Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-14
WINNER IS PLEDGED
TO FIGHT CARNERA
Garden Agent Handles Bout,
Which viii Be Decided
Outside of New York.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
associated Press Sports Writer.


N YEW YORK, January IA
M Max Schmeling and w. L.
i Y (Young) Stribling have
signed for a heavyweight
title bout to be held in June, and
thereby precipitated what may
develop into bitter duel between
the New York State Athletic Com
mission and Madison Square Gar
den Corporation.
Under terms of q contract drawn up
and signed yesterday, Schmeling and
Stribling will meet in a city to be
selected go or more days before the
match, with the winner defending the
title against Primo Camera, Italian
man-mountain in September. Camera
arrived here from Europe yesterday
The contract was signed by repre-
with the Madison Square Garden Cor
poration Of Illinois, a subsidiary of
the New York Garden. The Stribling-
Schmeling bout will be fcr the benefit
of the Hearst milk fund, which will
not figure, however, in the second
match between Camera and either
Stribling or Schmeling. Under a fur
ther agreement the ultimate survivor
will defend the championship for the
milk fund alone in 1882.
Entrance of the Madison Square
Garden Corporation Of Illinois into the
negotiations was expected in some
quarters to lead to drastic action by
the New York State Athletic Commits
sion against the New York Garden.
Carey Stands Aside.
Bill Carey, president of the New
York Garden, took no part in the
proceedings, in view Of the commission
rule forbidding promoters to deal with
suspended boxers. Both Schmeling and
Camera are under ban in this State.
Carey insists, however, that the IL
hnois corporation is a separate, dis
tinct organization and therefore eligi-
long as there Is no violation of the
rules of the Illinois Boxing Commits
sion. Whether the New York commits
sion would accept this explanation
was considered doubtful by most OBJ
servers.
The commission consistently has
championed the caus. Of Jack Sharkey,
Boston sailor, stripping Schmeling Of
his title when he declined TO sign i'm
mediately for q return bout with Shar-
key. The solons commended that Der
Make had promised TO give Sharkey
first chance at the title and that he
must live up to his promise. When joe
Jacobs, manager Of Schmeling, promised
Schmeling would meet the best avail
able opponent In June, the commission
ruled that this was not good enough
and relieved Max Of the championship
by efacial decree.
Just what form the commissions
next action would take was the subject
of considerable speculation today. Sus-
pension Of the Gardens license was
regarded as a possibility. The solons
were to meet today, and some express
sion of their joint opinion Of the stu
alton was expected.
ing-Stribling bout failed to specify
either time or place, experts heard that
the third week in June had been Sc
lected as the time and that the site
would be picked from q list Of three
cities-Jersey City, Detroit or, as
more remote possibility, Chicago.
Await New Stadium.
Selection of Jersey City, it was said,
depended upon the completion Of a new
stadium there to seat something like
100 900 persons. The second bout, in
volving Camera, also might b. held
there. If it develops that the stadium
will not be ready, then Detroit was con-
sidered a strong second choice.
Chicago, with its Soldiers Field, seat
ing $4,000, still was considered the
logical spot for the first title bout, pro-
vided difficulties, at present standing IN
the way Of taking it there, can be ironed
out.
One clause in the contract, insisted
upon by Cameras managers, specihed
that If the big Venetian won the title
he should be permitted TO fight every
80 days should he 50 desire. Champion
or not. the big Italian wants to work
often, his handlers said.
Sharkey apparently = left out In the
cold, an outstanding contender IN New
York State with no one 20 fight. The
State Commission, after relieving
Schmeling Of mis- title, said it would
recognize as champion the winner OF q
match between Sharkey and Stribling.
The Macon, Ga, heavyweight wasn't
interested, however, inasmuch as ne
had strong hopes Of meeting Schmeling
in q title bout.
Then Camera was suggested as an
opponent for Sharkey, the idea being
that the commission would lift It's
ban on the big italian.
Now Camera has joined the other
camp, thereby exhausting the supply
of to-fight heavyweights. Sharkey Is the
outstanding contender in New York
State but there's no one with whem
he can contend.