The daily independent., 1937-02-03
IN THIS CORNER
by JACK CUDDY
Copyright, 1887, by United
Press

New York. Feb. 2.-U.HFirst
CLOVIS will &c struck tomorrow iii
the kG,c,;-Gown, drag-out battle
rCy2! over the June heavyweight
s,Jie fight. And before the melee
is ended, it should be one of the
graudCst brawlS IL boxing history.
This is 10 ordinary bout that
vii cpCn to tOmCToW'S Boxing
Commission meeting w h e n
Champion James J. BraddoCk and
N2na-sr Joe Gould beard New
EOIk States three fistic fathers
and give Tca5clS for Withdrawing
from the scheduled June defense
again't Max Schmeling so that
hey may tackle Joe Louis in
Chicago.
This IS au encounter that has
mere facets than a Park Avenue
dcbbie's engagement ring. 1t is
a battle in which Bradd-ck, Crst-
while Jersey longShoreman and
ysl.CEer is fighting TO turn the
world heavyweight crown into
go,d. It is a braWl in which the
New York Commission opposes the
illinois Commission; in which
Madison Square Garden squares
fl against the Goth Century club;
Il which big newspaper outfits
are aligned against other biz
newspaper enterprises, and in
winch craftsmanship IL boxing
Tits with business in boxing.
The opening gong will sound
lncu BraddoCk and Gould march
NO cCmraissiOn headquarters ana
-.I notify Chairman John !.
..c.au. and his Associate Com
m!ssicners .. Walker Wear and
G.I E"~Wu that they prefer to
r.gnt Jcc Louis il Chicago Cn
June l.. instead of meeting
ScnmCltng IN New York on June
5. Gould and BraddCcG will
emphasize that they cannot draw
peanut money" with Schmeitng
n New York because Of the anti
Mi boycott. but that they are
Guaranteed S5O0.JG0 for meeting
LOUIS in the Windy City. In ad-
Gi-.cn they will request the return
IF 5000 Braddcck posted guar-
au.rct2r tie champions defense
against Schmeling.
i IS easy to predict that the
Trs. round will 50 to Schmclmg
ara lis cChCrtG-that the COM
1.isstouers VIII say, you've got
w0.c chance Of buying the Brock
In Bridge than rCCOEcr.'.B that
SJ.CCO forfeit" This IS easy to
g..t.ct because Chairman PhClan
alseady has ann~unccd that he
Will say il. Thcn-as far as the
New ECvk Commission is concern
Il the matter probably will be
thrown into the courts. Of course
chairman Phelan can threaten to
vGcate the title.
What will happen in the courts
is an even betting proposition. II
probably will 20 into Federal
court. and whether a Federal
c-urU in New York or Chicago VII.
Try it is uncertain. You see the
the Gardens four contracts with
Er2ddCcE were made in New
York. but the violation will be oc-
curing IN Chicago-if the Brad
dock insists on going through
vI-A the Louis bout. Restraining
orders. etc. could cause costly
Dcstponcments-if those restrain
ing orders could be obtained.
After the opening leather IS
thrown tomorrow. some agree
menJ may be reached between the
warring Garden, which claims to
control EradGock, and the 2Oth !
Century club which controls Louis |
and SchmCling. But at the pre-
sent writing this seems doubtful, |
because the only olive branch the !
Goth Century Club-Which actually |
will be q co-promoter in the Chic
ago bout-can offer is a 'cut-ln'
on a September braWl in Berlin,
in which the Chicago winner |
wCuld tangle with Schmeling. |
And I don't think the Garden IS |
cnthuscd about the prospects OF |
taking profits out Of Germany.