Show r Q 4 new york post service sheer raw courage writes final note in braddock defeat THE HE job took longer than had been expected that was a sore disappointment to the sure thing gentlemen who had gambled heavily upon pon an ending within six rounds sat ut when the inevitable did happen tit jt came quickly that was just as aeu well long minutes had elapsed since even the most ardent irishman in the ball park had ceased believing that a torn leg weary year w worn 01 rn jim braddock was any match for the newest heavyweight champion of the world joe louis youngest holder in point of service as well as of years of the most celebrated and profitable title in the prizefight prize fight business now merely performed as expected while winning stronger better conditioned almost ten years younger than the gamester who fought him in the manner he likes best joe looked far better than he did against max and bob pastor it was not a great prizefight prize fl fight so far as technical perfection was concerned neither did joe louis second of his race to hold bold the title show himself to be such a master of his work as was the dark skinned jack johnson who knocked out jim jeffries 25 y years e a r s ago yet it was a fi fight ht that sustained in interest throughout jim braddock t the it e rounds until braddock crashed to the floor crumpled over on his side and remained there knocked out for the first time that was because four rounds of the job that took longer than was expected there was a fighting chance that the inevitable would never arrive braddock shrewd cool determined gambling on a happy ending before tired legs and a strong young opponent could do their work won three of those first lour rounds they were the first second and fourth he was fighting too straight up leading too much against the best counter puncher of the day but there he was standing up leading and winning when a man does that you must grant him some claim to good fortune even though you also note telltale quivers in muscle tensed legs that is what the crowd was doing the new champion was money favorite in his home town but the early arly cheers were for the underdog braddock dropped lou louis s with a short right to the chin towards the end of the first round low louis s was vas up tip without a count but there were cheers even in the press row at this not too easily foreseen development the fact that braddocks braddicks Brad docks eye had be been en cut by a flurry of blows when they tangled on the ropes passed unnoticed so also for the next four rounds when louis backed up fought cautiously and yet ever was prodded on the nose mose that bob pastor made braddock was sustaining the interest blood was dripping from the nose into louis mouth making his breath wheeze out in a frothy red veil V lt it seemed then that the new champion was taking a licking joe louis so he was but it was not enough of a ticking licking lie he was strong and there were more zounds lounds to go in the sixth it became certain that the inevitable would not be ba long delayed there was a cut under braddocks braddicks Brad docks eye as well a as s over it and a splotchy red bruised patch showed on his ribs in the seventh jim was in there pitching trying hard to land a lucky punch louis merely boxed him counter punched dealt out more punish cleat perhaps joe was displaying an improved defense then a vastly different style from what he be offered against the hard hitting and the youthful pastor joe seemed fast calm because he was young and winning because legs could no longer carry the trian man in front ot of him jim braddock was not a great world champion so far as technical perfection perfect ioa goes those final rounds were what too many of us who knew lina him well had dreaded all along sheer raw courage the proper word is guts competed bloodily 11 against weary legs and strong young opponent NOT IN THE BOX SCORE ane HE cutest of golfing daughters is nancy the four year old ot of denny shute the P G A champion A celebrated philadelphia boxing manager is confiding he plans to divorce his mrs after 17 years dixie walker of the white sox attributes part of his high batting mark to one of mrs walkers hairpins hair pins in exchange tor for this good luck token he presented the wife with a rabbits foot aqueduct racetrack is not fastest when it is described in the charts as fast fas I 1 its fastest when muddy because of its hard bottom in pittsburgh they say the pirates almost owned one of the national leagues three leading pitchers a few seasons ago aco the only trouble was scout molesworth MoI molesworth esworth who had the dixie league territory arrived in a small southern town one night to buy the fellow found he had wrecked a hotel room in a fi fight ht a few hours previously and departed without another look black hat mccarty the handicapper was a high class billiard player in his day riley grannon used to bet as high as a thousand on mccartys mccartyy McC artys ability and he never lost a big match always getting the best of the odds of course ray one of the turfs curfs most noted plungers and incidentally hes lasted the longest studied to be a parson war admiral is not considered a thoroughbred according to the english stud stua book neither by the way was his old man alan 0 war jack curley carley and jack the wrestling magnates are talking to one another again and thus giving givin cre credence derce to the rumor they may team up together soon pitcher jimmy de shong of the senators can play four musical instruments jake flowers former dodgers and cards infielder has been doing an especially fine job as manager of salisbury in the eastern shore league according to the financial statement given max at the hippodrome before he sailed he owes mike jacobs balanced against this is ot of the nazis dough over which uncle mike has power of attorney this money was put up by the winner after the louis fight to meet possible tax assessments it cost pete bostwick only a couple of grand this spring to make his jericho turnpike layout the most luxurious and comfortable polo field in the east incidentally his ideas about public convenience might well be copied at meadow brook lou little looking brown healthy and happy and claiming that he no longer feels pain in his hip plans pans to spend the summer at his bis leom minster i n s t e r mass 9 home the columbia coach also wonders I 1 why there is so much silence about football affairs this year and confides that the knee S I 1 i d luckman injured last fau fail is whole lou lon little sound and unscarred again horse buyers and slow moving moving soloists ts might like to kno know that mcdonald jones army polo tar star s and shrewd horse trader is due back on an eastern post soon billy pe rolle the once great lightweight is president of an iron foundry company in duluth but insists on driving ng a truck and doing the bookkeeping while also taking correspondence courses in stenography few of new yorks bookies are displaying interest in new orleans offer to install a ring at the fair grounds next winter there are to too 0 many po poolrooms pool rooms taking the play away also the weathers much nicer in florida even if they d do 0 have to go up against the 15 per cent max is offering a y reward to any one who can persuade e bantamweight champion sixto escobar to meet his fighter harry jeffra when racetrack promoters spend huge sums to improve their courses its not always in the interests of the breed or the public some people just hate to pay income taxes A jockey now claiming a foul at aqueduct must go all the way into the paddock the state steward following him into the commission office before they abandoned the judges pagoda at the finish line the jockeys simply walked up those stairs and the public was given a quick decision tom moody husband ot of the tennis star is one of the best informed and most corn competent detent yacht yachtsmen on san francisco bay although he takes her to every tournament ralph guldahl the new open champion never allows his wife to watch him play tony canzoneri no longer is connected with the restaurant bearing his name in new yorks madison square garden neighborhood babe le voir who scored the touchdown touchdown that enabled the collee college all americans to tie the detroit lions in last years allstar all star game says say ray antil minnesota end was one of the most underrated der rated players in 1936 football A record for home runs in one ond semis series was established in the coast league recently w when hen Sa sacramento sacrament cramen to and the angels made twenty two at los angeles war admiral will not be led into a stall he has to be backed in willie hunter coas coast t professional insists th the e mysterious loi is montague is only an average golfer and would get his ears slapped back in a b big ia time tournament |