BOXING TITLE
LOUIS AND GANGSTERS
AFRAID OF SCHiviEUNG?
Is Joe Louis afraid of the man who knocked him out? Do gangsters own a piece of, the present champion? Will title fights be made only with challengers who do business? Is the Nazi boycott an excuse by mobsters to put Schmeling in the dog house because he refused to pay graft? Jimmy Powers asks these questions in an American paper.
These questions are buzzing along Bashed Beezer boulevard. One man who knows the answer is Mike Jacobs. So from here on we present Uncle Mike. Like the editor of the economic battle page our policy is to present both sides, Jimmy Johnston or Mike. NOT DODGING SCHMELiNG. Here's Mike: "Joe Louis is not dodging Schmeling and, Joe is not afraid of him. I offered Max'3oo,ooo dollars to fight Joe in New York and he turned it down. He wants 600,000 dollars. I think Louis will lick Schmeling, but I don't think I'd be a. good promoter if I offered, a set guarantee to Max.. I hear' a lot of stories about gangsters and policy men owning a piece of this and that fighter. But I will say this, the men who own Joo Louis's contract are the finest I have ever met in this business. There, are
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 87, 9 October 1937, Page 23
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216BOXING TITLE Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 87, 9 October 1937, Page 23
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