Evening star., 1946-08-01
Tiff With Jacobs Over
KapiIow- Jack Fight
Would Be ReIished

The District Boxing Commission
end the National Boxing Association
will welcome "a showdown" with
Promoter Mike JACOBS of New York
If he seeks an injunction to block
the Beau Jack-Danny Kapilow box
ing match at Griffith Stadium or
August 10, Harvey l.. Miller, chair
man of the local ring body and ex-
ecutive secretary of the NBA, de-
clared today.
In announcing that Jack and
Kapilow were signed for a 10
rounder at the welterweight limit OF
lat pounds. Promoter Goldie Ahearn
yesterday drew attention to pub
lished reports that Jacobs has
threatened to seek an injunction or
the grounds that he has Beau Jack
tied up to long-term contract.
Let Jacobs bring suit" Miller in
vited. The MIA has been waiting
TO smoke him out in the open for a
long time and this may be our op-
portunity. If Jacobs admits that he
controls Beau Jack he is openly ad-
mitting that he violates the laws OF
the State of New York, which pro-
hibits promoters from becoming
financially interested in boxers,
Better Gate Seen Here.
The reason why Ahearn was able
to sign this outstanding match was
because Al WE'LL, who manages
Kapilow, and Chick Wergeles, who
manages Beau Jack, know they can
cup up a larger gate in Griffith Sta
dunn than in Madison Square Gar
den. I think this fight will gross
100000. Jacobs can't match that
figure in New York"
The scale of prices announced for
the August l9 bout is sl2, s8, SIS
and So
Miller added that in his opinion
Jacobs empire was beginning to
break up" One reason he said,
is the size of the gates which now
are being drawn in cities like Wash
ington Good fighters don't have to
stick with Jacobs to make money"
Miller bore out Ahearn's conten-
iIOJ1 bIldL DNdu y am 10 bSii1E oAICitNt
the biggest guarantee ever extended
to a fighter in Washington-S15,0 900
with privilege of 35 per cent of the
gate
The previous high was the Sl0,000
offered to Freddie Miller in 1886,
when he was featherweight cham
pion." said Miller. Petey Sarron de-
throned Miller in that bout.
Jacobs Asked for Fight.
Miller is not certain that Jacobs
bite will be As pronounced as his
bark. I've talked with him in the
past and accused him of being
financially interested in various
boxers" said Miller. Jacobs denied
that he was interested financially
IN any fighter except Joe Louis. But
if he wants to stop Beau Jack We II
fight him in the courts-and win,
too"
In New York. it was stated that
Jacobs offered Beau Jack a Sep
tember 13 date against KapiloW in
Madison Square Garden if Wer-
geleS would forget the Washington
match. Wergeles is said to have re-
fused.
No title will be at stake in the
bout, but both Beau Jack and Kap-
ilow are among the top contenders
for the welterweight crown. Jack,
former lightweight champion, is
rated behind only Marty Servo, the
champion, and Sugar Ray Robinson,
Kapilow has been climbing fast in
the rankings
Kapilow became local favorite
when he fattened the District s
Aaron Perry in June in a sensational
fight. He is good left hooker.
Beau Jack matched KapiloW's S
popularity here early in July when
he stopped Sammy Angott, another
former lightweight champion, for
the first time in Angott's long ca
reer F. E s.