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The Foening Sfar Sporls WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1935. Garden’s Control of Braddock Eliminates Baer From Ranks of Challengers R T SCHMELING SEEN New Champ to Defend Title in "36—Likely to Make $100,000 This Year. | BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor, EW YORK, June 15.—If com- petition means new life for the heavyweight fistic trade, James | J. Braddock's stunning victory | over Max Baer has assured it for at ! least another year by sharply cleavirg the warring ranks of metropolitan | promoters. Braddock, lined up with Madison | Square Garden, probably will fight Max Schmeling of Germany for the title in June, 1936. Meanwhile, Baer, despite a pair ot damaged hands and | a doubtful fighting future. has agreed to fight the winner of the forthcoming Primo Carnera-Joe Louis bout in a September match under the auspices of the New Twentieth Century Sport- | ing Club at one of the New York ball | parks. Carncra and Louis meet June 25 at the Yankee Stadium. The new champion may not last any longer on top than any of his immediate prodecessors. He is the fifth heavyweight title holder since Gene Tunney retired. undefeated, in 1928 and the international scramble began. Casts Lot With Garden. S LONG as he holds the crown, however, the Garden retains the whiphand in the big title situation. The Garden's door was open for Brad- dock’s comeback opportunity and the | heroic veteran of the relief rolls will cast the balance of his fistic future with the organization which has been struggling. like Jimmy himself, from being shaken off the heavyweight tree | ever since Tex Rickard died. Scarcely less happy than Braddock himself. consequently, were Col. John Reed Kilpatrick, the president, and James J. Johnson, the scrappy little promoter of the Garden corpgration. They promoted the bout with misgiv- ings and ran the risk of financial fail- ure. Like Braddock. they came out with little except the assets which | mean forthcoming profits as well as prestige | Kilpatrick said the temptation to put Braddock back into the ring this Fall in defense of the title had been discarded becausesof the conviction it is impossible successfully to build up more than one heavyweight title match a year. Not Annoyed by Wait. 'HE Garden's big chief recognizes this puts the champion at a com- petitive disadvantage, but none of those concerned, including Braddock, seem to be worried on that score. Besides, if the jinx which has pur- sued ail champions in the Garden | Bowl continues effective, the new title holder will be just as well pleased to put off the evil day another year. This means the Garden will have no counter-attraction this September | to the prospective offering of rival promoters. The Twentieth Century Club has Art Lasky, one of Braddock's victims, lined up to fight the Carnera- | Louis winner. if Baer changes his mind again about trying a comeback. The Garden would like to give Bchmeling a test before sending him into the ring against Braddock, but the available field is strictly limited. ‘The “natural” would be another Baer- Schmeling contest. but they are on opposite sides of the fence now and likely cannot be brought together. ‘I Baer Out of Picture. | BY THE same token, Baer hardly will get the chance for a return match with Braddock, even if he| wants one. The Garden already is on | record as barring either Louis or Carnera from a title chance under | Braddock's regime. Braddock emerged from his con- quest with scarcely $20,000 to be “cut” up for the benefit of his manager, family, handlers and the grocery man, However, the publi¢ reaction to his | rise is such that he should have no difficulty making $100,000 this year | from various sources of revenue. He | already is in much demand for vaude- ville engagements, exhibitions and en- Qorsements, Jimmy's triumph has struck one of the happiest and most responsive notes in modern pugilistic history, but there’'s no tendency to magnify | his stature or class him with the | great heavyweights of the Sullivan to Tunney line, " [ | Braddock Mere Plodder. RADDOCK beat Baer cleanly nnd“ strictly on his own merits, but the best that can be said for him is that be's the latest beneficiary in an er- ratic line of heavyweights who have been imitating numpty-dumpty for | the past six years. He's still just a plodder. Even if allowances are made for his tad hands, it is difficult to reconcile Baer's Jackadaisical title defense with his record over the previous few years as an annihilating puncher. He did not choose to fight at the outset, and when he found the tide running so strongly against him he didn't dis- | play enough to offset Braddock’s big | lead. The answer may be that Baer sud- Fenly has gone down hill or that he simply can't do his best against a steady, shifty, plodding boxer who can “take it” and keep boring back. He may not lack fortitude, but he cer- tainly lacks concentration, which hap- bens 4o be essential in pugilism as well ®s any other business. Fine Record Set By Navy Oarsmen ANNAPOL!E. June 15.—Taken as a whole, the Naval Academy crews will have the best record for the preliminary season of any of the colleges which will have en- tries in the intercollegiate regatta at Poughkeepsie on Tuesday. The only defeat registered against any of the crews this sea- son was the varsity’s defeat by Pennsylvania by a single foot. while it won from Cornell, Colum- bia and Harvard. The Navy jay- vees and plebes had clean records, winning from corresponding crews of Cornell, Harvard and Pennsyl- vania, - Milestones Jimmy for his first communion. No hint grim fighting man to knock off big Max Baer’s crown. Braddock, just turned 10, in Colorful and Dramatic Career of New all ready here of a the son of a piano mover, Copyright, A, P. Wirephotos. The boy grew older—Jimmy as a gangling light-heavyweight, boxing with no marked show of the man of destiny; Jimmy, just living at home with his family in New Jersey, with many hard rows to hoe out ahead. Came hard times—just another ex- pug now, with wife and three youngsters who must eat—a longshoreman on the Hoboken docks—out of a job and at last Heavyweighi Champion Now the champion—Jimmy, on that memorable June 13 night, fights his way to the heavyweight championship of tle world—one year removed from the docks, only two knockouts, Corn Griffin and Art Lasky, in his wake. Hard going all the way, UPPERVILLE CROWN GOES 10 BIG JORN Miss Humphrey’s Lone En- try Grand Champion—Re- serve Title to Kinprillis. BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, Jr., Btaff Correspondent of The Star. PPERVILLE, Va., June 15.—A one-horse show stable won the grand championship of the Annual Upperville Colt and Horse Show here when Miss | Pamela Humphrey of Cleveland sent | forth her towering chestnut, Big John, | to top one of the most brilliant fields | ever assembled for this oldest of | American ring exhibits. The reserve tri-color was borne | from the oak-shaded turf of Grafton | Farms by Mrs. John Hay Whitney's | Kinprinis | A sporty crowd applauded the last decisions in the two days of exciting competition. Performing with extraordinary con- | sistency in his every outing, Big John climaxed half & dozen splendid ap- pearances by victory in the ladies’ hunters’ division on the final after- noon. Kinprillis, likewise in the first rank in virtually all his tests, finished off | the series with a dazzling round in the Corinthian, defeating the best qualified hunters on the grounds. | Dr. A. C. Randolph’s Missing Caddy slipped one over on a large hunter hack class to add another blue to a rather impressive collection gathered during recent weeks on the Virginia circuit. ‘The morning program was devoted principally to breeding events, in which William Ziegler, jr.; Dr. Lewis M. Allen and Mrs. Whitney shared honors amid large and imposing en- tries from this sector. Most significant of the pony vie- tories were those scored by Edna Roth of Rockville, Md., with her good saddler, Lady Peggy, and Young Stan- ley Green's good win with the veteran pigmy jumper, Queen of Sheba. By a quirk of fate the famous gray hunt team, long emblematic of the prowess on the relief roles—a has-been. \ but now there! THE SPORTLIGHT Baer Didn’t “Choose to Fight” in Worst Title Defense Exhibition Tunney Ever Saw. BY GRANTLAND RICF. HAT happened to Baer? One answer might be a fellow by the name of James J. Braddock. But that isn’t enough. Another answer might be a pair of bruised or broken hands. Even that isn't enough. For the first four rounds Baer didn’t do enough punching to break the cuticle of a custard® pie much less his hands. You don’t break hands waving them in the air or merely making threat- ening gestures. Broken hands from the fourth round on wouldn't account for the fact that Braddock, supposed to be outclassed, took entire charge of the show for the first three rounds—did all the leading—all the boxing—all the punching—all the fighting, as the heavyweight champion of the world showed about as much interest in de- fending his title as a stevedore would show in keats. The main answer is that the erratic Max once again came to an evening where he didn't “choose to fight.” The seme thing happened against Paulino in Reno, when Jack Dempsey pleaded, cursed and threatened to throw Baer out of the ring. The same thing happened against Johnny Risko. Max Baer and Jack Sharkey fight when they feel like it and they won't fight when they don't. And a title at stake could mean no difference at all to either man, Gene Tunney's Slant. I RAN across Gene Tunney right after the fight. “It was the worst defense of a heavyweight crown I've ever seen,” he said. “Braddock was giving the best he had, which you would hardly call Minor Leagues International. Albany, 18; Montreal, 8, Baltifhore, 6; Buffalo, 4. Newark, 5; Rochester, 3. Syracuse, 5; Toronto, 1. American Association. St. Paul, 7; Milwaukee, 4. Columbus, 4; Louisville, 1. Kansas City, 15; Minneapolis, 2. Toledo, 12: Indianapolis, 4. Pacific Coast. Los Angeles, 9; Sacramento, 3. San Francisco, 7; Oakland, 1. Hollywood, 9: Portland. 3. Seattle, 11; Missions, 8. Western. Des Moines, 5: Cedar Rapids, 4. Davenport, 12; Omaha, 3. 8t. Joseph. 9: Rock Island, 7. Keokuk, 4; Sioux City, 2. Three Eye. Bloomington, 13; Peoria, 8. Springfield, Fort Wayne, 3. Decatur, 8-8; Terre Haute, 1-16. New York-Pennsylvania. ‘Williamsport, 10-7: Reading, 6-6. Hezleton, 9-6; Harrisburg, &13. Wilkes-Barre, 14; Binghamton, 0. Piedmont. Portsmouth, 3; Richmond, 0. Norfolk, 6; Wilmington, 4. Asheville, 9; Charlotte, 1. Middle Aflantic. Huntington. 3: Charleston, 0. Beckley, 14; Portsmouth, 10. Akron, 6: Day on, 3. Zanesville, 3; Johnstown, 0. Texas. Tulss, 4; Oklshoma City, 3. | & superexhibition of boxing or | punching. | “Baer gave nothing—not even through the closing rounds, when hr: | saw his crown slipping off. | | “It was an amazing thing to see a $500.000 title fading away. with the champion apparently having lit- | tle fighting interest in trying to get | it back. | “It seemed to me that pride alone would have forced Baer to show more than he did. For he showed almost nothing, either as & boxer or a | puncher. “Braddock was dead game and gave all he had. That's all you can ask | from any man.” “And still the question is only partly answered. In a few flurries, Baer | proved he could dominate the show. “But these flurries were never ex- tended—never carried through. | “Baer let them die on the vine, just when they looked to be ripened and | | ready to pick. N | | “Even with bruised or broken hands, |a real champion never would have | clowned on the losing side. “Max is said he is through with, | the ring. | | “wWith any pride at all left in his system, he can hardly quit on that| last_stand. | “It would leave him stranded below Willard, Carnera and Sharkey in the | heavyweight rating. “You remember, I told you,” Tunney | said, “that if Schmeling had used his head at all he could have beaten Baer. For I could see that Baer was getting | discouraged. That he wasn't liking | it any too well. “Schmeling didn’t use his head—but Braddock did. With plenty of heart | thrown in." | Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) | yesterday by Dr. Leo Mitchell (left), found a fracture of the left thumb. PENN CREW FAST Maxie Also Got a “Mouse” || . Baer, meanwhile, mmn?mmmmmm ON ROUGH WATER Saxton, Stroke, Well Again, Sets Burfing Pace in Poughkeepsie Trial. By the Associs*ed Press. OUGHKEEPSIE, N, Y, 'June 15.—The word along the river is to watch Pennsylvania on re- gatta day, especially if the water is rough. MLE OF CENTURY THREATEN AR Cunningham, Lovelock and Bonthron Are Primed for Race at Princeton. By the Associated Press. RINCETON, N. J, June 15.— Watch out for that record, Father Time, the world's fastest | milers are coming up the track. | They are shooting at the 4.05 mile FROM THE PRESS BOX Dressen Sees Reds Hafey, Bottomley BY JOHN EW YORK, June 15.—It's hard to believe, but Chuck Dressen has an idea of climbing into the first division of the Na- tional League this year. He thinks Brooklyn and Chicago will step down to make room for him. He hasn't con- sulted with Charlie Grimm or Casey Stengel yet, but he feels that these gentlemen are too polished and too Late yesterday, after most of the | which years ago was thought to be | tactful to stand in the way of a club wharves, Coach Rusty Callow ordered his huskies to push their slim craft into the water. Just about that time a strong wind flew up and the river became suddenly rough. The big fellows bent to thejr task however, and breasting the wind, ne- | | gotiated the 4-mile course in 22:30, time that was considered to be excep- tionally good under the conditions. Lloyd Saxton, the stroke whose 1ll- ness at first was expected to keep him out of the regatta on Tuesday, appeared in top form as he stroked his shell along at a beat than ran as high as 36 in the first stake of the workout, | Cornell hld its second trial in two days yesterday, covering four miles of smooth water in 21:41. Jim Wray started his varsity at the beginning of the four-mile course and picked up the jayvees at the end of the first mile. The varsity shell pulled away to & good lead on their fresher rivals, however. | The other crews held light work- | outs, but the California shell, after | being slipped into the water, for a | late spin, was brought back when | the river, | | Ex-champion Baer, who asserted after losing his title to Jimmy Braddock Thursday night that he had hurt both his hands, was examined who X-rayed the fighter's fists and disclaimed any Ia A A. P, Photo. whom have come pretty close to that time, get off the mark today in the | “mile of a century,” the climactic | event in Princeton’s second annual in- | vitation track and field meet Glenn Cunningham who holds the | existing record of 4:06.7 which he set in the same meet & year ago, ruled a favorite to breeze home first, but Jack | Lovelock of New Zealand, medical stu- dent who came all the way from Eng- | land to run in the event; Bill Bon- thron, | former Princeton track cap- | tain: Gene Venzke of Pennsylvania, ‘" Joe Mangan, former Cornell captain, | and Glen Dawson of Tulsa, Okla.,, had to be reckoned with. | With such class in the field, the | record hung from & very slender thread. | Lovelock in Fine Fettle. J_OVELOCK, whose last race with | Cunningham was in the Olympic 1.500-meter race in Los Angeles in 1932, when both were beaten, was the choice of the experts to chalienge the hard-driving Kansan. The Britisher looked good in training and it was de- duced that he would not come all the (Copyright. 1935, by the North American | the Wind whipped white caps out of |y trom England unless he felt his | chances of winning were good. Bonthron, who defeated Cunning- ham three times last year, has shown sensational speed in workouts. Man- gan, who broke the American record for three-quarters of a mile last week, also had to be figured in the betting. Pole Vault Stars Vie. 'WO world record breaking pole vaulters also were on hand for the games—Keith Brown of Yale and Bill Graber of Southern California. Glenn (Slats) Hardin of Louisiana | State, favorite in the 440-yard run; Percy Beard of the New York A. C., holder of the worid record for the 120-yard high hurdles, and Henry Nielson, Danish distance runner, were | entered. 1 The ineet is being held to six| events—the pole vault, 2-mile run, quarter-mile run, 120-yard high hur- dles, half-mile run and mile run. OLSEN TO WRESTLE IN SHOW NEXT WEEK Meets Little Beaver in Match Supporting Savoldi-Donovan Tussle Topping Card. of the best liked wrestlers among | QN:M heavyweights here returns to Grifith Stadium in semi-final support of, Joe Savoldi and Jack Donovan Thursday night when CIiff Oisen, colorful Minnesola Swede, takes a scbeduled 45-minute issue with Little Beaver. Olsen returns o Washington after & lapse of two years. In previous aupearances here CLff was & show stealer. Recently he was credited with a guod stand against Jimmy Londos in Minneapolis, carry- T started the season,” he said. ing the golden Greek an hour and 10 minutes before lusini Southern Association. Chattanooga, 3; New Orleans, 1. Atlanga, ¢; Little Rock, 0. | other shells had come back to their only a dream. Six runners, three of | that's coming up. And the Reds, in spite of re- verses this week, are coming up. Their small, smiling leader plans to keep going until he reaches the tourth floor, where his boys will be permitted to pile out of the elevator and fill their lungs with the pure air of those upper regions. “Maybe we'll have to wear oxygen tanks for a while,” mused Mr. Dres- sen, “They tell me the stratosphere 1s mighty tough till you get used to . But we'll get used to it. We've got all the makings of & first division club.” All This Year's Breaks Bad. ’I‘HE Cincinnati manager points out that the breaks, from the littlest break to the granddaddy of all breaks, have gone against him so far this year. “I figured to have two stars when “My stars were Hafey and Bottomley. The rest of the club was guesswork. Well, I haven't got Hafey or Bottomley now. The rest of the club is doing the work and making a swell job of it. “I doubt if I'll get much ac- tion out of Hafey this year. “We need him, of course, and he's a swell fella, but he's got mental trouble of some kind. One day he thinks he's sick and the next day he thinks the city is getting on his nerves, and the nex' day he thinks he ought to be in California. I'ion’t blame him. I just hope that he snaps out of it. “But the point is that the club is playing good ball without him. The youngsters are coming through like nobody expected they would, better than I ever thought they would. “Goodman is a fine outfielder and a good hitter. Myers and Kampouris are playing great ball around second base. Sullivan is a good hitter, though | he’s not such & fancy fielder around first base. We still need Bottomley.” “How about the pitching?” said your correspondent, who can think up some wonderfully original questions, “Well,” said Mr. Dressen, “we're short-handed, for one thing. We've only got 19 players on the roster and just eight of them are pitchers. For | another thing, I haven't had a chance | till now to find out who my five start- ing pitchers were, I just experimented around. I didn't use Herrmann at all till he beat the Giants the other day. So, you see, I'm just getting started.” Believes Giants League’s Best. 'WITH this preface Smiling Charlie got down to cases. “The Giants are the class of the league,” he said. “I don't think St. Louis will catch them, because they won't get the kind of work from the Deans they got last year, Diszy is having o real off season. He's not hard to beat. But St. Louis and Pitts- burgh have enough power to be tough all year. “Now, Chicago Is the club I hope to ecatch up with. Brooklyn, too, but Chicago. There's something ‘wrong with the Cubs. Maybe they're getting old. Maybe they're having trouble inside the club. They must be having trouble, because they come right out in the open and say so. in First Division if Get Back to Game. LARDNER. “Anyway, I'm going to catch the Cubs and Brooklyn if I can. “It'll take some doing. I'll have to kid my young boys into thinking we're a great ball club, which. of course we're not—not But we have the stuff to beat out any team that weak- ens the least bit, If we're lucky enough to get some work out of Hafey and Bottomley this year, well be up there.” As for night base ball Mr. Dressen the fence. He has to be. “It's not the same game as day base ball at all.” he said. “The players have to sdjust themselves and do things differently. But it's not a bad | game in its own way. mean?” Your correspondent didn't see ex- actly what Mr. Dressen meant, so ne left him to go about his task of steer- | ing the misguided Reds into the greea pastures of the first division. (Copyright. 1935 by Newsvaper A is he North American liance. Inc.) Mat Matches By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA.—Dan O'Mahoney, 218, of Ireland defeated George Za- harias, 238, of Pueblo, Colo., one fall DES MOINES.—Joe Dusek, 212, Omaha, won two out of three falls from Jack Hader, 208, Dallas. | FARGO. N. Dak.—Bronko Nagurski, | 228, International Falls, Minn., pinned | Rube Harben, 225, Chamblee, Ga. (23 minutes)., League Statistics SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1935, American RESULTS YESTERDAY. Washington. 16: Chicago. 11 (11 innings). New York. 4: St Louls. 3 (13 innings). Philadelphia_5: Cleveland. 4. Boston, 10, Detroit, & STANDING OF THE CL! o) 5 @ * “11019a 210X mon| - omworuy puwtarely uoioq | worsurusem | oneiuoniog *purgeq ‘ uen K 6 2600 16% | GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. | Wash. at St.L.(:3:30). Wash. N. Y. st Chicago. ~N. Y. at Chicago. Detroit. Phila, at Detroit t Cleveland. Boston at Cleveland. National RESULTS YESTERDAY. Cincinnati, * “purueq PRI_2/ 11 8l L6l il Bos 2! 11 3 4 1/ 0/ 2 L 412112013823 139] GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW 8t. Louis at N. ¥. 8t Louis at N. Y, Chieago et Bkiyn. ~ Chicago at Bklyn tabu! ¢ Phila. Pittsburgh at Phiia. | Gincl,"at ' Boston. ~ Ginel. ai Boston. g See what I| % L.(2:30). | sowen of Mrs. Whitney’s hunter stables, was | defeated by another trio from the same barn in that colorful trial The upset was due to Don Diable's header at the in and out, eliminating that entry, while the bay aggregation from Llangollen outclassed Mrs. D. C. Sands' three starters. Dr. Allen's en- try also was marked off by the re- peated refusal of one horse. The results: Thoroughbred mares with foals—Pirst Msygo and foal. Mrs. George P. Green- halgh: second. Lady Gossip and foal. Hizh- acre Farm: third, Phantom Fairy and foal William Ziegler. Thoroughbred stallions—Pirst. Valorous, M. second. Polydor. » : third, Secret Agent, ©. M. rouct Pony saddle class—Pirst Kitly Smith an Nancy, Mrs second. Lassie, a Downs third, Sunny Boy, ters—Pirst r John, secon Big d_ Brown third. ifly, Miss Eliza- r t. _Spring i second. Two Leggins ; third’ Coq Major. Dr Lewis n's Rose. Dr. Allen earling filly—FPirst, en- second, entry of Mrs of W. Plunkett Stew- 1 entry of Mrs, D. Sands ughbred yearling_colts Allen: second. entry of Mr. Zieg- 4. Dan. ‘Remount Depot; fourth, v of Mrs. Stewart Thoroughbred 2-year-olds—Pirst, Nizkle, s Whitney: second. Away Over. Meander Sands. “Mrs. Sands; unt Depot C. Randolph 3 Charles B. Sabin. ir fourth, Supreme Lady. Mrs third. Prince Carmen. Peach Bios Shasta Graiton. J. ¥ Pennvbacker ony jumping_First. Queen of Sheba, Mr Green: second, Lady Pegey. Miss Roih third, Busybee Mr. Palmer; fourth. Dangle Gen. 'William Mitchell Touch and out—First. John Anderson: second. Vagabond K J R H. Alexander: third. Salterello Mrs | Whitney: fourth. Petite Poule. Dr. Alien Thoroughbred hunters Dea Beaus, tney Major. Dr. 4 Kinprillis Wiitnes: fourth. A ills. Mrs. Sa. Pairs of huniers—First. entry of Mre Whitney: second. entry of Benton Stables third. entry of Miss Nesbit: fourth. entry en Nejinsky. hunters Humphrey: second, Mis: third. Sprin Himalaya thian class & second. Coa Major. Cypress Dea Beaus. Mrs. Himalaya, Mrs. Jackson unters—Pirst. entry of Mrs, Whitney; second. entry of Mrs_Sands | ¥ Grand champion—Bie John. Miss Hum- phrey; reserve. Kinprillis. Mrs. Whitney. Dr. Al Whitney ‘ GRANT DEFENDS CROWN. NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 15 (#).— An odds-on favorite to prolong his reign over Dixie courts, Bryan M Grant, jr., pint-sized but durable champion, matched steokes today with Hal Surface, Miscouri Vallev title- holder, in the finals cf the Southern tennis tournament. FightsLast Night By the Associated Press. CHICAGO.—Lorenzo Pack, 205, De- troit, stopped Tim Charles, 217, Louis- ville (3) BALTIMORE.—Joe Fogiletta, feath- erweight, Philadelphia, won on ‘echni- cal knockout over Young Raspi, Bal- timore (5). *| PARGO, N. Dak—Frankie Sagilio, | 138, Chicago, defeated Frankie Ka- | mecki, 138, Winnipeg (6), | HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Frank Row- sey, 174, Hollywood, outpointed Leroy Brown, 172)2, Charleston, 8. C. (10). SAN DIEGO, Calif.—Sammy O'Dell, 144, Akron, Ohio, stopped Sailor Billy C;)nsllnce, 146, United States Navy 3). AUGUSTA, Me.—Paul Junior, 13615, | Lewiston, Me., defeated Phil Baker, 133, Philadelphi REDUCTIONS ON NEW 1935 AUBURNS 1512 14th St. N.W.