The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-17
Jumbo Wells, the Australian
Cyclist, and Joe Thomas, Post
pone Their Battle.
BOXING GAME IN GOTHAM
BEING WORKED TO DEATH
Jack Burns Proves to Be Great
Disappointment to New
York Fans.
BY w. B. (BATl MAsTERsoN.

NEW YORK. Oct. 16.-Joe Thomas.
the California middleweight. and Jumbo
Wells. late OF Australia, did not go or
in the main event al the Longacre A. c.
Thursday evening. The reason is given
on account OF the altitude. The chief
cause, however. may be attributed to
the smallness of the attendance. There
are not more than two boxing clubs in
New York that are drawing enough OF
their members TO justify boxers of class
taking a chance. 1t is hardly 10 be ex
pected that boxers will furnish their
services without adequate compensation.
and as most of the clubs regulate the
compensation on the basis of attendance,
the boxers can hardly be blamed for
backing away when they see the club
house only partially filed.
ABOUT all boxer gets is a good
phunehinF thasa f,y when he appears In most OF
usually has a manager who generally
grabs what money there is in sight at
the end Of the show and, as Jack John
son sagely remarked, on one particular
occasion. there is little nourishment in
that for the boxer
The boxing game In New York has
been well overdone in New York lately.
lhere was just so many patrons Of the
sport who are willing 10 stand the as
sessment levied on them for an enter
tainment: And II looks as If two clubs,
take care of the business. Several clubs
lately have had to call off their enter
talnments on account of lack OF atten-
dance. and that was no doubt the rea-
son-at least one OF the reasons-why
Joe Thomas and Jumbo Wells failed to
appear at Longacre on Thursday even
Ing.
Jim Stewart. the BROOKLYN Jumbo Of
pugilism decisively defeated Jack Burns
Friday night at the National Sporting
club. In defeating Burns. however.
Stewart s hardly m M his i popularity
during almost the entire contest
Burns was great disappointment
he lacks everything in the fighting game
but heart His gameness. coupled with
Stewards foul tactics. won for him the
admiration and sympathy OF the house.
1t is an actual fact that several club
Stewart were pulling their best 10 see
Burns knock his block off. Burns ap
peared TO have been overtrained. He
looked drawn and became weak almost
other hand. was fat and numbering and
a long ways from being even near the
top rung OF the second division of heavy
weights, Also. his persistent foulIng is
a strong indication that he has no heart.
If there Is any mean foul little tricks
in the game that Stewart didn't resort
to with Burns. I'd like 10 have some one
come forward and tell me what they
were. With about twenty pounds more
weight distributed over his anatomy
Burns might show to better advantage
than (he did Friday night, But, even
at that, it Is A hard matter to figure
how he will ever be fighter or promi-
nence., The one merltorous feature
about the contest was the fact that both
men were trying their best from start
TO finish.
Burns took good lacing and can
thank the bell in both the ninth and
tenth rounds for enabling him to escape
a knockout