BOUT WITH BAER
OFFER TO CLARK GABLE NEW YORK, June IC. It is reported that Mr. Clark Gable, the film star. has been offered £lO,OOO lor a boxing match with Max Baer, the former heavyweight champion of (he v, orjd. According to the New erh ‘ Evening Journal,” which pubf»>rp he can accept the offer, however.
he will have to obtain the consent of his company—Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer—-both to his appearance in the ring and to his absence from the studios during the period of training. Officials of the company here stated that they had heard nothing of the proposal. A few days ago Mr. Gable’s contract was renewed for seven years at a figure reported at £l,lllO a week, liuhcs the report, ho is seriously considering I he offer. Mr. Gable, it is stated, is less interested in. the purse than in the oppor-
tunity to display his ability as a boxer, of which he is proud. He demonstrated it once, when, in making a film, he went beyond the demands of the script and knocked out Mr. Allen Pomeroy, a former inter-collegiate boxing champion. It is understood that lie has already applied to the California State Athletic Commission for a boxing permit. Be-
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 July 1936, Page 11
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