Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-02-21 | Page 13 | Steele May Fight Hostack for Title

Steele May Fight for for Title CLEVELAND Feb 21 Iff Man jp-Man- Man Manager ager Eddie Mead said today that Carmen Barth is through as a middleweight middleweight middleweight mid mid- after losing his title bout bou with Champion Freddy Steele here Saturday night Mead said he and Barth Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land challenger are keen for a re return return return re- re turn bout with Steele at ot catch- catch weights But Eddie Miller manager of the champion hinted that his next important important im im- m bout would be against A Al Ai of Seattle in that city over overa a round 15 route with the title at stake Barth trained down from to J i to make Steeles Steele's pound poun class He took the early rounds o otheir of their fight but his strength gave out and his seconds threw in the towel in the seventh round Miller agreed I have no doubt doub that a second meeting of Freddy and Carmen would pack em in buI but bu butI I have plenty of doubt that it would woul be good business for us to let Barth come in at any weight