The daily independent., 1937-07-07
By JACK CUDDY

ed that heavyweight Champion
Joe Louis has been matched TO
defend his title against Tommy
Farr, British Empire champ, in
the United States in August or
September.
When Uncle Mike made this
announcement a lot of ciaizcnS in
Larrup Lane started singing a
medley of two popular songs:
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" and
Its Sin To Tell A Lie"
I felt the anne way. But when
I gave off the predictions hat
Cd Tommy Farr will not fight
Louis for the title this year, and
90 Louis will defend his title
against Schmeling in Chicago in
September-everybody at the bar
started lifting their eyebrows al
me and inquiring if there was any
in anity in my family.
I still feel that the singers in
Larrup Lane are right and that
the eyebrow hecklerS a. the bar
did me a great injustice. More
over I am positive that if could
tune in on Uncle" Mixes suite at
the Alamac, I could hear him
grooming, I've Got You Under
My Skin" And Promoter Jacobs
reference to You" would mean, Of
courle, Herr Schmeling, an d
Skin" would mean Uncle Mikes
wallet. The facts cause this be-
lief. What are the facts?
Well, here they are. The Big
Four" in the heavyweight division
are Champion Joe Louis, who won
the title by knocking out Jim
Braddock on June %; Max
Schmeling, who became No. l
challenger by knocking out Louis
last year; Jim Braddock, who gave
Louis such a grand fight for five
rounds, and Tommy Farr of
Wales, who beat Make Baer,
Walter Neusel, Bob Olin, Jack
Petersen and Tommy Loughran.
A return bout between Schmel-
ing and Louis would draw the big
gest gate of all-Particularly if
staged in Chicago where there is
no anti-Nazi boycott and which
was made fight con ciouS by the
Braddock-Louis bout.
Schmeling knows he is the big
geSt drawing opponent for Louis.
He is peeved because he was given
the n-around in hi scheduled
title bout with Braddock. He
wants as much money as he can
get from Promoter Jacobs for
fighting Louis. He tried to black
jack Jacobs into giving him fab
ulouS percentage by dickering
for a London fight on Sept. l with
Tommy Farr-and the British
Board of Boxing Control approx
ed such a bout for the World
Title"
But-Promoter Jacobs Stymied
such a bout by tying up Farr-
for a title engagement with Louis.
So-Who can Schmeling fight
now? Or what negotiations can
he use to blackjack Uncle Mike?
It looks as if Makes game has
been called on account of rain
A rain of dollars from Jacobs to
Farr. Herr Schmeling will be 80
years old in September. At that
age it is dangerous for him to
wait another year before taking a
crack at the title. So, it looks
as if Make will be forced, by the
Farr coup, to tangle with MarSe
Louis in September-if he intends
to tangle at all. And 1 believe
Make intends to tangle. He wants
that title. And he wants cab
bage.
But if Make does an about-face
and agrees to meet Louis, what
will happen to Mater Farr of
Wales? Ah-My good friends
Do not forget that James j. Brad
dock is recovering from his Louis
wounds of June %. In fact, it
was quite coincidental that ex-
Champion Braddock was confer
ring with Uncle Mike Thur.day,
just before the Farr-Louis an
nouncement was made. There is
a strong possibility that Promoter
Jacobs may have a secret agree
a guarantee of about
$4,000 with Mater Farr and his
Manager Ted Broadrib-that if
dances into line with
Louis, Farr will fight Braddock
for the New York Milk Fund
at New York-in August or Sep
tember.
There's only on insect in this
reasoning-and it comes from
neither the SChmeling nor Farr
camps. It's simply this: Jacobs
is planning a four-champion show
at Yankee Stadium on August Is
Or 26. This show is virtually set,
in which Champions Thil, Ro~s,
Ambers and Escobar will defend
their titles on one night.
If this show goes on in New
York in late August-would Pro-
noter Jacobs then try to .tage
two big fights in September
VS.. Louis in Chicago,
and Braddock VS.. Farr in New
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