THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 18, 1937.
BRADDOCK EVEN BIGGER IN DEFEAT
AWESOME RESPECT
FOR MAN WHO BEAT HIM
"I MISSED LOUIS A LOT"
(By BOB CONSIDINE)
Sydney, August 12.
A bigger figure in defeat than even he was during his two-year reign as heavyweight champion, Jim Braddock is quietly going about the business of mending the broken thread of his ring career.
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OUT OF THE LOUIS ORDEAL HE BROUGHT THREE THINGS: AN AWESOME RESPECT FOR THE MERIT OF THE MAN WHO BEAT HIM; A FIRM BELIEF THAT WITH A TOUGH “FIGHT UNDER HIS BELT HE IS NOW IN BETTER FIGHTING SHAPE THAN HE WAS A MONTH AGO; AND THOUSANDS OF NEW FRIENDS. PHYSICALLY HE IS UNCHANGED, SAVE FOR THE T-SHAPED WHITE SCAR THAT GROWS UP FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS UPPER LIP ALMOST TO HIS NOSTRIL.
BRADDOCK
James 1 Braddock, above, former world's heavyweight boxing cham pion, has an awesome "espect for Joe Louis.
WE HAD DINNER WITH HIM AND FOUND HIM NOT UN-TONY MANERO
CAPTURES NEW
WILLING TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I never saw that knockout punch. Never even felt it. All knew was
well I was swinging my arms, and then a kind HAMPSHIRE
of darkness. The last thing I remember was when I swung a left
hook at Joe's face. It missed, like a lotta others I threw at him. GOLF TITLE Y'see, I was still figuring, in the eighth, that if I could straighten up his head with a left hook I could cross over with my right and nail him.
Two Par-Shattering Rounds Of 67- -66
RANGER TRIUMPH
ONCE AGAIN
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB CLASSIC
FIVE CUP BOATS TOGETHER
Special to The Christian Science
Monitor'.
Mattapoisett, August 20
A score or more of fast rac- ing yachts including the five cup boats, Ranger, the two Endea- vours, Rainbow and Yankee, made sail late in the forenoon today for the eighty-sixth an- nual regatta of the New York Yacht Club held for the second year in succession in the pictures- que estuary of Buzzards Bay, one of the most reliable stret- ches for sail boat competition on the coast.
All hands rather welcomed clear airs and fresh southwest winds after yesterday's battle with fogs and light head bree- zes in the run round from New- port, which tested the know- ledge and skill of the navigators.
The run, however, was compara- "Well, I missed with that left, missing. He'll molder Schmeling; ifj
tively short one, same 32 miles for and it must have thrown me off they meet. Td like to see them
the racing contingent, with Ranger Laconia, August 17. balance, because I was half leaning fight. It would gimme a chance to
leading as usual and adding an Two par-shattering rounds of 67 toward him when he nailed me"fight Farr. There's a guy I'd like
other victory to her lengthening Braddock rubbed the left side of to get a crack at. P'd even like to and 66 for a 133 total gave Tony chain. The first leg of the course, his head reflectively. "Didn't hit me fight Louis again. I'd fight him a Manere, 1936 National Open golf 17 miles, from Brenton Reef to the on the chin. Hit me kinda up in little different this time. Maybe champion from Salem, the New Hen and Chickens lightship, was a Hampshire State Open title to-day beat against a moderate southeast here," and he pointed to a spot just lead a little more.”. under his left ear. "The fellow can: How Jim could lead any more with seven strokes to spare.
breeze that brought with it so much -punch."
than he did in the Louis fight is Manero was 11 strokes under par, mist that visibility was shortened beyond your agent's comprehension, but his closing round failed to break to less than a quarter of a mile.
LED RAINBOW
“YEAH—PLENTY””” SAID JIM - He came out of his corner in the the course record of 62, set three first with a bar-room right, and in weeks ago by A. R. Gray, the club
At the turn Banger led Rainbow We wondered, as the ex-cham
the eighth round he was still ad-professional.
by a good margin, according to -pion impaled a potato on his fork,vancing, one eye sightless and his
Manero's nearest rival, one of their recorded times and eased if he had found Louis better than arms twin buckets of lead, when he four others to crack par, was Bob sheets for the 15-mile run to the -he had expected.
ran into the most crushing right Crowley of Dedham, New England finish off this old whaling part.
P. G. A. titleholder, who turned in "Yeah
The air cleared as they gained Plenty. I didn't I've ever seen. think he could get away from me And out of the gore and misery a card of 69-71-140. The other the bay, Ranger finished flying a like he did. He looked like a bum came a new respect for the battler's three were Joe Pezzullo, Rhode Is-protest flag, claiming afterward tried to get away from tremendous courage. He got thou-land, 161; Charley Rice, Franconia, that Endeavour I which was second When those the bad in his sands of messages ranging from NH., 142, and Al Mahan, Beverly, as well as Yankee violated the race camp. But that night, he was fast, one from a baroness to Poolroom Mass., 142 and smarter than 1 thought he was. Eddie. "Your courage was incom "The fella's learned a lot.”
parable. We were in your commer How about that knockdown in the and will stay there forever" Lou!
-first?
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"I didn't hit him very hard. 1 couldn't. Y'see," and Jim dropped his fork and squared off against us,
SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL
FOR RUGBY LEAGUE
conditions in leaving Negro ledge buoy to starboard instead of port The protest, however, did not obtain Yankee, for Mr. Lambert realising his error, withdrew his boat
Summary of Class J New York Yacht Club cruise. Squadron run.
and Eleanor Gehrig wired. “You're still New Jersey's world champion,” Governor Hoffman telegraphed "You gave us a run for our money, G. L. Gray, the Gala and Scottish Newport to Mattapoisett Course, sitting down, he came at me pretty pal," wired Jimmy Cagney Pat international hooker, who played in 32 miles. Wind southeast, light. hard and got me back against the O'Brien and Frank McHugh, and all three Rugby matches for Scot- ropes. We banged away there for old Lionel Barrymore wired. "You land last season, has signed for Ranger, H S. Vanderbilt a while, then I saw that his hands have the heart of a lion, Fim, and Huddersfield, the Rugby League Endeavour I, E. Segrist. were stright out, and his head was no man lives who wouldn't be proud club. He played against New Zea- Endeavour II. T. Sopwith.
to shake your hand.”
down, like a man doing a dead man's float I couldn't draw my right back far, on account of the ropes, so I hit him with a short right hook. That's all
PROUD TO BE CALLED YOUR FRIEND
Many of his new-found admirers wired that their admiration was “He got up so quick I guess I was steadfast, even thought they lost surprised, he was over in the money on Jim. At least a hundred corner by the time I took after him. jof the telegrams said You're still And right there's where I lost the champ Mo
Mrs. James J. fight, I guess. I song as hard as Corbett's was characteristically I could for his chin, but the punch kind and thoughtful J. Edgar went by, his head. Gee, I missed a Hoover, in a beautiful letter, wrote, do I stepped back and tried it just wanted to tell you how again, but I hit him on the chest proud I am to be called your or something.
friend."te
Ten pounds heavier, a new seam COUNTESS AND POOLROOM EDDIE in his war-scarred and friendly pan the veteran warrior again has The hardest punch 1 got i was come out of his cave. He had licked in the fourth, but it landed on his his wounds, and they are healed. shoulder. He was cute, that Louis And in his knuckles, kindly during
He was hard to hit hen the man's armistices, the thought
was again an
once
land in
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Rainbow, C. Hovey, Yankee, G. B. Lambert, withdrew.
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