New York, Mar, 9.
Max Baer, serious, bronzed and exuding thundering power from every pore in his body, concluded his heavy training routine here today in preparation for his bout on Friday. at Madison Square Garden with Tom Farr, the gatfulous Man Who Went Fifteen Rounds With Joe Louis, With the mantle of fatherhood settled firmly about his shoulders, it is a new Baer who will oppose the Welshman on Friday. Gone is the playboy, the comedian, the buffoon. In his stead is this new Baer—a Baer constituting a puzzle for most of the "wiseacres" along Cauliflower Row—a serious, well-conditioned Baer who is working, his god-like body as it was never worked for any bout before.
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