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Steele 3-1 Shotto K. O. Williams : Baer-Braddock Go Talki HELD 700 CLEVER FOR HEAVIER FOE Hobo,With 12-Pound Weight | Edge, Is Cocky—15,000 Due to See Show. BY BURTON HAWKINS, HARLES (HOBO) WILLIAMS, who resembles something chiseled out of granite, and Freddie Steele, world middle- champion and one of the most polished punchers. pound for pound. in caulifiower circles today, are expected to attract 15,000 ring- worms when they bump tonight at Griffith Stadium in a 10-round non- title bout, | Despite the keen condition of both | fighters, following nearly a month of | intensive training here, the argument 1= expected to end in a knockout, with the sharp-faced Steele a 3-1 favorite to remain perpendicular. Should the tcrap be terminated in that fashion, it will mark a new experience for the fighter with the least resistive chin, since neither ever has been chilled A compact mass of muscle who either is too uneducated or too cour- ageous to regard Steele's reputation and pugilistic prowess with the proper respect, Hobo will have a decided edge from a physical standpoint. He will outweigh Freddie by approximately 12 pounds, and that is a decided ad- vantage if Williams follows the pat- tern of his previous battles. weight Freddie to Shift Style. §TEELE plans to alter”his style to suit the occasion. The champ, | who undeniably holds a margin over | Williams in the matter of cleverness | and experience, must perfect & de- fense against Hobo's chopping rights and incessant body drilling. at H’w; edme time being careful not to expose | any vulnerable spot to the former carnival clouter's rather crisp left | hooks | Trouble apparently is brewing for Hobo if he forgets for a split second that & powerful right ic aching to erash against his jaw Freddie can pump that fist probably as rapidly as Toe Louis flicks a left hook and it is generally conceded Williams will be carried to his corner if he becomes negligent The tattooed Willlams, who lit in | Alexander some months ago and | rtaved to carve a rather enviahle rec- ord in this sector, is inclined to swing 4lv, forgetting science and caution, n clipped with & sUff blow, it he follows that trend against Siecle he likely will be petrified temporarily. Steele a Fighting Champ. STEFI,E one of the few champions ' who has chosen to remain active thie vear, already has defended his title three times in little more than | # vear and has disposed of virtually every noteworthy fighter in the mid- dleweight division. Babe Risko. Vince Dundee, Allen Matthews. Gus Lesne- vich, Young Stuhley, Gorilla Jones and Frankie Battaglia are a few of the more talented punchers Freddie has trimmed Employing the Incubator, Steele, ma, Wash. is a former soda jerker, | who was fizhting professionally at the age of 13 ng up five bucks here and there. Now 24 vears old, Freddie, one of the most likable fighters in the game, is well equipped in every phase of the art of rearranging fea- tures Contrast Steele’s life pattern the varied life led by Williams, whose real name is Williamson. A former tarnival performer, Hobo has picked up some rather artistic tattooing on hix rugged frame during his ram- | blings. After wandering from city to town he finally landed in Alexandria | and liked it enough to stay. HOBO Pacific Coast as an uct of Taco- | Hobe Is a Brawler. | believes in good old-fash- | ioned brawling. His fistic ef- forts are elemental and naturally | rough around the edges, but he, never- | thelass, has shown an ability to stand up under heavy punching when he was forced to fight light-heavyweights | and heavyweights here after he had disposed of every available middle- weight. Proceeds from the bout, which is being promoted by the Variety Club, an organization of those connected with the theater, will be used as a | means of maintaining a camp for un- derpriviledged children and mothers of the District. The bout, which will be broadcast aver a coast-to-coast hook-up of the ! Columbia chain, will not be heard on foral or nearby stations, it is an- nounced. This will mark the first time a fight here ever has received potice nationally over the air. Since Muggsy Morris has resigned as a referee and Eddie La Fond cur-| rently i& touring South America, | Charley Reynolds will grab the fea- ture arbiting assignment, with Benny Hughes and Ray Bowen working the prelims. Fine Set of Preliminaries. THE preliminaries probably are the finest ever arranged here, with a | legitimate feature bout installed as a 10-round semi-final. In that battle Joey Archibald. colorful little sensa- tion here in four bouts, will mix with Harry Gentile, Connecticut feather- weight Buck Everett, former District heavywelght champion, will collide with Eddie Hogan of Philadelphia in an eight-rounder, while six-rounders list Max Roesch. highly regarded Texas heavyweight, facing Eddie Caddorre of Connecticut and Walter Woods, tenth ranking middleweight, meeting Mickey Flannagan, local lad. In a four-rounder, slated to open the fistic festival at 8:30 o'clock, Frankie De Angelo and Billy Bullock, local featherweights, will trade blows. The entire Rating Committee of the National Boxing Association will be | at ringside in order to peek at Archi- bald, Woods and Williams, all of whom may be shoved up in the N. B. A's next quarterly rankings. CHICAGO LIKES YANKS All Reserved Seats Sold for Chi- sox’s Sunday Twin Bill. CHICAGO, July 20 (#).—Every re- served and box seat has been sold for next Sunday's double-header between the league-leading New York Yankees and the second-place Chicago White 8ox, Vice President Harry Grabiner of the Sox announced today. | ne | quarter recently. | any of the numerous tables, but the | anglers circling : ANGLERS in salt water, Chesapeake | County xhore line. Capt. Harry Wood- A0 GOLFERS SN | nically, but tourney officials indicated He raid 40,000 unreservef seats will be placed on sale Sundsy morning. | ard and scores of other Wiminaries. SPORTS THE EVENIN G STAR WASHINGTON D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 20. 1937. SPORTS The general let-down of the Simmons Sidesteps Slump Nationals, which brought them nine straight losses thus far, has failed to catch up with Al Sim- mons, shown here crossing the plate yesterday when he homered Jor the second day in succession to tally Travis, who had singled, for two of Washington's four runs.—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. By GorGEe £ HUBER- AKEN as a whole the fishing | picture is somewhat on the dull side. There are few bright spots anywhere, Fresh water, Salt water, ditto. Weather was bad last week. Hardly a day passed which did not add its share to the total rainfall for the month. That had a lot to do with it. Then the moon has been in the wrong With this depart- ment the moon theory doesn't hold much water, and we seldom refer to | last week end certainly bore out pre- dictions The Potomac River is one long ribbon of liquid mud. Up by Widewater and Great Falls would-he bass fishermen have not bothered even to wet their lines it looks %o bad. Dalecarlia Reservoir is the same Usually by this time of year there is & well-worn path around it, made by in search of moss- backs, but it has been so muddy since the season npened that the shore line has been all but deserted. Even cat- | fish, sometime called mud ecats be- cause of their liking for dirty water, | have been few and far between. | Few Trout Caught Yet. Bay to be exact, have been get- ting fish, but not many. Solomons | Island over the week end was rather | poor, and the same held true at most-| other places up and down the Calvert | burn reports that most of his boats FOR CHIGAGO OPEN Qualifying Rounds to Cut Field to 50 Paid Stars, 25 Amateurs. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, July 20.—A field of 402 players—218 profession- als and 184 amateurs—was entered today in the $10,000 Chicago open golf tournament, to be held Priday, Saturday and Sunday at the Medinah Country Club. Entries were closed last night, tech- that a few additional shotmakers might be given permission to compete before teeing off time. Bob Harlow, former Professional Golfers’ Associa- tion tournament manager and a tour- nament official, said the amateur list was the largest ever recorded for am open meet. Qualify gn Two Courses. TWO courses will be used. Eighteen holes will be played Priday and another 18 Saturday for qualifying. Half of the field will play the No. 3 course Friday and half the No. 1 course, with players changing courses Saturday. The 50 low scores and ties among professionals and the 25 low scores and ties among amateurs will qualify for the 36-hole final Sunday over the difficult No. 3 layout. A carnival spirit will prevail. Seats have been erected for spectators at 10 | locations on the course and trick-shot | exhibitions, driving and putting con- | tests and a hole-in-1 tournament will provide a sideshow atmosphere. A public address system will keep fans informed of developments on all parts of the courses. Cooper Is Favorite. ARRY COOPER of Chicago, en- Jjoying his most profitable season, is favored to win, but betting has been light, in view of the numerous top- notch money-trail stars entered, in- cluding Horton Smith, Sam Snead, Jimmy Thomson, Open Champion Ralph Guldahl, P. G. A. Champion Denny Shute. Ky Lafloo}, Henry Pic- returned with few fish their efforts. Even trout. which should he showing their pretty vellow fins now, were not caught in great numbers. Four or five to the boat was the best they could do at Solomons, most of them being around the 2-pound mark or even less, which is mighty small for them. The few caught were taken in the vicinity of Cove Point. Croakers From Gooses. I AST Friday they were doing a “ bit better on the Gooses. Comadr. T. E. Jones, who runs that fishing fleet stationed between North Beach and Seaside, reports that a party of | six, aboard the Sylvia with Capt Sangston Todd at the controls, docked with 155 croakers from the Gooses. some of them the largest he had seen this season. In the party were Fred Del Vecchio, Wesley Stennett, Dutch Shield and Mr. and Mrs. Richie. gOME anglers are under the impres- “~ sion that the bass season is open in Piscataway Creek. Nanjemoy Creek and other bays and coves down in that section of Maryland. Such is not. the case. Maryland's season above tidewater opened the first of the month, but it does not open in tidewater until August 1. Weekly Condensed Reports. Defour Md. 8. L. Warner Maryland bass streams now clea caiches %0 far rhis season Conowingo Dam. Md.. Capt Paul Swei- gart —River muddy. expect good catches on the clear-up, time uncertain Rock Mill Run. Md.. Capt kinson—Only a few rock and pike have been taken here recently, should show im- provement_soon Ferry Grove Pier Md: Capt. Lewin Black: Some large rock being taken in evening. hardhead siow, best fishing in upper bav in_allernoon Sparrows Poimni. Md . Capt. Louis F. Markel —Fishing g0od (his past week, out- look brighter for coming week. Easiporl, Md: Capt. T. 8 Rawlings— Good catches of rock here. hardhead fair only. outlook good. steady improvement shown Shadyside. Md: Capt. R. E. Lee—More rock being taken Troiling than ai any 1ime 18King from 25 to 70 a day, this season. 1 1o 6 pounds Broomes Isiand. Md_. Capt. H. C. Elliott —Fair calches past twn weeks. outlook fair. Lower Potomac River, Capi. Cheseldine—Rock have slowed up past ek, large spoL and hardhead now biting Air Va.: G. Mears— estarn poor on Wachapreague. i A H Trout and porgies running good, channel | bass fair Cape Charles, Va.; Capt. Bryan Travis— Caiches “good. ‘one party fook 1K black bonito, also some channel bass and blue- fish. outlook ood Quimby. Va: Capt. L. 8. Corbin-—Plenty croakers. sea bass and flounder large, also pienty small blues and irout. outlook zood. Here’s Low-Down On Show Tonight Place—Griffith Stadium. ‘Time—First preliminary at 8:30 o'clock. Main event — Freddie Steele, world champion, Tacoma. Wash,, vs. Charles (Hobo) Williams, Alexandria, Va., 10 rounds, non- titie. Referee—Charley Reynolds. Preliminaries—Semi-final: Joey Archibald, Providence, R. I., vs. Harry Gentile, Hartford, Conn., featherweights, 10 rounds. Buck Everett, Gary, Ind., vs. Ed- die Hogan, Philadelphia, heavy- weights, 8 rounds. Max Roesch, Dallas, Tex., vs. Eddie Caddorre, Hartford, Conn., heavyweights, 6 rounds. Walter Woods, New York, vs. Mickey Flannagan, Washington, middleweights, 8 rounds. Frankie De Angelo, Washington, vs. Billy Bullock, Washington, featherweights, 4 rounds. Estimated attendance—15,000. Estimated gate receipts—$25,000. Ticket prices—$1.15 general ad- mission; $1.75 reserved grandstan $2.30 boxes; $4.60 ringside, includ- ing all taxes, “Let Me Care For All Your Automobile Needs” We consider every request for our service an important transaction—and every job, small or large, is treated with the same care and interest. Dave Morris AutoService 1529 M ST. N.W.» ME. 1230 to show for | Walter | HUNT 1S ALLISON'S LONGWOOD CHOICE Ex-Net King Says D. C. Boy, if on His Game, Should “Win in Breeze.” By the Associated Press. ROOKLINE, Mass, July 20— Wilmer Allison of Austin, Tex., admittedly nearing the end of his long major tourna- ment playing career, thinks “lack of stamina” has kept him from the ranks of the world's greatest. tennis players. Allison begins play today in the forty- fifth Longwood Bowl tournament after advancing on a first-round de- fault yesterday. Now losing sets to players he would have brushed aside in his heyday, Allison, who has won every major tennis honor except Wimbledon's, said wistfully: Hunt Picked to Win. “J VE gotten everything I've wanted out of tennis. I've had the strokes and the will to win, but I guess the things I lacked most were champion- ship stamina and a better tennis physique. “Of course, T've always kept mysell in top condition, and even today I'd say my stamina was probably in the best shape of my life." The Texan. a former winner here, doesn't give himself much chance of retiring the Longwood Bowl, Instead. he picked young Gilbert Hunt of Washington, D. C., seeded eighth, as the probable winner “If Hunt plays the tennis of which Ago) he ought to breeze,” Allison said. is due to an injured right hand, suf- “ fered in a fall at his home two weeks | ago. He aggravated the injury last | week while winning the Spring Lake, | N. H, tournament. Allison Plays Harty. “poor playing by the other play- | test the former national champion in today's second round) Other | seeded players are scheduled as fol- lows: Bob Harmon, Oskland. Calif., sec- ‘nnd‘ Vs, ton, Del; Dick Murphy, Utica, N. | Y., third, vs. Everett Collins, Spring- | fleld, Mass.; Gardner Mulloy, Coral Gables, Fla., fourth, vs. Richard Eck- N. J, sixth, vs. Langdon Gilkey, Chicago: Paul Guibord, Melrose, sev- enth, vs. Leghton Brewer, Boston, and Gil Hunt, Washington, eighth, vs. David Burt, Old Lyme, Conn. EX-NATS AID MILLERS Minneapolis Kept Up in A. A. Race by Reynolds, Kress. Allison's pessimism for his chances | he's capable (he was the runner-up | for the intercollegiate title two years | win here in a| | | IS victory, he said, was due to | bles | U. . NETMEN NEED LONE SINGLES WIN Budge and Mako Shine in Doubles as Davis Cup Zone Victory Nears. By the Associated Press. IMBLEDON, England, July 20.—A lone singles victory, with two chances to achieve it, stood today be- tween the United States and the right to meet a mediocre English team in the challenge round of the Davis Cup ten- nis competition. Holding a 2-1 advantage, the United States’ youthful standard bearers went into the final day of the interzone | final against Germany with sorrel- topped Don Budge squaring off against Baron Gottfried von Cramm, ace of the German forces, and little Bryan Grant matching strokes with stolid Heinrich Henkel. Grant Slightly Favored. ALTHOUGH favored to whip Von | Cramm just as he did, in straight sets in the all-England championships, | Budge's victory may not be necessary to clinch the series. The aces, ranked as the outstanding amateur players of the world, tangle after the Grant-| Henkel meeting. A victory for the| Atlanta atom would make the Budge- | Von Cramm match a mere formality. The Grant-Henkel match figured to be a “cat-and-dog” affair, with the diminutive American holding a Sllzhl‘ edge because of his great retrieving ability. Although beaten in straight | sets by Von Cramm, Grant played brilliant tennis, at times returning | seemingly impossible shots. Budge Sparks Team Play. UT if a victory by Budge is needed, | there has been little to indicate that he isn't the master of Von| Cramm. After whipping Henkel in | quick order Saturday, the redhead | came back yesterday and paired with | Gene Mako to give the Americans the | edge with & 4—6, 7—5, 8—6, 6—4 tri- | umph over the Germans in the dou- Mako. belittled by many British ex- | ers."(Richard Harty of Boston will | PEFts, proved to be a worthy partner | for Budge after a slow start. He mas- tered Von Cramm’s blazing service and played steady, smoothly co-ordinated tennis nearly all the way. But it was Budge that sparked the combination | Wetherall Dunn, Wilming- | and he figured to carry on today. 'NOOGA RECALLS MARTEL | man. Boston; Alfred Jarvis, Tenafly, Brings Him Back From Charlotte, Sends Early to Sanford. By the Ascociatad Press CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Julv 20— Jim Martel, former University of Chattanooga foot ball star, has been recalled to Chattanooga from the Charlotte. N. C, club of the Piedmont League, it was announced today by | Calvin Griffith, president and man- ager of the Lookouts In order to make room for Martel CHICAGO, July 20 (%) —Two veter. | CAlcher Jake Early will be sent to f the Florida State League. ‘an ex-major leaguers are providing SPNford o & big portion of the punch which 15 Al clubs involved are Washington keeping Minneapolis in the thick of | [ArMS the American Association pennant race Carl Revnolds, who patrols left field for the Millers, and Ralph (Red) Kress, who is doing a classy job of short - stopping. have been going great guns since the xeason opaned—and give | no sign of slackening their brilliant pace. Hits by these twn farmer major league stars were factors yesterdav in the Miller's 8-to-7 win over Milwaukee, |a fifth straight victory for the Kels, MUNGO TO CHECK ILLS Wants Doc:o: to Fn:d Cause of Four Straight Setbacks. NEW YORK, July 20 (# —With the hope that the doctors will find the source of his troubles, Mungo, Brooklyn Dodgers’ pitching ace, has started a course of medical examinations. W W, wil- | developed a lame back after pitching seven innings of hitless ball against the Giants on July 4. “I got a kink in my shoulder after that,” said Mungo, who was not in uniferm yesterday. “I believe it was | because I was favoring my sore back.” | Mungo suffered his fourth straight | setback Sunday when the Cubs knocked him out of the box in the first inning. GIRARDIAN JUNIORS SPLIT. Girardian Juniors split a double- header yesterday, winning the first from the Terminal A. C. 14-0, and dropping the second to Walter Reed, 5-0. In the nightcap the Soldiers acored all of their runs in the first two innings, after which Al Coe allowed the winners only one hit. WANT DIAMOND DATES. A game for Sunday in particular and bookings for the remainder of the Summer are sought by the Bethesda Juniors’ ball team. Phone Wisconsin 2455. ARECBIED Mungo's trouble started when he | | | Van Lingle | Fight Tomorrow If Tonight Is Bad GQHOULD bad weather foree posi- *” ponement of the Freddie Steele-Hobo ~ Williams 10-round non-title middleweight bout. sched- uled for tonight at Griffith Sta- dium, the card in its entirety will be held tomorrow night Charley Reynolds has named by the District Boxing Commission as the main bout referee, while Ray Bowen, former local fighter, will make his debut as an arbiter in the preliminaries, which he will work with Denny Hughes. Muggsy Morris has re- signed as referee, while Eddie 1a | Fond currently is touring South 1 America. been = 'lalli St N.W. TRY-ME BOTTLING CO.—W. | mediocre field it | matches scheduled for | Miss Grav LMER ALLISON'S unre- served commendation of Gilbert Hunt, which was dispatched today from the Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline, Mass., not only marks a new high for local players this season, but may indicate the beginning of the end for the former national champion. Allison is quoted as saying that “Hunt, if he plays the tennis he is capable of, should win the Longwood Bowl in a breeze.” Now it is no secret that Allison is about through, past his prime, and problematical that he is in shape to play top-flight tennis. His right arm, aggravated last week at Spring Lake, is in bad condition, with twisted liga- ments that urgently meed attention, and not exercise. Why, then, is he still playing this week? Simply in an attempt to win outright the famed Longwood Bowl, which he has won twice and which must be won three times for perma- nent possession. Admittedly the bowl, engraved with such names as Tilden. Johnston, Johnny Doeg, R. Norris Williams and Gerald Paterson of Australia, would look good in Allison's collection. The lure of that trophy alone has drawn the former national champion back to the wars after a year of non-com- petition his arm will stand week of play. 1If it doesn't, and Hunt comes through to win, it might not be surprising to see the Texan pack up his competitive racket for Kood. By Allison’s own statement, Hunt is the one to beat. Indeed, in a rather is a bit surprising that he is seeded only eighth—be- hind such comparative unknowns as Robert Harman of California, Richard Murphy, Gardner Mulloy of Miami, up through a | Owen Anderson of California, Alfred Jarvis of Williams College and Paul Guibord, former Dartmouth star. Harman is the nineteenth national ranking plaver, and Murphy is the Massachusetts State champion, but the rest apparently are not in Hunt's class, "THE sirls’ playground championship now rests among four — Hazel (Jimmy) Bishopp of Takoma Park. Mary Gray of Twin Oaks, Helen Miller of Chevy Chase and Lucille McDowell of Burroughs. Miss Bishopp was to play Miss Gray, and Miss Miller was to face Miss McDowell in semi-final 5 o'clock this afternoon. These, and the champion- ship match between the survivors, will be played on the courts of the Chevy Chase Playground. That any is worthy of wearing the crown is seen by the manner in which all have advanced to the semi-finals, | none having dropped a set. Miss Bishopp and Miss McDowell are the favorites in the next-to-last round. but so many upsets have oc- curred since the tourney it would not be too surprising were and Miss Miller to win Miss McDowell’s showing has dupli- cated her feat of last vear when she was beaten only in the final round. Miss Bishopp is the newest sensation of the playgrounds, picked by many to win before the competition started. She the semi-finals year. Miss Gray whipped the sentimental favorite, little Shirley Combs of Happy Hollow, yesterday, 6—1, 6—1, but the experience of the former stood her in good stead and was the reward of several seasons of faithful training under playground officials reached last Now the question is whether | ?fi///fibmer;fi - | | resentatives Chevy Chase by the same scores, while Miss Bishopp eliminated Charlotte Mataja of Burroughs, 6—3, 6—3. Miss Miller'’s victorious scores over Mary Simonds of Rosedale were 6—2, 6—2. AVID JOHNSEN, the scholastic entrant who advanced farthest in The Star's City of Washington junior tournament and thus qualified to represent the Capital in the na- tional interscholastics, was eliminated in the first day's play yesterday at Haverford'’s Merion Cricket Club. His conqueror, however, was none other than Billy Umstaeder of Mill- burn, N. J., the national boy cham- pion last year and playing his first year in junior ranks. Umstaeder won by scores of 6—1, 6—2, 3—6, 6—3. .FNTle for the Middle Atlantic doubles tournament close at 6 o'clock tomorrow evening with Gene Hermann at Army-Navy Club, scene of the sectional competition. He may be reached at Jackson 2150, The matches, which start ‘Thursday, will be the best titree out of five sets from the first round on. ‘The winners will be the official rep- of the Middle Atlantic section in the national doubles at Longwood August 23-28, | AGRICU[.T\'RE DEPARTMENT'S team didn't Jose a match in beat- ing Procurement, 6-0, yesterday in the Departmental League. Mather and Loney, Steinhauser and Doyle, Medlin and Harrell, King and Mosby and Hoffecker and Fleming formed the winning combinations. All vic- toriee except that of Hoffecker and Fleming came in straight sets, I;opping Off (Continued From Page A-11) | ball player breaking a bone and the club physician saying he will be out for & month, or five weeks. By that 1= meant he will be back in the line- up after this length of time. But is he the same playver? Not often. One broken fin- ger can throw a player off his stride so completely that he will be of little use. There are exceptions, like Gehrig, but he is a rare person, indeed. The | case of Heinie Manush is recalled | He broke a thumb his last vear with begam that | 1 the Red Sox. It mended, but Manush couldn’t hit and finally he was re- Jeased. In vain he pleaded with other American League managers to give him a chance In the end the Dodgers took him on, | and Manush is a star in the National League. Little things like a broken thumb thusly can affect the mental workings of players, Almada May Be the Boy. EST this sound too anti-Washing- “ ton. let it be said that Mr. Har- ris and Mr. Griffith let Chapman and Newsom get away convinced that (1) Chapman was nearing his end as a star and (2) Newsom never would be a star. They detected signs of ad- vancing vears and a base runner's toll in Chappie's legs (he's swiped 23 al ready) and thev suspected that Ne som could not back up his fine talk with pitching vietories In spite of Chappie's stolen bases, it is yet to be proven they are wrong. Time alone will tell the real story of the biggest deal of the season. As a matter of fact. we still think that young Almada. who is just & baby vet in big league company, ma: | be the fellow to finally show whether Washington or Boston got the better of the deal. Ahead of Almada, unlike the Ferrells, Chapman and Newsom, lies the future. I1f he can develop into a really fine outfielder, the Grif- fith firm can smugly proceed on its Miss Mc- | loose way, convinced that it received | Dowell trimmed Molly Thompson of | the better of the whole transaction. \ ng Shape CHICAGO IS STRONG FORBOTH BOAERS - Max Never Gave Windy City i Poor Show, Jim Admired ' | for Way He Lost. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. HICAGO, July 20 —Pight fans of this area are not greatly excited by the yarns that, Joe Louis and Max BSchmeling will spat in Comiskey Park or Soldiey Field in September. Rather they incline to the belief that, if Uncle Mike Jacobs gives Chicago an Autumn fight, it will feature Jim Braddock and Max Baer. While Baer may be all washed up to most of the fistic world, he still is a top favorite here for the Cali- fornian never gave Chicagoans a poor performance. In his Windy City | appearances, Maximilian knocked out Ernie Schaff, Tuffy Griffiths and Kingfish Levinsky, For belting ous the “Fish,” Baer narrowly escaped being presented with the keys to the city and a statue in one of the parks, Chicago Likes Jim, Too. i (CHICAGO liked the way in which Jim Braddock lost his champion- ship to Louis. He went out fightinz. which is the real champion way, and the customers would pav to see him again; provided the tariff was not ton | steep. It is doubtful if Chicagoans | would go for another $2750 top this year, but Baer and Braddock at $10 would do $100.000 or better and that should be satisfactory to Uncle Mike Jacobs Braddock and Baer hoth have a high nuisance value to Jacobs If by any chance Louis and Schmeling never get together or the Bomber quickly pops over the German, the | list of logical contenders would be | headed by the two ex-champions. | There is Bob Pastor, of course, but, | at the moment, he is there and that, |is all. So a Braddock-Baer bout would fit nicely in Jacobs' plans and the logical time for such a match would be September. to clear the slate for next Summer. Tom Gallery, the Los Angeles promoter, would o schedule Baer and Braddock, but Jacobs knows Chicago and mas & nice working affiliation in Tllinots while California would be new ground | for his ventures Bout Backed by Logie. AER lost his championship Braddock, so if he were to beat the Jerseyman in a comeback. it would do much to revive his standing in the business. Baer was knocked out by Louis, but Louis was knocked out by Schmeling and then came on to win the championship, &0 szome argument can be made for & second | Baer-Braddock bout It seems a bit far-feiched to as- sume that Louis will fight Tommy ! Farr in August and Schmeling, his most dangerous challenger, & month later. Louis will be an active cham- pion for Uncle Mike Jacobs, but it is | doubted that even he will want to play the part of perpetual motion Joseph is not that fond of work and what the income and other taxes would leave of his year's sarni would not make the effort ro worth while Until Uncle Mike Jacobs definitelv schedules the date of the Louis Schmeling fight, I'l leave it for the 1938 calendar and guess on soms rare June night. 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