SMILING HAPPILY [photo] MRS. JOE LOUIS Smiling happily, Miss Marva Trotter is shown holding a picture of Joe Louis, the man she married Tuesday night, three hours before he stepped into the ring and knocked out Max Baer. The fighter's managers raved, swore, tore their hair and yelled in shrill voices that it simply couldn't be done, because it would excite Joe too much. but it was done. Marva did it. She was happy and Joe wasn't excited.
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LOUIS KNOCKS OUT BAER; HAILED AS GREATEST OF ALL - 90,000 At Yankee Stadium To See Him In Action; Negro Notables Head Large Race Crowd - Ringside, Yankee Stadium, Sept. 24.--(By the Editor)--Joe Louis, called the "Brown Bomber" of Detroit, knocked out Max Baer, who when champion was referred to as the "Larruper of Livermore, in the fourth round of their scheduled fifteen round fight here tonight, in a way which amazed the 90,000 or more who have about taken up every available bit of sitting and standing space in this great modern baseball stadium of the New York Yankees. The results of the fight are known by our readers many hours before the Leader is off the press. Those who listen over the radio are getting it almost as quickly as we see it sitting here close-up to the ring, and the daily papers, even in the far South, will no doubt carry stories about the victory of the popular young Negro sensation, as comprehensive and unbiased as that which might appear in any of the race papers. We might not have made the 800 mile motor trip from Louisville to New York if we had known 5 days before the fight that the battle of the century would be broadcast. But we are here and we are glad that we are. There is much about this crowd, about this fight, about Harlem's reaction, and other things that make us glad that we are here, and which will be given to Leader readers in a special column in succeeding issues. While Joe Louis is getting married to Miss Marva Trotter of Chicago, the stadium is being thronged, and the mob of fight fans represents all classes and colors. They rolled into New York from all parts of the country, by special trains, air lines, buses and private conveyances that ranged from luxurious limousines to lowly bicycles. I am told that two colored girls from Virginia bicycled it in town, and that two Negro boys in riding pants and goggles roared up to the stadium ticket winows on a motorcycle bearing North Carolina plates, that the spokesman for the two said, "Mister, we want two of them $5.75 seats. We came all the way from North Carolina to see our boy Louis knock Baer for a loop," and that is just what they saw in the fourth round, and in a way which surprised even the writer. Louis Proved That He Can Take As Well As Give In my editorial last week captioned, a "Test For Joe Louis," we said in part: "Joe Louis is about as finished a fighter as one his age might be expected to be. He has youth, he has the punch and he is clever. And in addition to that, he has one of the smartest men in the business as a trainer and counsellor. With Jack Blackburn in his corner next Tuesday night, part of the experience that Louis might lack is taken care of. Joe Louis figures to beat Baer, but in the (Continued on page 8)
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MAX AND MRS. BAER [photos] When asked why he failed to get off one knee in the fourth round last Tuesday night, Max said, "I was knocked out. Listen, I couldn't see straight. I thought all Harlem was out there. I saw a whole ringful of black clouds and this little ray of sunshine just couldn't penetrate them. Louis is married and I hope he is happy as I am." Mrs. Baer, who was opposed to her husband's fighting, did not see the fight. She did not care to see Mr. Baer whipped. His defeat by Louis might have been a dark cloud with a silver lining for the young wife.
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Race Republicans Start Drive CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE NAMED; DR. T. T. WENDELL, CHAIRMAN - Joseph Adams Is State Organizer And Joseph Ray, Secretary; Pat McCann Is Assistant To Adams - By Walter Robinson, Publicity Chairman Determined to elect Judge King Swope and the entire Republican ticket this year, colored Republican leaders have swung into action with the most elaborate state-wide organization in the history of Kentucky politics. The leaders believe that with the thousands of colored voters in the State who are naturally Republican and the winning back to the fold of the few hundred disgruntled ones who went "Democratic" they can play a great part in putting Kentucky in the Republican column this year and next. The great goal set for themselves by the colored leaders is to get every Negro vote out for the Republican ticket. No village or hamlet will be too small or remote or insignificant for them to visit and carry the message of a true Republicanista to any voter who may be found anywhere in the bounds of the State. With these thing in mind a large number of the best known, leading and influential Republicans met in the Pythian Temple. September 10, and organized as well as pledged themselves to bend every effort to the election of Judge King Swope and the entire Republican ticket. Leading white Republicans were present and made inspiring addresses. Then a Republican State Campaign Committee was elected with the following well known party workers and leaders: Dr. T. T. Wendell, Lexington, chairman; Dr. E. E. Underwood, Frankfort, vice chairman; Dr. S. H. George, Paducah, vice chairman, Western Division; Mrs. Mary Kelley, Covington, vice chairwoman, Northern Division; Mrs. O. K. Glass, Henderson, vice chairwoman, Western Division; Mrs. Nellie Haggard, Winchester, vice chairwoman, Eastern Division; Joseph R. Ray, Louisville, executive secretary; Prof. G. W. Saffell, Shelbyville, assistant secretary; R. T. Berry, Louisville, treasurer; Rev. J W. Broaddus, Frankfort, chairman, Speakers' Bureau; Attorney Walter Robinson, Hopkinsville, chairman Publicity; Joseph D. Adams, Louisville, State organizer; Pat McCann, Louisville, assistant to Adams. (Continued on page 8)
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