New York, Feb. 23.
Plans for staging a Max Baer-Tony Galento heavyweight fight in Madison Square Garden in aid of Finland went a step further when the New York State Athletic Commission approved the contest, but the arrangements immediately came up against. a serious obstacle when the Commission refused to grant Joe Jacobs, Galento's manager, a licence to manage or second Tony in New York State.
Mike Jacobs, the promoter, had planned to hold the contest on March 4, and the proceeds would be divided between the Finnish Relief Fund and the National Infantile Paralysis Fund.
Galento declared that if Jacobs could not be in his corner there would be no fight, so it is now up to Mike Jacobs, possibly assisted by the Finnish Relief Fund authorities, to try to smooth things out with the Commission and secure Joe Jacobs the requisite licence, The Commission gave no reason for refusing to accommodate Joe Jacobs, but there are three things against him which may have influenced the boxing rulers: One is the fact that he refused to let Max Schmeling fight Jack Sharkey a return bout in 1930, The second is that Commissioner Bill Brown once made a 7%5-mile motor trip purposely to watch Galento train and Galento did not train, The third is Joe Jacobs last summer, when Galento was training for his title fight with Joe Louis, charged that Louis had a hard weapon concealed in one of his gloves—Reuter.
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