WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1948
T HE MICHIGAN DAILY
Louis-Walcott Battle For Heavyweight Title
Major League Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston ...... 34 24 .586 .... Cleveland .... 35 19 .648 ....
Pittsburgh ... 32 24 .571 1 New York .... 33 24 .579 31/
St. Louis .... 32 25 .561 1 Philadelphia .. 34 26 .565 4
New York .... 29 26 .527 32 *Boston ..... 27 26 .509 71/
Philadelphia .. 27 32 .458 7 Detroit ...... 28 29 .491 8%/
Brooklyn ..... 24 29 .453 7 Washington .. 28 32 .448 11..
Cincinnati .... 26 34 .439 9 St. Louis ......22 33 .400 13Y2
Chicago.......23 33 .411 10 *Chicago .... 27 33 .340 16
Today's Games Today's Games
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn New York at Cleveland
Chicago at New York Washington at Detroit
St. Louis at Boston (Night) Boston at Chicago
Cincinnati at Philadelphia Philadelphia at St. Louis
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Facts on. Louis
Walcott Scrap
Lois Walcott
34 Age 34
6 ft. 2 in. Height 6 Feet
214 Pounds Weight* 194 Lb.
76 Inches Leach 74 Inches
42 Inches Chest 40 In.
45 Inches Chest, Exp. 43 In.
17 Inches Neck 17 Inches
15 Inches Biceps 16 Inches
12 Inches Forearm 13 Inches
8 Inches Wrist 7% Inches
11% Inches Fist 12 Inches
361/2 Inches Waist 35 Inches
222 Inches Thigh 21 Inches
14 Inches Calf 14 Inches
10 Inches Ankle 9% In,
M1' Yacht Ace
Cops Regatta
Bob Ford, Michigan's top skip-
per, took top honors in the Y-Fy-
er class at the Ohio Interlakes
Yacht Racing Association's An-
nual Regatta held on Chippewa
Lake, Ohio, last Sunday.
Michigan, Bowling Green, Ohio
State and Northwestern fought
their way through three races in
everything from a flat calm to a
dry squall. In spite of hot compe-
tition and varying wind condi-
tions Bob Ford nosed out Dick
Schuederberg of Ohio State by 1/4
of a point with Dave Olsen of
Northwestern coming in 3rd. Ed
Bainbridge, Bill Emmert, and
Jim Johns of Michigan finished
4th, 5th and 6th. Bob Johns and
Bud Asher of Bowling Green, Jim
Rukin of Michigan, Dave Brown
of Northwestern, Allan Borth of
Ohio State finished in that order.
The Michigan Sailing Club will
hold a regular and open meeting
Thursday June 24, at the Michi-
gan Union at 7:00 p.m.
Odds Favor Louis 5-12
To Down Jersey Battler
Brown Bomber Predicts Early Wi as Rain
Dampens Hope of Million Dollar Gate
NEW YORK, June 22-(/P)-A steady drizzle of rain and Jersey
Joe Walcott money fell on New York today as the odds on Joe Louis
slipped to 5 to 12 for his 25th and last-maybe-heavyweight title
defense.
The weatherman, usually cooperative with Uncle Mike Jacobs'
ventures, took a dim view of the future. He predicted considerable
cloudiness tomorrow with scattered showers and thundershowers
throughout a warm, humid day. There was some hope of clearing in
mid-afternoon. The title fight
goes on at 8:00 p.m. (CST).. .
(Radio Station WHRV, Ann Ar-
bor, will carry a fight preview at s
9:30 p.m., Ann Arbor time, and
the blow-by-blow description of
the scrap starting at 10 p.m.-Ed.)
If a postponement is necessary,
the fight will be held Thursday
night, alsoyin Yankee Stadium.x
Oddds May Drop
Walcott cash from south New
Jersey may slice the price to 1 to
2 by fight time although the cur-3
rent odds still fluctuated. It
seemed likely that Louis would
enter the ring a solid choice over
Jersey Joe, who lost a disputed sin
split decision to the champ in De-
cember. If you like Louis by a
knockout you must give 72 to 5.
Despite the rain, the city bis-
tled with out-of-town visitors.>
Hotels were reported doing capac-
ity business and choice $50 ring
side seats were selling at twicea
their face value. There still were
plenty of tickets left. TOE LOUIS
No Million-Dollar Gate .. . washed u?
Twentieth Century Sporting * *
Club officials clung to earlier pre- At 34, the same age as Walcott,
dictions that 55,000 fans would see Louis admits he has lost speed but
the fight, paying "somewhere be-
tween $800,000 and $900,000." To- insists ie still hits as hard as ever.
day's rain has killed all talk of a If he goes through with his an-
million dollar house. nounced plans of waiting for Wal-
Louis and Walcott took only ecott, a counter puncher, to come
light exercise, trying to hold their to him, it may be the dullest fight
fine edge until ring time. When he
finished his boxing chores at in the annals of the ring.
Pompton Lakes, N.J., yesterday, If Louis gets hit with a good
the champ said he would come in right hand before he finds his
at close to 215 pounds, four pounds chance, there may be a new
heavier than for his last fight champ. If he scores first, Louis
and the heaviest of his career. may be able to carry out his pre-
Walcott will weigh about 195 diction, "I'll win early." One punch
pounds. can decide it.
AP SPORT FLASHES
PHILADELPHIA, June 22-(iP)first appearance in a Cleveland
-Danny Litwhiler's tenth inning uniform since his recent acquisi-
homer with Hank Sauer on base tion from the St. Louis Browns.
gave the Cincinnati Reds a 6-4 * * *
victory over the Philadelphia Phil- BOSTON, June 22-(P)-Stan
lies tonight. Sauer also hit a hom- Musial's fifth consecutive single,
er, his 21st of the season. with the bases loaded in the
* * * ninth, clinched the St. Louis
DETROIT, June 22-(P) - Cardinals 5-2 win over the top-
Earl Wooten's first major league place Boston Braves tonight be-
home run gave the Washington fore a 29,064 crowd. That per-
Senators a 5-4 win over the De- feet batting performance boost-
troit Tigers tonight in a night ed the National League's top
game before 34,447 fans. Ar- slugger's average to .402 and
thur Houtteman suffered his gave Harry (The Cat) Brecheen
ninth defeat of the season when his eighth pitching triumph of
Washington chased him with * *
four runs in the seventh inning. ST. LOUIS, June 22--(P)-The
* * * Philadelphia Athletics exploded
CLEVELAND, June 22-- (P) - for a four-hit, four-run eighth in-
Sam Zoldak pitched the Cleveland ning against two St. Louis pitchers
Indins to a 5-2 victory over the to break a tie and defeat the
New York Yankees today in his Browns 7 to 6 tonight.
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by JOE WALSH
Summer Daily Sports Editor
June is traditionally the month of brides-but in this June of
1948, the honors seem to be divided between weddings and cham-
pionship boxing matches.
One of these battles, the third pier sixer between Tony Zale and
Rocky Graziano has passed into history. Tonight, we shall have the
second chapter of the month's fisticuff parade, the Louis-Walcott
meeting in the "House-That-Ruth-Built," Yankee Stadium.
Weather permitting, a crowd of over 50,000 is expected to
swarm into the cavernous 160th Street ballyard to get what
may prove to be their last glimpse of Joe Louis in action.
The heavy scrap tonight may mean a great deal more, also. For
in the result will be the story of whether Joe Louis, World's Heavy-
weight Champion for eleven years and one day, was finished. A scant
half-year ago, the Detroit Brown Bomber was extremely fortunate to
gain a split-decision over the aged Jersey Joe Walcott, a hitherto
little-respected : in-and-outer from the banks of the Delaware in
Camden.
Precedent is riding on the side of the champion tonight, however.
Louis is famous for giving better performances second time around.
Ramage, Davis, Schmeling, Buddy Baer, Pastor, Brown, Godoy, and
Billy Conn have exxperienced Joe's work on two different occasions.
In each instance, the Chocolate Champ has considerably heightened
his prestige with more devastating results.
Billy Conn have experienced Joe's work on two different occasions.
Champ groggy and badly beaten
on points in the latter stages of
the fight, but tried to apply the
crusher, however, and ended the Breakfast at
night's proceedings on the back
of his lap.
In his second go for the crown,
Conn rode a bicycle for seven but
got trapped in the eighth and corner South University
again Louis quickly lowered the and Forest Ave.
boom with three punishing lefts,
knocking all of the slambition
from the Pittsburglier. 7*30 A oM ,
According to reports from
Pompton Lakes, tonight will find
a much sharper Louis going after DRUGS
Jersey Joe than lasthDeckember. BE E R
Most of the lads who should know,
say that the Dark Destroyer re- W I N ES
garded Walcott so lightly that be
was only half-trained when he S.D.D. for Mich. State
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