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Show Through British Ring Ranks Excepting for Fair, Jim Anticipates Easy Money By LAWTON CAKVEB NIW YORK. May (INS) The graataat epldemi f discouragement discourage-ment ever auf frd by British boxers box-ers la about ta lay wests th ranks of fighting men over there, If Jama J. Braddoek goes through with al plan for a return ta th ring. Briefly, th solemn, splndie-ehanked splndie-ehanked former heavyweight eluun-pioa eluun-pioa of th world I wheeling through workout and waiting for a telephone call from Promoter Bid Hull of London tailing him to report, re-port, everything la all right. A a matter ot fact everything wlljbe a little better than all right. SUU Good Enough f ' i I: ' ' M "7, "L: '. . .:a f ."k . i Vv77 ' i: . 1 I I v iZ.2.m !l ! -"4 . ' . ' , i ' i' " I ---N! .. -v . 1 sr tf .. a ..4 -! ..,. av-..iW I Braddoek never was a great fighter fight-er and he doesn't figure to be any better now, with hi (eta birthday a month aweybut until such time aa he begin to hobble about on a can he can take th like of Larry, Gain, Jack Doyle and th rest of the opponents tentatively mentioned for him. He probably would wind up eoon-r eoon-r or later against Tommy Farr. who. In condition. I a good fighter. But as to that. Braddoek beat him once. too. The old dock-walloper should hav himself a most pleasant time, If plans work out. He can punch aome, box well even at this 1st date and there never ha been anything wrong with what they call hi fighting heart, th net remit being that ha would figure fig-ure to wad through th British a fast as they showed up, with th possible exception of Farr. The bounding Welshman might make It too tough for such an old gaffer. But th British would get some thrills out of that, too, for their previous clash was a auperb bit of belting and boxing, a fight that left Madison Square Garden fans howling well beyond their usual limits. Neada Ready Money SfeiatasaiSakisa-HsBB Jim Braddoek , Expacts ta hav easy time on tour against British haavjrwclf M boxen, but Farr ma trouble. If he must fight again ana reports re-ports hav it that he needs the money white waiting (or annunitiea to bear fruit h couldn't pick a better program than th on he contemplates. con-templates. England' noted shortag of. heavyweight ha reached a new low. with even fainting Phil Scott threatening to stage a comeback. White awaiting outcome of negotiations ne-gotiations ta bring Braddoek back, th Brltiah will in th meantime be getting reacquainUd with American Amer-ican method through Henry Armstrong's Arm-strong's campaign among th smaller men. Th lightweight and welterweight champion 1 over there now, getting get-ting in hap for hi first start. Th British, used to seeing light-tapping, light-tapping, fancy-etepplng boxer In action, probably will be startled and astounded with what Armstrong will show them. In fact. If h stay there long nough be might wind up whipping th heavyweight being lined up for Braddoek. They're that bad. |