New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
LOUGHRAN DEFENDS TITLE THIS WEEK
Light Heavyweight Champion
 Meets Braddock Thursday

New York, July 15 P)-James J. Braddock s attempts 10 lift the light heavyweight crown off Tommy Loughran's brow this week furnishes metropolitan followers of the fistic industry with their first real cham- pionship bout of the season.
 The battle. a } rounder is to hc held at the Yankee Stadium Thurs day night.
 The advance odds favor Loughran to outpoint the Bdaddock, the cur rent quotation being around ? to ]. Braddock, however, packs enough dynamite in his right arm to laugh at odds. If he can pierce Lough- ran's guard and that is not easy. there will be new light heavy weight champion.
 Rene De Vos, Belgian middle weight and Dave Shade, California veteran, are to meet in the 10 round semi-final and Harry Ebbets, Free port slugger, will match punches with Izzy Grove, East Side middle weight, in another ten rounder.
 Humbert Fugazy has arranged card at Ebbets Field Wednesday night that may take some of the bloom over the Yankee Stadium af- fair. He has matched Victoria Campolo, six feet seven and one- half in Argentine puncher. with Arthur DeKuh, big Italian, in the feature bout of ten rounds.
 Camunolo is a slugger after the type of Louis Firpo. He was knock cd out by Monte Mum at Buenos Aires but atoned for that defeat by knocking out Roberto Romerti. An gus Snyder, heavy-hitting Kansas City prospect, battles Jack Renault, Canadian star, in the senli-finals. and Jack Roper is to clash with One Punch" Leo Williams, New York Negro
 The metropolitan district also will see Kid Chocolate in action. the Cuban featherweight flash meeting Milton Cohen in ten rounder at the Rockaway Playland Stadium Friday. Pete Nebo and Harry Bit man. featherWeight furnish the | chief attraction at the Greensboro Stadium tomorrow night.
 At Boston's Garden tonight. Ernie Schaaf and Jack Gagnon. rival heavyweights, meet for the right to battle Jimmy Maloney later in the season.
 At Kansas City Thursday night Young Stribling. Macon heavy weight, is matched against George | Cook of Australia, Babe Hunt Pom ca City, Okla, and Sully Montgom- cry, Forth Worth heavyweight, are | down for the semi-final on the same card
 | Other bouts on the national sched- ule include:
 Tonight-At New York, Dexter Park, Sammy Dorfman, New York. vs. Petey Mack, Jersey City, feather weights, ten rounds; at Philadelphia | Jack Gross, Salem. N. J., vs. Murray | Gitlitz, New York heavyweightes, six rounds; at Grand Rapids, Joe God l frey, Negro heavyweight, vs. Ralph i Smith, California, ten rounds
 Tuesday - At Chicago, Logan Square, Steve Smith, Bridgeport, Conn.,, vs. Frankie Garcia feather weights ten rounds; at Los Angeles, Baby Sal sorio, Philippines, vs. Ed die Mack lightweights, ten rounds at Cleveland, Gorilla Jones, Akron l Negro, vs Bucky Lawless. Rochea- ter, N. Y. welterweights ten rounds
 Friday-At San Deigo, Erwin | BiSe, Omaha, vs. Johnny Homers San Diego, welterweights, ten rounds; at Alan, Idaho, Fred Len hart, Elk, Wash. vs. Maxie Rosen- bloom, New York light heavyweight ten rounds, and Demon Runyon San Francisco. vs, Tommy Gardner Walla Walla, Wash, bantamweghts ten rounds; at Hollywood, Harold Matthews, Lincoln, Neb., vs. Speedy Dado, Philippines, flyweights, ten rounds.