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BRADDOCK SHOWS
TOMORROW NIGHT
Champs Sparring Bit to Be
Top Spot of Fight Card
at Ball Park.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

BY JOHN b. KELLER.
YAMES j. BRADDOCK, big
Bertha of the worlds heavy
weight boxers, who battled
~ himself off the relief roles and
to the championship within period
Of six months, makes his formal bow
TO the Capital tomorrow night.
In a three-round exhibition that
will be the high spot of the Turner
Ahearn fight show at Griffith
Stadium, the genial Jerseyman, as he
mixes with Jack Mccarthy, sparmate,
will reveal to Washington ringwormS
some of the stuff he used last June
to wrest from Max Baer the worlds
most priced fighting title.
There will be six bouts OF six
scheduled rounds each in addition to
the champs demonstration of what
It takes to get to the peak of the
pugilistic pack to entertain the on
lockers at the ball yard. Chief among
these will be the heavyweight tussle
between Kirk Burk. Washington's ris-
ing young battler, and Joe Lipps,
Georgia jouster.
They are a good pair. There will
be other attractive matches, too. But
the throng at the ringside and back
in the stands will be waiting for the
champs act. 1t will be Braddock'S
show.
Champ on Just Before Finale.
IJAMES j. and his sparring partner
will step into the ring just prior
to the heavyweight finale. And If the
champ sticks to precedent set during
his recent exhibition tour, there will
be scant ceremony before he goes
about the business Of the evening.
James j. is no man for frills, it seems.
Unlike other heavyweight cham
pions who collected heavily for per-
sonal appearances" Braddock actu-
ally goes in for work. jess Willard,
Jack Dempsey, Max Schmeling and
Max Baer when they we're crown
wearers were presented to Capital
fight fans. But none of these ever
flung a fist during the show-off. None
even deigned to go so far as donning
ring togs.
1t will be different with Braddock.
In other cities where he has exhibited
since soaring to championship
heights, James j. put sincere effort
into his several rounds. He showed
plenty punch. The cash customers
we're given a square deal. There is
no reason to believe the champ will
do otherwise here. James J. has the
reputation of having been regular"
throughout his ring career.
No False Pretense for Jim.
N7E'RE coming to washington to
w earn our money and give the
fans show, not to fool the paying
customers" Joe Gould, the champs
manager, announced when he signed
the agreement for the exhibition at
Griffith Stadium. Jim Braddock owes
the fans plenty for the chance that
got him the title and he's grateful,
all right.
"Jim's not the kind of guy to accept
money under false pretenses. Yeah,
some of our heavyweight champions
have done that. But not my man.
You won't find Jim stalling. He likes
to please the crowd too much for
that"
This will be Braddock's first visit
TO Washington, but he twice consid-
cred and nearly accepted offers to box
here while still a trial horse among
the heavyweights. He actually was
matched with Les Kennedy for local
engagement, but the affair was trans
ferred to Newark. And meeting with
Buck Everett was all but arranged
when Braddock got bout with Art
Lasky.
The champ is due here late today.
At 7::30 tonight Braddock will be
interviewed by Bill Coyle in broad
cast from Station WMAL.
Fight Card Promises Thrills.
THE boxing card, twice postponed be-
= cause of last weeks heavy rains,
promises to be satisfying in action,
color and thrills.
Fight followers have been buzzing
over the Burk-Lipps feature since the
heavies were first matched Burk's
supporters claim the superior punch
of the former District amateur heavy
weight champion will get him the VIC
tory. Lipps' hackers bank on the
greater experience and ringcraft their
choice possesses.
Frankie Blair Camden welter who
trounced Phil Furr and Roy Manley
here this Summer, looms large in Cary
Wright's comeback trail. Billy Land
ers and Eddie Burl will renew heated
featherweight rivalry. Perry Knowles
and Joe Doty, HghtweightS, will clash
In a genuine grudge go. Three times
last week they went at one another
without benefit of gloves.
Colored boxers will provide the
opening numbers. In one, Gene Buff
falo and Meyer Rowan, welters, will
face for the third time in the current
outdoor season. In the other, Sid Har-
vey and Baby Kid Chocolate, fast
eteppers, will scrap.