Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-17

In emphasizing the niceness of Mr..
Loughran the press agents pulled one
that was little too swift for the boys
Mr.. Loughran was hailed as Galahad.
The boys have been looking up the
record books and some have written
to Mr.. Thomas Andrews about 1t, but
there Is no line on Galahad in the
champions under Muldoon, Queens
berry or Broughton. Things like that
confuse important issues.
What the boys want to know Is,
"WaS Galahad boxer or
puncher?" The fact that he seems
to have been in the class with Mr..
Loughran makes it look as though
he were q boxer. This makes no
great hit with some of the boys.
Everybody knows that Mr.. Loughran
is a boxer and master of the art
Of self-defenSe.
The biography Of Mr.. Loughran, as
prepared by the ballyhoo man, is a bit
misleading. The fact that Mr. Lough-
ran was Sparring partner for Jack
Dempsey in advance of the Philadel-
phia fight is emphasized. Tommy we
learn, did much for Dempsey by acting
as q sparring partner. But somehow
one recalls that Dempsey lost his title
at Philadelphia. Could it have been
that Thomas Softened him up? That
would not have been the act of nice
young man.
Then, again, the biography In
sists that Thomas performed with
much impressiveneSS against Gene
Tunney some years ago. The
records of that bout do not imply
that either Mr.. Loughran or Mr..
Tunney appeared to be particularly
impressive in their meeting. In fact,
the referees verdict was that the
bout was no contest which means
that 1t was something terrible to be-
hold, In the opinion Of the referee.
One wonders why the ballyhoo men
brought that up.
The last good view of Mr.. Loughran
in this vicinity was the night he met
as another Stanley Ketchel. He was
not, but in the first round he knocked
Mr.. Loughran into a sitting position
not once. but twice.
This was an acid test for a nice
young man. If Mr.. Loughran had been
too nice he would still be sitting in the
Garden thinking it over. But he
busted the rosin from the seat of his
trunks and arose. From that time on
he prevented Mr.. LomSki from induc-
ing him to have a seat until the end of
ILIC NOALCSI, WHICH, was
the winner on points. The decision was
close enough TO have the boys arguing
about it. But the fact remains that the
nice young man demonstrated that
though crushed TO the rosin dust he
could rise again.
Another Nice Young Man.
IRON all information coming in ad-
l. vance Of this contest, Mr.. James J.
Braddock, the contender. also is nice
young man-not quite as nice as Mr..
Loughran. not Galahad, but still a
nice young man. The consensus seems
to be that they are both nice young
men. and only a meeting at the Yankee
Stadium will determine definitely
which is the nicer young man.
The biographer recounts that Mr..
Braddock in his early youth hustled
boxes, but that he did 1t in a nice
way. Subsequently he distributed
railroad ties by hand but always in
a nice way. The section foreman
said that he never saw railroad ties
handled in a nicer way than by
James j. Braddock
One is informed that young Mr..
Braddock was encouraged to fight by
his maternal parent but always in a
nice way. He developed so nicely that
he has two impressive accomplishments
at least to his credit and the most i'm
presSive of these is the meeting with
fluffy Grifiths, who came to this
region announced as a very tough young
man.
You may or may not recall that
Mr.. Braddock flattened Mr.. Griffiths,
to the surprise of all who believe in
Santa Claus and prizefight ballyhoo.
understand that Mr.. Griffiths, sub
sequent to the encounter, said, IT
thought that you told me that this
guy Braddock was a nice young
man." He rubbed his chin and
continued, II suppose you will say
that was nice"