Word: baer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fight fans yelled themselves limp. It was the first round of Washington's first world-championship heavyweight fight, and there, hanging over the ropes head first, was Joe Louis, the champ. The boxer who had dumped him on to the ring apron was 25-year-old Buddy Baer, baby brother of onetime
Champion Max Baer. Baby Baer, a 237-Ib. giant who towers 6 ft. 6½ in., is 35 Ib. heavier and 5½ inches taller than Joe Louis. But he went into the ring a 10-to-1 underdog...
...ring 18 years ago have never forgotten it. Last week, stung with embarrassment at landing on his kinky head, the champion, up at the count of four, came back-a little groggy at first-to blast the young upstart with all he had. In the second round, he gave Baer one of the most terrific poundings ever seen in a prize ring. Baby Baer took it-and in the fifth round brought the crowd to its feet again when he opened a gash over Louis' left...
With blood streaming down his cheek for the first time in his career, the champion went after Baer with the savageness for which he is famed. In the sixth round he weakened the giant with chopping rights & lefts, then felled him as though he were a redwood tree. At the count of seven, Baer staggered to his feet, only to be toppled again with another right to the jaw. Just as the timekeeper counted ten, Baer's gloves slowly left the canvas. Referee Arthur Donovan motioned the fighters to continue. Once more, Baer toppled to the floor...
...Preston, Jr. Lloyd Fursman, Beaver Albert M. Rockwood Marion Prentice, Wellesley George A. Saxton, Jr. Phyllis Hanson, Skidmore Robert S. Smith Florence Scott, Long Island, N. Y. Robert S. Sturgis Sarah Abbot, Winsor Arthur S. Tarlow Stella Levi, Wellesley Richard B. Tucker Marjorie Davis, Wheaton LIONEL HALL Theodore S. Baer Dorothy Smith, Simmons Elliott R. Corbett, II Caroline Beatty, Emma Willard School Robert J. Harbison Anita Kelly, Radcliffe Robert M. Lasker Sally Leopold, Smith D. Barney Lefforts Charlotte Eckhardt, Smith...