Evening star., 1934-06-26
BROWNING
AFTER NEAR LOSS
Tortured" for an Hour, He
Catches Foe OFF Guard
to Win Mat Title.
BY EDWARD J. NEIL,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

M wrestling war was over
" today and high in the
4 seat of the conqueror sat
Jimmy Londos, the Greek idol,
living example that right always
triumphS, that virtue in the end
always is rewarded and that a
good, small man sometimes can
beat a big one.
He conquered Jim Browning, big,
burly farmer from Verona, Mo, and
in this case the villain in the piece,
in hour, 10 minutes and 10 seconds
of some of the fanciest wrestling the
devotees ever saw in Madison Square
Gardens big bowl on Long Island last
night. There we're 10000 there and
they paid $40 900 to see the throning
OF a heavyweight champion practically
every one must now accept.
They went away happy, for the
match that has been four years in the
making ran a.. true TO the dramatic
standards Of the game as did East
Lynne" to the stage of the gay 9os.
1t began with the 233-pound Brown
ing, recognized here as world cham
pion ever since he beat Stranger Ed
Lewis two years ago and LondoS re-
fused to meet him. playing the part
Of the big bully, while "Jeemy," as
he's known in every side-arm restau-
rant from this coast to the other, was
the little hero who bears up SO man.
fully under the foul shocks of fortune
and the manifest physical advantages
of hardy oppressor.
Browning a Punisher.
TT WENT thus for a full hour, with
Browning torturing the squat. but
handsome 2l8-pound veteran with
leg splits, head locks, body scissors,
hammer locks and that pet punisher
that has won him so many matches,
the airplane Whirl, wherein he picks
up his victim in his cobra legs. twirls
him aloft until he's dizzy, then slams
him to the carpet.
Occasionally the 38-year-old Greek
would rally and turn on his huge op-
ponent with his own favorite hold,
japanese arm lock that looks as
though it would tear a shoulder right
out of a torso. And all the time they
leered at each other and grunted,
groaned and cackled, stewed and
sweated and wound up after the first
60 minutes right where they started.
But it was getting late and virtue
will wait just so long. Browning,
having weakened his challenger,
hurled himself on the little fellow like
a bully taking advantage of a game
runt out back of the barn. LondoS
writhed, groaned. grunted - even
meowed a little-in the stress and
strain of that final succession of air
plane whirls, leg splits and head locks.
Is Apparently Done.
TINALLY he crawled desperately
under the ropes to get away
from his leering oppressor. He
came back into the arena then ap-
parently done but with 10000 of the
wrestling faithful holding their breath
for him. The experts. who recognized
the symptoms of what is known as
the AL" finish. or the triumph of
virtue" an OLD standby, got ready
to leave.
In few more minutes it was over.
Like a gallant stag at bay, going to
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reared his black curly head and
plunged forward. He caught Brown
ing completely off guard picked him
up with a crotch hold and slammed
the Missouri farmer right smack-dab
down on top of his Princeton haircut.
1t was Browning's turn then to reel
drunkenly about the inclosure, appar-
emily mortally hurt and Londos never
swerved with opportunity knocking
hammer. The handsome Greek threw
hammer The handsome Grek threw
the champion first to the patrons
grinning in from the left side of the
ring, then TO the patrons on the right.