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„ ; ; J Maxim-Robinson Go Put Overj Until Tomorrow Due to Rain * | Delay Seen Lessening Joeys Chances to Keep 175-Pound f Crown; Must Weigh In Again By BARNEY NAGLER Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, N. Y., June 23.— Theyre ; going to do it Wednesday night, weather r permitting. Joey Maxim, defending light-heavyweight champion, and Sugar Ray Robinson, world middleweight champion, will step into the ring at the Yankee ; Stadium to do bodily harm to each other. They were supposed to do this very thing tonight, but the day-long rain forced a i postponement at 2:26 in the afternoon. . Promoter Jim Norris eyed the dreary f zenith and announced, "well go on l Wednesday night." Immediately, the betting price took a i jump in favor of .Robinson, who is the choice of the money men, 6-7 to 5. It still 1 remained 3 V2 to 1 against a knockout either t way. Largely, the odds went up from Sand-434 2 to 5 because of Maxims apparent weight ■ problem. He scaled 174% at the 12:30 3 weigh-in session in the lobby of Madison 1 Square Garden, quarter of a pound under the class limit. He was sun-tanned, but * drawn facially. Now he is confronted with the task of keeping his weight down for 48 8 more hours. Robert K. Christenberry, chairman of the 5 New York Athletic Commission, had said 3 even before the weigh-in, that another session - on the scales was mandatory. Maxims s trainer, Al Del Monte, said the 175-pound 3 champion would run in Central Park this s morning and would work out at the New v York Athletic Club at 3:30 p.m. Ray Has Light Workout Robinson, unhampered by any weight-making I problem, hit 160, the middleweight maximum. He went up to the 116th street t gym in Harlem for a light workout yesterday ~ afternoon. He wasnt sure whether he would limber up today. Norris International Boxing Club was not especially disturbed by the weather -, enforced delay. The Longview weather out-| ~ look was for a warm day Wednesday. Norris indicated there was 50,000 in the till, at t prices ranging downward from 0 for the e ringside pews. He was stuck with his fore-1 cast of a 00,000 gate, contributed by be-! tween 35,000 and 40,000 customers. "I dont believe the postponement will U hurt the gate much," Norris said. "It might t even help. I figure we may have to refund £ about 0,000 But well probably make that up in sales. If we get a beautiful sunny day on Wednesday, the postponement might . help tremendously." The 48 -hour delay was made necessary y by the scheduled Giants-Cincinnati game e at the Polo Grounds tomorrow night. Under an agreement betwen the Giants and the e Yankees, no competitive events can be held jj in either arena. 1 • ! j r J l J ,
