Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1935, Page 39

WAS HINGTON, D. vening St THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1935. Features and Classified C—1 -— e Braddock Win Over Baer Tonight Would Be One of Fistiana’s Greatest Upsets ‘PEOPLE'S CHOICE' HELD OUTCLASSED Courage, Stamina, Ambition | Insufficient Against Classier Foeman. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. (Long Shot) Braddock will get | the opportunity tonight to| fistic upsets of all time when he bat- tles the clouting Californian, Max Baer, for the heavyweight champion- The weather outlook was not much brighter, however, than the prospects for the gallant but lightly regarded | Braddock was on the short end of B-to-1 odds that seemed certain to lengthen by the time the clans gather man predicted ‘“occasional showers” during the day. The title card will be postponed until Friday night if there At least 9 of every 10 customers willing to pay from $2 to $20 for eye< witness privileges in Madison Square | Long Island planned to cheer the underdog enthusiastically regardless | of the prospect that they will see him | Rooting to Be for Braddock. THEY may rattle around the bowl a i bit, these fans, for it seemed un- % | 35,000 spectators in an arena built to | handle more than twice that number. But they promised to give the chal- possible. Apparanily nine out of every nine fight experts figure Braddock to of escaping an early knockout. All have conceded Jimmy's im- provement, his courage under fire to achieve the fistic goal of a life- time. Critics and fans alike have| had their imagination captured by | the heavyweight heights. | Perhaps it would be a miracle for | Braddock to win, but it's been done Man 'O War was beaten once. Sam Parks, a 50-to-1 shot, came through to capture the National Open golf John L. Sullivan was a 4-to-1 favor- fte the day he lost the heavyweight championship to James J. Corbett. Jack Dempsey, & 3-to-1 choice, was beaten for the first time by Gene Tunney, Braddock, therefore, can win, but| with what? Raw courage alone can’t save him N!W YORK, June 13.—James J. spring one of the greatest ship of the world. challenger from New Jersey. around the ringside, and the weather is too much rain. Garden’s sprawling open-air arena on soundly whipped. likely there would be more than lenger all the vocal encouragement have no more than an outside cmnce} and the intensity of his preparation Braddock’s uphill battle to achieve by longshots in every sport. Even | crown only last week. The fight world was shocked when | Jim Can Win, But With What? | from the champion’s withering blasts, The roar of the crowd can't keep him on hisefeet if he runs into Baer’s bombardment too often. Determination and ambition, born of necessity, don’t furnish the an- swer to a smashing right-hand wal- lop to the chin. Braddock can “take it,” but so can Baer. | Braddock can punch, but not with the speed or the ferocity of the champion. Bradock can win, but how? ‘The challenger’s only chance, it seems, depends upon an unexpected opening early in the fight or a flash of carelessness by the champion. They both have the same weapons, but Baer's are the sharper and more explosive. ‘The champion won't have the crowd with him—unless they are yelling *for the kill” after the fashion typical of American fight crowds—but he will have the speed, the strength and the power to achieve his ob- Jective, an early knockout. Youthful Max Ambitious, Too. BAm is ambitious, too, and he has youth in his favor along with | his other physical advantages and his | rare confidence. The Oalifornian, in his prime, has yet to capitalize his hold on the heavyweight champion- ship to the extent comparable with Dempsey, Tunney, or even Sharkey. He has probably made more money out of the ring than in it. He figures to “cash in” with two or three more championship matches this year and next, then retire. He must whip Braddock decisively first. Tonight's fight may be the last| presori conducted under the promotion of Madison Square Garden for the heavyweight title for some time. Only an upset triumph by Braddock, who is under contract to the Garden, could continue the hold of Tex Rick- ard’s successors on the main pugilis- tic plum tree. § Baer's next championship fight, if he wins, will be under the auspices of ‘the Twentieth Century Sporting Club, the Garden’s metropolitan rival. Champion and challenger were to weigh in this afternoon at 1 o'clock (Eastern standard time) at the State Athletic Commission office. Gates to the Garden bowl open at 5 p.m. and the main bout, slated for 15 rounds or less, goes on at 9 pm. The fight will be broadcast over & Nation- wide (N. B. C) hook-up. How Heavy Foes Rate Physically By the Associated Pess, N“Ymmil;—flnflh how < | Scene of Heavyweight Title Battle Tonight ‘Workmen here are shown as they tolled at the Madison Square Garden bowl fixing the lights and loud speakers for the championship bout tiris evening between Champion Maxie Baer and Irish Jimmy Braddock. Facts, Forecasts On Title Battle By the Associated Press. N!W YORK, June 13.—Salient facts concerning the heavyweight, title fight between Champion Max Baer and Challenger James J. Braddock toright: Principals—Max Baer, Livermore, Calif.. champion, and James J Brad- dock, West New York, N. J, n:h-l-1 lenger. Place—Madison Square Garden Bow:, Long Island City. Promoters—Madison Square Gar- den Corp. Distance—15 rounds or less to a decision. Approximate time of title bout—9 | p.m. (Eastern standard time). Estimated attendance—35,000. Estimated receipts—$250,000. Capacity of bowl—78,000. Contestants’ shares—Baer, 37'; per | cent; Braddock, 12'; per cent of net | receipts. Probable odds—Baer 5-to-1 tavérite. Referee and judges—To be an- nounced from ring just before fight, Time of first preliminary—7:15 p.m. BIG FIGHT IDEAS STILL HOLD HeRe Turner-Ahearn Would Bring More Bigwigs, but Put Ban on Canzoneri. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ASHINGTON'S premier boxing -promotion concern won't be licked. Joe Turner and Goldie Ahearn got only about enough out of the $25,000 Canzoneri-Klick fiasco last Monday night to keep them in | postage stamps the remainder of the | Summer—it was an expensive fight | and the cuts for the fighters and the Shrine, that sponsored the show, were | so big—but they plan to bid again in the near future for the patronage of the Capital's fight fanciers. The Turner-Ahearn combine hopes to line up some big numbers for the outdoor season, but wili side-step one of the fist-flinging clan as it en- deavors to negotiate a show. No telephone or telegraph tolls will be wasted in communicating with Tony Canzoneri. The lightweight champion of the world is “out” so far as Washington is concerned, say the local ring im- jos. Officially, Tony is a title holder, but he did not fight like one in the Shrine set-up here, and the promoters feel the Capital ringworms are quite willing to get along without him. Some of Possibilities. AS THEY discuss possible programs Turner and Ahearn give the names of several biggies in the pugi- listic profession. They are talking Barney Ross, who recently got back his welter crown from Jimmy McLar- nin, and Joe Louis, Detroit’s sensa- tional colored heavy. And they would like. to get another match here for Klick. in All Except Grit OW far can one ride a miracle? The answer will be delivered tonight under blazing nrc‘} lights at Madison Square Garden'y Long Island bowl. It will be delivered when James J. | Braddock leaves his corner and starts throwing leather in the direction of Max Baer’s chin. The miracle began to unfold just a year ago, whenr Braddock reeled up from the floor of the same ring, grog- gy, dased and apparently a beaten | man, to knock out Corn Griffin and | start his fog-ridden march to the challenger’s goal, | He will stand within a few feet of | | the spot where his body fell a year | | ago.in a preliminary bout, when he | was just another fellow on a card | | picked to help kill time. The return | trail was blocked—the dream was over | —when some fighting instinct lifted the Jerseyman to his feet and sent him once more on his way to the most amazing comeback the leather trade has ever seen. No one of the thousands who saw Braddock in the dust and dirt that night ever dreamed that, a year later, they would be watching the same fighter ripping into Max Baer for the heavyweight title. Rated as a battered relic of the ring & year ago, Braddock, the challenger, stands where Corbett, Pitzsimmons, Jeffries, Burns, Johnson, Willard, Dempsey, Tunney, Schmeling, Shar- key, Carnera and Baer made their re- spective sorties on the big title and the main coronet. It has been a matter of 43 years since James J. Corbett was a 5-to-1 outsider against John Lawrence Sulli- van—approximately the same odds that James J. Braddock will face as he steps into the range of Max Baer’s two fast, hard-hitting fists. But the grand old tub from Boston was on his way out back in 1892 and Corbett was the younger, faster man, with more ring science than any heavyweight since has ever known or shown. What Chance Has Braddock? ONmm face of all preliminary re- , Braddock appears to outclassed—outclassed in the way 2: youth and punching power—in dura- bility and height and reach—in ring smartness, craft or cunning—in almost everything but gameness and des- peration. And the man who isn't afraid must always be given an outside chance. Beaten from 18 to 20 times in pre- vious fights, driven’ to the docks and the relief rolls, ranked around the bottom of the has-beens, king of the forgotten men, Braddock must carry some hidden spark out of the ordinary. On his record, on what he has shown, on what he seems to carry Jn the way of armament and am- munition, he doesn’t rate even a forlorn chance. But & fellow who has ridden down 30 many forlorn chances, who has hacked his way from oblivion to the punching, ax fight 3 minutes of every If Braddock follows out —A. P. Photo. THE SPORTLIGHT Baer Appears to Outclass Braddock and Desperation. BY GRANTLAND RI throwing his punches, but they come across with a whip and a slash to either head or body, and, when they land, something has to bend, if not break. The champion is arm-loose, and that means hand speed. There isn't a sign of tightness or tension about his work and his reflexes are now at their best for hair-trigger shooting. Baer doesn't care where the target waiis—head or stomach. He was told that he couldn't hit either Schmeling or Carnera around the head with those looping hooks, yet he caught both in the first round, and the rest was only a matter of how much longer. Braddock is dead game and willing, but none too fast. He isn't one of the quickest thinkers who ever moved into action, where Baer is chock-full of ring craft and ring cunning, with the instinctive reactions of a big cat. A fast, smart boxer might tie Baer up, but any fighter whe comes to him swinging is to step into the middle of shell fire on the jump. Braddock has been rated a desperate man, But don’t overlook the fact that Baer has more than half a million dollars waiting around the corner, with such prospects as Schmeling and Louis in sight when he gets by this assign- ment. And the Livermore Larruper can use much more cash than he has in the bank today. “Where would Max Baer, the ex- champion be?” he asked today. “He would be nobody going nowhere. So Baer is going to take care of Baer. Don’t worry about that.” ‘The roar of the crowd will go to Braddock, and Baer is set for this. “It couldn’t be any other way,” Max says, “but that part of it won't bother me a bit.” Somewhere between the first and third round one of Baer’s fast, looping hooks should reach the target, and, when that happens, the curtain will be on its way down. The miracle road is a happy highway, but unfortunately ins this somewhat uncertain life it usually comes to an abrupt end. Raw courage can go only so far against strong, but at least that is where to look. (Copyright. 1935. by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) League Statistics THURSDAY, JUNE 13, American RESULTS YESTERDAY. PR T T Detrott. "4 Boston: 1+ STANDING HEFTE] :‘°§‘§ H "ol : g HEHHBHEE s 2 : WY1 3] 3] 5] 6] T ; 412611 2% 4l 8| 2! |_4125(221.5821 4% 221.6221 5 1935, g’l;i L FROM THE EW YORK, June 13.—The re- turns were coming in, Both | fighters had broken camp. Baer was the favorite at 5 to 1, Moochers, muzslers and chiselers were swarming around Madison Square Garden for & little free paste- board. The advance sale had just hit $100,000. It was the day before the fight and every one was talking about Baer or Braddock or both—every one, that is, except James J. Johnston, the man in in the middle. Mr. Johnston had & dreamy. expression on his face. His mind seemed to be wandering miles away from the matter in hand. He ordered orange pekoe tea, With ice. cream for a chaser, and sipped thoughtfully from a silver spoon. ‘What Doyle Said to Johnston. “TH!B Jack Doyle,” sald Mr. John- ston, referring to the champion fighter of Ireland, “must be screwy. Look at the publicity he got. Look what he could of done if he wanted to fight. But it's all wasted. Doyle come to me one day and he said, ‘Mr. Johnston,’ he said, ‘I can lick any one ‘in this country of yours. I've seen all,’ he said. ‘Lissen,’ I sald—" Mr, Johnston's audience interrupted him at this point. There were more important matters to discuss than the champion of Ireland. “Jimmy,” said some one, “what are you going to de if Braddock loses?” ‘Mr. ‘Johnston stirred his pekoe and took a long pull at the deadly brew. “Lose?” he 'said, “Lose? Lose? ‘Whaddya mean?” 1t was pointed out to Mr. Johnston, probably for the fifteenth time this week, that he is the man in the mid- dle. Baer is a favorite at 5 to 1. Baer hates Madison Square Garden. The Garden is not fond of Baer. The champ will be free to fight elsewhere when he gets through with Braddock. For the first time in a decade the | Garden will not have a lien on the | In the face of this situation, Mr. Johnston was extremely cheerful. heavyweight champion of the world. | PRESS BOX Braddock, Underdog and Facing ‘Almost Certain K. O., Is Drawing Card of Fight.. 000. We got more than till right nows Braddeck Attracts Customers. m"Abg :!h:," eo:bu.:ud Mr, Johns- n, wing money the gate? Braddock. They m lwunnb-\lp, but he’s doing the draw- ing. - We supply the attraction, Baer supplies nothing but -the champion- ship, That’s how it stands.” Maybe there was 4 bit of per- in this sonal speech (of which I quete simply the high lights), but there is plenty of truth in i, teo, Braddock is the drawing card at this minute: I doubt if any other fighter, competing with the Louis- Carnera and Ross-McLarnin shows, could ‘draw as much with Baer as Braddock will draw. This entire city is Braddock-crazy. It is a development that nobody fore- saw when the match was made. Yet it might have been foreseen, I sup- pose, by a careful soothsayer, Mr. Johnston and his aide de camp, Pran- cis Albertanti, advertised Braddock with all the familisar angles—the “hungry fighter” angle, " the mother angle, the kiddie angle. They put Braddock in the spotiight, and the public did the rest, Of course, this fight will be no record-breaker, - financially. It looks now as though $250,000 would be a high estimate. But until he takes on an attraction like Joe Louis, or a fighter of prestige like Max Schmeling, Baer never will | come any closer to the big money than he will with Braddock. Money is not so impartant to Brad- dock, who is really roiling the dice for the toughest pass in a long streak, the title. It doesn't mean so much to James J. Johnston, who may find him- self out of a job if Baer wins. But to Baer, money is everything right now. ‘This fight is the key to bigger gates | beyond. He'll be shooting the works, ! t00, and I don’t think anything but Choice of America’s 4 Finest Makes of Tires All Fresh Stock—1st Line A Chanice to Buy the 4 Fin- est Tires made in the world every make of car. You can’t s -it! Every ery year and All Fresh Stock, REGULARS, Heavy Duty by our unzonditional ‘18- to-24 -month guarantee and extra TIRES. All ity backed against all Road Hasarde. SLAM-BANG BOUT | SEEN BY DENPSEY {Infighting Braddock’s Best Bet Against Champ, a Long-Range Fighter. BY JACK DEMPSEY. Pormer World Heavyweight Champlon, EW YORK, June Baer and James J. Braddock have come through their train- ing for their title fight in Madison Square Garden Bowl without accident and both are reported by the boxing commission physicians who have examined them to be in. the best of physical condition, Neither can possibly have any legitimate alibi for defeat. It will be a case of the better man winning. I have heard many wiseacres dis- cuss this fight and even the stanch- est Braddock man always qualifies his remarks with an expression of hope, rather than conviction. Braddock has trained well for the fight. I said in a previous article that Braddock's chances would be en- hanced greatly if he did more infight- ing. Baer is a long-range fighter and s terrific hitter. There have been persistent reports that his hands are bad. His hands have had a few da rest, however, and they appear to be in good enough shape to turn the trick if they are properly bandaged, and I guess Dolph Thomas and Baer's manager, Ancil Hoffman, will see to that, Little Difference in Size. ON THEIR records, of course, Baer should win. One thing appears to be pretty certain, and that is, if Braddock is knocked down, unless he is stiffened, he'll get up. And Jimmy has proved to be a dangerous fellow when he gets up Off the fioor. Braddock, according to his trainer, will go into the ring weighing about | 194 pounds. This is heavier than he an act of Heaven can keep him from winning by a knockout inside of 10 rounds. (Oopyright Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) 13.—Max | 1935. by the North American | Homer Standing | B the Associated Press. | . Home runs yesterday—XKlein, Cubs, 3; Solters, Browns, 3; O'Dea, Cubs, 1: Cavarretta, Cubs, 1; Ott, Giants, 1; Leiber, Giants, 1; J. Collins, Cardinals, 1; Frey, Dodgers, 1; Goodman, Reds, 1; Comorosky, Reds, 1; Lombardi, Reds, 1; Watkins, Phillies, 1; Allen, Phillies, 1; Trosky, Indians, 1; Averill, Indians, 1; Hale, Indians, 1: Allen, Yankees, 1; Piet, White Sox, 1; Moses, Athletics, 1; Coleman, Browns, 1. ‘The leaders—Johnson, Athletics, 15; Greenberg, Tigers, 13; Ott, Giants, 11; Foxx, Athletics, 10; Bonura, White Sox, 10; Moore, Giants, 10: Vaughan, Pirates, 10; Dickey, Yankees, 10. | has been for former fights. Baer, on | the other hand, plans to go into the | ring lighter than he was for the fight | with Carnera. Max expects to weigh | about 208 pounds. | After they weigh in, both men are | planning to rest, and each will pack away a pretty big meal around dinner | time. This will be transformed into | energy by the time they enter the ring | at 10 o'clock. | So far as size is concerned, there is { not much_difference between the two fighters. Both are known to be able to “take it,” and both are stiff punchers Of the two, Baer is the harder hitter | Indications are that this will be 2 slam-bang battle, with not much science on tap. Neither of these fel- lows is famed for being a particulari: fancy boxer, although both know th | fighting game pretty thoroughly. | Max Confident, Jim Determined. AER is confident—as he always that he will win, and by a knock- {out. Braddock. in his actions, ha shown that he’s determined to do the | best he can. In the latter days of his training Baer cut down considerably on his clowning in training bouts. But eve: while clowning Max told me he man- aged to round into what he thinks : much better fighting condition than he was in when he won the title from | Primo Carnera, | This fight, in my opinion, will de- | pend largely on which battler gets |over the most damaging punch first Baer can withstand a blow that woulc ?knock the ordinary fighter stiff, Brad- dock can take a good wallop, but he may not be able to weather as hard 2 wallop as Baer. To sum up, Baer has all the natura: 1ndvanuges in this fight. (Copyright v the North b; America; Newspaper Alllance. Inc.) ? STORES MOBBED! Exciting Ben Hundley Sale Draws Record Th o.ng of Buyers from Every Section of the City! 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