The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-25
BY HARRY CRIMSON Sports Editor, NEA Service

SpOftS Eu1tOf, NEA OCrVIce Chicago, June 25-Before he drop ped old Jim Braddock like a broken airplane at the White Sox park the other night, the boys were curious to know just how much the pasting dealt him by Max Schmeling took out of young Joe Louis. Today they might well ask just how much it put into him.
 An early beating either knocks all the fight out of youngster or knocks some ring sense into his head.
 A number of fighters achieve greatness after being belted around and flattened Jack Johnson, Schmeling, and Benny Leonard, among them - and until evidence to the contrary is presented, will be inclined to believe that Louis is another
 Braddock was just an old gentle man with a roundhouse right, but that doesn't alter the fact that he was toppled from the throne by fast, scientific and hard hitting heavyweight.
 | What would happen in Septem- Der match with Schmeling only return meeting would determine, but off his performance of the other night, would have to string with Louis. Schmeling is as old as Braddock, and certainly he can't repeat if he has slipped in the slightest. 
 No Sucker For Right
 The dead game Braddock was just good enough to prove two highly im- portant points III regard to Louis. The Schmeling disaster did not leave the new champion gun shy, nor is he now the rank sucker for right that he was that night a year ago when the German bowled him voer.
 Louis turned in a perfect per- formance against Braddock. He fought exactly as he should have fought to win the title. Louis learned his lesson in the frs tround, when Braddock dumped him with a right hand uppercut de- livered in a nexchange. Thereafter on old-timer could have waged a smarter battle.
 That knockdown undoubtedly ac- counted for Braddock being among those present until the eighth round. Otherwise, he easily might have had the lily placed in his hand in two or three heats. Smoky Joe was do- ing very good jpob of readying Jersey Jim up for finisher when he bumped into that right-hand up- percut in the opener.
 From the outset it has been known that if a fighter can't hurt Louis he had better stay away from him. Braddock couldn't hurt him, ad wasn't fast enough to stay out of his way, so 1t was only a question of time until Louis would batter through his defense and destroy him. Even while was annihiliating Braddock, I thought that Louis lacked the supreme confidence that was his before the Schmeling catastrophe. That isn't exactly a fault. A warrior can be too brave, you know.
 Typical Irish Fight
 Braddock was too brave the other night, although the result would have been the same no matter what tactics he had employed. Louis would have caught up with him sooner or later.
 Braddock fought typical Irish fight, and rare Pier edition of one to boot. The Family Fighters courage was worthy of mulch finer setting.
 Jersey Jim crowded what for him was Is rounds of fighting into four.
 He says that he suddenly be- came tired in the fifth frame and that the ring lights commenced to bother him. But the ring lights had nothing to do with it. It was the lightning-like fists of Louis.
 But Braddock swung and waded in to the last in carrying out the finest tradition of heavyweight champions.
 Only a Jess Willard would lose the most coveted of pugilistic prizes while seated in his corner.
 Braddock came into the cham | pionship picture on a rain check and went out on a stretcher, but wasn't disgraced coming or going. He beat nothing to get in the pie ture, but was beaten by something in passing out.
 Quite naturally, Louis speed was accentuated by Braddocks slow ness. It also was true that Brad dock tossed roundhouse rights, while Schmeling's were short sharp, and true.
 But I have an idea that Sclsnel- ing would find Louis prognathous jaw more elusive target in ar- other trip. ! am not yet ready to say that