WIN FOR BRADDOCK

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 19, 24 January 1938, Page 17

WIN FOR BRADDOCK

VERDICT ON POINTS

HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING

FARR DOES WELL

(United Tress Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) NEW YORK, January 21. In a heavyweight boxing contest at Madison Square Garden, James J. Braddock, former world's champion, gained a decision on points over Tommy Farr, the British Empire champion. Farr weighed in at 14st 111b and Braddock at 14st lilb. The champion Joe Louis was a spectator. In the first round both were cautious and sparred lightly. Braddock landed a, right to the head at the bell—the first real blow of the fight. Braddock's round.In . the second they traded body blows and left jabs to the face. Braddock scored with hard righis to the jaw and body. Braddock's round. ■ Third Round.—Farr opened with a two-fisted attack. Braddock clinched frequently. . They exchanged hard rights and lefts. Braddock's left ear was bleeding, Farr's round. In the fourth round Braddock drove a hard right to the jaw and a left to the face. Farr sent a left and a right to the face. Then there was a long series of clinches. Farr's left cheek was scratched and bleeding. Farr's round. Fifth round.—Farr'came out fast and landed a series of left jabs and Braddock retaliated with a right to the head and a left to the face, Farr returning lefts to the face and head. Farr swarmed over Braddock with lefts and rights to the body. Braddock then got in a left and right to the face and a right to the body. Farr's round. FARR SCORES REPEATEDLY. In the sixth round both traded body blows. Farr sent a hard left to the body and a right to the face. He then began a two-fisted attack to the body. One left seemed low and the crowd yelled at Farr, who sent in a series of hard rights to the body The left" side of Braddock's chest was crimson and Farr's nose was bleeding slightly. Farr sent-in a right to the face, the best blow thus far, and scored repeatedly, with lefts and rights to the body Farr's round. . ' In ; the seventh round both missed repeatedly. Braddock scored with a left to the face and Farr with lefts and rights to the body Farr's round. In the eighth round, Farr sent in a left to ■ the body and Braddock lefts and rights to thevface. Farr got two lefts to the head and Braddock a hard right to the face. Farr returned a right to the face "and a hard right to the jaw, also a series of lefts and, rights to the face. Braddock then clinched, and the pair exchanged blows to the' head and body. Farr's round. BRADDOCK IMPROVES. In the ninth round, Braddock began with a left to the body and a right to the head, but Farr bore in and landed a hard right to the body. Braddock retaliated with two lefts to the face, several rights to the head and a left to. the jaw, a right to the head; and rights to the body, Braddock's round. In the tenth1 round Farr led a left to .the head, Braddock returning a hard right to the chin. They fought savagely in the centre of the ring, Farr ripping in rights and lefts to the, body, and Braddock a hard right to the face, left to the jaw, an -overhand smasji to the head, and right and left to the face. Braddock's round.- ' 1 A partisan crowd of' 20,000 cheered mostly for Braddock, who came back in the closing rounds when it appeared that he had lost. He fought Farr off his feet, and inflicted1 heavy punishment. , ■ ' -