New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-30
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT.
Three More Boxing Clubs Get
Licenses to Hold Bouts.
BROWN READY FOR WELLS
Big Crowd Likely to See the
Boys Meet in Madison
Square Garden.

The Boxing Commission OF New horK
State granted licenses 10 three more box
ing clubs to hold bouts under the Frawley
law at a meeting at the home Of James f.
Sullivan. chairman OF the commission, at
Huntington. Long Island, yesterday. Three
other applications. including one from the
Knickerbocker Athletic Club Of Albany
were held I'm allegiance. TO be reviewed at
the meeting which takes place to-day.
As vet no application from the National
Sporting Club Of America hos been re-
ceived by the commission It has been
runored at various times that the club in
tended to pursue business along the old
membership lines. The commission has
heard nothing about the report, and Charley
Harvey. secretary Of the club, declined to
discuss the situation last night Aside from
the application of the Knickerbocker cluo
no applications have been received from
any Of the upstate organizations.
The clubs granted licenses Yesterday
were the New Polo Athletic Association
and Madison Athletic Club. Of Harlem, and
Browns Gymnasium. Of West ed street.
The applications Of the Brighton Beach
Athletic Club. Of Coney Island; the At
lantic Athletic Club, Of Rockaway, and the
Knickerbocker Athletic club, Of Albany,
were laid on the table.
Brmming with confidence in their ability
10 win within the limit of ten rounds
Knockout" Brown. the sensational light
weight boxer from the East Side, and
Matt Wells, the lightweight champion Of
Great Britain. wound up their training yes
terdav FOR their bout in Madison Square
Garden tonight. The men are in fine con
dition and are down TO the stipulated
weight Of 1873 pounds at o'clock.
The match will he the first held in Madi-
son SQUARE Garden since the bout between
Terry McGovern and Jimmy Britt, some
years ago and the management is prepar-
ing TO accommodate record crowd
Under the requirements Of the new box
ing law the men have been examined by
the club physician and have been pro-
rounced At 10 battle all day and all
night" if necessary. The long strain Of
training is done, and both are glad. To
use the words Of Brown Huh. I'd rather
take a dozen wallops and fight dozen
fights than train one day" Charley White,
who will referee the battle, visited the
camps Of the rival boxers yesterday and
spent the day I'm explaining the rules to
both IN order 10 save wrangling when the
bows are in the ring.
The training Of Brown was laid out along
a course which was calculated TO give him
science without deprivinG him Of any OF
his punching ability. and by dint Of hard
work he has become fairly clever.
Young" Donohue, the Boston lightweight,
has been boxing with Brown every day,
and some merry battles have been the re-
suit.
Working like beaver at his camp in
RYE Beach, Wells has gained the last word
In condition. He is lighter to-day than at
any time in his career as first class
hover hut IS powerful as a bull. He is
sure of his ability to outpoint the boy from
,be Fast Side. In the Brton Brown Is
going against a man who Is more scien-
t0c boxer than ne and one who has
shown that he is game and powerful
cone Word" Morgan bobbed up last night
and oased his brain of few terse remarks
~, the coming battle. Morgan fails to see
,,,borein Wells figures at all. He said. Il
A., want 10 appear too confident, but If
ut buchanan don't win, and win easily,
count me out. Brown is faster. stronger
I'D more clever than he was when he beat
yyolgast and viii make Wells wish for
the old folks before the final gong sounds.
- no could take the best that Wolsast
could give him and come back for more.
fail 10 see where ne can lose. Wells is a
Good man. and he showed his class when
he made Cross look foolish, but watch
Brown, that's all
packy Mcfarland and Al Woleast will
eobt ten rounds at Milwaukee on Septem-
her Il. This was decided on in Chicag
yesterday. following a lengthy conference
between Emil Thirey and T-m Jones, man
ayers Of Mcfarland and Wolgast. respect
lively. after Thirey had consented 10 call
OF the proposed six-round bout between
mcfarland and Kelly 81 81 Louis on Sep
TENDER 8
Hundreds of public school athletes Of
Manhattan will strive To make the team
that Will represent this city in The school
boy relay race at tho New York State Fair
a. Syracuse on September u at the elm
nation trials go take place al De wit
Clinton Park sd street and Tenth avenue,