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/ i t ! I I B e n " c ti p p r g e i. 1 u s j1 in h l is n • £ e lt c jl . j * r v- st i P c 1 p. 3. J I ic * [n . « rs ] if if J [ m 1_ , te . r" , er j;11 , th . e" jli ig the tie has as S. o E 19, l9 Card Louis-Savold Go As 10-Rounder Bombers Last Tuneup Bout Scheduled for June 13 at Polo Grounds in New York By BARNEY NAGLER Staff Correspondent DETROIT, Mich., May 3. — Despite the mingled reaction to Joe Louis 10 -round whomping of Omelio Agramonte, the clutching Cuban, last night, the International Boxing Club is going ahead with plans for the former heavyweight cham-s pions next start — an all-or-nothing 12-- rounder with Lee Savold in New Yorks Polo Grounds, June 13. This fight will be at the odd distance of 12 rounds because of an eagerness to move up Louis to a title shot with Ezzard Charles September. It also is a selling point for this meeting of two ancients of the ring. Louis, incidentally, and Savold both want the fight to go 15 rounds, but Jim Norris, D3C president, has decided on 12. Appar-t_ ently he does not want either to collapse on the long road around the bend, The former champion will go up to Belle River, Ontario, about 25 miles north-by-.1 east from here, for pre-fight conditioning. He will then head east to Pompton Lakes, N. J., for earnest sparring. Savold, currently engaged in a roadwork spree at Palm Beach, Fla., should do his training at Greenwood Lake, N. J. Agramonte Hard Man to Fight Louis obviously does not share in all the criticism of his performance. "Agramonte was a hard man to fight. Im happy about this one because it proved can go 10 rounds without getting tired. Im satisfied I can throw my right hand . . I knocked him down with two good rights in the second round. My right didnt show up cause he weaves away from a right, and grabs and runs. I will fight Savold and then Charles. Omelio hurt me once, with a left to the belly." Joey Maxim, the light - heavyweight champ, who gets first crack at Charles in Chicago, May 30, was a witness. He couldnt find within himself the wherewithal to say something nice about Louis. "Hes been nice to me, Joe has," Maxim said, "but I dont think hes got much left. I think Lee Savold will beat him quick." Maxims forecast wasnt shared by the smartie-pants fight men. Most believed Savold would have to get rid of Louis early or suffer the slings in the latter rounds. The gross of 2,666, with a net of some 6,000, gave Louis about ,000 for his 40 percent however, he also received 0,000 from the television take, or a total of 6,000, slightly less than the net for the show. Louis must not be faulted as a gate attraction off this one. The Detroit sur- face transit strike bit into the gate. Louis East Side supporters couldnt get to the Olympia because of the walkout by bus and trolley operators.
