Evening journal., 1906-11-20
.O'BRIEN And BURNS
~ WILL DRAW BIG
California SpOrtsmen are
Crazy to See the Big
Battle

On the eve before Thanksgiving Day
Jack OBrien. Of Philadelphia, and Tom
my Burns. the Canadian heavyweight,
Will meet in a bout which is generally re-
garded for the championship Of America.
The contest is to be decided at the Nand
Junction pavilion Of the Pacific Athletic
Club at Los Angeles, Cal SO keen is the
interest in the coming battle that the talk
about the big houses Of the past has been
renewed. Many wagers are being made
In California about estimates Of the ca
pacity OF the house on November 2s, many
believing that at least $4,000 win be taken
into the box Office on that night This
would be extremely large when It is taken
into consideration that the purse offered
the men is only $4,000.
The largest house before which any
boxers fought was that which witnessed
the Jenries-sharlkey night az Coney Island
The gate receipts totaled sec, 300, oe which
the fighters received IS per cent, or $780,
f65. The Jeffries-Corbett fght at Me-
chanics Pavilion drew nearly as much at
the gate, but the fighters received a larger
amount, as there was considerable bidding
among the promoters for tine match. The
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the fighters received Sis,63S Jeffrles re
ceived IS per cent. OF this amount. winch
made his oompensatlons for the seven
rounds which the fight lasted Ss272S.
Corbett and Mccoy drew S5635O In Madi-
son Square Garden. New York OF this 60
per cent, or SsS.s1o. was divided by the
fighters.
At Colma, when Britt and Nelson met
in their memorable battle, there was s4s,-
81 in the house The fighters received e5
per cent. of this amount or Ssl, i0e
Britt and Young corbatt drew $50 2i5 in
San Francisco. As\ there was bidding
among the promoters at the time. the
fighters were able to set IN per cent. of
the purse giving them nearly $4,000 as
their share
The memorable battle between Fitzsim-
mons and sharkey. in which Wyatt carp
made a name for himself as a referee
drew s21O0O. This was case where rival
clubs were bidding, so the fighters got
/ 20 per cent, or SiA7OO
At the fight between Corbett and Fitz-
simmons at Carson City. in 1897. s22 900
was taken in at the gate OF this Fitz-
! simmons and Corbett each received % per
cent, Dan Stuart, the promoter, had 25
per cent, and Julian, Fitzsimmons' man
ager. had the remaining % per cent. Civ
( ing his side Of the house "a half interest
Corbett did not know that he had the
worse of the financial and of it until some
time after the fight. He made up for this,
however, by getting % per cent. of the
moving picture privileges, while Fitzsim-
mons had only Is per cent, the balance
going TO Dan Stuart the promoter. These
pictures wore a source Of considerable
profit
This was not the first time when Corbett
had the worst Of the financial end of a
fight He thought he and Jeffries would
not draw well in Frisco. so he signed an
agreement to accept a settlement on The
basis Of a $4,000 purse. The fighters
share was nearly s45gOO. so Corbett losi
heavily by lack Of confidence in himself
as a drawing card.
+, Tho Britt-Gans fight drew S2i.765. and
the fighters split up Si5,2s5. The recent
Gans-Nelson contest attracted an esti.
mated sum Of $4,000, the fighters receiv.
ing a guarantee of Ss0OOo the Dane get
ting $4,000 and the negro $4,000, owing 3,
the willy management of Mr.. Nolan.