The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-16

LONDON, Feb. I5.-It is on 10 Ireland
for Tommy Burns now.
The American champion IS to meet
Jem Roche. the champion of Ireland, at
the Theater Royal, Dublin, on St Pat
rick's Day, and all sporting Ireland Is
talking OF the fight. The demand for
seats has been most gratifying to the
promoters Of the match A number OF
the peerage and other society men have
engaged seats to see the mill and it IS
stated that more than one lady Of high
degree VIII watch the two gladiators
battle FOR the worlds championship.
It may be said that fight promote rs
on this side the water are thoroughly
alive 10 their ability to charge and re-
ceive big prices for an opportunity to
see a worlds championship tight. IN
recent advertisement of the Burns
Roche 60. is this scale of charges for
the Theater Royal event:
State seats. e5 IS; boxes TO hold y
FROM .e15 los; dress circle. R3 IS; par
terre, e IS; upper circle CfulD. 81 Is.
This Is the equivalent OF $3.50 for a
ringside seat and $50 for a place in
the top gallery. and a month before the
fight the lower-priced seats all were
sold. It is confidently believed that
there Will not he an unsold seat in the
house on the night Of the fight.
This beats grand opera and indicates
that British fight promoters have moth
ing to learn along this line from their
shrewd cousins across the water
There Is a good deal Of discussion and
moro or less difference of opinion in the
States as to the weights of the different
/ classes of fighters. Here is the English
! scale as laid down for the Champion
ships Of the Amateur Boxing AssocIa-
ton, which are to be fought at Alex
andra Palace on April 10.
Bantam. stone, I pounds equal to
116 pounds): feather. stone OPS
pounds; light. 10 stone Q4O pounds);
middle, Il stone, pounds Q5s pounds) !;
heavy any weight
/ These weights govern the fighting
game here AMI there is little disputing
| over weights. Perhaps the fighting men
/ Of the States might learn something
/ from this side in this line even If the
English fighters seem unable to stand
up against the American.
! Going back TO the Burns-Roche fight
/ 1t may be interesting for Americans to
/ know the terms OF the match
| The Sporting Life revised MARQUIS
| Of Queensberry rules are to govern the
match. which is for $500 a side. a purse
/ of 100, and the heavyweighr cham
! rionship Of the world OF. the nurse
! money, SO per cent is to go to the winner
and 20 per cent to the loser. Under the
articles, the editor OF the Sporting Life
I acts as stakeholder and is to appoint
| r. p. Watson as referee, as well as
nominate the timekeeper.
/ One feature Of the boxing game in
France which seems strange to English
/ and Americans is the large attendance
| of women at the matches. n fact,
| they seem TO be most enthusiastic Wit
/ nesses Of the battles At a recent in
/ ternational tournament in which an
/ Englishman, George Moore. fought
/ Adolphe, a Frenchman, there were
nearly as many women as men present.
/ Paris may, by the way. solve the
| American pugilistic color line question.
/ Sam Mackey. an American negro. has
/ gotten on several matches at the French
/ capital and Is a favorite with the fight
( ing public. Johnson and the other
! American negroes who are barred by the
/ white fighters in the States. might find
1 Paris a profitable field for a while, at
4 least.
/ The rersnf death NJ that 6na III