The Washington times., 1937-06-19
Ancient Speed
Shown by Joe
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By CHESTER YOU'LL

by CnEO1EH xOOAA
:. CHICAGO, June l9.-Jim Brad
dock and Joe Louis were about
ready to lay aside the big gloves
today and await the workings OF
: fate.
Their training campaigns really
are over, and there was nothing
to do but sit back patiently until
Tuesday night, when they viii
meet IN q 15-round worlds cham
pionstip bout before $4,000 per
sons In Charley Cotniskey'S An1eri'
can League baseball park on the
South Side. +
The gate Is expected to go over
one million dollars-the first to
top that mark since Gene TUnney
and Jack Dempsey waged their
memorable battle here on the lake
front 10 years ago.
Both Braddock and Louis were
scheduled to rest today. Tomor-
row and Sunday they will go
through q few motions In their
training camp rings, but II Is
purely & money matter. The final
Saturday and Sunday attendance
Of paying guests at the cham
pion'S headquarters in nearby
Grand Beach, Mich, and at the
challenger's in Kenosha, Wis, will
set q record for this fight, ana
there you have the only reason
why the men will work.
49, Physically Fit
Both are as fit physically as
they could hope to be. Braddock
at 1871 pounds Is better than
any Of the 800 some odd boxing
writer's here have seen him before.
When last on the ScaleSs Louis
came in at the surprisingly low
poundage of 1876, a fact which has
not caused his handlers to gloat.
They would have liked to see the
brown boy q couple OF pounds
heavier at this stage.
In the last week, Louis has sal
vaged some Of his prestige after
as miserable a showing in training
as any heavyweight title chal.
ienger ever has made. Maybe Joe
was only fooling; then maybe
again he really didn't swing into
shape until a few days ago.
But at any rate, Louis yesterday
in a Six-roImd workout showed he
has the thing which many think
will beat Braddock--and this is
speed in punching. Louis Is not
fast on his feet, but he. can whip
in those rights and let's with ire
mendous speed-much faster than
= sof course, ike III III. T punchers,
:, Louis looks bad against q NOV
!, ing target and there is where
Jersey. Jim thinks he has the edge.
He plans to keep moving all the
.tinne-either to Louis right or left
and forever. keep Joe off balance
SO he can't get the leverage nee
essary to put the crusher onto
his punches. Whether this plan
Of strategy will work depends on
whether Braddock can move about
more efficiently than Louis can
punch.
George Nicholson, q sparring
partner from YonkerS, N. Y,
showed yesterday that q fellow
who keeps circlfng Louis can fruS.
tfate the Bomber. For two rounds,
Joe was in there pitching with
everything he had, and it was no
phoney. but he was missing his
punches by miles.
Draping on Ropes
On the other hand, when badly
stung by Tiger" HairSton, Of
Wheeling, W. Va, Joe went berserk
and flashed a load of the stuff
he used on Camera and Baer.
He waded straight into Hairston
with left and right-hand artillery
and in q fifty had the big fellow,
draped helpless over the ropes.
One more punch would have
knocked him out had not Trainer
Jack Blackburn called q halt.
At Grand Beach, there occurred
something which would have
thrown any other modern train
ing camp into q furore, but in
Champion Braddock's stronghold
it only caused a lot Of laughs.
After boxing four rounds In
which he showed to advantage,
Braddock had his handlers re-
move his headgear. Then there
appeared on the scene q spar
mate from Alabama named Bill
Irby, who said he hoped to box a
Minus his headgear, Braddock.
obliged and slugged for three min.
utes with the youngster. He is
getting $500, 600 for fighting Louis,
and q cut eye would have forced
the whole show OF. Yet Braddock
didn't worry about that, nor ap-
parently his manager, Joe Gould,
or any Of his handlers.
That's the kind Of q camp they
are running at Grand Beach. Most
newspaper men say its the best
they've ever seen.