THE FIGHT POSTPONED

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13641, 27 August 1937, Page 5

THE FIGHT POSTPONED

RAIN IN NEW YORK. (Press Association—Extraordinary). NEW YORK, August 26. The Lnuis-Farr fight is postponed owing to rain until next Monday, August 30th. NEGRO THE FAVOURITE NEW YORK, August 25. On. the eye of the world heavyweight boxing championship match Jno Louis, the title-holder, is favoured to beat the British challenger, Tommy Farr. Despite the virtually unanimous opinion of experts that Farr will be outclassed by Louis it is believed that the interest in< the fight can be attributed to the fact that Farr is an unknown quanity here and that Americans support the underdog in the hope that the experts will be wrong, which is not exactly rare. The Hrit!sji delegation and British boxing writers here favour Louis. Farr and Louis, who are both connt of victory, spent a quiet dav at their camps. Karr’s attendants said that his cheek gash was not likely to bother him. although ir would lx- taken for granted that Louis would make it a. target The attendance should he 30 000. The weather forecast s for fair c onditions, with moderate temperatures. Occasional light rains are possible. BOTH MEN CONFIDENT. The last statements of the principals are:— Louis: PI ha ve neve r felt better before a. fight. I am confident T shall still be champion when J leave- the ring. T hope to win by a knock-out, but will not predict in which round. T intend to try to end the' hunt ns soon as possible. T do not rate Kangs an easy mark. If lie wins I shall have no- alibis.” Farr: “T am not figuring on knocking out Louis, but I am positive T shall win the decision. My plan for the battle is to figure' out in tho first round what Louis will do. Therefore I shall start carefully. Maybe if T get the right opportunity to deliver a. good solid punch I shall knock him out ” Farr w ill come here bv train In the morning and Louis will come by motor-er.r. The men arc to weigh in at noon.