, 1935-06-14
I'M W w - ~
The
Sports
Spade
U u n a I'd ID I'd I'D a B m m

HAIL THE new champIon-nct a
great one. not even a colorful
fighter. but a deserving underdog
who fought his way back from the
relief rolls In the short span OF a
year.
The world In general. and sport
fans In particular. loves an UNDER
dog, especially when he Is fighting
al p~rohibitive ODDS against q clown
ing hraggart-and. my good fellow.
James j. Braddock's victory over
Max Baer gave vent TO lots OF pent
up emotions. Many OF the down.
trodden were hoping against hope
that Jim In some manner could
turn the tables on the Glowing
champion. Braddock's victory "a q
healthy tonic, put in the best
Horatio Algier style, for our hard
pressed underdogs Of the depression.
He never had a chance. so the
wiSeguys, ScribeS and experts told
him. but Braddock had another
ioea. He didn't claim In rash terms
that he was going TO give the
champion a pasting-he merely did
Ii.
Braddock is a good fighter. but
not a great one. II Is doubtful
whether a fighter Of his calihre ever
had such wholehearted well wishes
Of the fight fans.
But Braddock or Baer. the best
heavyweight in the game today Is
Joe Louis, the husky Detroit negro
with the killer instinct. Joe appears
Loaded for the top, and II he
reaches II the fight game Is IN Tor
a revival. The whitehopes viii
spring up again as they did when
Jack Johnson, the Galveston dock
walloper, won the heavyweight
championship. II was that revival
which brought out jess Willard,
Fred Fulton and others OF their Tx
BAER Is still very much In the
running for the championship for
be did not put up his best fight
against Braddock. lie made the
mistake OF trying 70 clown with the
earnest 29-year-old IrShman from
Jersey. Baer is. within al prob
ability, a better fighter than Brad
dock, but he will have TO get IN
condition and 90 at top speed II
ne expects TO beat the Irtshman.
The Californian Is the most col
orfui heavyweight In the game and
he Is a great fighter when ne puts
out. This defeat should have a sob
erins effect on him.
THE LOUIS : Camera fight Il
scheduled for June 25th In New
York City. and the fans will be
watching the contest with almost
ns much interest as they give
presidential election.
The biggest fight show OF the
summer promises also 70 be tht
most important In many years. II
Joe Louis lives up to hts reputation
the fight world Is going 70 see =
better negro fighter than Jack
Johnson. That Is saying a greai
dea! but 10 must be acknowledge
,hat no fighter since Jack Dempsey
a shown such natural punching
power. ferocity and relentleSsneS
as that displayed so far by the
Brown Bomber.
Louis has shown that he has
Knockout punch in either hand. ne
VA Knocked out 43 men In his y
fights. he hits as quickly as a light.
weight. and without warning--thal
:, ne does not telegraph his punches
as does Baer. !,
He is opposed to a mar who L
lard to destroy because OF nj.
superior weight and ability 70 take
Il Primo will outweigh Louis more
than so pounds. He has an ad-
vantage as far as ring experience 4
concerned though ring experience
cannot always be entered on the
credit side OF the ledger. The giant
italian proved he could Absorb
p.enty OF punches when ne fought
Baer. refusing to be counted out
though ne must have been walking
blank during the last few rounds.
It should be an interesting scrap