In the insensitive style of the day he was hailed as the Brown Bomber.
The Brown Bomber," Foley said, "it sounds racist.
"We'll start with a wet fly and then, if nothing happens, we'll switch to a dry, maybe a Brown Bomber," he said.
This was one of eight championship fights the "Brown Bomber" fought at Yankee Stadium.
Joe Lewis, the famous boxer, known as the "Brown Bomber" played the course on a regular basis back in his day.
This phrase was referring to then heavyweight champion Joe Louis, known as the Brown Bomber.
The man who had been called the Brown Bomber was finished.
"It was a point of pride to come up with something like the Brown Bomber or the Iron Horse."
He was responsible for all of the Brown Bombers' points in their 10-3 win over the Red Devils.
Lillard stayed with the Brown Bombers through the 1937 season; the team went out of business in 1938.