The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01

Athletic club. Seaside Athletic. club, Her
club Greenwood Athletic club and Ma
tional Athletic club
Clubs Out in the State-Olympic. Haw-
thorne. James Kennedy, of Buffalo; EN-
pire. Monarch, Central. of Syracuse; Man
haitian, of Troy; Genesee, of Utica Way
erly, of Yonkers; Niagara Falls. of Nj
Falls: Northport. Tonawanda; BinghaSl-
ton, Schenectady. and Amsterdam.
Each of these has political backing,
without which no club has been able to
get a license.
One of these clubs-the Coney Island
took $4,000 in in two fights $4,000 for
the Jeffries- FitZsimmons and $4,000 for
the Jeffries- Sharkey meeting And 1t is
said that the pictures of the latter battle
are bringing in another fortune to the
owners. And ali this will soon be mem
DRY. Verify, honesty and square dealing
is better than trickery and deceit.
AN INSIDER TALKS.
Martin Julian, one of the men who
ought to know what he is talking about,
says he is not surprised at the repeal of
the Horton law He boldly asserts that
the action of the state legislature of
New York Is attributable to the framed
up fights brought off in New York. In
other words. Julian admits that boxing
in the Empire state has not been on the
level. Julian figures that the effect of
the repeal of the law Will be to cause
promoters to hustle in the bringing off
of more fights than have been attempted
prior to the action of the legislature
He adds that it matters not whether
there be a law for or against boxing,
when two men want to fight they will
find a place. This is true, but Mr.. Julian
fails to add that such battle will not bring
TO the promoters the fortunes that have
been poured into their laps during the
time the law has been in force In New
York. Julian says that he had offers to
join in the crooked work in New York.
That is not at all surprising, for it is
now notorious that the boxing game In
New York was conducted by lot of men
whe cared little for anything connected
with the sport save to get the money
there was in il.
FIGHTERS DISGUSTED
Disgust but feebly expresses the feel
ings of the fighters III New York. They
had relied upon the political pull of the
promoters of the game to defeat the at
tempt to repeal the Horton law AS late
as the night before the Lewis bill passed
the senate Tom O'Rourke, chief pooh bah
of the New York fighting clique, ANNOUNCE
ed that the Lewis measure was so tied
up in the senate that it could not possibly
IlSnIlnR
element in New York the belief was that
there would be no action taken on the pro-
posed repeal When the announcement
that the Lewis bill had been passed was
made there was CONSERVATION and dis
gust on all sides, and when the men who
are responsible for the legislation were
the first to whine about the fairness of
the sport and TO assert that it was no
more harmful than many other sports
hat l.ai, lnera 1Iyy ~, ~,
state. They were too late. Had they
acted fairly with the public they would
not have been interfered with. There is
no one to blame save the fight promoters
The claim that the action is a political
dodge and pet measure of Gov. Roose-
welt Is absurd. The result is simply an
expression of the Indignation of an out
ragged public.
WARNING FOR CHICAGO.
Chicago fight promoters are not, seem
ingly, aware of the good thing they haNe.
Frequent differences between the rival
promoters have dropped out in the past,
threatening the resembling of the privilege
now granted to bring off siX-round boxing
matches in that city. AT times there has
been cessation of the sport due to these
differences, but 1t is not this alone, that
is dangerous for the Chicago promoters.
They are treading upon forbidden ground
at times, and the inevitable must eVentu-
ally come if they persist In that course.
Mayor Harrison has just put his veto
upon a proposed. arrangement by which
Jeffries' was to meet and stop three men
in that city. Mr. Harrison, said no, and
intimated that if the attempt were made,
there would be no boxing on that oc-
casion. Jeffries wisely withdrew, and
unwisely declined to meet one man in
Chicago. The Chicagoese ought to be
happy that they are permitted to indulge
in their favorte sport to the extent of
six-round bouts. There are other cities
that would be delighted to share in such
privilege. st. Paul would be satisfied
where Chicago is restless for more
FIGHTERS WILL FIGHT.
When John L. Sullivan was asked for
an opinion on the effect of the repeal OF
the Horton law, he covered the ground
shrug of the shoulders: well, there will
be boxers SO long as there are boxers.
If the men cannot get together in a club
house, they will take to the woods. But
they Will box, just the same" And that
is the situation in a nutshell The pro-
blem is whether it is better for state to
control boxing or to have the battles
pulled off contrary to the statutes. The
sneak fight Is the most dangerous of all.
ring at fights brought off where there was
no sanction of law, than there have been
in all time under the surveillance of the
authorities. The public cannot be blamed
for putting a stop 10 such work as was
going on in the boxing line in New York,
but eventually there will likely be enact
ed laws that will properly govern dis
tinctively American sport, and bring it
within the bounds of permissibility.
BIG FIGHT TO GO.
The repeal of the Horton law will not
necessarily stop the meeting between
Corbett and Jeffries, and the proposed
match between the winner of the Shar.
key-McCoy battle and the winner Of the
Corbett-Jeffries go. That will probably
fill in the dates open before Sept. ], how
ever, SO far as the big men are con-
cerned 1t is. to be presumed that there
will be all sorts of fights among the
lesser lights so long as the law hangs out
| to burn, and the wind-up of boxing in
| New York can be made so bad as to kill
1t in that state for all time, or to cause
! those who brought about the repeal of
the Horton law 10 regret their action,
Willie Green.