Show i I I CARDEN SEEKS BAER CONTRACT Hope to Arrange Title Bout Boutin in iii June Dempsey Holds Maxies Maxie's Agreement B By JACK CUDDY United Press Sp Sports rl Writer NEW YORK Jan 16 16 Madison Madison Sq Square are Gardens Garden's board of ot directors hoped to make the first fint move Tuesday Tues Tues' Tuesday day toward staging a Baer title bout in June June June-a a ring natural that might develop into a brawl comparable com corn parable to the Firpo tar ter These directors the elect of the Cardens GardenS Carden's Cardens Car Gar dens den's erst erstwhile millionaires were to cudgel their trained business brains braiD and try to devise some way warm in which Maxie Baer can CarL be inveigled i into nto fighting Heavyweight Champion I Primo Camera Carnera Their meeting is Ls an out and con Cession of ot the low level to which the fight game has sunk since the death of Tex Rickard Old Tex would have roped and tied the match overnight No meeting would hav have been c sary Rickard probably would have staged another battle of ot the century l last ast st September when the match was flaming naming hot Before Camera Carnera lost lus lus- ter terin in his hioS Rome performance with ancient Paulino Uzcudun and before gambling with the champions champion's tIon against little Tommy Loughran The Garden has Carn Camera la under contract con con- tract to fight under its promotion un untIl un- un til Ut September 30 20 and J Jack ck Dempsey has an indefinite verbal agreement with Baers Baer's man manager ger Ancil Hoffman for the Livermore to fight under his promotion John Reed Kilpatrick president of the Garden has been negotiating with Dempsey and HoUm Hoffman n. n The latter insists that Dempsey Dempey be cut in as 3 pro pro- moter He believes the magic n gic of the Manassa lt Maulers Mauler's ulers uler's personality would add at least to the gate Kilpatrick persistently refused to declare Dempsey in However the possibility remains that the Garden might give ive Baer a larger percentage from which Dempsey co ld take a cut It is the Gardens Garden's policy to sign the challenger to defend his title under Garden promotion if he beats the champion Hoffman and Demose re- re re-I re fused to allow Baer to autograph such agreement This obstacle might be evaded by Baer signing to defend under joint promo tion Those are the two wo problems the directors dl di r rectors must |