Show t Miami Fight E Ballyhoo Wasted Bout Dropped Poor Financial Condition Conditions I in Florida Puts End to Wrangling B By Hugh S. S Fullerton Jr Associated Press Correspondent NEW YORK Jan 14 After 14 After tantalizing tantalizing tantalizing tan tan- the public for a couple of oC weeks with disputed contracts muddled mud- mud arrangements and and delays for no apparent reason the thc arrangers ho 1 who Were promoting promoting 3 Si ing n g t the h e M Max ax Mickey 1 Walker i V a 1 k e r fight scheduled for Miami Mi- Mi Mio ami Fla February s.- s. ary 25 finally have 4 Decided to call the whole affair of off I Joe Jacobs manager manager man man- mans ager of the heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight champion i explained that a report from his J 2 partner partner Billy Mc- Mc Carney now in Florida advised him there wasn't enough loose mone money 1 in m Miami to make It worth while The decision made mad public yesterday yester yester- day came as a distinct surprise It had been announced only a few hours earlier that a tangle in one clause of the contracts had given cause for further further fur fur- ther arguments and an indefinite postponement of the signing GATE OVERESTIMATED Jacobs explained that McCarney who originally had gone south to lo locate locate locate lo- lo cate training quarters for had sent back highly unfavorable re reports reports reports re- re ports of or the financial situation at Mi Mi- ami The gate cate which had been es estimated estimated es- es at upward of or would not exceed half that amount McCarney McCarney McCar McCar- ney reported and after talking over O the situation with Jacobs Jacob decided that a 40 per cent cut in would not be enough Jacobs mentioned Chicago o Los Angeles An An- geles cles Atlantic City and Philadelphia I as possible sites for a title bout but bul only if a suitable guarantee were made He explained that the champion champion cham cham- pion took in in four bi- bi last week and that such a program pro pro- gram would be f far lr more profitable 1 than taking a cut from a Miami MiI Mi Mi- I ami fight will box Walker o or t Sharkey or Dempsey or anybody else elsi 2 in the world for money the man man- acer ager concluded but we must be guaranteed guaranteed guaranteed guar guar- we will get the thern money I Chicago Sets Sights For Title Bout CHICAGO Jan 14 P C Chicago W-Chicago Chicago stadium officials eyed the state le legislature legis legis- is- is lature and Max today still hop hoping nJ to land the next worlds world's heavyweight boxing battle Some excitement was caused last night when it became known that plans for a Mickey Walker title battle at Miami was dropped but the stadium officials reminded that appeared out of the running until the state legislature passed the round 15 boxing bill The boxing bill was expected to come up before belore the senate today We are sitting tight right now until we get word on the boxing bill said aid Promoter Nate Lewis o of the Chicago stadium forces forced If lOll the bill passes as we think it will we probably can land the match for Chicago some time in March I L |