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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 27, 1938.

TOMMY FARR

Pare 21

MUST RETURN HOME

LEN HARVEY AND JOCK M'AVOY ARE BOTH CONFIDENT

BAER EARNED FLING

AT TITLE BOUT

(By B. BENNISON)

Glasgow, March 26. There has been vigorous pulling of the strings between London and New York since the defeat of Tommy Farr by Max Baer at Madison-square, the idea being, as might be supposed, to induce Farr to come home and defend his titles.

It is possible that the Board of Control will warn him that, if he holds to a determination to remain in the States indefinitely, he will be called upon to abdicate. That would not unduly worry the Welshman; neither would a discriminating public think the less of him as a fighter. The quality of a fighter may be only decided in the ring, not at any round-table conference. Championships do not go by favour; they must be fought for.

J. A. WATERS TO CAPTAIN SELKIRK

I have little first-hand know-; GummiIS HIMALA ledge of how he proposes to shape his plans, but I am quite decided that, if he stays in America, he will have to be content with whatever comes his way. Mike Jacobs has no ambassadorial sal- ary, to offer him, and, unless I have got Farr all wrong, he will; not be satisfied to be bunched with the rest of the heavies who have! no place in championship calcula- | tions. For the purposes of Jacobs, Farr has ceased to be a man of the moment.

Glasgow, March 26, Jack Waters, the Scottish in- ternational forward, will be Sel- kirk's captain next season. He was recommended by the players just before to-day's game with Mel- rose. Waters is to go on the South African tour in May and will pro- bably miss the autumn sevens.

GRAFARERETA ABERRYNEKILLER ENTFORTEERAN LEERDER 40KINARAZ

Joe Gould, his manager, tells us high spirited, that news of an in- that he will steer Farr to the top, jury to his hand and the postpone- much in the same way as he didment of his fight with Jock M'Aroy Braddock. That is characteristic by Harringay until April 7 came of Gould. I quite agree that he is as a shock The damage is not on the inside of things, but well serious. Harvey, as a matter of must he realise that Farr has been fact, was disposed to make light of reduced to the same standing as it, but on the advice of a specialist Gunnar Baerlund, Maurice Strick-who was called in, he agreed to land, Nathan Mann, and Adamick rest it for a few days before carry- in his relationship to Joe Louis and ing on with his training. Max Schmeling..

NO FARR-BAER RETURN

MAVOY AND LEWIS

M'Avoy, who is training at Man-

I suspect there was a consider-chester, has accepted the postpone- able tongue in Jacobs's cheek whenment after the way of the philo- he gave it out that Baer was will-sopher that he is. He has been ing to engage in a rubber match through the mill with a vengeance: with the British champion. Baer indeed, when he was thrown off his fought Farr at, the Garden on the horse some time ago there was a distinct understanding that he fear that he might not be able to would be matched with the winner fight again. His recovery was re- of the Louis-Schmeling bout, notmarkable. There is no likelihood merely to avenge his defeat by Farr of M'Avoy being put out of his at Harringay. And when, a few stride by the fight being put back hours after he had turned the tables for a fortnight. on Farr, Jacobs broadcast that he had contracted to give Baer a title fight in September, it was precisely what was.expected.

Last Tuesday he was visited by a party of London Pressmen, and deeply impressed them by his fine shape and enthusiasm Like Har

Farr cannot complain: he has vey, he is chockful of confidence, been allowed a generous fling. Iand regards the fight at Harringay understand that Joe Gould, having

as a preliminary to another Crack had time to reflect, would not re-

at John Henry Lewis for the quire much persuasion to bring understand that if the negro will world's light-heavy-weight title." I Farr to London, where there is twice as much money to be made agree to further trade here, he will as it would be possible to harvest

receive a much bigger purse than in the States.

he could hope to get in the States.

COMING CHAMPION

WOULD NOT HESITATE

I have had another look at Arthur Harringay would not hesitate to Darahar, last year's amateur light- staze Farr against Harvey, Foord, weight champion, who has entered -or any approved challenger, and Iļinto a long contract with the Na- have reason to know there would tional Sporting Clab. He fought be no difficulty in the way of a Boyo Bees last Monday, and won match between him and Baerlund, in such a style as to remove any Strickland, or Neusel, if the Ger- doubt of his quality. man beats Foord at Hamburg on He is a champion of the near Easter Saturday. I have not taken future for a certainty. I am glad Jack Doyle into the reckoning, for to know there will be no attempt| the reason that there is no telling to keep him within the light-weight when the picturesque Irishman will poundage. I have an idea that he return to the job of fighting.

will have grown into a middle-

In visits which I have paid to his weight before the year is out. It camp at Hampstead, I found Lenis

Harvey in such prime condition, so regularly.

LOUIS SCHMELING DATED ~June 22, At New York

Or Chicago

Glasgow, March 26. It was announced in New Fork yesterday that the World's Heavy-Weight Championship

and

fight between the holder, Joe Louis, and Max Schmeling, of Germany, a former champion, will be held on June 29, will be over fifteen rounds:

It has not been 'decided yet whether the fight will take place in New York 07 Chicago.

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