The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 22, 1937, Page 6

id TLE FROM CHAMP Will Enter Chicago Arena: First Challenger-Favorite in History of Ring PHIL COLLINS MAY REFEREE Bout Scheduled to Start Be- tween 7 and 9 P. M.; Broadcast Is Arranged ‘ Chicago, June 22.—(?)—Joe Louis, sleepy-eyed son of an Alabama cotton picker, gets his greatest opportunity tonight. In a flood-lighted ring, pitched over second base at Comiskey park, home of the Chicago White Sox, Louis, the modern ring’s most spec- tacular figure, battles James J. Brad- dock, untested heavyweight cham- pion of the world. Watching them will be a crowd that may go as high a8 60,000, with gate receipts that may Teach $750,000. Ringside Account to Be Given Over KFYR Radio Station KFYR here will broadcast the championship battle tonight, Manager Frank Fitz- simonds announced before he left for Chicago to attend a meeting of National Association of Broadcast ers, The fight broadcast. will start sometime between 7:15 and9 p.m., depending on when the preliminar- des are over and the main go be- gins. It will be over a National Broadcasting company hookup. Fitesimonds and Ivar Nelson, chief engineer of the Meyer broadcasting company, will be among the some ‘75,000 fans expected to watch the fight. It will be the first time that a Negro has had the opportunity of winning the world heavyweight championship since Jack Johnson batered the shell of James J. Jeffries into helplessness in Reno back in 1010. It also will be the first “mixed match” involving the title since Jess Willard defeated*Johnson in Havana 22_years ago. ‘The fight will be held in the heart of Chicago's black-belt with its 706,- 000 Negroes. To prevent any racial disturbances that may result in riot- ing, 1,000 policemen will be on guar®, Challenger Is Favored For the first time in history, the. heavyweight challenger goes into ac- tion favored to conquer the cham- pion. Louis, on the stren; of what he has done with his dynamite-laden » is held 5 to 2 over Braddock. ‘The fight is scheduled to go 15 rounds or less. It may start any time between 7 and 9 p.m. (CST), depend- dng on weather conditions, which forecasters say will be fair with mod- erate temperatures. If rain threatens, however, the “principals can be sent into the ring icone mee atart throwing punches at each other's chin sometime between 8:30 and 9 pm. If rainy weather is encountered before the gates of the park are thrown open at 5 o'clock, the con- test will be postponed until Wed- nesday night. Fight on Percentage ‘The champion and challenger, both fighting on percentage, also will share in the $50,000 paid for the radio rights and $25,000 for motion pictures. contracts. Braddock will get 50 per “cent of the total gate after state ‘and federal taxes have been deducted ahd Louis 17% per cent. Braddock figures to scale 197, with ‘Max Baer for the chi aoabie et lor. am in 1935, is strictly the “underdog.” "rhe ~ BONBER FAVORED 0 _ WRESTHEAVY WEIGHT ‘hrong of 60,000 May One Seeks to Retain, Other to Win, World’s Title rere: sagen punching power. the title fight. ‘Tuesday in the National League's first |Ting. hicago; Arturo: Go- “crucial” series of the season. ° ee Perec abetierly doy, Chile, va. Tony Galento, Newark, The gegen hee Saree cram winds. °. N. J. < war rates as just prel e| “Estimated attendance and receipts] Radio—Ringside broadcast on Na- Braddock-Louis larruping later, but the tangle 1s definiely bie Tit on | 60.000 to 65,000 and $750,000 and| tional (NBO) hookup. , the day’s sports. program Chicago, get eon cei Jo ey | Huskies Are Made |Driscoll Club Beats the pennant chase is headed. z Moffit Team 5 to 0 the results of the current R F pecarg club-wrecking by the Cardinals on the’ egatta AVONILES| oriscou, w. Dy sine 22,—sore than rest of the league, the series begins the ve 500 people gathered here Saturday, to jockeying .for position for the start of ° : attend the recreation festival spon-" the last-half pennant drive. Sixteen Crewd From Eight Col-|,orea by Driscoll merchants under the Cubs Are in Nice Spot leges Will Compete in An- direction of the recreational depart- On the records, the Cubs, sporting] '°8 if ment of the Burleigh county WPA Lee ema] | MEN TN ca ae. waa se! : Dri 's baseball the campaign’s after-July 4 run by + taking the series, ‘Their pitching is} Poughkeepsie, N. ¥., June 22.—(@— | Moftit, 6 to 0, in the roms << head and shoulders over that of the |The fruits of months of back-breaking |there was Prtned tennis, Giants, and their hitting tops the | practice will be harvested in less than |women’s softball, horse racing, foot New Yorkers’ like a tent. three hours on the Hudson Tuesday |racing and other sports. Bat en oe, resiiponte ign’ afternoon when 16 crews represent- | @———. along since the Eu! *|ing seven colleges meet in the 35th | Fights Last N: ht {s primed. Not only are the Giants i is! ig! anaious to keep tbe Gubs insight but aan ee Little more ttian three years agb Joe Louis was a five dollar a day Boxing’s Cinderella, James J. Braddock, who eked out s breadline their wi set a record for eight- (By the Associated laborer in one of Detroit's industrial plants. Tonight he will enter living for his wife and children only a few years ago and filled in [Caries %© get Teady for thelr, coming |oared competition a year ago by-win- puhlette Sisto Escobar, 121%, the ring the favorite to conquer the heavyweight champion of the as a preliminary performer on big fight cards, will be battling for place by a half game now, it won't pinigiall tires: races: hi Rive). wera): haniam: world, as well as the wealthiest challenger in the history of the his family when he enters the ring to defend his crown against Joe —_|Go any good if they wind up with less |7« nere, Were many in the crowd of| weight champion, stopped Pat heavyweight crown. The Brown Bomber, expressionless and me- Louls tonight. The big Irishman, who hes dropped 22 fights in his —_| than an even break with the Cubs and |/2:000-Who believed the Huskies could) Robertson, 124, New York, (8) chanical as ever, looked sluggish to keen observers during training, long ring career, will be at, the short end of 5 to 2 odds and is the =| Gas House Gang. do it again. They installed Al Ulbrick-| non-title. but experts still favor him to knock the crown from Champion Jimmy “poorest” ‘heavyweight champion in history, but fight fans who Bading the theary on thelr records son’s westerners as favorites over Des Moines, Ia.—Henry Schatft, a Braddock’s head. Louis lost his last fight to Max Schmeling by a believe in a strong heart and the will to win will put their mone@on lin their last 20-or-so games, it seems | NOs? Sracuse, California, Cornell,| 149, Minn, out- u knockout after a meteoric rise to ringdom’s heights along a path him. He figure's to leave the squared circle more than $300,000 the Cubs can finish on top iri two- Nesey ane columbte 22 a ie: ee ane Taylor, 159, Water- studded with easy victories. richer, win or lose, out-of-three if they continue their |5~ arin the Rae eed ped u j 7 recent pace. In the drive from fourth twith Syracuse, Navy, Cornell and|Meerschaum, literally means “sea- perience and boxing ability; Tunney M dh C = ° Leagte ue Lind eq bbc’ fend California in the freshman event. foam.” says Louis will win on yvuth and 5 rts Round-U; juanens onquer Baseball Standings A of tight plots ‘and, swing-from-the- : po! Pp ° heéls attack in which they have aver- What is left of the gate receipts ‘By EDDIE BRIETZ Kansas Ci 10-4 NATIONAL LEAGUE aged better than six runs. and 11 hits after Braddock and Louis get their wo L Leable Seni tour sine aha none share and expenses have been paid,| Chicago, June 22.—(7)—Joe Louis chines 3 4 nd hits over the aame period. will go to Mike Jacobs, the New York |may beat Jimmy Braddock, but he'll |Indianapolis Whips St. Paul 12|New York 3332 , : Hubbell Slump Bad for Giants promoter, who with the assistance of |have to do it early. .. Records show to 5 Milt Win F 20 pyy Hubbell’s lump makes a sight Joe Foley of Chicago, made pussible | Joe isn't a strong finisher... Mebbe| *© 5 a8 Millers Win From 3 7 of the Giants pitching, while the Cubs Ticket ‘ers in the loop be- |tiat’s because he's seldom had to be. Colonels, 9 to 3 a 33 feature a flinging that has gone = scaplers. p be-|. |. But in his past bouts which went, 2 «32 the route in 14 of 21 contests. Only moaned a lack of demand for choice |the limit he was getting toward 2 32 Clyde Castleman has been a consis- seats—even at regular prices. The cost of .converting Comiskey park into fight arena amounted te about $35,000. General Gay afternoon. James A. Farley and Attorney fight fans. third man in the ring. penitentiary baseball team, a 9 experts said either Louis would win ‘by @ quick knockout or Braddock “would take down the decision, with ®@ few rating him chances for a knockout victory. ‘The titleholder is conceded to be a better boxer than Louis. He has a omer ef band Hh eees Raul an all-around more superior rihg general. a gest chailenger fm heavyweight history. At the age of. 23 he was skyrocketed to fame F as fast as did Jack Dempsey en the Manassa mauler started nis famous knockout career. - {Both Dempsey and Gene Tunney, iw most colorful figures of all ex-champions, will be in the ‘cfowd tonight. Dempeey picks Braddock on his ex- their fourth win of the season, Placed Towner to retire the pen boys ‘The box score: Towner AB AB HE Pipin, ss 3 £21 0 Berg'd ss 1 tc 2 2 0 V’Camp 3b1 b 3.1 0 Posto’t 2b 3 Stoller cf 43 0 Bell, c 2 Abbott If 4 1 0 Grim-cf 3 David’n 1b 3.0 0 Burns, rt 2 LeMay ss 4 2 4 Selz'r rf-p 1 Hall, 2b 4 1 0 Bec't p-re 3 Moore, p. 3 0 0 Selzer, 1b 3 — —— Schelle if 2 Totals 211 4 Hartnet If 1 Totals 25 7, by Selzer none. Walked 3 by Beckett 5. Hits off Moore Beckett 10, off Selzer 1. Snyder. on base—Giants 8, Towner 6. pires—Sveund and Bell. Admissions On Sale Tickets have been scaled at $27.50, $16.50, $11 and $6, including taxes, for reserved seats. The general ad- missions, at $3.50, went on sale Tues- The greater proportion of tonight’s crowd will be from outside of Chicage. Two members of President Roose- velt’s cabinet — Postmaster. General Gen- eral Homer Cummings—will attend. Rubbing elbows with them will be governors of ten states, congress- men, senators, mayors, millionaires, prominet social figures, stars of the stage and screen and plain, ordinary The referee will bé named by the Illinois state athletic commission just before the two principals climb into the ring. Two judges will be named at the same time. The best guess is that “Little Phil” Collins will be the Grove Giants Defeat Dawson Team 9 to 5 Four runs in the second half of the sixth inning gave the Grove Giants, to 5 victory over Towner here Sunday, The score was tied at 5-all going into the sixth frame when the Giants staged their rally before Beckett re- Selzer on the mound for after allowing one more hit. Rain ended the game at the end of the inning. leoonscuoncccott | somosonoscontt Struck out by Moore 12, by Beckett by Moore 3, off Home runs— Two base hit—Stoller. Left Um- (By the Associated Press) ‘Toledo's scrappy Mudhens, who fin- ished in the American Association cellar last year, are proving their rise to power this season isn’t any fluke. They whipped Kansas City, 10 to 4, Monday night, getting 17 hits as Alta ‘Cohen held the Blues to eight. In another night game, Indianapolis downed St. Paul, 12 to 5, with an 18- hit offense. The Louisville-Minneapolis game ended with Minneapolis on the long end of a 9 to 3 count. ©The Milwaukee-Columbus game ‘was postponed because of rain. five rounds, this corner believes Brad- dock will go on to win, possibly just as cecisively as Max Schmeling did. Anyway, Braddock is a darned g long shot and just a whole lot of the experts who picked Louis in the Sun- day papers would give their right eye if they could shift, Too bad you can’t go to the Giant- Cub game this afternoon, then get back to Comiskey Park before the big push... The fight has the town in such a frenzy the arrival of eh Giants Monday was scarcely noticed... Hotels are jammed to the rafters. Indians Drub Saints You can’t get into a night joint... RHE Everybody and his brother is raking| St. Paul ..... 010 100 021— 5 11 3 in the dough... Not likely the gate | Indianapolis .. 021 010 80x—12 18 8 ‘wall gross more than $700,000, but even} Cox, Welch, Giliatto and Fenner; at that figure everybody stands to| Phillips and Riddle. come out on top... So many news- Toledo Trounces Kansas City Papermen here you have to have a RHE card of admission to get into the} Kansas City.. 000 400 000-4 8 2 weighing in, Toledo . + 300 003 3ix—10 17 2 teu be meee eat, a pl ried chic! and Hartje; Cohen and not bi hist birary s enb all Svenne, Raber, a «.. + Before leat lor Chicago, le Millers cock was cheered by a telegram from Bidocl 2 sal eperend lis .. home that his oldest son, Jay, has] minneapolt been promoted in school... On the} Louisville ..... 000 200 100— 312 2 (Night game). way down from Grand Beach, a moth »! Pettit and Dickey; Tising, Shaffer and Berres. ‘ flew into the champion’s car, . . “Ol, oi,” shouted Manager-Chauffeur Joe tabwaiitee at Columbus postponed, rain. swore ius, wha mots coma, (6 Money Flows Fast ‘As Fans Jam City| $m: is'c's‘aes SEBERSR2 ERESEREES & 3 BBBBREERZ BREREESE? Superior Burleigh County Club Wins Week-End Games Sterling, N. D., June 22.—The Ster- McKenzie Twins see you they bring luck... a guy told me that last night.” ... Five hundred orphans from a South Bend institution will see the fight as guests of the B'nai Brith—and from $16.50 seats, too. Gertrude Ederle, the channel swim- mer, took a talent test in New York to |the ee. day and -gaecitl Set glee @ real good soprano voice. . . 4 in training again... for the concert| Elly Petrolle Among Ring. Not 5 Miweee ke a ae, Pe mee nee sears ables Who Will Watch Ae ied a ies tough eninge esate | Toot Maton Tone Lime tt ° ruse, 1 son_ undefeated... Slip Madigan of Chicago, June 22—()—Cash: | Elness 3b 1 1 Loerch 2b 4 0 1 ay » reg-| Wildfs if 1 © Mark'm 3b4 0 0 , , MEST, Braddock’s favorite ball’ player, will y to the “rags to riches” battle) Coons’ ss 101 Totale.25 6 5 at Comiskey park tonight between Heavyweight Champion Jim Brad- dock and Challenger Joe Louis. see the fight from the front row as the champion’s guest... Getting traded to Philadelphia might make paling chemelan a etet nal ts 1g champ! of e National League... In two trips to the cigar that amount of money here during box park in Philly so far this year,| ‘helt brief stay—jammed hotels in Lombardi has rolled up an average of the loop and filled’ acores of apart- Totals 4113 3 Score by innings: Dawson .. 000 000 020-3. -6-5 Sterling .. 361 002 090—12 ‘13 2 hits—Brownawell 1; hit by rn Two pitcher—Coon 1; st Swanson pitel 12, by rier r- Cc, Thompson, 4 Scorer: Sterling AB H E HE Hughes rf 5 2 0 tae Schaper 2 10 00 Brown'l2b5 1 © 2 Coons, c 20 00 Lang, #8 Ou, iar iy 00 o 0 i ti Wild’g if 4 Victor, cf 4 1 0 1 0 Victor, 3b 1 0° 0 —-—— = Totals 41 6 ¢ Totals 40 8 3 Score fazelton Sterling 4 001 3 Two base hite—Brownawell 1, Chas. Y 1; three base Fite Coens 4: ay by 9 —~! » 149, Minneapolis, Ho ono § punched out a 10-round decision Mon- ey over Pie ee 150, ‘aterloo, Iowa, Iowa idleweight champion. Gi FA LAHR IMSURANCE «*: BONDS Me ane Francis (Shanty) Hogan an uncon- ditional release Monday from_the Washington senators. League-Wrecking Cardinals, in A couple of clubs “loaded for bear,” the red-hot Cubs and the desperate Giants, go to work on each other the Giants Tuesday, because Clyde has topped the Terry Terriers on three occasions so far, and should best Harry clubs have split eight games to date. Trophies Are Offered See Louis-Braddock Fight Tonight Clash of Giants and Cubs'Opens First ‘Cruc GIANTS, IN THIRD ial’ Series PLACE, WILL SEEK (By the Associated Press) Principals—James J. Braddock, pens pesrreetght champion, and “Place—White Sox baseball park, Chicago. bet 8:30 and 9 Time—Tonight, between : Second Spot, Trail Bruins r conditions prompt s nae 3 a one by One Game ponement is necessary the bout will Associated Press) dred by a referee and two judges, with the “no foul” rule in force; referee to be named at moment principals enter Pertinent Facts and Figures On Heavweight Title Match of Season ° $800,000 at prices ranging from $3.50 ie Bib seating capacity of park, Fighters’ shares—Braddock to re- ceive 50 per cent of receipts; Louis 17% per cent, including radio and pic- ture rights after reduction of state and federal taxes. Preliminaries — Seven scheduled bouts and eight available, if schedule permits, including following six-round heavyweight matches: tria; Nathan Mann, New Haven, . V8. Oharley Massera, Pitts- burgh; Joe Brescia, Argentina, vs. Gumbert Tuesday. 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