The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12
FIGHT FANS AT LOCAL CLUBS
NOTIRLES VINO AZ MEMBERS
SIT Ar THE RING SIDE.

FnAneIers. DsetSFs. AetSrA. Lawyers.
Merchants, tlSokmAkers, Horuemea
ant Politicians Pay Fancy Prices fer
Reserved seats craving Ter Aetlon.
Ever been 20 one Of thOas big boxing
clubs'' asked the man who knOWa every
body a. he talked 20 a visitor from Chicago.
NO? Well, cOme along with me and I'll
make you a member in a jiffy. There's
going 10 b. a good scrap tonight
The walk was short. and when the
man who knows everybody reached tie
entrance 10 the building there was plenty
Of action In the glare of the arc lamps
twenty automobiles were trying 10 reach
the curb AZ the sane time. A crowd OF
men and boys stood IN the street and
refused Ia bulge an inch. Several gnny
coated policemen tried vainly 20 keep the
sidewalk clear ~ that the club member
and their friends could form in line.
Show yer membership cards, gents
Only members admitted herel- yelled the
monitors. ~ yer want TO 49, the SC
Rotary step through that door,
AZ the holders Of membership cards
passed through the Gordon Of sharp eyed
directors several were turned hack
after being told that they weren't real
members and would have 70 be Identified.
Once inside Of the first linz Of ssnttnels
and pickets the members proceeded
10 purchase reserved seats AZ various
prices. Box seats won't at ~, while other
II o.. -
each. Men in evening dress rubbed
elbows with rough and ready chaps. All
had the fighting fever and the price
of reservations The boss director Of
the club. a silver haired. heavily built
man. who has been MIXED ~ IN thess Affairs
Tor lifetime. smiled blandly a. he looked
over the steady stream n members
and heard the honking Of arriving motor
cars.
The arena, = regular theatre when not
used for glove contests was just tho place
for this sort 81 fun. The ring was pitched
in the middle Of the hOor space. with
boxes and chairs on all four sides Of Il.
In a balcony extending around three Of
the four walls were more vantage pOinta.
while on the stage. behind the darkensd
footlights. wers roWs Of Stats with ~
porters and telegraph operators In front.
Clusters Of electric liRhtG in the ceiling
we're soon turned on and were quickly
dimmed by the clouds Of blue smoke.
Il was Just before the pTeliminaries
began that the maD who knows every
body said 10 the ChioaGoAn: In that
bo1 close to the corner Of the ring you'll
Sc a man with black mpstache. smoking
long cigar. the man in evening dress.
mean He's a native New Yorker and
has climbed the ladder rapidly Twenty
years ago be was a small real estate agent
struggling hard 10 keep on the surface
One day he vas appointed receiver Of a
deGunct athletic club and promptly leaped
into notice Then he bought q baseball
club and tired 10 run Il strictly on business
principles. hut it was a failure He got
In right with a big politician. however.
and began 70 make money ~ fast that
baseball became a nuisance and he sold
out his interests Then he became in
terested IN traction Affairs and other
hig business ventures until nov they
say he Is worth several millions
Right across the ring you'll go
stout. we'll fed man wearing eyeglasses
and also smoking like a chimney He
is one Of our leading theatrical managers
who was once the partner Of a noted
now dead. He never misses
a good fight and n also a regular at ths
races Ne and the man just mentioned
used to ~ warm friends. bu, they had
a serious Misunderstanding several years
ago and have not spoken since
The curly haired. clean looking. well
dressed chap within arms length Of
the ropes was a crack heavyweight puG-
list ten years ago Ne beat a lot Of
good men and was believed 20 bs one
Of the clevrrest boxers in the world Just
before he retired. Since then he's been
married three times and has tried all
sorts Of schemes TO get the money. He's
been an actor. bartender diamond mer-
chant. mine owner. motor car promoter.
card player and bookmaker.
hut nothing suited him until he opened
an all night restaurant which has been
partially successful You'd never take
him to be an sI-prizshghter because
he's 20 quiet and unAssuminE. but when |
he loses his temper you'd think an earth- !
quake had struck the town
There are four men in that box VINO I
believe that there's nothing better than /,
a sporting life. The tall man in evening /
f.. - . %. r,k,l.w ,ftw. a,A stuar,lS hs,e i
very polished gambler. He IL not a piksr /
and there's no limit 20 his game when the
going is good The man with gray hair \
and mustache is a Wall Street Spectator
and halls from Chicago. He's owned
racehOrses and at one tins was a tire
plunger on the New York
racks. The little nervous fellow a. he
SIDE also COMES from the West and n al |
stocks. horses and bridge whist with
good judgment The fourth person in
he box Is a man about town who has
profitable connections. has ptenty of good
Information as % the market and bets
IN the races now and then Tor a change.
That fellow with the prominent
hose. brown mustache and a dinner
Jacket ~ a veteran actor. one Of the
Dest For years he was q member Of q
amous stock company but later starred
IN his own account He belongs 90 q
'amily II actors and is a polished gentle
nan on and on the stage. but these
craps afford a certain amount % fascina-
ion which makes him = regular visitor
"a the % season He has always be-
ieved In boxing and az a leading athletic
Hub IN this city he has taken Lessons
rom a noted boxing instructor for q
ong time. He knows a first class puRiliat