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EVENING STANDARD TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1937 JOE LOUIS vs TOMMY FARR

Full Story of the Fight Punch By Punch EIGHT ROUNDS TO LOUIS, SIX TO FARR, ONE EVEN

Tommy Farr... he put British boxing on the map, says Bennison

__ First Round

Farr opened the proceedings with a left to Louis's body. Grim faced, with his chin tucked well down into his left shoulder, the Welshman opened up another attack, in which he scored with a fine left, He continued to make the fighting, and once more he rushed in at Louis, hammer- ing away with both fists in a furious bout of punching.  It was obvious that Farr's intention was to keep Louis moving. He did not intend to allow the negro to get posi- tioned to let out his "murderous" left.  Farr again went in and narrowly missed Louis's chin. The champion retaliated by shooting out his left aimlessly. Farr nipped in quickly and scored with a one-two punch to the head and body, and Louis replied with a left to the face.  The British champion refused to let up for a moment, and in he rushed again to force Louis to the ropes. The negro, however, fought back strongly and got in some straight lefts, but they lacked sting.  Louis thought he saw an opening for a left hook, but a quick feint by Farr made him miss by a long way. Louis again tried with some snappy lefts to Farr's head, and the latter replied with hefty body punches, followed by a tattoo of lefts to the negro's head. Still Farr relentlessly went after his man and forced Louis to retreat under the fierceness of his attack. Easily Farr's round.

__ Second Round

Farr tried to open with his left, but missed. They both fell into a clinch broke away without any damage being done, and then indulged in some sparring at long range.  The Welshman scored well to the body with both hands, after which both ex- changed a series of left jabs. Louis scored to Farr's face with one such punch, but Farr, who was moving around like a ballet dancer, leapt away from the force of the blow. He kept moving swiftly, obviously part of the secret plans, and leapt in like lightning with jabs to the head. Again he landed with a light right and then missed with another.  Louis then came into his own a little and jolted Farr's head with a stinging left. Farr soon showed that he was not badly hurt, for he came back to send Louis against the ropes with a fierce two-fisted attack to Louis's ribs.  The champion, however, gave punch for punch and landed with another of his hard lefts, but Farr replied by planting several lefts in his opponent's face, and finished the round with a hard right to the body. Farr's round.

__ Third Round

It was Farr, who again started the offen- sive in this session with a right hook to Louis's head and then, going into a clinch, got in several light blows to the body, followed by a hefty right which caught Louis on the side of the head. He repeated this blow, but Louis countered it with a fine right to the head.  Louis thought he saw another opening for a knockout, and he tried with a terrific right to the head, but Farr, who was bob- bing and weaving cleverly, made him miss by a wide margin.  Farr repeatedly circled out of distance of Louis's deadly left and the negro was given few opportunities of bringing it into action. Jabbing constantly and peppering Louis's face with light lefts, he appeared to be getting the negro worried.  With what seemed a little like desper- ation, Louis jumped in and landed two swift left jabs, followed by a series of rights. Louis, finding this method of attack suc- cessful, again moved in and jabbed away swiftly at Farr's face.  This treatment caused Farr to retreat gradually, but towards the end of the round he again went into his man and caught him with a hard short left,followed by a right to the head.  At this point Farr's right eye was bleeding, but it was difficult to see if it was an old injury that had been reopened. Just as the round ended Louis poked a hard right to Farr's head. Louis's round.

__ Fourth Round

Louis began by scoring with a left jab to the face, but Farr countered with a left hook, and then beat a tattoo to Louis's head.  It was now Louis who was doing all the forcing. He worked Farr into a corner, but Farr, revealing his splendid ringcraft, maneuvered himself out of danger.  Farr rushed in with a right hook to Louis's head, but the latter retaliated by jerk- ing back Farr's head with a similar blow. Farr tried a right, but Louis swept it aside and "pecked" Farr's face with some light lefts. Louis led with a left jab, but Farr countered this by shooting out a piston-like left to Louis's nose.  Louis continued to beat a tattoo on Farr's face with his left hand. Farr tried a right hook, missed badly, but followed up with a hard right to the head. Louis was now continually moving in and backed Farr against the ropes, where he missed with a heavy right hook.  Farr countered with a bombardment to the body and turned the tables by forcing Louis to the ropes. Louis's round.

__ Fifth Round

Louis pecked at Farr's face with a left, and Farr replied in kind. An exchange of blows from long range followed, and Farr got in a right to the head. Louis poked another left to Farr's face, and Farr, trying to attack, was beaten back.  The pace of fighting had naturally slackened down a lot at this point, and the crowd impatiently clapped for action. The boxers, however, continued to exchange the lightest of blows, but later Farr landed with a stinging right to Louis's head. Louis replied with a ter- rific right which shook Farr.  The Welshman fought back savagely and, bobbing and weaving, landed with a right swing to the head. Louis was still eager to force the pace, however, and he again walked in with a left hook, but missed with his repeat attempt.  Farr then leapt in and shot out three quick lefts, but Louis, unaffected, scored with a similar blow. Louis's round.

__ Sixth Round

Farr's two eyes were bleeding slightly at the end of the fifth round, but he came out strongly enough for the sixth.  He scored with a light left to the body and then he drove the negro across the ring, while the crowd roared frantically as he slammed away and scored with an upper- cut.  Farr's left eye began to bleed again, but this did not stop him attacking. He landed a heavy left hook and followed up with a stinging jab to the head. Farr again charged forward and hurt Louis with a powerful left to the body. A left uppercut followed, after which both exchanged lefts at long distance.  Farr, again bobbing and weaving for an opening, saw on and immediately flashed out a tremendous right hook which shook Louis. Not letting up, Tommy got in a series of light lefts to the face and then avoided Louis's attempts to jab him in the face.  Farr was timing perfectly at this stage, and he swung over a powerful hard right which landed on top of the negro's head. Another hard right to the body followed, and Farr finished the round attacking furiously. Farr's round.

__ Seventh Round

Tommy came out of his corner smartly and struck out some snappy lefts to the negro's face. He continued to score repeatedly with some finely-timed left swings, but the champion, seizing an open- ing, caught Farr with a couple left hooks.  The men fell into a clinch, where they pummeled away to the body, but the force of Farr's attacks compelled Louis to give ground. The challenger backed Louis to the ropes and shot out both hands to the body quickly, but Louis, fighting desperately, cleared his way out and landed with two terrific lefts. Louis got his left hand going perfectly at this point, and Farr did not find it so easy to avoid it.  Farr again was bleeding from cuts under both eyes. Louis attempted to force home his advantage, and scored with both hands to the head, forcing Tommy to give ground.  Farr's face was now a gory sight, the blood from his eye injuries streaming down his face. He was still full of fight, how- ever, but a last desperate attack was spoiled by over-eagerness. Louis's round.

__ Eighth Round

Louis, sensing that he was gaining the mastery, came smartly out of his corner, eager for the "kill." He got in a light left, but Farr retaliated likewise, and then, feinting cleverly, sent over a right to the face. Farr threw another right, but it went harmlessly over Louis's head.  Tommy backed up and flicked Louis with a one-two punch, driving him to the ropes, where the negro met his attack with two quick left hooks to the head.  Louis scored with another left jab, but this stung Farr into action, for he leapt in and landed a stinging left hook to the head. Louis, impassive as ever, walked grimly into his man again, jabbing away relentlessly to Farr's head.  After Farr had missed badly with a right the two men circled around each other in the center of the ring until Farr caught his man with a stiff right uppercut and then poured in a ceaseless attack to Louis's body.  Fighting at terrific speed, Farr, with both arms flailing like windmills, forced Louis to the ropes once more, causing him to hang on. Farr tried to force him off, and chopped down a right and left to the head. Louis replied by scoring with a hard right to the head and another on Farr's bleeding eye.  Farr was still full of fight, and just before the bell he shook Louis with a hard right hook to the body. Farr's round.

__ Ninth Round

Farr came up comparatively fresh and eager to get to grips, and he opened the attack with two left hooks to the head. He then tore in furiously and got Louis on the ropes, where he punched away smartly to the body. Joe fought back and got in two straight lefts, but Farr, again feinting cleverly, shot out a right, but it just missed its mark.  Louis continued to concentrate on Farr's damaged eye, but Farr tried to keep him away by shooting out stinging lefts. He got in a fine left hook to the body and then forced Louis to the ropes once more with a heavy bombardment.  At this stage Louis's right eye appeared to be puffing up. Farr again rushed Louis to the ropes with fierceness of his attack, and he battered away at the negro's body.  They clinched following a fine left hook by Farr, and Louis got in some jabs to the face. They again fell into a clinch where Farr landed with a right to the head, the force of which shook the champion.  Following up, Farr poked Louis on the chin with a stiff left hook. Farr's round.

__ Tenth Round

The crowd cheered vociferously for Farr as he came out for this session and landed with a light left to the face and another to the stomach. Farr again walked into his man and scored with a left hook to the body, to which Louis replied with another left-hander which had not the slightest weight behind it.  Farr then threw over a hard right hook to the head, followed by two more rights to the same quarter. Farr was attacking ceaselessly and got in another left to the body. Farr again tore into his man and forced him to the ropes but Louis fought him off with a "haymaking" right, which, however, only just scraped Farr's face. It was a fortunate escape. Louis jabbed with his left as Tommy again moved in, but he missed.  Farr landed with a light left to the face and then missed with a "roundhouse" right. A heavy left caught Louis in the body, how- ever, and Louis trying to fight off his man, missed with a right.  Louis fought back strongly towards the end of the round, however, and shook Farr with a right to the head just before the bell. Louis's round.

__ Eleventh Round

Farr scored smartly with a left from long range, and again jumping in quickly, caught Louis on top of the head with a right. Farr was a little impetuous and a wild right failed to find its mark. He jabbed Louis in the face with his left, when the latter tried similar tactics Farr took blows on his arms. With his clever ducking and weaving he was an extremely difficult target to hit.  The Welshman continued to keep his left going well, and he landed with a series of four in succession to Louis's face. Farr attacked with two left-handers and then chopped over a right, forcing Louis to the ropes once again.  He attempted to put over a smashing right, but he mistimed it and caught Louis on the shoulder. he pecked Louis lightly in the face and then jabbed him with a hard right to the same quarter.  Farr maintained a furious attack and got in to the head and body with both hands. Farr ended the round with a fusillade of lefts to the face. Easily Farr's round.

__ Twelfth Round

The crowd was again shouting for Farr as Louis stepped in and shot a barrage of straight lefts. Farr returned to the attack, however, and stung the negro with a series of left hooks to the head. He drove his man to the ropes. Louis tried to force his way out and landed with a right to the head, but it made no impression on Farr, who was displaying a magnificent defense.  Louis cleverly ducked under a left swing, but Farr crowded his man and smartly forced him to retreat. He swung a heavy left-hook to Louis's ear and continued to jab the champion in the face. The negro was unable to get set, as Farr moved around quickly, swiftly shooting out his left hand in a disconcerting manner.  Farr scored to the face and then threw over a heavy right-hook to the face; but this was blocked in clever style by Louis. Farr again shot out a chopping right-hander to Louis's chin. Round even.

__ Thirteenth Round

The boxers exchanged lefts, and then after encircling each other, Farr bored in and punched away to the body with heavy rights. Louis replied with several left hooks to the body, but Farr fought his man off and got his left working again.  Tommy's eyes and nose were slightly bleeding at this stage, but it did not look serious. Louis pushed over some short, snappy lefts to the head, but Farr countered with similar tactics.  They continued to employ the same tactics, but Farr changed the order by scoring with two rights to the side of the head.  Louis threw over a short right hook to the head and followed with some left jabs to the face. Farr attempted to open up an attack, but he missed badly with his right, although he scored with a left. Louis on the ropes, fought his way clear and proceeded to belabour Farr with some rights and lefts to the head.  Farr wilted under the force of his attacks, one of them caused more blood to flow freely from his nose.  An exchange of lefts and rights to the head followed, but Louis wound up the round with a vicious attack. Louis's round.

__ Fourteenth Round

Louis started operations with a left, which he poked on to Farr's gory nose; and Farr retaliated with a right which, however, missed its objec- tive. As Louis walked in again, Tommy ducked away, but Louis would not be denied and landed a couple of lefts to the body. Farr missed with his counting efforts and then attempted to get inside, but Louis chopping and jabbing, forced him off.  Louis was now definitely making the pace, and he caught Farr with a volley of straight lefts. Farr replied by slinging over some right- handers, but they missed Louis's head by a wide margin. Louis landed to the side of the head with a short right and caused Farr to dance out of distance. Louis's round.

__ Fifteenth Round

Farr came out first and met his man in the center of the ring, where they shook hands for the final round. Farr immediately started to beat a tattoo of lefts to Louis's face, followed by a right to the head.  They exchanged several short jabs, and then Farr shot out his left, which was working like a piston rod. He missed with a right to the body, but landed with a left, after which Louis tried a couple of rights.  The champion's timing was faulty, however, and Farr found opportunity to push out two lefts to the head. Farr, bobbing and weaving at a great pace, caught Louis on the neck, but the latter countered with a two-fisted attack to Farr's body.  Tommy landed with a left, but missed with his following right, whereas Louis bored in and plastered the Welshman with heavy two-handed punches and drove him to the ropes.  Farr advanced again, however, and scored with his left much to the delight of the crowd, but he missed badly with a terrific right-hander. Louis's round.   Result.- LOUIS beat FARR on points.

THE MEN COMPARED LOUIS FARR Age Weight Height Chest (normal) Chest (expanded) Reach Biceps Forearm Wrist Waist Thigh Ankle Calf 23 14st. 1lb. 6 feet 1 3/4 inches 41 inches 44 inches 76 inches 14 inches 12 1/2 inches 8 inches 34 inches 21 inches 10 inches 15 inches 23 14st. 8 1/2lb. 6 feet 1 inch 44 inches 49 inches 79 inches 15 1/2 inches 14 inches 8 inches 35 inches 21 inches 10 inches 15 1/2 inches

HYSTERICAL WOMEN

Excitement was at fever pitch at the ringside when the final round was begun, the crowd shouting "Stay with him, Tommy!" Women in the ringside seats became almost hysterical.

THE GOLD BELT

Louis was presented with a gold belt, emblematic of the world's heavyweight championship, which was the gift of the National Sport- ing Club, from London. The first man to win the belt three times makes it his own property.

JOE LOUIS vs TOMMY FARR LOUIS'S OWN STORY BEN BENNISON

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