The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-18
FIGHTING DICK
HYLAND GOES EAST
Leaves With Greggains for
Eastern Pugs to Con.
quer.
FRISCO PROMOTER GIVES
OUT FACTS ABOUT SPORT
Salt Lake, Declared Greggains,
Overlooked Bet in Money
Getting Line.

Oh tne oox'nG c1nip1tion between Dick f1y-
land and Young Corbett at the Salt Pal
ace saucer track nnoant In loss Of money
to the business mon Of Zien?' remarked
Alec Greggains TO Tho Tribune sporting
editor Thursday morning. "At tho very
lowest fgure. $4,000 month. Why. 4,
wac the cnance OF a lifetime.
Just halt for a minute and look at the
facts Of the case. San Francisco, the
terminal OF all the theatrical companies
and the only place in this part Of tho
country where tho big events In the box
Ing line could be pulled on. wiped OFF the
map by the earthquake and fire. No
place for sports in ALL lines better adapted
for even international events than Salt
Lake. OF all the cities that l have ever
sojourned In this little old burg by the
Great Salt Lake is about the best l have
ever & struck for pure sport and patronage.
Think OF that crowd that piled into
the saucer track the night OF the Hyland-
Sorbett exhiblton-which didn't come of
There must have been at least 1900 spec
stepped In the ring and put tho lid down
on the sport
Any time that four or flve thousand
people get together at ringside to
watch clean and clever exhibition of the
manly art, It's going some. and every one
or those spectators would drop a dollar
here and a dollar there that would circu-
late among the business men eventually.
The quicker the business people ace the
error OF turning down the pure sport
ing element, the better 1t will be for Salt
Lake City.
Take the recent contest between Hy~
land and Corbett at Ogden for an exam
pie. IL was as clean demonstration or
the pugllistlc art as has ever been given
TO the followers OF the game. and meant
tho expenditure OF al least 5000 from the
Salt Lake fans In the Junction City
why, Salt Lake managers could afford
TO put UP a $4,000 purse for big ex-
hioition, and look what a business 1t
would bring into the city
YOU never saw sporting man In your
life who was utterly broke. and not only
that, but he was willing TO drop his coin
among good fellows
That 5000 might Just as well have
been sunk In the Golfers OF Salt Lake as
distributed In an outside city.
Californians Out After Coin.
LOS Angeles realizes what amount OF
money Is coming in through the Nelson
Herrera contest. and put In strong ar
gument to got the men 'cinched there,
fornia city picked up, and 1t means sim
ply bringing the money home
Since learning few things while l
have been in this beautiful city, 7 will
make the 'sizo-up' OF the loss incurred by
the failure of the near-sighted Salt Lake
public to take advantage OF chance as
500 600, nj the least estimate. for year
Look what those people from the East
would have brought Into the city. Every
one OF them would have come on here to
raters.
Prize-Fighting Eliminated.
But niN-Salt Lakers can stand for
anything except scientific boxing contests
There has been no such a thing as q
prize-nght since the battle between John
sippi City, February !, Ss2, when they
fought With bare knuckies for 5000 a side.
Prize fighting Is a thing of the past.
The prescnt-day contests are merely
9nOrt-lOylnC
Six-OWce Gloves Easy.
calling for six-ounoc gloves. Brutality
disappeared when prize-nghting was
stopped.
gave San Francisco and you might just
as we'll have had the game centcred here
in Salt Lake. It's a gentlomen's sport
since the old days when thoy fought out
on the turf and for side bete.
Women Had Boxing Clubs.
why, even the women had boxing
clubs In San Francisco before the recent
disaster. some OF the highest representa-
tives in society holding membership
cards,
This simply goes to show tho interest
In good, clean sport taken by mothers,
wives and fathers all over the country.
"Al parents should teach their chill
dren how to protect themselves by teach
ing them the simple rudiments OF the
boxing game.
''As for ealth-giving exercise, thcre Is
nothing better In tho world. and there is
no doctor but what will recommend box
ing one of the greatest exercises to
produce health.
Hyland Of for Boston.
"Diok Hyland and myself have taken up
the tickets sent on by Billy Pierce, mana
ger OF the Lincoln Athletic club In Boston
for a match with Charley Neary during
the first OF next month, and Icuvo for
there this morning
The date was postponed at my request.
as we wish TO stop OFF In Chicago for Il
few days and walt for Sammy McClintic
TO Join us. There IL absolutely no truth
in the statement that he and i have split
up II there was l would not hove COMO
on to tho East with Hyland Sammy has
simply gone on to San Francisco To look
after our interests there and Will he with
us shortly In the East. In fact. YOU may
look for US to return to this neck of the
woods within two months on our way
back to the coast.
"I think Hyland will have no trouble In
disposing OF the Milwaukee lad. and then
he will GO after digger game.
''I like Nelson for the coming battle on
the 25th with Herrera ut Los Angeles, as
l think he Will outgamc the Mexican.
''Well. so long. and watch the KIDS
work In the East, Now that boxing has
opcned again In Now York we may tnke