January 25
Now York, Dee. 16, The date for the heavyweight championship fight of the world between Joe Louis, the titleholder, and John. Lewis, world negro light-heavyweight champion, was fixed for January 25° today when the two men signed a contract to go fifteen rounds in Madison Square Garden.—
United Press. the best of the afternoon being very fast and hard-fought, Cmdr. B.C. Clifford just managing to subdue T. F, MacCabe in four games. The full results were:
K. Cassels defeated Lieut, P. 3 Mllfersiarry 9-4, 7-9, Bel, 7-0, Out.
WA, Welch Jost to Licul. FT Hol-
'A. Hogarin: beat Lieut. Ambuthiot Out, 85, TF. Macca Tommy Farr Given Severe Beating New York, Dee. 16.
Lou Nova of California became the outstanding "white hope"—tonight, when he gave Tommy Farr of Wales, the worst beating of the former Welsh miner's eight-year boxing career the Madison Square Garden, Nova won the fifteen-round heavyweight bout after almost knocking out the came and rugged Welshman, He. achieve what Joe Louis, Max Baer fand Jim Braddock could not aecomplish—he belted Farr groggy and had him staggering about the ring on the verge of a knockout in. the fourteenth round when only the bell saved Farr from his first knockout United Press.
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