The Washington times., 1931-01-12
TITLE FIGHT.
IN JERSEY
LIKELY
BY HYPE IGOE

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-The
Madison Square Garden Corpora
ton intends to exercise its con-
tract with Max Schmeling, calling
for a worlds title heavyweight
bout, by bringing Schmeling and
Billy Stribling together for the
championship-outside of New
York, in conjunction with the
milk fund committee.
Naturally this at once appears
like open defiance of the New
York State Athletic Commission.
It may even bring about serious
breach between the board and
the house that Tex built
The corporation has this
thought in mind. It holds bon
ifide contract with the worlds
champion-at least with Herr
Max Schmeling New York doesn't
recognize Max as the crown bear
.er at present.
Contract Solid
The contract with Schmeling
was made last May 16, while
Schmeling was training for Jack
Sharkey.
The corporation has been ad-
vised by it's legal leaders that
the contract is as solid as the
rock O. Gibraltar and that the
boxing commission has no legal
right in tossing it out of the
window when it suspended Max
and withdrew recognition of his
championship, when Max re-
fused to keep verbal promise to
fight Jack Sharkey.
This promise was made by
Max without regard for his Gar
den contract. Holding that the
board is without power to scrap
that contract, the Garden forces
have decided to join the milk
fund committee in the promo
tiOn of the bout between Schme.
ling and Stribling for the title.
The bout. according to Damon
Runyon, boss of the milk fund
bouts, will not go to Chicago.
More likely it will go to Jersey
City. Detroit is another spot and
so is Philadelphia, though, right
now, if work can be rushed on the
Jersey City stadium so that it can
be completed by June or July, the
bout is almost certain to be fought
there.
Madison Square Garden holds
several working charters in differ
ent places, the ones that Tex
R1ckard used in Philadelphia and
Chicago being two of them. The
Garden has working papers that
can be used in Jersey City, Detroit
and even Toledo, if it comes to
that.
The whole business might wind
up in a court of law should the
New York board, in retaliation for
what would amount to les majestic,
decide to suspend the greatest
showhouse in the world for using
Schmeling.
Against Rules
It is against the commission
rules for club or a promoter to
deal with a suspended fighter.
That is just the point. Can the
commission scrap the Garden con-
tract which it holds on Schme-
ling's services? That, it would
seem, is point for the courts to
settle.
Lawyers claim that the COM
mission has overstepped its
powers in ruling out the gar.
den contract. If the corpora
tiOn does take the bout outside
of New York, and the commits
sion Suspends the garden as a
boxing club in this city, then
the legal war would be on.
The rich and powerful organ
ization could force a showdown.
The commission would be haled
into court to show cause why it
should not be restrained from
issuing such suspension or pos
sibly the revocation of the Gar
den's license for one year.
No matter which way the cat
jumps, poor Sharkey is left out
in the cold. Neither Schrneling
nor Stribling will have any part
of him, and he can't even win
the synthetic New York title. He
has nobody to fight.
Pa Stribling left Madison Square
Garden Saturday night with
contract for the fight between his
boy and SChmeling. He did not
sign It at the time. He wanted
to go over the terms written into
the document before he placed
his name on the dotted line.
He will return to the Garden
today, prepared to sign for the
bout which, outside of New York,
will be called a worlds title af.
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