Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-08-20 | Page 14 | Jim Braddock Becomes Wall Flower Champion

Jim Braddock Becomes Wall Flower Champion By BILL BELL CORUM International News Sports Writer NEW V YORK A Aug g. g 20 J Jack 20 Jack ck Sharkey has pocketed and gone back to his flower garden in Chestnut Hill Mass With that in his wallet the flowers should seem fragrant to the squire What i is so so sweet as the scent scent of a rose when a fellow can get thirty- thirty five thousand for seven minutes of Cf feinting and falling Still the squire must be happy that he still can smell the flowers in n his garden A fellow could come home lome from a short visit with Joe JoeLouis JoeLouis JoeLouis Louis to find all his morning glories lilies HUes The good brown squire of Chestnut Chest Chest- Chestnut nut Hill HilI always Sl has been a lucky man He probably has hM got more money for less fighting pugilist who ever er lived But this 35 grand was one donation he never expected to receive That he had bad no earthly right to expect It was vas an outright gift from the three blind fates of busl busi busi business ness ballyhoo and breaks Sharkey too took a good sound beating beating beating beat beat- ing ing from Joe Louis but was not badly hurt hurL Only the 67 cents on his fat check represented ails tax It was once written of somebody I that nothing In his life so became him as his taking leave of at it or words to that effect The same may be said of at Sharkey and h his 5 curious ring career He was not a fighter In any sense of ot the word Tuesday night He was only a game gaffer Had he exhibited some of at that same courage in his hb heyday his chapter in the history of ot boxing w would uld be a different story But now that the chapter has been written to its final period the erstwhile sailor should be content to abide by it Boxing owes him nothing He always was overpaid He got a full hand a full deal against the game He is a bigger chump than he looks or talks if ever he attempts to fight again and only an even bigger chump than that would pay to go to see him try There was much ado along the cauliflower concourse Wednesday over the calling of off of at the Brad- Brad dock championship fight Much milling about and whispering and consulting in an effort to get for Louis to book Braddock Braddock Braddock Brad- Brad dock and Max in Miami this winter etc elc etc In the end it all aU came to noth noth- ing Which ma may be just as well Possibly we have ha had our full share of heavyweights weights hereabouts hereabouts here here- for tor tho the time being Of Joe JoeLouis JoeLouis Louis Of Of tho the unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate un un- un- un fortunate Braddock the wallflower er champion who tits sits out every dance Braddock came off oft the docks to fight light his hla wa way to the title If ho he isn't careful hell he'll be back on the docks before belore ho he gets a chance chanec to defend his crown Such is life for tor the wearers of crowns Business has been bad for kings the world over over over- for some time now and se seemingly gets progressively progressive progressive- ly worse What's happening of ot course couse is that they are making it easier and easier for Louis Little Joe will outgrow all those boys if it they arent aren't careful Hes He's the only one that figures to get any better belter and many believe hes he's already much the best reiterated Wednesday that Louis was greatly overrated and modestly admitted that he could whip him six days a week and twice on Sunday He said he had seen again in the Sharkey light the same flaws In Louis' Louis armor that he ho noted in the Paulino plastering of last winter refusing to tell the I exper experts what they were how how- ever Herr does not crave to mix with the bummer again unless it be for tor the title A position position tion which the herr is entitled to take under the Marquis of Queens- Queens berr berry code of or ethics if It any Nobody the has-the right to demand he pe prove his superiority over again after such a brief lapse of ot time But the German also alio will be one year older in 37 Not in hi a Hitler governed G Germany many do the years stand still Why they wont won't even do it for tor Mussolini