New York, Mar. 11.
Tommy Farr, the British champion, is a 2-1 odds-on favourite to beat Max Baer, former world heavyweight champion, in their 15-round elimina: tion bout here to-night.
Farr received two black eyes during his strenuous training, and he regards them as a good omen. "The last time I got black eyes," he said to-day, "was just before I knocked out Walter Neusel; the German heavyweight."
"I will knock out Baer he added.
Meanwhile, the playboy pugilist, as Baer has been nicknamed, talks ceaselessly about his baby son and what he will do to Farr for his sake.
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