Evening star., 1935-09-11
BRADDOCK FAILS
TO AROUSE FANS
Lipps' Quick Knockout of
Burk in Feature StirS
Crowd Only Mildly.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

-CO11oOlOhos A5'NA WIZ
presence of the world heavyweight
champion In an exhibition drew only
q few more than 1000 to the ball
yard show last night. A great ma
tority of the slim attendance failed
utterly to appreciate the performance
by James j. Braddock, the big Doy
who lifted the crown from Max Baer's
head last June. Nor were the better
than-average bouts put on by the
"club" fighters at all satisfactory to
the customers.
Even the Second-round finish
handed Kirk Burk, ill-advised Dis
trict heavy. little beyond the novice
class, by Joe Lipps, we'll experienced
ringman of Ty Ty, Ga, left the crowd
as cold as the prone fighter.
No doubt the poor quality of many
of the programs that have oeen
foisted upon the fight public during
the outdoor season has made it so
skeptical of promoters publicity that
even a parsonage of the renown Of
Braddock could not bring out many.
But that would not account for the
chilly reception given the show IN
general 1t must be that the folks
here have yet to be educated in the
fight game.
Braddock Number Draws BOOS.
CTEPPING through three rounds with
- Jack Mccarthy, a husky SPAR
mate from Boston, Braddock certainly
demonstrated that he is clever boxer
with a lightning left and no mean
right. True, the champ and his op-
ponent had on 12-ounce gloves and
were pulling their punches. But it
was the sparring exhibition that had
been billed and we'll worth while.
Most of the crowd, however, must
have come to the ball park feeling that
the champ should tear into the other
man as though the world title de-
pended upon the outcome of the
three-round show. They wanted little
less than mayhem. There were many
who applauGed Braddock after the
workout, but many more expressed
their disapproVal in generous booing.
Braddock and his party left imme-
diately after the exhibition to drive
through the night to New York. The
champ was to be at his New Jersey
home today to welcome his family
upon its return from Summer So
journ in the Catskills. But he will
take to the road again soon. He has
bookings next week IN Atlanta and
Macon, Ga. In the later city his num-
ber will be the feature of a Stribling
memorial boxing card.
Late in the Fall Manager Joe Gould
expects to take his world champion
to Ireland and England for series Of
lucrative shows.
Burk Never Had a Chance.
U7ELL, Joe Bateman was warned
against sending his green young
6ter, Burk, against a ring-wise vet
eran like Lipps. But the silver =
thatched manager insisted upon the
match. Now it looks as If Burk may
have to start all over again in build
ing up to creditable form that will get
him good-paying matches. He Ger
tainly did not look the goods last
night.
Starting only his fourth fight as a
professional, Burk swarmed all over
the experienced Lipps in the first
round and won it handily. But it was
quite noticeable that Lipps was fight
ing nothing like he had in his other
bouts here during the outdoor season.
Hitherto the Georgian had been cau-
tious at the outset of match. Last
night, however, he went into action
wide open, easy to hit and apparently
bothering little about giving anything
in return.
Burk was looking for that in the
second round, but quickly found a
different Lipps before him. Joe had
rushed from the corner ready for the
kill, and it did not take long. About
midway of the heat Lipps swung a
long right to Burk's chin and down
went the local lad for count OF nine
Joe was waiting as Kirk slowly got to
his feet. Crack. A short right this
time, smack on the button, and down
went Burk on his face.
The count had only reached five
when Manager Bateman decided his
boy was through and stepped through
the ropes. Referee Denny Hughes i'm
mediately called it Lips win.
Blair Deserves Win.
FOR carrying the fight to Cary
- Wright throughout six rounds
Frankie Blair, Camden welter. got the
unanimous decision of judges and
referee, but the crowd did not think
he deserved it. Wright had all the
advantage in weight and reach, but
Blair frequently managed to clip his
foe on the jaw by bringing hin. down
to his size with bruising body blows.
What had been billed as grudge
fight between Joe Doty, washington
lightweight, and Perry Knowles OF
jacksonville, with the latter a heavy
favorite, found Doty winning all the
way. Knowles never looked as good as
when he and Doty staged an i'm
promptu brawl in front of police
headquarters last week.
Billy Landers, Norfolk boy weighing
1909, got a split decision over che
veteran Eddie Burl of Jacksonville,
who scaled 126. Landers looked to
have four of the six rounds and once
dropped Burl to the canvas. Billy had
been around Washington some time
before hooking up for a fight. HIS
success last night may mean some
good spots for him In the near future.
For the third time here this Sum-
mer Gene Buffalo, Philadelphia col
ored welter, outscored Meyer Rowan,
dark boxer from New York. 1t was o
rousing battle, with both boys going
at a fast clip all the way. The OPEN
ing encounter between colored welters,
Baby Kid Chocolate and Kid Nor
folk, both of Baltimore, went six
rounds to draw.
It was a well-balanced lot OF
matches excepting that in which Burk
hit the deck. But it did not take 50