The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-06
BIG BOXERS INLAY
now COME EAST
.Destruction8sgof San Francisco
Wipes Out PugilisticS Head
quarters Of United States.
MUS. CHI DOSE NEW CENTRE
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5s NEW X DIRK May 5,--By the Wiplng
5out.'of San Franciscoi America has lost
Its old-tim pugillstic headquarters for
many months to come. Sporting men in
this city say that 1t will be year at
least before boxilg can be revived there.
and 1t may be two or three years before
any more big bouts arc scheduled. Me-
clanics Pavilion, where nearly all the
important lights were decided, is no
more, having been one Of the last build
ings to 90 In the great conflagratl on.5
Even Fit remains, itScould not possibly
have attracted paying attendance for
many months VIII "A
5doubtedly would be available had the ca
enclosure, known as the Colma Athletic
Club. 1T Is simply place where bouts
have been decided n$the open, and un-
doubtly would be available had the cat
Stasthrope been of smaller proportions. AS
matters stand however. the ring en-
8thusiasts Of the city will have no time
4 to pay attention to fights 1t Is doubt
full If even Jeffries' prestige would be suf-
Et1cient to draw q crowd of amy size be-
fore next fall. * &: III
There remains therefore, Los Angeles
and philadelphia, as the probable gem
tres Of p,giism in the future, unless the
former city suffers with is neghbors.
Several important bouts are scheduled to
lie decided In the Pacific Coast Athletic
Clubs ring at Los Angeles within the
next few weeks. No announcements Of
postponements has yet been made and
it is assumed that they will be put for-
ward Or called off entirely until normal
conditions again prevail The two coast
cities, although separated 8hy $50 miles,
have depended upon each other for sup
port in important bouts, and Los Ange-
les Is hardly large enough to support
the game alone. sslsl u. '5tf
Abe Attell and Frankie, Nell We're to
have fought at the Pacific Coast Athle-
Tic Club two weeks ago, q but the bout
was not held. because Nell has not been
heard or. This bout may he considered
permanently Off, Jimmy Britt and Kid
Herman We're to have faced each other
at Los Angeles on May 8, and the most mos
important fight ever held at McCarey.s
/, Club, the, meeting between Batting Mel
son and AurcliO TIerrara,i was scheduled
for May H. The advance sale for these
affairs was very large, but It seems hard
liz possible that ATcCnrey VIII tempt
to conduct them under present condi-
lions on the COAST For the Nelson-itter r
rara fight, which virtually involved the
lightweight title, he had " placed B the
prices from s. to $50. ii .
| IF Los Angeles is effected to the ex-
gtent 5LNhL ~
| held profitably. 1t will mean an exodus
| Of fighters from the Pacific coast 70
| Eastern cities, and an extraordinary re-
| vlyal Of pugilism In the East, The IpXee-
| do Club, of Essngton, Pa, stands out now
| ns the great fight mart and y! IS propa-
bic that Tom O'Rourke and his asso-
ciates can select their own cards FOL
some time to come. The Los Angeles anf
San Francisco clubs have boon the only
stumbling blocks In the way of thefTuX
| do Club obtaining the best bouts. anf
| with opposition virtually removed, llas'
! tern ring enthusiasts may expect nppor-
! Stunites to see all the great pusillsts n
action within the next few months,
| with n surplus Of hghters-enougfL II
/ fact, to mako mp star card once E
week at the Tuxedo club-purses vii
necessarily be reduced because metropoll
tan sporting. men will not make the lone
4 journey to Essington weekly, no matter
how good the talent that may be secured
4 5Onarins star bouts every few days Is I
4 diHerent proposition from, havington hi
attraction a month"; and the champions
II they come East, will be Obliged to &C
4 comodate themselves to the altered con
dtions. The one certainty Is that sl5, w
or $50. 900 purses cannot be offered with
4 out strong support5from tins city, and. \
Z Is equally certain that II tho lilxedt
Club finds itself able to attract all IN
big bouts the average attending, VIII y
I materially reduced, & St y