vyweight Title Boxing Experts Say "Sure Thing" for Brown Bomber; Enormous Crowd Expected to See Fight New York, Jan. 24.
Louis, negro world heavyweight champion, remained a prohibitive favourite to beat John Henry Lewis, world lightweight titleholder, tomorrow' night as betting odds poured the Brown Bomber today. Sports writers are wondering why enthusiasts will pay about U.S.$100,000 to pack Garden to see what the scribes consider a feel the reason is that the spectators perhaps think Lewis Joe's questionable glass jaw, although has been successful in downing the Brown Bomber. rine Golds Win "With odds ranging as high as 10- to-l there was virtually no betting done on Louis on the "win basis" Wagers were largely confined to the knockout basis and on how long Lewis would last against the cham-
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Odds of 4-to-1 were available that Lewis would not last until the final round. Odds of 2-te-1 were offered that Lewis would be knocked out before the ninth round and even money was offered that he would be stretched out for the fatal count bë- fore ithe fifth round.
Although the light-heavyweight champion was never knocked out in 99 professional fights, critics give him virtually no chance. They believe he lacks the necessary punch to halt the destructive tactics of the Brown Bomber.
Lewis will be giving the champion at least seventeen pounds in weight advantage. This factor plus the revelation that he has lost some of his previous dazzling speed caused experts to predict that he would be an easy target for the deadly-hitting Louis.
Louis Faster led in the first part allowed the Golds Although Lewis in his training at Madame Bey's camp concentrated on attaining speed, boxing writers say that his workouts showed him to have lost much of his former speed. Louis, on the other hand, is as fast as ever, especially as he too made a strong bid to gain more speed in his training siege at Pompton Lake.
Odds on Louis mounted after the {champion anüounced that he would make short work of his foe.
He said that he would start strongly and attempt t0 knock his foe out in the "shortest possible period.
Lewis announced that he would make an effort to prove that he is a better boxer than the world champion by relying on skill and speed to nullify the deadly hooks and the lethal right of Louis—United Press.
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