Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-15
'LOUGHRAN FAVORED
TO WHIP BRADIDOCK
Left lab and Straight Right
Will Be Rival Blows in
Title Fight.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
N YEW YORK, July Thames j.
nj Braddock's attempt to lift the
Interchangeable crown on
1 Tommy Loughran's brow this
week furnishes metropolitan
followers of the fistic industry with
their first real championship bout since
last September. when Andre Routi,
beat Tony Canzoneri for the feather
weight title.
The battle of the left lab and
straight right-Loughran and Braddock
is set for IS rounds at the Yankee
Stadium this Thursday night:
The advance dope favors Loughran
to outpoint the challenger, current
odds being around 2 to /. Rraddock.
however, packs enough dynamite In his
pierce Loughran's guard, and that Is
not easy, there will be new light
heavyweight champion.
Braddock, who halls from Jersey City,
sprang into the limelight last year with
a two-round knockout over Tuffy Grit
fifth. After dropping q decision to Leo
Lomski the Jersey City puncher came
back with victory on technical
knockout over Jimmy Slattery, the Buff
falo speedster.
Has the Old Sock.
There is no questioning that Brad
dock will hurt any enc he hits. The
question is whether he can hit
Loughran who has waded through all
challengers since he captured the title
from Mike McTigue in october Of 1927.
Rene De Vos, Belgian middleweight,
and Dave Shade, California veteran,
Harry EbbetS, Freeport slugger, matches
punches with Icy Grove, East Side
middleweight, in another hereunder.
Humbert Fugazy has arranged q card
at Ebbets Field Wednesday night that
NAV take some of the bloom OF the
Yankee Stadium affair. He has
matched Victorio Campolo, feet ~
inch Argentine puncher, with Arthur
Dekuh, big italian, in the feature bout
of 10 rounds.
Campolo is a slugger after the type
of Luis Firpo. He was knocked out
by Monte Mum at Buenos Aires, but
atoned for that defeat by knocking
out Roberto Roberti. Angus Snyder,
heavy-hitting Kansas City prospect,
battles Jack Renault, Canadian star, in
the semi-final, and Jack Roper Is to
clash with "One-punch" Leo Williams,
New York Negro.
Chocolate Is Billed.
LIE metropolitan UlSbTICO NiCO VIII
see Kid Chocolate in action. the Cuban
featherweight flash meeting Milton
Cohen in a hereunder at the Rocka-
way Playland Stadium Friday. Pete
Nebo and Harry Blitman, feather
weights, furnish the chief attraction
at the Greensboro Stadium tomorrow
night.
At Boston's garden tonight Ernie
Schaaf and Jack Gagnon, rival heavy
weights, meet for the right to battle
Jimmy Maloney later in the season.
At Kansas City Thursday night
young Stribling Macon heavyweight. is
tralia; Babe Hunt. Ponca City, Okla,
and Sully Montgomery, Fort Worth
heavyweight, are down for the sen1s-
final on the same card.
Other bouts on the national schedule
include:
Tonight--At New York. Dexter Park,
Sammy Dorfman. New York, VS.. Petey
Mack. jersey City. featherweights, 10
rounds; at Philadelphia, Jack Gross,
York, heavyweights, rounds: at
Grand Rapids, Joe Godfrey, Negro
heavyweight, VS.. Ralph Smith, Califor-
mia. 10 rounds.
Tuesday-At Chicago. Logan Square,
Steve Smith. Bridgeport. Conn, VS..
Frankie Garcia, featherweights. 10
rounds: at Los Angeles. Baby Sal Sorio,
Philippines, VS.. Eddie Mack. light
weights, 10 rounds; at Cleveland. Go
rilla Jones, Akron Negro, vs.. Bucky
Lawless, Rochester, N. Y, welter-
weights, 10 rounds.
Wednesday-At Oakland, Calf, JIM
my Duffy, Oakland, vs.. Artie Sullivan,
Boston, welterweights, 10 rounds.
Thursday At Chicago, Mills Sta
dunn, Earl MAESTRO, Chicago, VS.. Billy
Shaw, Detroit, featherweights, 10
rounds: at Alan. Idaho, Fred Lenhart,
Elk, Wash, VS.. Make Rosenbloon, New
York, Interchangeable, 10 rounds,
and Demon Runyon. San Francisco, vs..
Tommy Gardner, Walla Walla. Wash,
bantamweights, 10 rounds; at Holly
wood, Harold Matthews. Lincoln, Nebr..
VS.. Speedy Dado, Philippines, n.y.
weights, 10 rounds.