The chopping and changing in the arrangements for the fight—or fights—for the world's heavyweight boxing championship have taken the title one step further along the road to confusion than could have been desired by the most earnest advocates of muddle. Tommy Farr, British and Empire champion, has: now agreed to meet Joe Louis, conqueror of *the former world's champion, Jim Braddock, for the crown. It should be noted that Farr has not yet signed a contract to meet Louis; and therefore the arrangements for the fight may not. have progressed beyond.the bar-Gaining stage. Farr was to have fought Max Schmeling, the German champion who knocked out Louis last year, for the world's title as recognized by the International Boxing Union, but apparently the terms offered to Farr were not acceptable, and Farr's manager has lent a ready ear to the whisperings of. Mike Jacobs, the American promoter who has Louis in' his pocket—and lots of dollars besides. It is too early yet to say whether the statement by Ted Broadribb, Farr's manager, that -he had accepted Jacob's offer is ior is not a lever to increase the share of the purse offered to Farr in the fight with Schmeling. Similar. tentative accaptances for other bouts have-been. known before in order to "raise the ante." If, however, the acceptance is a genuine one, there will be sympathy with Schmeling, who seems to be getting the raw parts of all the recent big boxing deals. His claim to fight Louis is undoubtedly better than Farr's; his claim to fight Braddock was undoubtedly better than Louis's. Yet in both cases he seems to have been left on the outside. the fight between Farr and Louis materializes, it will be an interesting event in boxing history, for it will be the first time since 1902, when Jim Jeffries knocked iout*Bob Fitzsimmons from whom he: took the title in 1899, that a boxer born in the British Isles has been reckoned a serious contender for the championship. Since then. of course, there have been citizens of the British empire who have held the title—Tommy Burns—and have had serious pretensions to it-Tom Heeny, the New Zealander who was knocked out by Gene Tunney. But otherwise there has been no one in the British empire who has been near enough to championship class in the heavyweight division.to merit 4 serious consideration,
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