The San Francisco call., 1904-02-08
AMATEUR CLUBS
FORSAKE PA. A.
Prize Fight Promoters Decide
to Perfect an Organization
for Their Special Benefit
WILL CONTROL THE SPORT
Officers and a Board of Direct
Ors Are to Be Elected at
a Special Meeting Tonight

AS result Of the action taken by the
Pacific Athletic Association in sus-
pending the prOmpters of the last fight
given under the auspices OF the Lin
coin Athletic Club, together with the
principals who took part in the affair.
the amateur fight managers have de-
cided to break away from the assoeia-
ton and will form an organization
among themselves to control the anna
teur boxing game in this city and in
Oakland.
Such was the decision reached by the
managers of the various clubs yester-
day. Those interested in the movement
include the Bay City Club, Lincoln
Club, San Francisco Club and Hayes
Valley Club, all of this city. and the
SequOia Club and the West End Club
of Oakland. The managers of each
organization say they have determined
TO see the thing through and will break
away from the p A A. at any cost
1t is understood that the promoters
Of the Lincoln Club are at the bottom
Of the plot They became angry at the
registration committee of the assOcia-
tion when that body suspended them
and their boxers for alleged profess
sicnaHsm and quietly tipped II around
that they would not submit to the pen
atty.
The Lincoln Club has advertised a
bout for this week, although its license
has been temporarily suspended and IL
has no authority to hold such an exhi-
bition- When the association members
| heard OF this they stated they would
suspend the Lincoln Club permanently
and would impose a heavy fine on it's
managers before letting them back
into the fold again.
eretly plotting against the association,
with the result that they succeeded in
getting the other clubs interested in
the new movement, and therefore the
forming OF new association Is prac-
| tically an easy matter. Under the new
regime the clubs will have to pay only
small sanction fee and the new asso-
citation will not trouble itself about any
other sort of sport outside OF boxing.
AT the last meeting Of the association
the board Of managers decided TO ap-
point a special committee to look out
for boxing and to admit all the boxers
into the association under a separate
head. When the fight clubs heard Of
this it may have prompted them to or
ganize among themselves, for they
thought as long as the association Is
about to form a separate department
for the boxers they might as well have
control of il themselves.
The representatives of all the clubs
will meet tonight at s o'clock at the
clubrooms of the Hayes Valley Club
and will form a permanent Organiza-
tion. Officers and a board OF directors
will be elected and the new Organiza-
tion will then apply for a charter as an
amateur association
The present move is considered a
mere subterfuge on the part OF the box
ing clubs They want to pay young
boys a pittance and use the cloak OF
amateurism TO keep down the money
value of prizes. At the same time they
evade the city ordinance which limits
professional boxing contests to one
month. To all intents and purposes the
majority Of their contests come under
this head.
Boxing does not lend itself to anna
teurism, as a man sacrifices more self
respect when he sustains defeat in the
ring than he would in one on the Gin
der path. There must be some recOg-
nized authority. AS it has been impos-
sible in the past to keep these pro-
moters within the rules, IL Is difficult
to see how they will improve conditions
when they hold the reins Of govern
ment.