Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-17 | Page 16 | Madison Garden to Use Method of Elimination

I Madison Garden to Use Method of Elimination Revert to Tex Rickard's Plan in iii Picking Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavy Heavy- weight Challenger for Maxie Baer Bacr NEW YORK July 17 AP The AP-The The elimination tournament method Tex Rickard used to such excellent financial effect A few v years ago willbe will willbe willbo be bo revived by Madtson Madison Square Garden Max Bacr's gaer's decision not to his heavyweight championship until next June left the garden free to return to Rickard's system and ninne plans ns for n n. series of ot eliminations this summer already are well I under way Jimmy Johnston the Gardens Garden's boxing box box- I ing lag impresario already has lined up upa a big four of challengers Steve challengers Steve llamas Hamas Primo Camera Challengers Art Lasky and the winner of othe the Walter Max bout boul in Germany this thi month If Jimmy can swing it these four will be paired off in two outdoor shows this summer The h heavy avy S weights weight's second division Tomm Tommy Loughran King Levinsky Ray Ira Ira- I. I Johnny and a few fey others would appear on the supporting support supporting ing cards with a chance of earning promotion into the first divisi division r L. L Eventually the Garden hopes on one rC C of f the entrants would stand out as a aIt fit It opponent to meet Baer Bacr in June The boxing critics used to object tI to 0 Rickard's Richards elimination tournaments ts oi on 1 the score that they failed to cUmin L' L nt but the they were makers moneymaker S for Tex and the Garden in the oh old I days Experts still shudder when they the y recall some of the elimination bouts bout S yS the Garden saw in the thc winter of 1928 wh when n old Tom Torn Heeney eventually won the right to meet Gone Gene Tunney in the latter's letters final defense of the I championship They trust there will willbe willbe willbe be more act action on this time