Show speaking ol of sports braddock eyes comeback trail As funds wane by ROBERT mcshane TIMMY BRADDOCK cinderella JIMMY man of the heavyweight ranks has decided to come out of retirement this despite his withdrawal from active competition several months ago braddock has a good reason for taking ills ids gloves off the wall its the same reason that pro prompted tony canzoneri Cani oneri benny le leonard and the many others to get back k into the ring after their be best t fighting figg days were over hes short of funds joe gould braddocks braddicks Brad docks manager forced his retirement in the first place gould intended to see to it that his man quit before he abao absorbed abed too much punishment he want jim changed from a likable young man to a punch drunk veteran of too many ring wars so jim quit the ring and started in the saloon business braddocks braddicks Brad docks inn very much of a success in fact it went down for the count and the 32 year old former heavyweight champ aga again i it i ran into financial troubles that of course be foreseen goulds intentions were highly laudable dont feel too sorry for jim being broke a new experience to him when his bis fighting w went ent bad a JAMES BRADDOCK few years ago he went to work on the docks as stevedore times grew steadily worse and james was forced to add his name to the government relief rolls that was the bottom of things for him he stay at the bottom long through a combination of circumstances he was tossed into the ring on june 13 1935 with max baer heavyweight champion who never deserved the title the former light heavyweight whom everyone thought was completely washed up was too smart for baer he won the worlds heavyweight championship and crossed his name off the relief rolls no 1 sports upset unquestionably this was one of the most remarkable reversals in the history of boxing boring craddock braddock stay at the top ver very y long and was knocked out by joe louis on june 22 1937 experts gave cave braddock credit for or being at the peak of his career regardless of the fights outcome he later proved it by beating tommy farr braddock made a lot of money spent a large part of it and lost a great deal more four years after he was considered to be washed up braddock is attempting a comeback in the game which made him famous the former champ is playing a smart game his attempt is being made in england where second rate fighters at least judged by american standards are as numerous and fully as agile as old age pension advocates jimmy is a canny fighter and he be can hit ile he has a good food chance to wade through the british heavyweights heavy weights to get a chance at tommy farr again tor for the championship pion ship of the british empire expensive carcass A A MAJORITY of horse races on the nations tracks are claiming races in which any starting horse must be offered for sale at a sum which is stated before the race an aa illustration A 2000 c laiming claiming race is one in which any starting horse may be purchased claimed tor for 2000 claims are deposited together with a check at least 15 minutes before post time any horseman of course is happy who can put over a fast deal on a rival recently at new yorks jamaica racetrack milo shield a veteran entered a two year old gelding named staff sergeant in a 1500 claiming race never a world beater staff sergeant fell dead near the end of the race the owner of the then defunct animal strolled to the racing secre office he was told that hat a rival horseman had put in a claim tor for staff sergeant shields received the 1500 thi the unfortunate buyer received the carcass and was forced to pay for its removal from the track rookies bily big year T THE HE beginning of this baseball season will probably be remembered for one thing at least the surprisingly s large number of rookies who survived preliminary weeding we edings S and managed to carve place for themselves early in their baseball careers take the case of young brash ted williams red sox freshman outfielder 0 u t recently he stood at the plate facing bob harris tiger pitcher the count was 30 3 0 against him when rudy york catcher chanted well here she comes the old 30 3 0 pitch I 1 spose youre gonna hit bit it williams even turn around when lie he replied im gonna take a cut at it and I 1 always tell the truth york believe that even the greenest rookie would swing at a 30 3 0 pitch A lot of clubs would slap afine a fine on a player who was sucker enough to bite on it but rookie williams leaned hard and far into the distant stands the ball sailed for a three run game winning homer bower his second of the game williams to say the least is one of the seasons freshman finds but there there are others who are just as invaluable to their teams even the world champion new york yankees came up with three exceptional finds in catcher buddy roser and outfielders charlie keller and joe gallagher in addition to williams the red sox soi so i look with pride on jim tabor third baseman and woodrow rich pitcher both williams and tabor went south with boston this year assured of their jobs manager joe cronin had traded off ben chapman and pinky higgins to make room for them rich has consistently looked good on the mound eddie miller fielding demon formerly from kansas city does much to bolster casey bees miller has been rated by charlie gelbert former cardinal star as the finest shortstop stop he ever saw in action with miller the bees have one of the smoothest functioning infields in the country in 1937 manager jim dykes of the chicago white sox tried to get manuel salvo from san diego he successful but this year bill terry brought the tall pokerfaced poker faced italian to the giants both carl hubbell and hal schumacher cr are as yet unknown quantities in this years race and salvo has stepped into a starting job and has managed to hold it it all luck that this exceptional crop of rookies hove over the horizon t this his year its the result of the far flung chain store systems un der which big leagues groom prospective material and its success be more strongly evidenced than by the success of freshmen of course many of them wont last it just in the cards for the majority of them to follow in the footsteps of ruth gehrig and other baseball immortals but a large number of them can and will demonstrate on enough playing ability to remain on some big league roster quite a few first year men have already in trenched themselves in a steady position and a good many more are giving the old guard more mor e than a run for their money sport shorts N DAME was the nations 1 best football drawing card in 1938 playing before more than persons from coast to coast saliva tests taken by the new york state racing commission have revealed the use of 74 different drugs in hopping horses don meade don meade is a hand rider I 1 11 seldom using a whip to pilot a horse home jimmy gleeson chicago cub left fielder socked out one or more base hits in 94 of the international league games he played for newark last year walter hagen vet era eran n pro as one of most rabid baseball fans it costs to ship one horse in a box car from new york to churchill downs in 1879 a batter was not allowed to take first until nine balls were called lynn myers cardinal infielder is one of the major leagues smallest players he is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs pounds johnny buff former bantamweight champion has re enlisted in the united states navy players squawks dont bother umpire bud newman of the east texas league res deaf said to be the highest paid prep coach in the country is bill broderick Bro cerick football mentor at salem mass high school he is paid an annually nuary joe mccarthys McCar thys age remains a mystery the yankee managers mother says he is is 52 his sister insists 51 the records show 54 joe say anything the biggest price ever paid for a horse at auction was for the deal was made at newmarket eng july 11 1938 the cincinnati red stockings scored 58 56 consecutive victories between march of 1869 and june 1870 syd hull british promoter predicts a joe louis tommy farr battle in london would gross a million bill terry says if he can get another hitter like zeke bonura he can win the national league pennant sur sun beau leading racehorse money win I 1 ner of all time is 14 years old released by western newspaper union |