Although Baer was a helpless. bloody hulk in the tenth and eleventh rounds, he was given a great ovation. Baer fought grimly and savagely. There was nothing about his determination, his willingness to fight to indicate that this was once the clown of the ring, who used to arouse his opponents with his foolish cavorting and his sneering grins in the ring.
"Fighting Fool"
Baer tonight looked better ili defeat than he has in victory on many an occasion, He was a fighting fool neither asking nor giving quarter. But Baer didn't really have a chance after the fourth round.
Nova shook off Baer's blows although on several occasions he showed that Max had hurt him. And as soon as the daze had cleared, Nova charged again and forced Baer to the ropes.
The "Alameda Adonis" continually drove Baer to the ropes with barrages to the head. For the first four rounds, Baer fought as ferociously as his younger foe. But after the fourth he weakened. He slowed down and this was fatal, for Nova was quick to seize the opportunity and swarmed over the former titleholder with punishing blows, The fourth round was actually the beginning of the end for Baer. He was clearly weakened by the blows he suffered in that round. In the fifth round his own punches seemed to have lost their steam, although he was still courageous and made a determined bid to stand up and slug But though the "Livermore Lar-tuper" was badly hurt he made a last desperate effort to land with his once-mighty right, the same terrible blow that cut down a giant such as Camera and which killed Frankie Campbell.
He met the chafges of his foe in the ninth round with a two-handed attack and put in a few rights. The only semblance of a knockdown came in this round when Nova slipped to the canvas but jumped up immediately.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.