I TUNNEY ON LOUIS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20930, 8 January 1938, Page 7

I TUNNEY ON LOUIS

CHAMPION’S FORM DETERIORATES “Can’t Take a Punch’’ I The next reasonably good heavy- | weight who smacks Joe Louts on the chin will be heavy-weight champion of the world (says an American writer). You have that from no less an authority than Gene Tunney, the very smart ex-titleholder, who quit beakbusting to enjoy a life of couponcutting ease. Although not called i upon to make a public declamation, ! Tunney obliged with a few opinions lon Louis while attending the All ' Sports dinner of the Catholic Youth Organisation at the George Cromwell ! Centre, Staten Island. | “Louis has gone back 25 per cent, or more,” Tunney declared. "He made the sad mistake of trying to think. He used to be a fast hitter when he relied upon his muscles instead of his brains. Now he has slowed up in all directions. He’d do better to forget he's the champ, and fight in his old-time fashion.” Tunney thinks it will be just too bad if Louis exposes his rather prominent chin to the fists of Max Schmeling. •‘Schmeling' will knock him out if they meet again—and I don't think I they will. As a matter of fact. Schmeling will flatten Louis any time they clamber into the same ring. Joe can't | take a punch and never could.”