Sport: Europe's Rickard

How to become a champion is, for an ambitious fisticuffer, by no means the only problem of his profession. In the case of Negro Joe Louis of Detroit, generally considered sure to win the heavyweight title when and if he fights James J. Braddock, the problem of what to do with it afterward is already even more puzzling. To canny Promoter Mike Jacobs, who has exclusive rights to Fisticuffer Louis' services, an inviting solution of this question was presented last week: a grand tour of Europe. For Fisticuffer Louis such an expedition might have...

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