The sun., 1898-01-09
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
eoLxuB TO .BvFoRoE THE BOXING
LAW WITHOUT FAVOR.

0. n paid Thnt Ciuba CsupisisE with tire Re-
0uireunents will Receive eLicenses-O'seurko
etutss mis- Ease-vyaiaorr' a. q. tHthe Game
= '-schsersr 'ahd rves Piny billiards for rus.
Information was received yesterday from q
high police Official that the law governing box
ing clubs here will be enforced literally and
without favor. Clubs that have been duly In
corporsted and como up 10 tho various require
nsnts Of the law win be licensed and will also
hs under the supervision Of the police. Tho
principal point in the law, that club must 90
uupy building devoted exclusively TO athletic
sports, will cut the largest figure In tho consid-
Grafton OF applicants for licenses. Tho police. 1t
q said. intend TO prevent the existence Of
rmushrOom" clubs, such az have held glove
Aghts In the past In dance halls. beer gardens,
and picnic pavilions. and will only license clubs
thSt have arenas constructed in compliance with
khe rules Of the Building and Fire Departments.
II the law 10 lived up TO that is all the police re-
Quire. All talk about discrimination In favor OF
enc club backed by politicians" is rdiculed In
Mulberry street, Il is said. The statement that
Tom o'Rourke's new Coney Island A. @. will be
the only boxing organization permitted to do
business Ii regarded as decidedly premature.
Certain police officials are reported as saying
thatif tho New York A. c., Knickerbocker A. O..
or any other club Of good standing, 10 anxious to
hold boxing bouts there will be no trouble about
licenses. Tho police will simply enforce tho law.
Tom O'Rourke declares that tho attacks
which arc being made upon him because he has
signed lease for the Coney Island A. G. are
based solely on malice. He said last night 10
THE SUN reporter:
"lhave not applied for Q license for the Coney
lsland A. c., but I expect to do so shortly.
hope 1t will be favoraby considered by the
Police Commissioners. Tho public knows that
have always managed glove contests here up
TO tho handle. and that in every instance have
complied strictly with the boxing law. At no
time have failed to return money to patrons
when It has been impossible TO pull of bouts as
advertised, which is the best guarantee of good
faith know Of 1t has always been my aim to
make 6rst-class matches for hrst.class purses,
and nobody can accuse me Of permitting fakes
when PEOPLE say that Iwant monopoly
horV in boxing. and that my club will be the
only one licensed because have some political
friends. they. Tell what is not There is no
reason why all clubs that are properly organized
snS %
hope thay will. too. There's room enough in
% PfSS sa witt Ss ss ran
m get . license to run at coney Island. I
will endeavor to bring the best men In the busi-
stan swift ~ e oS and %
card because use the he pubic has no faith In them.
Then. too even II offered big purse for them,
rG. where they 'es can get i Bit % of ' the re. e.
e6ipts and work the picture business again.
Ss 5 to ss hsSs MoS SresGs GS osrsd esoS
good purse for such q contest. Dixon and Solly
s%h viii Se Of my GSds and also prob
There are possibilities for good matches, too,
with such men as Jefries. Rubin, sharkey.
MshSS s4sisbis. Sheyn'ti and other "'AD0"n DHF''''
fa to1l In cir thot tho
old Broadway A. c. building will shortly be
opened as o boxing club, but not under the man.
@hsh se Res cr the
from former Mayor Strong. The story that the
IN U9 week sh
Robert q The Of
made the following statement:
1.-THE Waldorf A.. G. was Incorporated last
under H the
Saa Mesli' RS RoSsrt conn A. sleeS%, John S B.
MorSs manager sean and
the old Broadway A. 9. building from Judge
annual rental Of S6. 800. The lease T is ironclad.
and We are paying the rent monthly. Wewere
snons ssr neary
way 4. q. We have. however. filed an appiica-
ton for o new license, and we expect o favor
We have a building that is Known to fulfii the
onto our lease a and I light for our rights. D''0
representing the Eastern and Western baseball
leagues to consider an amendment to the ma,
onai agEsemeps m proposed by the IN, NstiSnal S
lions arc the most powerful n the country.
alliance. with a view to receiving from the e. big
League certain rights that have long been de-
HI grin bV the National IeaQue- and r.
tically helpless when 1t comes to demanding
rights BY force any mutual M protective @ . agree. gree
win not be considered a warlike move.
Club, Is one Of a few maenates who have come
out fatfooted In their denunciation of kicking
"if / had my way" said Reach the other day,
II would see to Il that the moment player
sSt s CS booso psb
II pays ampireS TO enforce n the e., rules and
Co. dsass ps' and Sify sa%e s umpfss Rl&afss
without let up. This ro9%dyism, 9y ,,u.,s has
With rsspeetable persons and unless less tho League League
men az Their next meeting In February throttle
% hs By Ss ss. tss .ssl
Kicking is unsportsmanlike. and first originated
among hoodluns on the lots. It prevails ON the
Its various ball grounds The Philadelphia
Club will advocate such reforms at the coming
AhVStihk.
jake schaefer and Frank Ives played billiards
at Chicago the other day "just for fun" The
ffrst game was 100 points at eighteen.inch balk
echaefer ran tho game out in the second
inning, after failing to count from tho
GIN. Jake missed the opening shot and
left the balls well for his opponent. Ives
made 20 and fell down on hard cushion car
rom. The second game was under 81 liar con-
diiions. and this time Ives ran 100 points in five
inninGs, with an average OF 20. Schhefer making
only p; Then the two experts played three
two OF them, the scores being 10 to 0. to 10, 10
o9.
Candidates for the University OF Pennsylvania
crews haye begun training under Coach Ellis
Ward. OF last years varsity Rengenberg
Howell How and ID Hall reported and IN all prcbabiity
year. Wallace. Preston. Carnett and Boyle |
hAye decided not to row. The freshman eight OF
last year provides some good material in Buck |
Ealter. FSlwell. Harvey, Henry. and Kentzing.
Coach Ward says he win try to pick
out lighter eight than last years. |
The resignation OF Capt. Boyle has not yet been |