Evening star., 1942-01-15
Big Cut Is Made
In Fight Costs
ToAid Navy
Relief Fund Boosted
By$l1,000 as Jacobs
Pores All Expenses
BY SID FEDER,
A.xon;.t.d pr..s cnnyt. Wr;tsv

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NEW YORK, Jan. l5.-If you have
been wondering exactly what hap
pened to the $4,000 the Navy Re-
lief fund didn't get from the $780,
TOO gross gate of last Fridays Joe
Louis Buddy Baer brawl, just think
no more of it.
Every cent is accounted for. and
beaming Navy, with a check for
$50, ,092 2.01-don't ask us what that
odd cent is for-is all smiles not
only over its take but over the fact
that Promoter Mike Jacobs added
several thousand dollars to the char
ity's cut by holding expenses lower
than for most Of the other heavy
weight championship shindigs in
the last decade.
Now that Louis is plain Buck
Pvt. J. Louis Barrow, you can sit
down and figure out just how much
1t costs to put on one Of these
super -colossals.
Ballyhoo Cost Cut TO $4,000.
OF course, since 1t really Is no
ones particular business except
that Of Uncle Mike Jacobs. his pro-
motional partner. Madison Square
Garden, and the gladiators involved,
the numbers you come up with in
adding one and one are largely
estimated. However, canvass OF
those in the know tips you that
you're not of more than a few
bucks here and there
To begin with, the promotion.
ballyhoo and buildup cost Of a major
heavyweight tea party. such as last
Friday nights figured to be, or
dinarily runs within shouting dis
tance Of $4,000. This time, Uncle
Mike held 1t down in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000. The difference
went to the Navy fund for families
of sailors at sea and killed In ae-
ton.
The funds gaudv payday was
made up of $47,l00s4 from Louis,
who turned in his entire net cut
Of the gate; $47229.96 from Jacobs.
who contributed his whole net profit,
and the Garden which kindly con-
sented to kick In with half Of Its
neat take; 34081.l1, or one-sixth OF
Baer's pure: $3.50 from the ring ON
cials-referees. judges. etc.-who
worked for half pay, and $3.50 from
the preliminary f1ghters. who have
. tough time getting by - 1t Is.
Sz8,4SS Go for TaXes.
To this Navy total. Of $50 .002 !01
add the sum Of $28. ASS or there
abouts which was rapidly grabbed
"od the top" by your Uncle Sam
and his nephew, New York State,
for taxes. Dropping the odd pen
nies, this leaves you with exactly
$l17,547 accounted for and some
thing over $4,000 Of the gross gate
still to be cut up.
Baer, who makes his living with
his fists, was to have received IS
per cent of the net gate. He turned
back 21a per cent and collected
Just under $4,000 for the beating
he took. (Confldentially. it was
worth a million.) Louis end was
the usual 40 per cent. or about
s64 900. He gave up everything ex-
cept his training expenses, which
ran in the neighborhood Of $4,000,
no more than they ordinarily are for
running q camp for six weeks, pay
ing sparring partner-and the
steaks they eat.
The preliminary card, an espe-
cially high-class set of bouts this
time, cost a total Of $4,500. The
officials cost $500.
Garden Gets Half Its Share.
Uncle Mike and the Garden cut
the promotional profits down the
middle on all Garden clambakes.
In this case, 1t was estimated at
$1,000.
Out of his half, Mike had five
weeks Of expenses for his ONCE
staff, his drum m-beating brigade and
such, amounting to around $4,000.
Everything else he tossed into the
Navy pot. The Garden pocketed
half of its share
Which gives you a rough idea
Of how long a buck lasts in the
business of busting beaks. Just about
as long. probably as that 2l-a-
month Pvt. Barrow now will be
drawing at Camp Upton. Yaphank,
Long Island.