The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13
John da Ss LATE NEWS OF The NIGII ss Sr as e
GOTHAM HAS CHANGE
TO Be FIGHT CENTER.

Eastern City May Rival San Tran
cisco as q Pug's
Paradise.
BY 4MaIachy Hogan.
Chicago, May 12.-New York promot.
ers received good lesson in their
show at Madison Square Garden, week
before last They now p are res getting an an
strated dozens. Of times in the past,
that where the legality Of boxing is
none too well established, it is danger
GUS to put the big fellows on. Mike
Schreck and Marvin Hart boxed four
rounds that night and the vail that
enough to send all the police Justices
and district attorneys in Gotham on the
trail Of the officials of the boxing club.
It has been true in Chicago, and al
| most every other city, that bouts, be-
tween the little fellows can go along
without molestation, when a battle be-
I tween heavyweights will bring out the
i opposition In droves. Chicago would
never stand for heavyweights, and, 1t
was the big fellows that put the blg
dent in the game in New. York. Prob
ably the reason is that: the mere adver-
tisement of a heavyweight bout carries
with it so much. more impressiveness
that it is looked upon as the more OBJ
jectionable. T. ,l,4s5l
If the promoters of the Twentieth
I Century club want to 20 ahead with
/. boxing in New York, they will match
only the little chaps. They not only &c
suit the fans better if the bouts are
| short ones, as these seem to be-
Schreck and Hart were too slow to suit
the crowd at the first big show, and
l altho Mike had an advantage, both me1
came in for some severe criticism. .
II hear it rumored that they are 60
ing to extend these bouts to ten rounds
or even more, and if that is the case
the boxers will have mighty SOFT
place to fall into. Favorable court de
| cisions have given the promoters then
chance and there is not much danger Of
their being interfered with for while
They are going to get more favorable
law enacted, however, and it that goe:
thru. New York will take the top place
in the boxing game whether San Fran
cisco recovered or not.
There is one thing mighty certain
the monkey Ne BUSINESS SHn that San @
| has stood for. The fans want NJ
tttrust tactics. and they want bout
that have a little better outward ap
pearance than some Of those that hav
been decided on the coast. 1t the gam
IS run on the level, it should prospe
and fear no attacks. = .. -: -...,,
:. o'Rourke Speaks Up.
{ Tom O'Rourke has come to bat again
]. with the announcement OF three. bout
/ in May. Evidently Tom. is going t.
i take a chance with the governor s con
stabulary, state troops and all, for h
SAYS positively that this time he is &c
ing to pull Of some: shows. He ha
, matched Andy McGarry and CLOCK
Keyes, the Australian featherweight
| for a battle on May 16; Eddie :Kell
and Tommy O'Toole for May %. an
!, for May 90. ',,:re'.. -, h-,@,. ; +.
! About the only attractive card Of thi
lot is the last one, which will" civ,
Burns chance to show whether he j
even a near champion or not: Tomm
has been declaring for week that b
antici pates an easy victory: He is eve
looking forward to knocking Bob OH
in few rounds:
said, els that Bob will not stay Ion
| enough. If he can. last for eight o
ten rounds, I will be satisfied: But
, would be sorry to have to finish it i
) a hurry, as I want q chance to sho7
what I can do in, Philadelphia: -
This is a very pleasant way for Ton
my to look at it, but there are lot
people who know something about boz
= ing. who. are not so sure that Bob wi
a little more evidence from Tomm,
; His argument sounds good, howeve
and he may be right. About. the mos
4 that anybody can say at this time
that it is an uncertain affair. - r.
. =. O'Rourke, it is said, has posted TO
! feits for these bouts, and has mad
! himself liable against police interfe
= ence. If he is that confident, there ma
e be chance that he will get his clu
: under way at last. g..
= ....&> Cans Meets Lewis. =
g Joe Cans seems to be back under tt
Q protecting wing of AL HEREFORD. : il
g went broke in California and had
4 have some help to get east, SO he sci
to AL for some none y. Now the +
n formed Joe will have to box with Il
S same old shadow over him and it
Q hard to see where he is going to i
9 Willie Lewis for bout at Madist
Square Garden and should have a col
- paratively easy victory, altho it ca
i not be denied that Lewis is a tous
proposition. 80,
This seems to be about as attract,
81 a bout as could we'll be arranged IN Il
n east and doubtless will get q bett
T reception than the Schreck- Hart alta:
#,lS; Milwaukee fans want to see Imn
Gardner and so the Lowell lad has be!
# matched with Jack Dougherty sagai
Jack is recovering slowly from his DO
= with Honey Melody, in which he got
injured ear, but could not pass up
i proposition to box for a $4,000 purs
@ Dougherty is good enough to put ,
another great battle, but in view Of h
previous effort and the hard work
& has been thru since, it. does not see
that he has, much Of a chance to get
& Victory. 95s
Tommy Prenderpast made a go
showing at Grand Rapids Friday mig
- by holding Benny Yanger to a draw
a ten round battle. It appears fro
81 the accounts that the decision was
good one and gave satisfaction to
spectators, among whom both of t
principals had friends.
A better showing than this was {
pected Of Benny, his greater experien
being counted on to give him a victor
even if Tommy should prove to be.
that his friends claimed him to /
TYanper unuuestionably showed me