Evening star., 1935-04-13
i'm IS DEFINITELY
PICKED BY GARDEN
To Seek Commissions @. K.
Observation-Disclosures Has
Had Unique Career.

nj J. Braddock, hardly more
than light heavyweight,
will challenge Max Baer's
right to the heavyweight champion
ship in Madison Square Gardens
Long Island bowl in June.
The 28-year-old Jersey City slug
ger, veteran of 10 years erratic war
fare among the light-heavyweights
and heavyweights, has accepted terms
for a 15-round championship match.
Contracts probably will be signed
today.
Baer, who won the title from Primo
Carnera last June, with Braddock
fighting in one of the preliminaries,
already is under contract to the
Garden.
Jimmy Johnston. Garden match
maker. who announced definitely he
had selected Braddock for the title
match, said he was not yet certain
just when the fight would be held,
but probably around June TO-" BY
deduction, fight experts figured it
would be staged either June 6 or June
IS. since the Garden regularly holds
its outdoor shows on Thursdays.
To Get 1712 Per Cent.
A THOUGH terms were not re-
~ vealed, 1t was understood Brad
dock would receive 1712 per
cent of the receipts. The Garden, it
was believed, originally offered IS per
cent, but boosted the ante in return
for Braddock's promise to make his
first title defense, in the event of a
victory over Baer. for the Garden.
Johnston will seek approval of the
match from the New York State
Athletic Commission on Tuesday.
This, however, is regarded as a for
mality, for the commission already
has designated Braddock the No. l
challenger so far as this State is con-
cerned
Jersey Jimmy's rise to a title
chance is the elimination of as
strange a series OF developments, po-
litical, fistic, comic and otherwise, as
the fight game ever has known.
No longer ago than the fag end
Of 1888, Braddock hung up his gloves
in disgust after series Of defeats.
It was not until June Of last year
that he returned to the ring to give
Corn Griffin beating in prelim-
tnary on the Baer- -Carnera card.
Win Over Lewis Helps.
JIMMY projected himself boldly into
:. the picture again when he floored
John Henry Lewis. highly touted
Negro light-heavyweight from Phoe-
nix, and won an easy decision victory
In the Garden early this Winter.
Then Braddock entered the Gar
den's heavyweight elimination tour
nament with Carnera, Ray Impel-
littiere and Art Lasky as the other
contestants. Carnera walloped I'm
pellittiere. but withdrew from the
tournament in high dudgeon when it
became known that the Garden
planned to give Schmeling the title
shot in June.
Braddock, outweighed Is pounds
and 8 to shot in the betting. then
created sensation by trouncing
Lasky in Is rounds. That automati-
cally won for him the tournament
and with it New York State recogri-
ton as No. / challenger.
The Garden still sought to make q
Schmeling-Bae match, despite the
Athletic Commissions official frowns,
but had to abandon the idea when
Schmeling indicated he preferred to
do his fighting in Europe.
That left only Braddock available,
and he was signed.
Given Little Chance.
; A LTHOUGH he's a deadly puncher
"A with his right hand, Braddock
will be conceded little chance
with Baer by most experts. The Jer-
sey City puncher will have to give
away almost 30 pounds to the cham
pion. Braddock weighed only 1924
pounds for his bout with LaSky.
His bout with Baer will mark his
second bid for a championship. He
fought his way into title match with
Tommy Loughran, then light-heavy-
weight king. in 1929. The net result
was beating and boxing lesson.
Braddock began his career in 1926
and first rose to prominence by knock
ing out Tuffy Grifflths, Iowa City
slugger, In two rounds here ir. 1925.
A nine-round knockout Of Jimmy
Slattery earned him the title shot
with Loughran. Pete Latzo, former
welterweight champion, was the victim
Of one of Braddock's right-hand jolts
In 1928. Latzo's jaw was broken.