The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21
TODANS SPORTAPARADE . AAAAa !;
By HENRY McLEMORE Limited Press Staff Correspondent

Los Angeles, Jan. 21.-(UP)-The distance between New York and Los Angeles, as the crow flies, is 2,300 miles.
 am sorry that the crow was such a capable navigator and did not make it at least 5000 miles. He would have served mankind had he lost his bearings once or twice and doubled the distance.
 I say this because in New York tonight, in a building which oc- cupies the corner of Eighth avenue and 50th street, James Jay Brad dock and Thomas Farr meet in 10 rounds of t1sticuffs. A man is not safe with only 2,30O miles of noun tains, plains and desert between him and that encounter. He should have 5000 miles at the outside.
 That's apt to be pretty terrible fight And when I say terrible" I am giving Promoter Mike Jacobs all the best of it. Consider the princi- pals. Braddock is through-all through. Has been for full dec- ade or more. The night he won the heavyweight championship there was only one man in the world he could beat-MaX Baer. The Liver more butcher boy was rare article that night. His hands were gone, his legs were done for, and upstairs he was jumbled.
 Braddock was pitiful against Louis in a later fight. All he had was courage, and no one has ever pro- duced courage that would withstand the licking Jim took. He should have hung up his gloves that night. No, he should have done even more than that-he should have thrown them away. All he will have tonight is name and game heart, and that combination is not enough.
 AS for his opponent, he hasn't even got a name. It has always given me laugh-that beautiful praise Farr got after staying IS rounds with Louis. He was called a hero, gallant figure, a stout-heart- ed and brilliant fighter.
 Louis was called a bum. .
 That doesn't add up. You can't call a man bum after he beats a hero, gallant figure, and a brilliant fighter. If Louis was a bum, what category does Farr fall into. And LaWdy knows Louis beat him. Beat him 13 rounds for my money. Farr is clumsy mauler, and never saw the day he could beat first class fighting man. You think I'm wrong. All right, read his record from start to finish and name me one he did lick.
 Tonight's fight should end in the ninth round. No later. By that time Braddock will be SO tired, so exhausted, so plum wo' out, that even Farr will be able to punch and wrestle him about There won't be a real punch thrown in the fight. Braddock lost his years ago, and Farr never had one. The English man never saw the day he could throw final" one, and Braddock's hitting days ended back in the twentieS.
 The winner of tonight's fight will earn the right to meet Baer. And the winner of that one will be guar anteed crack at the winner of the go between Schmeling and Louis. That's a pretty weak guarantee, be- cause all of you who believe that Schmeling, if he licks Louis, will come back to this country, please raise your hands.
 Just as thought. The only hand raised belongs to little Willie. And little Willie, remember, was the fel- low who raised his hand when a poll was taken on the axiom that two can live as cheaply as one.
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