The much heralded fight for the heavyweight championship of the world has now become fighting history, and Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber, has succeeded in maintaining his title against the very determined attack made upon it by Tommy Farr, the Tonypandy Terror. On the face of it Farr does not appear to have been so ill-advised, as it was at first thought, in taking on the champion so early in his own career, for he was able to give so good an account of himself that the crowd was prepared to concede him the victory, a finding which is supported by the report of the United Press in its description of the contest round by round. Sports writer's verdicts are not official, those of the judges are, and the fact that the latter found in favour of the champion must stand no matter how much disagreement with their judgment there may happen to be. Farr, on the showing of the United Press seems to have had hard luck in not having secured the judges' suffrages, for he appears to have taken eight rounds to Louis's fi the remaining two being considered even. arr seems to have overcome the physiological and psychological factors which, last week, it was pointed out were against him, and to have given a performance which completely belied the judgment of his form as estimated by the gambling fraternity. The decision, giving rise as it will to much discussion, is obviously unsatisfactory, and it is to be hoped that the two men will be matched again in the near future. In that event it is to be hoped that less criticism of the decision will be noticeable, for it would be the death-blow of international boxing, if it ever became thought that the heavyweight championship of the world had in certain national aspects become as exclusive as a certain wel! know less secular institution.
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