Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-07
Improved Qualities.

TT is true enough, as Gene Tunney
l. and others have suggested, that
no one can tell yet what a young
fighter, with little more than a years
professional experience, will do If
ne happens to be slugged or knocked
down.
On the other side, 1t will be no
easy matter to reach the bomber with
a punch of this sort. He is lightning
fast with both hands, on defense as
we'll as offense.
This recalls the story of Jack john
sons workout with Luis Firpo, the
wild bull of the pampas.
q After two or three round workout.
johnson then being close to so, some
one asked johnson how hard Firpo
could hit.
IL couldn't say" johnson re-
piled, because ! wasn't going
to let that white boy hit me.
He looked too big and strong"
King Leyinsky Is big and strong,
but landing one of his flying fists
on Louis near a vulnerable spot
won't be the simplest problem Levin
sky will tackle this season.
There is always the chance that
this will happen-but it Is an out
side bet. It isn't often that a hard
puncher comes along, who can also
block. duck and protect himself as
we'll as Louis can.
1t will be a good show for the
crowd If Louis puts on his normal
act, wherein power, skill and speed
are so well blended.
It will be an even better show If
he gets tagged or tied up. q
A Language Knockout.
THEY were telling stories around
some of the quaint and battling
English that Levinsky uses.
The Kingfsh has rare knack OF
tying grammar into amazing knots.
But an old-time ball player tells one
on a big league pal that goes well
beyond the Levinsky range.
1T happened some years ago." the
oldtimer said, when Marty Brill was
a first-year man at Notre Dame, work
ing under Rockne. The ball player
came in one day with this remark:
"1 Just been down to see those
Noter Dameys play. That
Canute Rockne is the best coach
ever saw.
"'He's got the best foot ball player
= poonnntS prin RIlf
this year Brill is illegible for the veloc-
ity and besides he just got kicked in
the groan and will be out week. "
The Heavyweight Mixup.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN owns
AVA Jim Braddock, the heavyweight
champion, and the Twentieth Century
Sporting Club has Louis under con-
tract.
With Schmeling in Germany, held
by double taxes and none too keen to
come across the water anyway-with
Max Baer still uncertain-the ulti-
mate show must be Braddock and
Louis.
This is a tangle that only some
ruling commission can work out. Baer
would have to turn in a good fight
entirely different from his last start
to draw any gate with Braddock, even
If they were matched.
Louis Is the only test-but
even IL Louis wins there will be
the same barrier.
Joe Gould and Braddock want the
biggest gate they can draw at Jim's
next appearance-and this can come
only through meeting the winner Of q
Baer-Louis fight.
There also is the story that even
the Louis hackers would rather have
Baer tackle Braddock first on the
chance of his regaining the lost title
II this happened, a Baer-Louis CLASH
easily would pass the million-dollai
mark for the biggest gate since Tunney
and Dempsey met in Chicago eight
years ago.
Returning to Chicago to look at an.
other fight, it doesn't seem possible
that eight years have passed since
Gene and Jack turned in their last
charge together.
In the new rush of speed the years
are getting faster than the weeks used
to be. You will hear more than few
comparisons involving Louis, Tunney
and Dempsey after his Levinsky
PROFESSIONALLY If Louis lives up te
the pace he started a year ago.
The Big Train.