Word: walcott
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three days, Joe Louis lay low in Harlem. Then the champ, smoked out by the New York Post's Columnist Jimmy Cannon, talked for three hours about the fight* without once mentioning the name of his opponent, Jersey Joe Walcott. "He did so many wrong things," said Joe, "I saw every opening, but I couldn't go get him. ... I couldn't do a lot of things." The trouble was, said Joe, he was dehydrated. "I killed myself taking off four pounds. But that ain't no excuse...
...into the beer business too. What about the next fight? To a gathering of reporters, Louis announced that there would be one more bout in June, but that was all. "I had enough. I been around a long time." Joe said he'd like to fight either Joe Walcott or Light-Heavyweight Gus Lesnevich. Nobody took the remark seriously: it was obviously part of the maneuvering to scale down Walcott's terms for a return match. At least there'd be an anguished outcry if Joe Louis fought anyone but Walcott. A reporter asked Louis...
...about it. They gave the decision to Jersey Joe. But two judges voted the other way. As his arm was raised in victory, Joe Louis, a forlorn figure, got booed for the first time in his long ring career. The cheers were for Jersey Joe. The fact is that Walcott probably deserved the decision-even if no one deserved to win a world's heavyweight championship by riding a bicycle the last round. Louis, some $190,000 richer and still champion despite his weary legs and battered face, shuffled over to Walcott and said apologetically: "I'm sorry...
...uncomfortable silence. When a photographer said, "Give us a big smile, Joe," Louis managed a wry grimace. "C'mon, Joe," somebody shouted, "you can smile bigger than that." Answered Joe in a low voice: "I can't open my mouth no more." Wasn't Walcott entitled to a return match? He certainly was, said...
...used to be. At least, the saloons that have television sets. From Kerrigan's Kozy Korner to the Stork Club, barrooms have suffered from an influx of "kids and marginal drinkers," which one Manhattan elbow-bender has scornfully dubbed "The Television Set." Last week, during the Louis-Walcott fight (see SPORT), "The Set" was out in force...