The Washington times., 1937-06-04

LitigdtionSuits:
DueIfVerdiCt.
Is Upheld
BY PAT ROBINSON

NEW YOtSAS June 4.-The an
pellate court in Philadelphia il
expected to hand down today its
Iong-awaited decision on Madison
Square Gardens appeal to enjoin
Champion James ]. Braddock
from fighting Joe Louis in Chi.
cago on June %.
On that decision may rest not
only the fate Of the Chicago fight,
but perhaps the future of boxing.
The court could clarity the mud.
died heavyweight situation at
once by denying the Gardens ap-
peal and permitting the Chicago
fight to be held as scheduled.
But should the court uphold
the Garden, the situation would
be more scrambled than ever and
another round of litigation would
be in prospect.
However, regardless of the de-
cision, all hands concerned are
preparing today for suit and
counterSuit.
Max Schmeling-the man who
was weighed in for and then
waived out Of his title shot yes.
terday-iS comforting with his
lawyers to find out if he has a
suit against anybody and, If so,
against whom and for how much.
Wants Full $4,000
Max also will ask his lawyers
today if he is not entitled to the
full $4,000 Braddock forfeit which
the New York Boxing Commits
sion so blithely ordered split be.
tween him and the Garden when
Braddock failed to show up for
his fight last night. The commits
sion also ordered Braddock snd
his manager, Joe Gould, SuS-
pended.
whether it WINS its appeal or
not, the Garden, through its presi'
dent, Col. John Reed fitzpatrick
and its matchmaker, Jimmy john
ston threatens to sue Mike Jacobs
the man behind the Chicago fight
and all those connected with
him for alleged interference with
a Schmeling- Braddock battle
"And," said the enraged
Johnston today, "that suit may
blow the lid off boxing. It may
even kill the game In this State.
We don't care what happens.
We will expose a lot Of behind
the-scenes skullduggery."
The boxing commission had
nothing to add to its action yester.
day in suspending Braddock ana
his manager, Joe Gould, grabbing
their forfeit and filming each
$1,000.
Max Disappointed
That action was a bitter disap-
pointment to Scnmeling who SAID:
ut doesn't mean anything to
suspend BraddOck. The COM
mission should have punished
him by vacating his title. Then
1 could have title fight by
meeting the best man available
or the winner of an elimination
tournament.
1.-THE fine means nothing
either because Mike Jacobs can
nay that for Braddock and
Gould out Of his vest pocket.
Max said he is now free agent
and under contract to nobody.
Contracts" he exclaimed rue
fully, "what do they mean? l
had one but what happened
to it?"
WILL REMAIN HERE
He said he would remain in this
country indefinitely and added
hopefully:
UMaybe the court will rule
out the BraddOck-LOuiS fight
and BraddOck will have to meet
me after all. I've already spent
more than S25 600 making four
trips here to get this title fight
and in training for it and now,
maybe have to come back
again in September"
} Colonel Fitzpatrick added some
thing to the hilarious uproar by
offering to bet $4,000 the Chi.
cago fight will never be held and
another $25, 900 that the appel"
late court will rule in favor Of the
Garden.
h In any event, it seems there
will be plenty of fights this sum-
mer-if only among the lawyers.
BERLIN, June 4.-Action of the
New York State Boxing Commits.
sion in merely Suspending and
filming James j. Braddock, and not
vacating his heavyweight title, be-
cause of his failure to keep date
with Max Schmeling in New York
drew the fire of the German press
today.
The influential voelkischer
Boebachter carried on its front
page story from a special New
York correspondent, Arno Hellm1S,
charging the commissions decl'
/, sion confirms suspicious that
everybody is cooperating to saoot-
4 age Something's well-earned rights
for the championship" The dis
4 patch added:
Z 1.-THE verdict is a farce ana
means organized fraud on
SchmeIing'S rights"