Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20
Boxing Proves
Most Favored
Athletic Sport

" Thomas J. McCarey, Familiarity
known as "Uncle Tom" is the only one
who has survived and continued in the
business in Los Angeles.
Eleven years is the period during
which McCarey has been before the
public, and in this time he has pre-
scented all kinds of battles for the edi-
fication of the fans, from the popular
priced 5O-cent gallery entertainment to
the big events at which it was neces-
sary to plank down So to even get into
the immense pavilion at Maud juno
ton, where the contests have been ar
ranged for the past three years.
Previous to moving into the pavilion
the bouts were pulled off at Hazard s
arena, and in that building, and for two
years at Maud Junction, limited con-
tests were staged and sometimes TWEEN
ty-five rounds were scheduled. Re-
Gently at McCareys pavilion the bouts
have been limited to ten rounds, but
the sterling character of the contests
which have been given by the Pacific
Athletic club has drawn crowds to the
big arena.
During last summer, when the hard
times struck the town, Manager Nc
Carey conceived the novel lea of MAX
ing the fight game a weekly attrac-
ton at the pavilion and reduced the
price to 50 cents in the gallery. 1t
made an instantaneous hit, the first
event under the new plan packing the
iii side ppIiinQ. Since
then the club has continued the week
ly shows, except at intervals when
something big in the pugilistic line was
being pulled off, when a slight raise
was made in the admission price.
Although the ten-round innovation
is only found at McCareys pavilion II
has proved to be a great drawing power
for both the fighters and the fans, for
the reason that a contest will be much
faster when a decision is to be made
within a lessened period than when the
contest is long Drawn out and the con-
testants are stalling for the bout too
near the end before making their final
effort for victory
Manager McCarey has been a great
advocate for high-class preliminaries
for his attractions. While other pro-
moters see in the pork and-beaner'
a necessary evil to fill in the time be-
fore main event, the Pacific Athletic
club finds greater possibilities in the
coming horde of youngsters, and has
developed many of them into lighters
of some renoWn.
The pavilion is used many times dur
ing the week in trying out the individ-
uals. and those which show up well
are given chance in the preliminaries,
and thus the program for any date
will be found interesting from begin
ming to end. Once in a while some
boy who boxes well in practice quits
under fire in the real contest, but these
are few and far between AMI the fans
overlook these faults, as they know
that the matchmaking is done for their
interests and only the real artists are
given the chance to get into the lime
light in all divisions of the fight game.
Tom McCarey has the field in Los
Angeles practically all to himself, and
the boxers gather he"e from all parts
of the globe, and those who do not
come write to the management asking
for chances to appear before the Pa
cific Athletic club, where they know
they will be treated properly, for the
name of "Uncle Tom" McCarey is
known all over the country and is
synonymous with honesty and integrity
i'm the fight game.
Champions have made their start I'M
der McCarey's discerning eye, and the
graduates into the upper ranks from
Los Angeles have been innumerable.
Every comfort for the fans is
thought out before each contest at the
pavilion and the bouts are brought on
with ciocklike regularity and the en-
tertainments thus appeal to great
number of sport lovers. From 5000 to
5000 people attend each of the events
and enjoy the exposition of the noble
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