The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-22

No Foul Rule
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By CHESTER YOU'LL

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CHICAGO, June 22.-Sleepy.
eyed Joe Louis tonight shuffes
into the ring beneath the flood.
lights at Comiskey ball yard to
try and wrest the heavyweight
championship Of the world from
James j. Braddock, the Jersey
dockhand who two years ago
jumped from the relief rolls to
pugilism's highest pinnacle.
A teeming crowd Of perhaps
$4,000 customers, maybe more,
are expected to witness the leth-
argic Negro bomber's bid for the
championship, the first heavy
weight challenger Of his race to
get this far since Jack johnson
put Jim JeffrieS away in Reno
in 1910.
For Braddock 1t will be his
first defense of the title he won
from Livermore Max Baer, and
that two-year layoff from the
ring wars, coupled with the
lightning Of Louis fists and the
nine years Braddock is giving
away, was prompting hardened
bettors this morning to ~ to /
that Louis relieves Braddock Of
his title.
The weather mans promise for
the evening was for "fair and
warmer" Clear skies this morn
ing seemed to bear out the pre-
diction good weather.
Having shaken off the irrit-
ability shown IN Thea last few
days Of his training siege at
Grand Beach, Mich, the cham
pion arrived in Chicago late yes
terday with his manager, Joe
| Gould, and spent the night at q
South Side hotel. Braddock APP
peared completely at ease last
evening when he and Gould at.
tended q Loop motion picture
| theater.
From Alabama
Louis, the 2S-year-old youth who
came out Of the Alabama cotton
fields to contribute new wallop
to the heavyweight prize fighting
industry, spent a quiet night at
his Spanish villa by the shores
Of Lake Michigan at Kenosha,
Wis.
On the eve Of the biggest
moment Of his life, Louis was Still
the unperturbed enigmatic shut.
fler Of old. Others Of his retinue
may be nervous and grim faced,
but Joe slept late this morning
and had Q good-Sized breakfast
at 9.
His face covered by a Today
growth Of beard that gave him q
fierce look, the Negro challenger
was to climb aboard q private
railway car for the trip here this
morning after his followers break
camp.
| AS the curtain rose today on
the championship fiesta here it
appeared that the gate receipts
would fall short Of expectations.
| With Comiskey Park fixed to
seat $4,000 customers, there were
perhaps 10000 or more seats yet
to be sold, indicating that the
fighter will split about 100000.
Braddock is to collect so per cent
OF the receipts after taxes are de-
Quoted and Louis stands to take
17A per cent as his share.
Heavy Gate
Even at the rate tickets were
selling, with the heaviest de.
mand for the $3.50 top-pric0
seats, the gate will be the
heaviest Of any championship
battle since the Sharkey.
Schmeling mix in New York
seven years ago.
The title fight Is scheduled to
begin at 10 p. m. Central Day.
light Time) the referee and two
judges to be chosen from q list
Of 13 prospective officials as
selected by Commissioners Joe
Triner and George Getz. The
| five prospective referees are
IDave Miller, Tommy Thomas,
Joe Mcnamara. Phil Collins and
| Spike McAdamS. The judges are
| Ed Klein, Ed Hintz. RUDE Metz.
w., A. Battye, Harr Hall, DR.. W.
A. Frankel, John Bray and Carl
Witt,
There is no chance Of the
important battle ending in j
| foul, the no-foul rule having
been invoked by the commission.
The referee or examining
physician will not have the
authority to stop the fight In
case OF bad cuts or injuries.
This point is left solely to the
judgment Of the corner men,
each fighter being allowed four
Of these to minister 20 his needs
during the battle.
While Louis rules as the
favorite among the experts
Braddock had q corps Of hackers
who declare that his arduouS
; months Of conditioning, his ex'
perience and . stout FIGHTING
heart will weigh strongly IN his
favor when the going gets rough.
In addition to all this, 1t Is
pointed out that the champion
Is quite a boxer and one who Is
capable Of making the most OF
Louis weakness, namely: A right
J hand smack.
b, Braddock possibly can do It
II the toll Of age and his two.
year holiday from the ring and
jolting Joe's lightning lists
ldont intervene.