson blur. Louis unmercifully pummelled Farr’s lace and body. The crowd forgot their apathy and burst into wild' cheering. Louis won the round. LOUIS ON ROPES.

The eighth round saw Farr fighting furiously, though blood was pouring down his face and into his mouth. He traded left jnbs, then hooked with his two hands, followed by a right cross to Louis’s jaw, which began to swell. He had Louis ou the ropes when the bell went, Fan won the round.

In the ninth round Louis’s right cheek and jaw were swollen and he backed away. Farr smashed the champion to the ropes. Louis’s right eye was swollen and beginning to close. Farr pressed ground. It was Fair’s round.

Farr’s style seemed to. baffle Louis ill in relentlessly on Louis, breaking the tenth round and the champion took heavy punishment to the head. Louis’s eye continued to swell and Farr, moving elusively, drove hard lefts to the body. Farr won the round. In the eleventh round they both tired, slowing up considerably. Sparring at long range, Farr attacked with his two fists and drove Louis to his corner with a sizzling right to the jaw. Farr swarmed over the champion, driving jabs to the face. Louis was very tired and it was Farr’s round.

BOTH MEN TIRING

The crowd were uproariously stirred by Farr’s courage in the twelfth round. He circled, blocked and peppered lefts to Louis’s head. Bloud gushed from Farr’s nose when Louis hurt Farr with a hard right to the face. The round ended even.

They were, both obviously weary in the thirteenth round and sparred round the ring in a mild anti-climax to the earlier fireworks.

Louis again made Farr’s nose bleed and also scored with light lefts. Using his right, he forced Farr back to the ropes and staggered him with a‘ left to the chin. Louis won the round.

In the fourteenth round they sparred cautiously. Louis was the steadier, Farr hitting more wildly and missing ail opening. Louis shot stinging lefts to Farr’s blood-covered face. Both were weary, but Louis was the strong-, er. Louis won the round. “HIGHLY UNPOPULAR.” Farr staggered to his feet and reached the centre of the ring before the bell tor the fifteenth round. His punches lacked precision and power, and he was swinging wildly. Louis ripped in a hard right to the face, again starting the blood to flow.

The crowd stood up, yelling “karr! Fa.rrl”

Tlie round wont to Farr and a terrific burst of hooting greeted a highly unpopular decision.