Show Max Baeri Baer Baer- Baer Fight i I In Roman Coliseum Looms i By PAUL GAL GALLICO LICO NEW YORK April 11 The I-The The most curious things seem to affect the heavyweight championship Now u h L seems to be the thc rate of exchange Europe for lor the first f lime ime in the history of professional boxing seems to e ba money to spend on prizefights 4 They can pa pay the American heavy heavy heavy- weight champion of the world in 60 cent dollars and pocket the other 40 cents The offered to Max Baer as a guarantee guarantee- to fight tight Max in Europe is only m jn Ital Italy and Germany and still tiU less lessin lessin in m Fr France nce Only in England is there therean an even cven exchange of money with the dollar having perhaps a few p pennies the best of it The on prices in Italy would be in lira lira and and plenty of them For Forthe Forthe Forthe the first time a European promoter can make money on a prize fight ight in Europe Italy unquestionably would be the place to hold the fight because because be be- cause the Italians are absolutely sports It would not be necessary to have an Italian fighting lighting for the championship champion champion- ship to draw the customers The heavyweight championship of at the world with a peek ek at the man who knocked out their own champion would draw from tram to people to see ee the match At the present writing there is no fit lit place in or about Rome where such a fight could be held held except except one about which I will vilI tell you shortly The Th n new new w Mussolini sports ports stadium is strictly for track and field events e and will seat eat no more than people The Stadia national fascist stadium would seat for a fight in a a. pinch which isn't nearl nearly enough What a thrill ft it would be to see that ancient Roman stadium packed with people for one last great gladiatorial combat And what a story that would make the heavyweight champion of the world an American Ameri Amen can with Jewish blood in his veins fighting lighting a nazi German for his title in a foreign country in the same stadium stadium sta sta- sta where nearly 2000 years ago m men mn n fought for or their lives The walls and the tiers and the foundations of the coliseum that are ate standing arc are in perfect con condition as heavy and solid as ever ard and nothing remains to be done but to clear away the he rubble that has filled some of the steps leading to the top and build rows of wooden seats scats en on the rows of stone tiers that rise from the ground to the sky |