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Show . s : i : ; ; . , TeuJonNot Yet Out of Ring Debate 'j .By DAVID J. WALSH I International Mews 8 ports Writer ' NEW YORK, Feb. Within two ' weeks and certainly not more than four, I have reason to believe that Madison Square Garden will present a compromise on ths Braddock-Schmsling-Louls hsavywslght ' championship stalemate, whereby Chicago is offered not one title fight this summer, but two. Ths compromise will call for a fusion of interests under a Gerden-i Gerden-i Twentieth Century-Chicago promotion, promo-tion, with this program in view: Bchmaling versus Braddock for the championship in June in Com-Iskey Com-Iskey park. The winner versus Louis in September Sep-tember at Soldiers' field for a gate estimated above 81,000.000. Awaiting Move No move Is to be made until the I Insurgent Breddoeh eamp,-aiready tied to the Garden for a Schmellng fight here on June 3, signs as advertised ad-vertised on February 22 to meet Louis in Chicago. With this, the Garden plans to go Into action with an injunction intended, first, to stop ths Brad-dock-Louis fight and, second, to open the door of its Intended compromise. com-promise. Schmellng, already told of the plan, has given up his idea of Bailing for America this week and will take ship, as originally planned, en February IS. He ia now satisfied that an emergency no longer exists. The Garden, In prosecuting its claim, will urge that a Schmellng-Braddock Schmellng-Braddock fight will draw well in i Chicago, which has a large German population, and will be fed by the German colonies of Milwaukee, St Louis and Cincinnati. Held here, as the contracts call for, a Brad-dock-Schmellng fight seemingly would be conducted largely for the benefit of newspapsr men and ushers. ush-ers. ' Big Gate Expected With a lapse of three months, they could bring ths winnsr back against Louis at Soldiers' field In September and probably ssll 100,000 tickets. This, by the way, is pretty much the fight Chicago is. trying to maks now, only bettor. It would bring together the two men who definitely and finally survive in the heavyweight division. Falling In this, the Garden Wishes to announce that It has a fool-proof contract oa Braddock; that it will insist oa priority and that, ia consequence, the whole thing may wind up with no fight at alL which ia entirely possible. It's entirely possible because this Is more than a mere controversy over sites and dates and precedents. ,' It's a fight to ths finish for future control of ths heavyweight championship cham-pionship and, for all I know, they may never quit. |