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Title F ight Referee Fuss Looms : Jim Held Better Tuned Tha With Braddock BOUT'S THRDMAN CHOICE IS LIMITED Few Complying With Code of lllinois Qualified to Run Major Mill. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. HICAGO, June 8—There is likely to be a considerable Tumpus created by the “brains” for Jim Braddock and Joe Louis when the Illinois Box- ing Commission gets around to the | business of selecting the referee for the heavyweight championship fight | of June 22. The “brains” other always rumpus when create some it comes sort of for few ‘third men" ever have been unanimous favorites and there is no reason to believe the Braddock-Louis fight will provide the exception. According to the rules of the Illi- nois Athletic Commission, the referee must be a citizen and resident of the sovereign State in which the fight will be staged. That rule offers a seri- ous problem for Illinois’ two-man boxing board. There are numerous referees on the preferred list of the commission, but the flaw is that few of them are experienced in handling major fights. That is not the fault of the referees, for Illinois has had very few cham- plonship fights and none of any real importance since the second Tunney- | Dempsey quarrel of 10 years ago. Eight Able Referees in Line. ‘HE Illinois commission has gra- ciously waived several of its car- dinal rules for the principals in’ the forthcoming fight and could, of course, make another exception and allow a non-resident to referee, but that is unlikely. So the referee for the Braddock- Louis match likely will be chosen from 8 group of eight: Johnny Behr, Phil Collins, Joe McNamara, Dave Miller, Norman McGarrity, Tommy Thomas, Spike McAdams and Thomas Gilmore. On experience, Behr, Thomas, Col- lins and Miller would take preference, but objections may be had with each of the four. Collins and Thomas are medium-sized men and it will be argued that a big fellow will be needed to handle boxers of the height and weight of Louis and Braddock. Behr is prominent in amateur box- ing circles, having coached the United States Olympic and other teams, and, It's my personal opinion, is the best of the group. Collins is the most experienced of TNlinois referees and always has given satisfaction. He worked the first legalized fight in the State, when Sammy Mandell won the lightweight championship from Rocky Kansas in 1926, and has had a major share of all the important bouts held in Chi- €ago since that time. Collins handles & fight in & business like manner and with little confusion, so is likely to rate highest with the managers of | Braddock and Louis. Free-style Fussing Likely. E Illinois commission cannot af- ford to have any but a most ca- pable third man in the ring for this fight. Dave Barry's long count in the Tunney-Dempsey match never will be forgotten, and since the Illinois com- mission is eager to have future heavy- weight championships staged here, it will want to fend against any unusual Incidents when Braddock and Louis battle. Should the commisison, by any chance, elect to go outside its home- | breds for a referee, and that is most Improbable, the choice likely would go to Arthur Donovan of New York or George Blake of Los Angeles, two of | the best in the game. | ‘The question of referee will not come | up for another week, .but, when argued, likely will create some fancy, free-style fussing by Joe Gould and Roxborough and Black. The referee Is going to be an important fellow In this fight, and it will be difficult | to satisfy both sides. | REGRET IN SORRELL SALE | Tiger Goes to Toledo Just Shy of | Being 10-Year Man. DETROIT, June 9 (#).—Victor Garland Sorrell’s trip into the minors today was tinged with one regret in particular. If the veteran pitcher had com- | pleted this season with the Detroit Tigers, he would have become a 10- year man in the major leagues—the dream of every ball player. The popular right-hander was sold outright to the Toledo Mud Hens of the American Association yesterday. He had pitched for Detroit since 1928, SEEK WEEK-END GAMES. Saturday and Sunday games are ‘wanted by the Chevy Chase Cardinals. Call Cleveland 1878 after 7 o'clock in of ome side or the| to mnaming | the referee for a heavyweight battle, | WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, Foening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNIN: G EDITION JUNE 9, 1937. Comics and Classified C PAGE C—1 Louis Toils Faithfully in Prepping for Title Scrap Road work plays an important part in Joe's daily grind of conditioning. Here he is seen with Carl Nelson hurdling an obstacle on a beach adjoining his camp at Kenosha, Wis. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. . Relaxing under a shower after work is next best with him to eating. His grin is the tip-off. Work on the heavy bag is not neglected by the Brown Bomber, shown in this picture polishing up his punch before a sizable gallery ners. before taking on a relay of sparring part- AUTORACERLOTS 10 SPUT 00 | Drivers Finishing 11-30 Get $500 Each as Roosevelt Strike Is Settled. | By the Associated Press. | the George Vanderbilt Cup race at | Roosevelt Raceway July 3 Leon Duray, drivers, said NDIANAPOLIS, June 9.—The Na- “sit-down” strike for “guaran- tees” here today and started roll- toward New York to compete in | g o 1 The prize money, now | the world, has given us new enthusi- asm. We'll race those foreigners silly | for that $70,000 put up by the Roose- | velt Raceway management and the | added accessory prizes, which will make the total well above $100,000. “We are just battling for the tail- | end drivers, and when the Roosevelt Raceway owners understood our point they readily agreed. It really wasn't & sit-down strike like the newspapers called it, because we were standing up under way. We're ready to move the whole racing colony to New York im- mediately.” Only 30 Cars to Start. ROM Paul Abbott, raceway treas- urer, came the announcement | that only the 30 fastest cars will be permitted to start the race. A total of $50,000 will be divided among the first 10 cars to finish the race, with $20,000 to the winner. American cars and drivers will get 8 special $10,000 purse, divided $2,500 for the first American driver to fin- ish, $1,500 second and $1,000 for the third driver; $2,500 for the first American car to finish, $1,500 second and $1,000 for the third car. Abbott said the $10,000 consolation prize would be divided equally into 20 prizes of $500 for each of the 20 cars which start, but which do not partici= pate in the first 10 place prize awards. This was the concession won by the drivers. ; Previously the $10,000 consolation purse was divided according to the number of laps completed by each of the cars below tenth place at the end of the race. — H : i omer Standings By the Assoclated Press. Yesterday's homers—Greenberg, Tigers, 1; Di Maggio, Yankees, 1; Gehrig, Yankees, 1; Fox, Tigers, 1; Averill, Indians, 1; Jensen, Pirates, 1; Brubacker, Pirates, 1; Todd, Pi- rates, 1. The leaders—Greenberg, Tigers, 15; Bartell, Giants, 11; Selkirk, Yankees, 10; Di Maggio, Yankees, 9; Foxx, Red Sox, 9; Medwick, Car- dinals, 9; Kampouris, Reds, 9; Johnson, Athletics, 9. League -totals—American, 196; the evening. National, 182; total, 378. arguing all of the time the dispute was | tion's leading race pilots ended a | Det spokesman for the GAMES TODAY. | the largest in any automobile race in | Boston at Cleveiand. League Statistics JUNE 9, 1937, AMERICAN. RESULTS YESTERDAY. Washington-St. Louls, rain. Chicago, 5; New York, 4. Detroit, 8: Philadelphia. 0. Boston, 10; Cleveland, K. ST / -~ o3eouo ~—-puvasI0 | ~AI0X_ M2 Cle 4 ¢ wn Phi 1 4 L 17117 GAMES TOMORROW. At St. L. 4:00. Wash. at 8t. L.. 4:00, at Chict N. Y. at Chicago. . Boston at Cleveland. Phila. at De NATIONAL. RESULTS YESTERDAY. Pittsburgh, §: Philadelohia, 1. Cincinnati: 4 Boston. . uis-New York. rain, Chicago-Brooklyn, rain. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Wash. N. Y. Phile. at Detroit. troit, -~ usmasnig Z4 o} M pujUIR sousn ZX0K AN --neuupq, | oawuadrg ®juapey, xlo SRR GAMES TOMORROW. 8t. Louls at N. Y. Chi. at Brklyn Chicago at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at Phila. Pittsburgh at Phila. Cincinnati at Boston. Cincinnati st Boston. GAMES TODAY. 8t. L. at N. Y. (2). Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Base Ball. Washington at St. Louls, 4. TOMORROW. Polo. Practice game, vs. War Department, Park, 3. Third Cavalry Potoac Base Ball. Washington at St. Louis, 4. Maryland vs. Vermont, Burling- ton, Vt. Wrestling. Steve (Crusher) Casey vs. Hank Barber, feature match, Griffith Stadium, 8:30. FRIDAY. Base Ball. Washington at Chicago, 3. Maryland vs. Vermont, Burling- ton, Vt. Polo. Practice game, Third Cavalry vs. ‘War Department, Potomac Park, 4. SATURDAY. Base Ball. Washington at Chicago, 3. Maryland vs. Dartmouth, Han- over, N. H. J ARCHIBALD SIGNS T0 BOK GEVINSON | District Boy Will Battle at 126 Pounds in Feature of Show June 16. OEY ARCHIBALD. the -cocky, animated pogo stick who was the sensation of the recent police benefit boxing card here, and | Lou Gevinson, local featherweight with ;| an authoritative punch, today signed articles for a 10-round feature bout at Griffith Stadium June 16. After lengthy quibbling over a mere 8 ounces, Al Weill, Archibald's pilot, agreed to allow Gevinson to scale 126 pounds, with the stipulation that if he fails to do so he will lose a $200 forfe! Weill previously had demanded Lou weigh not more than 125. | It was Matt Twomey, Gevinson's manager, who urged the match follow- | ing the police show, in which Archibald | | chilled Ray Ingram in the seventh round, the same session that Gevinson | | sent Johnny Pena to the floor on the | receiving end of a solar plexus blow. } CommissiorniAvpmvs Bout. The District Boxing Commission, 2 | which refused to saction a Gevinson- | Ingram bout for that card, has ap- proved the Gevinson-Archibald match. | Lou, they held, was too inexperienced to meet Ingram at that time. By whip- ping Pena, Gevinson obtained a crack at the guy who stopped Ray. Gevinson weighed 127!4 pounds for his argument with Pena and is expect- ed to encounter little difficulty in whit- | tling his normal poundage & bit. Archibald, who rapidly is outgrowing | the bantamweight division, probably | will balance the beam at 121 pounds. Another 10-rounder, two sixes and | two fours will complete the card. POLO BATTLES START Cavalry, War Teams Tussle Sun- day After Practice Series. Third Cavalry and War Depart- ment polo teams will clash three times in five days, meeting today at 3 o'clock and Friday at 4 o'clock in practice games before squaring off Sunday at 3 o'clock in a regulation game. All tilts will be played on the fleld in West Potomac Park. PEEWE;I CLUBS ARE DEFIED. Clarendon Boys' Club diamonders are anxious to obtain Sunday base ball games with strong peewee clubs. Call Walnut 7130. Mat Matches By the Associated Press. BANGOR. Me.—Danno _O'Msahony, 220, Ireland, threw Rube Wright, 260. Texas. two straight falls. . READING. Pa.—Wally Dusek. 220, Omaha. Nebr. ed Sammy Cohen, 200, Chicago, INDIANAPOL! Juan Humberto, Mexico City. defeated Dorve Roche, De- catur. Tll. two of three falls. (Weights unavailabie). Losing Streaks Cause Yanks to Ban Exhibitions Disaster Has Followed Two Such 1937 Forays—Diegel Sees 290 as Good Enough to Win Open. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, June 9.—Agony column: Six defeats - for the Yanks in eight starts has the front office here panicky . . . (Is Cunnel Ruppert beginning to ask questions?) . .. It has given the old heave-ho to ®ll remaining exhibition games, hoping that will shake the jinx - . . Business Manager Ed Barrow points out both of this season's disastrous Western trips followed jaunts into the provinces .. . A month ago the Yanks visited Grand Rapids and then dropped five out of nine league games . . . Last week used to be right up around the top in all big golf meets, props his elbow on the counter and his lett foot on the brass rail and gives you the low-down on this week'’s national open . . . A new type of golf shot—a high floating iron— Wwill be needed to win, he says . . . And lists Ralph Guldahl and Ed Dudley as the finest exponents of this particular kind of shot . . . Leo doesn't know what the boys will do to Oakland Hills, but he wonders what Oakland Hills will do to the boys . .. And he'll cover any bet that 290 is broken . . . Looks more like a 292 or 293 tour- nament to Leo . .. Most of the they stopped off in Akron and you all know what they've done since « .. Joe McCarthy is going around talking to himself. Inside dope: Leo Diegel, who golf men pick Harry Cooper on form. Cauliflower alley: If Maxie Baer will be & good boy and come on ) home and fight Bob Pastor, Madi- son Square Garden will drop its breach of contract suit ... Al Welll, portly manager of Light- weight Champion Lou Ambers has shed 10 pounds since going on a diet two weeks ago and now weighs only a ton ... Suey Welch, Los Angeles promoter, hit town today to offer Ambers $35,000 to defend his title against Henry Armstrong at Wrigley Field in July ... Ambers will take or reject the offer when be gets the next report on his in- Jured hand. Jimmy Leto, the welterweight, got back from Australia yesterday just in time to run smack into a $2,000 offer to fight Ceferino Garcia at Gilmore Stadium, Los Angeles, June 28. A boxer named Will Fool (no 1 kidding) was licensed by the New York commission yesterday .. o Charlie Paddock, the old runmer, aspires to & berth on the California Boxing Commisison. Bottom of the barrel: The sec- ond heat of Dean vs. Hubbell is scheduled in today’s double-header - . . Jack Doyle’s little black book has Joe Louis an odds on 2-T favorite to trim Jim Braddock . . . Of which we aim to take a little slice. Mrs. Marion Turpie, the feminine golf star, says superior golf begins at 30 . .. Latest little birdie stories have the Senators sending Ben Chapman and either Jimmy De Shong or Buck Newsom to the Red Sox for the pitching and catching Ferrells—Wes and Rick— and Outfielder Mel Almada. ( "POPPING OFF U Major Leaders By the Associated Press. American League. Batting —Greenberg Browns: Gehrig. Yankees, Runs—Greenberg. Tige Indians. 3% Runs batted in— 56 Bonura. Wh Tigers. 50, S 5 Hits—Walker. Tigers. 72 Bell, Browns: Greenberg. Tigers. 66, P Doubles—Vosmik. Browns, 20: Bt Browns. 1% Triples—Kuhel, Senators, 8: Green- bere. Tigers. 7. Home runs—Gree Selkirk. Yankees. 1 J Stolen bases—Appling. White Sox. 9: Chapman. Senators ¥ Pitching — Hudlin. 6-0: Pearson. Yankees, 4-0. National Learue. Batting—Medwick, _Cardinals, Vaughan. Pirates. .38 Runs -— Medwick. Cardin Galan. Cubs. 37 Runs batted 1 44 Demaree. C Hits—Medwick. 8 reenberg. Tigers. ox. Walker, nberg, Tigers: 15; 0 Indians, 16: ers, 13 nd’ Handley, G ssett — Vaughan a nts. 1 runs—Bartell [s a Kampo Is. a J. Ma . ryant. Cubs, 4-0: Hub- 381 n. Cardinals. #—B; LU, SPARRERS NERE“CATCHERS Joe, Though, Displays Some Improvement—Prelimi- nary Bouts Listed. Pv the Assoctated Press. ENOSHA, Wis, June 9—Joe Louis drew another holiday today in his program of train- ing for battle with Heavyweight Champion James J. Braddock at Chicago June 22. 4 S \‘\ o a n (&&flJ\L’b:’ Sox on the Run. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. more impressive yesterday as he stepped through eight rounds of box- | ing, his longest session against sparring | partners since he came to Kenosha | His “catchers,” George Williams, | Chicago Negro; Tiger Hairston, Negro | from Wheeling, W. Va., both new- comers, and George Higgs and Salva- | tore Ruggirello, however, failed to supply him with much opposition. Co-Manager Julian Black said Ros- coe Toles, promising young Detroit | Negro heavyweight, would join the T. LOUIS, June 9—There seems to be a noticeable tendency to regard SPATTRE squad Saturday. Jimmy Dykes’ heavy-legged happiness boys altogether too lightly, despite | the White Sox's tenth consecutive victory and their sharing.of the Amer- | ican League leadership today with the Yankees, Even now, at the height of their success, the White Sox have altered only slightly the view- point of the man in the street But you have it on the word of Stanl more than a flash-in-the-pan outfit wide-open, dog-eat-dog pe: v Raymond Harris that Chicago is All Spring Bucky looked forward to a nt fight and from time to time the skipper of | the Nats liked to envision his own ball club as the “dark horse” slipping into the picture and grabbing the big end of the money. The Nats so far have given him no run for his fond hopes, but the White Sox are proving that ‘Whit, “The White Sox, most people think. More important, that club is getting the breaks and it knows how to use them. The Sox, in short, are clicking.” When a ball club wins 10 games in a row, climaxing its drive with a 5-to-4 victory over the Yankees and moving into a first-place tie, it has to be click- ing. Ten straight victories is a large order for any ball club. The Sox came from nowhere, too. It wasn't as if they were running just back of the pack and made a desperate id, If anything, Chicago's start in the American League derby was more dolorous than Washington's. Infield Is Crazy-Quilt. N THE eyes of the average fan, the White Sox cannot bear much ana- Iytical investigation. What has Dykes got in the way of material? What hopes can he possibly have to stay at the top? Jimmy has only two infielders who were Sox from the start of their ma- jor league careers. Luke Appling and Zeke Bonura were dug up by the Sox and developed by the Chicago Club. The rest—cast-offs. The Indians couldn’t use Bozie Berger and asked waivers on him, Nobody wanted the weak- hitting former Maryland Uni- versity boy except Dykes, who willingly paid the $7,500 waiver Pprice. ‘Tony Piet was with the Pirates, but the National League let him get away. Like Berger, he is an uninspiring player to watch. He is not even as spectacular in the fleld as Bozie, and probably is the lowest-ranking third beseman in the league. Jack Hayes never was more than a utility infielder with the Nationals, with whdm he broke into the majors. Jackie could field, but he never was rated as much of a hitter. But some- how Dykes has fitted together this nondescript group into an infield that, as Harrés puts it, “is clicking.” Outfield Not Inspiring. DYK!S' outfleld, in the eyes of the fan, is not even as good as the infield. Rip Radcliff, supposedly the ranking member of the patrol, is at times an atrocious fielder. Dixie Walker was turned loose from the Yanks after he hurt his arm, and New York considered itself fortunate to get the waiver price for him. Larry Rosenthal and Mike Kreevich came out of the American Associa- tion two years ago, but without ben- efit of flag waving and huzzahs. They were just a couple of fellows getting a chance higher up. Rosenthal could field, but his hitting was doubtful . . . and still is. Kreevich is one of the worst-shaped ball players in the league. He looks the part of an opening-bout rassler, with legs like Abie Coleman. ‘When Dykes first went to the White Sox as manager he elected to build his pitching staff around Ted Lyons, who now is 36 years old. This was believed to be & harmless enough | Harris had no idle dream. It is, to date, a dog-eat-dog flag scrap and the e Sox now must be considered seriously. Harris was saving today It has an awful lot of ‘Dykes is getting some good pitching. & power at the plate and right now nucleus. has wonders. But Jimmy pitcher of probably more ability in | Monte Stratton. Still it is not an outstanding nu- cleus of a pitching staff. What else has Dykes? Waived Players Make Good. FROM Cleveland, on waivers, he got Clint Brown, and somehow the guy has come through as a relief pitcher. Philadelphia and Wash- ington gave up on Bill Dietrich and the Nats even despaired of unload- ing him on waivers until Dykes shelled out the $7,500. Sugar Cain didn't do much for Browns, and unsuspectingly was al- lowed to enter the White Sox fold. Up until this year Thornton Lee's only recommendation as a major leaguer seemed to be his ability to beat Washington. He won three games last year, and all from the Nats, who, incidentally, got him in a trade for Earl Whitehill last Win- ter and promptly shifted him to Chicago in exchange for Jack Sal- veson. Only a coupje weeks ago Washing- ton or any other club could have obtained Johnny Whitehead for a few slightly used practice balls, but there were no takers. Whitehead, in the parlance of the American Leaguers, was “sloppy.” He had abil- ity, there was no denying, but he | neglected temperance in food and drink and showed it on the ball field. Now he has won three straight games, and would be welcomed by any club. An untouted rookie, John Rigney, rounds out the impor- tant members of the pitching staff. Outstanding? No, but an adequate staff. Luke Sewell probably is the “key" man of the Sox, further emphasizing what probably was one of Clark Griffith’s biggest boners. let Sewell slip to Washington and the Nats won a pennant with him in 1933. But Griff, for some reason, let Luke go to the Browns, and later Sewell wound up with the Sox. The Nat owner elected to string along with Clif Bolton, and has rued it ever since. Just Happiness Boys. SEWL‘LL probably is the man be- hind the guns . . . Sewell and Dykes. With the A’s and Nats, young Dietrich, f'rinstance, was a rank fail- ure. But the A’s and Nats had no catchers, and as soon as Sewell got hold of Dietrich things began to hap- pen. Bill's series of successes recent- ly was topped off with a no-hit, no- run game. And Dykes. He spares the rod but hasn’t spoiled the child. Even more so than Harris, he gives his men a free rein . .. or what they think is a free rein, He laughs and kids, cusses and plays cards like any other player. Like Harris he is the one manager in the American League against whom an unkind word rarely is heard from a player. The Chicago press dubbed the White Sox the happiness boys as & result of this. At the time not even the correspondents could foresee how happy they might b-come. | are a better ball club than | He came up with a wild | young buckaroo in Vernon Kennedy, | | who won 21 games last year, and a | the A's and| Cleveland | Braddock Boxing Today. RAND BEACH, Mich,, June 9 (#). | —Heavyweight Champion James | J. Braddock donned boxing gloves again today after two days of com- parative idleness. The champion, right on top of his | schedule of conditioning for his title | defense against Joe Louis June 22, took a light workout yesterday and planned six rounds of boxing for today. | He will speed up drills tomorrow | and will trade punches with his spar- ring partners every day the rest of the week and probably on Sunday. worked | All Heavies in Prelims. CHICAG—O, June 9 (#)—A prelimi- nary card of four six-rounders | and three four-round bouts has been scheduled to keep the customers amused until James J. Braddock and | Joe Louis climb into the ring to battle for the world heav; ight champion- ship at Comiskey Park June 22. The entire card lists heavyweights. ‘The six-round line-up: Arturo Godoy, | Chile, vs. Tony Galento, Newark, N. J.; | Jorge Brescia, Argentina, vs. Harry Thomas, Eagle Bend, Minn.; Nathan | Mann, Hartford, Conn., vs. Charlie Massera, Brooklyn, one of Braddock's | spar mates, and Hans Haverlick, Aus- tria, vs. Abe Feldman, New York. In the four-rounders Alex Kettles | South Bend, Ind., meets Henry Cooper, Brooklyn: Bernie Bowman, Chicago, champion's sparring partners, and Dave Clark, Detroit Negro, tackles Max Roesch, Dallas, Tex. |COX, MAleRKI FACE | Three Other 30-Minute Prelims | Announced on Casey-Barber | Card for Tomorrow. unorthodox tactics he employed in pin- | ning Abie Coleman, will squirm with Mike Mazurki in a 30-minute semi- | final to the Crusher Casey-Hank Bar- | ber feature grappling match at Grif-| fith Stadium tomorrow night, it was announced today by Promoter Joe ‘Turner. Other 30-minute matches find Wee Willie Davis, the reformed referee, | stacking up against Reb Russell; Jack Kennedy toiling with the villainous Jack Hader and George Lenihan twist- | ing with Bobby Roberts. ‘The 26-year-old Casey, who spilled Stanley Pinto in his only appearance here, is the latest Irish importation to | strike the mat world, and already has established a faint claim to the world title, if that means anything. He is expected to clash with Dean Detton for | that dubious honor this Summer. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. YORK.—Enrico Venturl. 139, Ttaly, Sutpointed Jimimy MELeod: 135 0 Tacoma. Wash CHICA Brown. - (R). GO.—Harold | Chicago. olthointed Chester Rudy, 145, Lop S NG ELES.—Maxie Rosenbloom, 18K, New York. olitpointed Lee Ramage, 3 20 ( J”Nt%vm YGORK '~ Bernie _ (Schoolboy) Friedkin, 1291, New York, outpointed Paris Apice, 134, Providence, R. I. (8) 8). NEW YORK —Andre Jesserun, 1495, New York. oltpointed Frankie Blair, 150, Camden, N. J. (8) STROMBERG CREEL BROTHI 1811 14th ST N. W DEcatur 4220 SALES & SERVICE ERS| 3 The Brown Bomber looked a little | meets Jack McCarthy, another of the IN MAT SEMI-FINAL OE COX, who nearly created a riot | last night in Baltimore due to the | L ] Older Braddock Does Not Need as Much Work, in EW YORK, June 9.—General reports from the training rounding into the pink of fighting condition. Confidential information runs pretty much along the same line. | But, believe me, there’s a whale of | Take Max Baer. You will remember great when he | But I wasn't convinced Max was | as good as he looked and I didn's He tol. ter—but he hadn’t put himself to the test, so how could he know? JOE 1S DECLARED Dempsey’s Opinion. camps of Jimmy Braddock ‘I‘\e been getting preparatory to my a difference between “looking™ in the I said he looked | think he knew. His defeat by Tommy Farr showed SHY ONTRAINING ‘ BY JACK DEMPSEY. N and Joe Louis say they are | trips to the camps to see for myself | pink and being there. | stopped here on his way to England. told me he felt great—never bet= Max was wrong about his condition. | | Has Personal Experience. \\[HEN I trained for my fights with | Gene Tunney I kidded myself | that I had gotten back into my old fighting form But when I got in there and had to 1 stand the gaff, I knew the old stamina wasn't there. T'll never forget what the great Jim . Jeffries told me afterward “I know exactly how you feel, Jack,” he consoled. “The same thing happened to me when I tried to come | back for Jack Johnson “Only difference between you and me was I got wise to myself the very first day I tried rugged training after months of preliminary work. “I just couldn't seem to rest when | T got tired. Day by day I was more | tired. Finally I had to admit to mye self I didn't have the old reserve. Left Fight on Road. I WOULD have been better off if T hadn't done any real hard work. I left my fight on the road—long before | the bout—and it was too late to do anything about it.” Figuring Jeff's case and my own, I think present-day training will be better for Braddock than for Louis. Joe mneeds hard work He's young and growing, just as Jeff and I were on the way up. No | matter how tired we got, after a rest, we were ready—eager. It toughened us With Braddock it's different. He's no longer in his early 20s; he's had quite a layoff, and must be softened up a bit inside. So with the comparatively few rounds of work on his schedule, he's not likely to leave his fight in camp. His experience and boxing will help | him in the fight. | Is Sufficient for Jim. HE old saw “what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander,” won't hold here—not that I mean Jim is the goose and Joe the gander. But this kind of training will get Jim in condition for 15 rounds of a boxing match and it won't put Joe in shape for 15 rounds of hard, agres- | sive fighting. | The fact Louis isn't aggressive and | likes to counter, ought to suit Jim toa T. I figure they have one thing in common—law suits won't worry them enough to jar their training. But I'll know more and say more after I've watched them in camp. (Copyrizht, 1937.) MONTANEZ FIGHTS COOL. LOS ANGELES, June 9 (#).—Pedro Montanez of Puerto Rico and Eddie | Cool, veteran Philadelphia lightweight, today were signed to fight 10 rounds on an open-air fight card at Gilmore Stadium June 28. Promoter Joe Levy said Champion Lou Ambers had agreed to meet the winner here. Minor Leagues INTERNATIONAL. | Newark. 6: Baltimore. 0 Montreal. 3. Rochester. 2 Buffalo-Toronto. wet grounds. Syracuse-Jersey’ City, rain AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Columbus. 10 Milwaukee, 0. Other games postponed, rain. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. 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