Thus the bout for Farr was arranged. After Broadribb had given his consent, Jacobs wanted me to go to London with Sol Strauss, his lawyer, to sign for the fight, and also to aid Ted and Farr in getting out of the country, as court action was threatened by Syd Hulls and General Critchley. I told Mike I couldn’t make it. Sol Strauss went alone and brought back Farr, and because of that he took all of the credit for making the match. Neither he nor Jacobs would have gotten to first base with Farr, had it not been for me. Farr and Broadribb confirmed that when they arrived for the bout. Farr, the day after Broadribb had agreed to accept on Tommy’s behalf, called me on the telephone and thanked me. He was overjoyed at the prospect of coming to America, and before we rang off, he said: “Nat, I’ll lick Louis. I’ll be the next champion. You did me a good turn and I shall not forget it. I’m eagerly awaiting your coming with Mr. Strauss to sign the contract. There’s no chance of a slip-up, is there, Nat?” I told him that I was not going to England and assured him there wasn’t a chance of a slip-up. Tommy added: “The opposition here has a story from Germany which is plastered all over the papers, saying that I’m a fool for agreeing to go to America to fight Louis, because only New York, of all the States, has recognized the Negro as champion. The story says that all the commissions except New York have decided that Schmeling is the real titleholder because he had complied with his terms of the agreement for the Braddock fight and Braddock had run out on him. “If that’s the case,” continued Tommy, “then I don’t want to fight Joe. It’s the champion that I want and whoever he is, Louis or Schmeling, he’s the chap I’m going to fight. Make certain that Louis holds the title before you have Strauss come over to sign me for the fight.” “Rest easy, Tommy,” I replied. “That story is a phoney. I give you my assurance that every State in the country, New York included, accepts Louis and not Schmeling as the champion. They have placed Max as the leading contender but give the title to Joe. If you think I’m spoofing you, I’ll have a story cabled over by the National Boxing Association within two hours. Cable me when you see it in the papers. If it doesn’t come, then we’ll forget the fight here and you can close the Schmeling deal.”