THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 12, 1937.
AMERICA WANTS TO SEE TOMMY FARR
BUT BRITISH
CHAMPION TO
MEET MAX SCHMELING
THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE FOR
WORLD TITLE MATCH
(By HAROLD LEWIS)
London, April 17.
TOMMY FARR, the young Welshman who, a year ago, was pleading for fights, to-day finds himself one of the most widely sought heavy- weights in the world. His victory over Max Baer at Harringay on Thurs- day night has reverberated across the Atlantic. He is wanted for fights in America even more than he is wanted here in England.
CHIEF OF THE OFFERS MADE HIM YESTERDAY WAS ONE BY THE NATIONAL SPORTING CLUB FOR A FIGHT WITH MAX SCHMELING. THE FORMER WORLD'S CHAM- PION. AT THE EMPRESS STADIUM. EARL'S COURT. IN JUNE. THIS OFFER INTERESTED FARR AND HIS MANAGER MORE THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS. AND THE 'REPLY WAS, "GET SCHMELING, AND WE SHALL BE GLAD TO DISCUSS TERMS.”
The Club are already in touch with Schmeling. I believe the purse they are contemplating is in the region of £12,000. This fight woud be one of importance to Farr, considerably greater even than his fight with Baer; for whereas Baer's declared intention to regain the world's championship was not seriously accepted, at any rate in his own country, Schmeling was matched with Braddock, the champion, for the title and was generally expected to beat him, especially as he had already knocked out the only other real world contender, Joe Louis.
NO BINDING CONTRACT
UN
Max Schmeling, contender for the world-heavyweight champion- ship, is shown here buying his ticket for a return trip to Ger. many, after a fruitless quest to secure a fight with Braddock, the reigning champion.
hitting FATHER & SONS another IN GOLF
TOURNAMENT
Another Success For Scotts
The Schmeling-Braddock fight, can remember. He knows how to real punch. He is still growing, however, seems to have fallen match his boxers and how to advise and it is impossible for him to put through because Braddock is them in the ring. It was his skilful on weight and develop his now training to meet Louis in coaching which enabled Farr to power at the same time. He will Chicago on June 22. But the steal the verdicts from Tommy develop to the extent of man who beats Schmeling has Loughran, Bob Olin and Ben Foord.stone yet; but that flesh will be the clearest of claims to a fight Last night I had a long talk with taken off, and instead of being a for the world's championship. Mr. Broadribb on the subject of stone heavier, Tommy will simply
BIGGER DRAW THAN PETERSEN Farr's future-and past..
be a stone stronger. Other English promoters are also
THE DIFFERENCE making strenuous efforts to sign Regarding the future, he said: "He hits harder in every fight, Farr with various opponents, among "Farr is now released from his and there is no man in the game, no whom Walter Neusel is suggested. contract with Mr. Hulls. Originally.boxer in all my experience, so keen They visualise Farr as a greater having beaten Foord, we agreed to and earnest in training and so an- box-office attraction, even, than | fight Walter Neusel and, if Farr xious to improve in boxing. Jack Petersen when he was at the won, to fight again within a certain "Of one thing, finally, I would lish international, and his son, K. pinnacle of his fame.
period. But when Baer was put in like to speak: When Americans B. Scott, the new Oxford captain, against Farr instead of Neusel, come to England they come with yesterday repeated their success of insisted that if Farr won he should first-class fares paid for themselves 1934 in the annual Fathers_and be released from further obligation. and their party, live here in luxury, Sons foursomes tournament at West That was agreed to.
and have their income tax paid for Hill.
In the final they beat R. V. K. Finlay and J. C. Finlay, to whom they conceded one stroke, 5 and 4.
The rival "Varsity captains were
No doubt they are right, for Farr's victory over Baer made his countrymen vastly grateful to him, wonderfully proud of him. They probably believe, too, that Farr is now capable of deeds even greater, and that he will climb higher into the world zone than had been hoped of any British heavy-weights."
PITTSBURG OFFER
From a Pittsburg promoter came
far more money.
"I would sooner Schmeling
one
London, April 15. The Hon. Osmund Scott, an Eng-
an offer of £5,000 to meet John met in this country than in ers have ever brought money out leader, by 3 and 2.
NOW OUR TURN "The John Henry Lewis offer
WELCOME OPTIMISM
the
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"I have not the slightest objection them. to meeting Neusel except this: 2 "When a British boxer goes to victory over Schmeling would mean America he is lucky to get a much shorter cut to a world's title lower-class fare paid and his host, fight, and it would also bring us in if I should use that word, would opposed in the semi-final, in which ridicule the idea of his demanding the Scotts beat F. G. Carter and Cambridge was a purse tax-free. Few British box G. G. D. Carter, Henry Lewis, the negro, who came America, but it may be that Maddi- of America.
After an exchange of holes in the here and defeated Len Harvey. son 'Square Garden still hold
final, R. V. K. Finlay began a series Lewis is a heavy-weight champion- Schmeling. I shall find out the
"For once, we have a British of putting errors at the fifth, which ship contender, but is not sufficiently position when I go to New York- heavy-weight (whom America wants cost three successive holes. At the recognised as such by the public to
to see. If we must fight in Ameri-eighth, where his side gave the be given his chance yet.
Ica, Farr will have to be treated in stroke, Kenneth Scott missed a putt From New York, a cable requested have already refused. I have point- exactly the same way as American for a half, and with another half Farr to consider a fight with Schme-ed out that when Farr wanted to boxers are treated when they come the Scotts turned two up. ling at Maddison Square Garden meet Lewis while he was here a here." early in June. Schmeling was un-, few months' ago, Lewis refused Mr. Broadribb's optimism with Winning the 10th in four, with der contract to Maddison Square the match, although a good purse regard to Farr's punch is welcome. their opponents bunkered, the Scotts Garden to fight Braddock, and Farr was offered. It is now our turn to I confess to having strong
became three up again, and they is no doubt visualised as a useful decline to discuss business with myself whether Farr will ever be increased their lead at the 12th,
a real puncher, and I want to see
where the Finlays went over the Farr and his manager will learn On the past history of Farr, Mr. him in the ring again, and faced green. After a half at the next more of this and other American Broadribb was illuminating..
with a task far more
hole Kenneth Scott played a match- formidable offers, for he is planning to leave "I was in Swansea A couple of than Baer was able to offer, before winning second to the green at the for a holiday in the United States years ago," he said, "with my light-I am satisfied that the lofty hopes 14th, and J. C. Finlay missed from
weight boxer, George Daly. Farr being built around• hím
a yard to keep the game alive. at that time was metaphorically on justified.
substitute.
next week.
HOME CHALLENGERS
him."
NOT FAR AWAY--
doubts
are fully
3 UP AGAIN
Challenges from home talent may the boxing dust heap. He had been As I wrote when he defeated be expected, but will probably be beaten by Phillips, his hands were Foord, I regard Farr as a difficult upon a man very suddenly and ignored. Eddie Phillips, the Lon-broken, and he could not get a man to beat at any time, but one sometimes with disastrous results. don cruiser-weight, for instance, has fight.
who is not yet capable of a smash-Schmeling's last days of first-class beaten Farr more than once and is
RAPID DEVELOPMENT
ing attack.
boxing cannot be far away. convinced he can do so again. "He asked Daly to influence me
It may well be that the youth of Foord, I hear, is very anxious for a to take care of him, and came to me There is one aspect of the pos- Farr would triumph again, as he return fight; and Len Harvey would and said, 'I am just 21 and am free sible Farr-Schmeling fight which is did against the three other former return to the ring for a match with to sign. Will you take me?
highly interesting. The German world's champions, Loughran, Olin Farr.
"Farr has had 30 fights since then will be 32 next September. His and Baer. and has won 27 and drawn three-knock-out win over Joe Louis in- The world is woefully short of three which I say he won. He has dicated that age had not yet beaten first-class heavy-weights to-day. grown and developed rapidly.
Farr could not have arrived at decrepitude comes more opportune moment.
I think that Mr. Broadribb, Farr's manager, will eventually prefer Schmeling. He is the shrewdest man- ager and second to none this country
“I assure you, Farr will have
him.
a
But boxing