Show S Union Classified ClassifiedS S I As Dunce Body by Action d 1 1 j. j Taken on Maxies Maxie's Crown J st f r By HENRY McLEMORE t. t United Press Sports Writer riter Is NEW YORK May 10 The Thc The international boxing union th that t Ird L d a 8 fine fin old old world orld society for the preservation tion of honor among thieves I JI from its ils headquarters in P Paris ris ruled that Max Bacr Baer no longer longeri longera J has Jias i- i a ht ht champion of or the world i To those familiar with th the I i nal Boxing un union on the ruling the shadow adow of ot athe a beyond s the J troves pro pro aS tj 11 doubt that Max Mac Baer is 15 the cham nion iOD for lor until l the I. I B. B U. U or simpy sim sim- S the the it is isman I the Dunce society as l ply py IY man knOwn to the trade trad re recognizes a ath th I b by removing his title he th dually isn't a champion A few 1 Which I 1 yearS ears back the thc I. I B. B U. U removed at lebO least least one champion at each o of its t lOuth 4 t kb ekly meetings in an room ante of Id el t tie e Op Opera ra It was as much mch I part 0 of the sessions as the reading It If the minutes cb 0 The I. I B. B U. U didn't require much d ef If an n excuse in fn those days It ItS p in S declare re a champion null and m I told because he parted his hair a are n n q en the side didn't ride side saddle 1 poke with an accent or slept with ys s J. J fl rett his head the wrong way on a adt dt JI 1 P Pullman When at a meeting the Uh r time lime came caine round to chop chOI off a champion the president with a aa alea lea a of his shovel beard would 2 e event f reach In a hat pull out a name oo d and declare the the welterweight 11 a st 11 championship say 53 vacant Su Suggestions Sug Sug- estfon for Cor a reason to give he the press then would Mould be heard and 1 the silliest selected Things are a bit di different now led Jed JedIn Ue Members of ot the I. I B. B U. U dont don't vacate G a orn titles tales so often One a month is about I In at S e in UZ l the the he present day average And there 1111 must be i a 1 sound reason In removing ing Baer Bacr from the heavyweight championship championship cham cham- woo rho 11 they gave ave Bacr's refusal to toi i H 2 t m meet t Pierre Charles of Belgium Belgum as ashe the he reason th the bar t bar This isn't quite it hoe as funny as M hors rt cl b b c ol would have been had they removed I so tj Baer Baer for riding side saddle or because be be- w cau cause e he had a pink toothbrush or e Out fj 1 refused to keep a. a cow and make his hL own butter butler But its it's almost near S as as runn funny For Pierre Charles in iii incase incase L case case you never saw him when he was touring this country doing his hL S famous dry dives couldn't beat Shirley Shir S Ie Icy ley Temple if you gave cave him a black lack blackjack blackjack S jack and the first swat Four or five years cars ago aso when Baer S was just a crude tough youngster and Pierre was vas in his prime if an any Baer hired him as a sparring partner before his fight with Ernie Pierre was on the floor noor so much that his manager Gus Wilson seriously considered converting him into a wrestler and Baer finally had to fire lire him Having in removed Bate Bacr a champion champion cham cham- champlon pion plon the I. I B. B U. U announced a tournament tournament tour lour ta to locate a I new nev titleholder It also announced announced and and with a a. hit bit bitof of pride that pride that six sterling hea heavy weights eights Charles hartes Oble Walker Don 1 Jack Petersen WaIter Waiter Walter Wai Wal ter and Walter flower Hower had entered the tourney One thin thing about such a 3 field field field- everybody would have a chance As magnificently miserable as Charles is I doubt if iC hes he's any worse than Walker and the rest If the I. I B B. U. U intends to allow the champion the they choose to defend his title m my suggestion is that they name all six as jo joint nt champions to fight as one The six of them working as a unit might possibly outpoint a featherweight Not a good featherweight featherweight feather feather- weight mind you ou but one sa say who still was convalescing from a siege o of berIberi ben the deadly I-didn't I I hear hear hear- you time scourge |