Lou Nova, the youthful ¢25-year-old Californian with a hefty punch and a fighting heart who has been boosted as the next world heavyweight champion, confined his training to a light workout today in preparation for the most important fight of his career—his battle against Max Baer, another Californian, on Thursday night.
Victory on Thursday night at the Yankee Stadium, New York, for Nova will mean a gateway to a plash with Joe Louis for the world championship.
The husky six foot-two youth ran six miles, then relaxed by playing four games of croquet. He tapered off with light activity to limber his muscles, Baer, no longer the playboy who slipped into obscurity after reeling before the murderous fists of Joe Louis in 1935 after losing his world title to James Braddock, also tapered off at Grossinger.
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