The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Champ And Gould
Ibid Not Show Up;
Fined Two Grand
.,Jdock and Manager
Va, Not Have to Pay
Fine: Test Case Now I'm
Court.
Bv JACK CUDDY
- Press Staff Correspondent

,,d Press Staff Correspondent
Tsv York. June 8. -lU,D-The
I.,s York state athletic commits
rs ,onight was criticized because
/. rs penalizing action against
E,,mpion James ]. Braddock and
!. manager. Joe Gould.
,nnarent!y the commission sat
.as5 no one concerned when it
E,,snonded indefinitely Braddock
f~$ Could and fine each $1,000
~ failure 10 60 through with
,,,rh,', scheduled title fight
trb Max Schmeling.
This action not only split the
,r,r,,sS,on wide open. but it left
t,Tme'ing believing with diSSat-
..,s-ion. caused Madison Square
fs~6en officials to demand, so
S,r2" and started New York no.
I, and tavern keepers complain
b. Looks now as if we won't
f~sr have a title fight here in
ssg,omosr.
After SuSpending champion and
rarsCer Chairman John j. Phe-
,.r announced that all boxers IL
rs,sed in the state would be no.
,raG that they would be suspend
i automatically if they engaged
I anv bout with Braddock-while
+ is under suspension.
This means that Joe Louis will
b. suspended if he goes through
t,-1 the Braddock fight in Chica-
h on June %. In other words, If
Iw,s WINS the title from Brad
Sock. he cannot defend it in New
York state unless the commission
bis his SUSpenlon.
The action was voted two to
,.e. after Commissioner D. Wal
h. Wear of Binghampton, N. Y,
i-sls.ed vehemently that the
r,o.e silly business be dropped. "
f. vas Out-voted by Chairman
P,e.an and Commissioner Bill
Brown. They insiSted that the
.,mm,sSon must maintain its
Ega.antee that Schmeling'S inter
IS as No. challenger would be
r.o,ccted.
Commissioner Wear told the
rI.cd Press later:
We had quite battle in our
Farate conference. I was out
bed and 7 am completely dissat-
led with the whole thing. l
Fan.ed the whole affair to be
F.lpped last December when the
b. contracts for the Braddock-
Fome,lNg fight we're signed. 1t
f. apparent at that time that
F atdOCk wanted to fight Louis
F. SChmeIing. So, we forced the
atd0CE-LOuIS fight out Of New
S,-S state. And now. today's &C
|02 virtually forces any possible
Ssp.ember title fight outside also.
can, see where two wrongs like
IaaSa make g right. You can quote
p on this. I'm thoroughly dis
|I.ed with the whole situation"
Meanwhile. Schmeling and his
fa2agey Joe Jacobs fumed.
For sure. I believed dey would
'aca.e BraddOck's title" he said.
For Why didn't dey. For Brad
f0ci do, suspension means not
ta-s
-"e commission further anger
2 Scnme.ing and Jacobs by al
3.0g them only half of Brad
'ocas $4,000 forfeit. They had
'aGeys.00d they were to receive
Pc Ta0.e five grand. But the COM
.-S'.9n awarded half of it to the
'aIoen. Jacobs announced that
-e- attorneys would investigate
.N .oA.,,es Of forcing the com
nSsioD 10 give them the whole
5,:e..
is IA as the $1,000 fines against
',"odocG and Gould are concern
7. .nere IS a test case under con-
.ae'a,.on in a New York court
Y" 70 determine by what author
\ '0e commission can fine any
-e. Il this case results unfavor-
w Tor the commission, the
"aacock and Gould fines need
a'eg DC paid.