The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-17
MAY RETURN tn
/ PRIVATE FIGHTS.
Former Champion John L. Sui
livan Comes Out in Favor
of Scheme.
WOULD BAR OUT ALL
PRESS REPRESENTATIVES
Declares That Carnival of Ad.
vertising Has Killed the
Fight Game.
BY JEFF THOMPSON.

BY JEFF THOMPSON. -'-
By Leased Wire to The Tribune
+. NEW YORK, July 16.-John L. SaYli-
\ van and some Of tho other old-time
gladiators are urging that we return to
the ffprivate fightsi and have done
with the carnival of advertising which
has done more than anything else to
kill boxing in the United States.
Il Thirty years ago all the big fights here
were arranged privately. There was
I no advertising; there was no system Of
4 elaborate training with the newspapers
giving two and three pages daily to the
i inconsequential incidents Of camp rou-
i tine. Consequently there was no agita-
tlon against lighting. The new plan is
/ to return to the old system. The meet
ing place will be private and the spec
tators shall be limited to possibly 100.
Each spectator must pay 800 for the
privilege of seeing the battle and news
paper men will not be present unless
they are able to discover the fight
place. If newspaper men were present
at fights in the old days they were
sworn to secrecy as to the meeting
place so that when their stories ap-
peared an erroneous spot was mentioned
as to the scene of the battle. That plan
has both its advantages and its disad-
vantages. The wonderful system of
news gathering these days would make
it pretty hard to escape the newspapers
and If is very doubtful if the sporting
editors would consent to naming a false
location. Another thing, the purses
you'd have to be smaller Prize fight
ing is commercialized to the limit today
and under the new plan fighter would
be lucky to get $4,000 purse and a
$4,000 side bet, However, those who
are clamoring for a continuance of the
game now have the chance. And they
may thank John L. for the suggestion.
Mcintosh Is Happy.
Hugh Mcintosh. the Australian pro-
pot of money on Jack johnson, is going
to take a fine young stable Of scrappers
, back TO Australia with him. But Mr..
McIntosh-is more elated with his pros
pect of staging a fight between John
son and Burns than he is with the roll
he won. Speaking Of fight affairs
\ Hughey says.
81 see where many of the writer's
predict that the Jetfries- j ohnson cham
piopship battle will be, the last big
pugiIistic contest that will ever be
staged. Now, differ with these critics.
not only believe that there will be
many important championship battles
the boxing game will be on much
higher plane within the next FIVE years,
I believe that it will not be many
months before another championship
match will be consummated, with Jack
johnson and Tommy Burns as the prin-
cipals-
"I am making arrangements to bring
them together In London, and If my
plans do not miscaTry, l am sure that
The contest Will attract the biggest
crowd in the history of .puglllsm and
that the gate receipts will como close
TO the million-dollar mark.
May Fight in London.
ssI have an option Of two sites in
London, upon either of which mann
moth arena can be erected, and with 80
many millions Of people to draw. from
this fight would be witnessed by at
/ least fifty thousand people. There IS
with so many other large cities in the
immediate vicinity to draw from my es-
timate of fifty thousand people ism 't at
all out of reason Tommy Burns IS
tickled to death at the prospect Of again
! fighting Johnson, as he is not satisfied
with the result Of the Sydney light:
\ Tommy still believes that he can defeat
tho negro, and points to the wonderful
+ battle he put up after receiving that
unexpected and unlucky punch In the
very first round -
Moving Over Rocky Road.
The moving pictures Of the heavy
weight fight are moving over rocky
road There are q number OF things 70
dctract from their value. First and
foremost is the fact that Johnson won:
( Second is the fact that Johnson stalled
allowing Jeffries to stay until the M,
teenth round. Third. the pictures nave
received n bad impression through the
fact that number of cities have al
ready banned them. However, the rate
of the pictures need not Worry the fight
crs. .Jeffries is in California and John
son is in the east and both are still busy
counting their money Tic negro Is nov
+ lion dollars. Jeif's assets are NOT lar
from that.
Cannot Stand Prosperity.
~ No negro under the face Of the sun
Ia N stand continued prosnerity and the
~ k,udits Of The people Within one year
( t4Champion Jack johnson will be IN snch
condition that he conld never gain thc
Il. E.strength and speed which he showed III
Reno. Just who will be his conqueTof
is not easiy said. Billy Delaney who.
y to my mind. is the best qualified man
in the world to pick Johnson S success
FOR. chooses Al Kaufman. the California
h blacksmith Mcintosh. Of course. picks
Burns Those arc the only two men. IN
the iistic armament who are able To give
johnson run for his money Rlght
now neither OF them could whip him.
n Giving Gasoline Appetite Play.
n. johnson is giving his gasoline appe-
tito full play He is now the proud pos"
SCISSOR OF three machines and is planning
"a long trip through Canada. Oh. ho, yee
usty constables, shine up vour stars and
grease up your artillery, HLn Artha :, Is
coming. / estimate that johnson IS auto
mobile trip will cost him not less than
$4,000 In fines
Sigmund Allfrio Hart. the most per-
sistent hanger-on in tho fight game TO-
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