Evening star., 1937-03-28
.BRADD0CK READY
|. FOR COURT ROUND
Chicago Date No Violation
OF Garden Contract to
Be His Defense.
YEW YORK. March 27.-Heavy.
weight Champion James j.
u Braddock will accept serv-

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N weight Champion James J.
" Braddock will accept serv-
ice Monday at Newark OF
Federal coure order designed to pre-
vent him from fighting Joe Louis in
Chicago June 22
Joe Gould, the champions man.
ager, and Judge Samuel B. Gould,
his counsel, made this announcement
today after four hours Of pickering
over whether Braddock had been
served by deputies in WoodclifI, N. J.
Carl S. Kuebler, attorney for Madi-
son Square Garden, first announced
in Jersey City that Braddock had
been served. The order required
Braddock to show cause April at
Newark why an injunction should
not be issued against the Louis fght.
Later in the day William McDer-
mitt United States marshal, in New
ark said deputies hunting for tho
champion were reported TO have
served the wrong man.
Joe Gould in New York verified
NSbClulIOt lCpciI anu duuCu JuDls
lantly that the deputies had served ono
"Gunboat" Williams, whom Gould
described as former sparring part
ner of Max Schmeling.
Thought 1t Was Hold Up.
THIS guy Williams went to my
Jim's house this morning try
ing to get a job as a sparring part
ner and when he came out of the
door about IS Of these deputies met
him" said Gould. "Old Gunboat
thought it was hold-up and started
running, and when they caught him
he said he wasn't Braddock. They
served him anyway"
In addition TO Gould's announce
ment of his willingness to accept the
Madison Square Garden Federal court
order, the most important develop
ment of the day was the reappear-
ance of Braddock
The champion had been missing
since last Monday, when the Gardens
attorneys instituted action against
him in the Miami, Fla, courts. Brad
dock vanished about the same time
the announcement of this action ap-
peared. He was reported variously TO
be en- route to Illinois, New Jersey
and New York.
Braddock was in Manhattan this
afternoon and even had tickets to
the international figure skating carni-
val at Madison Square Garden to-
night, but his attorneys claimed the
Garden could not serve him in New
York with New Jersey order.
Offers Simple Defense.
THE Garden is seeking to force
Braddock to fulfill his contract
to meet Max Schmeling Of Germany
in New York June 3.
Judge Gould said it would not be
necessary for Braddock to appear in
Jersey Monday. He added that he
(Gould) would accept the order for
the champion at any time during
the day in his Newark office
Asked what his plans were for de-
fense. the Judge said: Our defense
simply will be that our contract to
meet Joe Louis in Chicago June
% in no way interferes with our
contract to meet Schmeling June 3.
Our contract with the Garden says
that Braddock cannot participate in
any fight with Joe Louis until after
June 3. and unless I'm mistaken, June
% is after June g."
Paradox of the muddle at the
moment is that Manager Gould yes-
terday expressed doubt that the Brad.
dock-Louis bout will come off in
Chicago anyway. The Illinois Senate
passed bill limiting the price Of
tickets to SO. and Gould said the
fight would not go on if this be-
came law.