The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-26
Promoter Says $11OO a Night
for Boy in His Teens Is
Rather Large Pay.
JEFFRIES ONCE MORE
DECLINES TO COME BACK
Young Ahearn Draws With Ma.
loney, but Is Out With Big
Talk for Better Match.
BY JEFF THOMPSON

BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune
NEW YORK, Feb. ga we'll -knowr
fight promoter says some of the men In
his line were thinking of reducing hght-
ers' compensation, which they thought
too high. He adds:
"Thcse boxing boys get too much as
II is. Their demands are extortlonate
enough without encouragement from the
outside.
THE fighting boys do not underrate
their drawing capacities. Take Young
Sammy Smith. | have seen him take
from 5000 10 Sll0o for forty minutes In
the ring.
'At no other enterprise could Smith
earn sl1o0 In two years. He is smart
boy, bur being stlll on the sunrise side OF
20, he cannot be expected to have prize
winning qualities In any direction unless
purely physical
Smith is an honest and good fight
er. but he is not worth Sl100 a night "
Women Not Wanted at Ringside.
There are sporting men who think that
any club which allows women to witness
fights should be disciplined In some way,
just as turf clubs inflict punishment II
may De set down as an axiom that no
womanly woman ever attends a bout
NO female by the same token should be
tolerated at one.
The presence Of women at a recent
smuggling match has caused no end OF
comment. They are said to have been
women OF some class
The boxes from which they witnessed
the sparring are so situated that the oc-
cupants are not visible from the other
seats, but the women. desiring 10 see
the Whole show, stood on the stairs with
their escorts. and had the ringside no.
hlhties pointed out TO them.
II is too early to raise the game law
on prize fights In favor OF women. 1t
may go in Philadelphia-but In no other
mitted TO the lowest class OF bouts.
Jim Jeffries has once more said fare
well: He says:
Under no circumstances shall I ever
again participate in a public prize ring
contest or exhibition. / have retired
from the ring for all time 1t is a de :
cision / shall abide by
In effect il is the answer have given
SO oftcn 10 the qestion asked in one form
or another. OF whether | would ever be
seen see ina In ring asain. AT the risk OF be
what you will shall hereafter refuse 10
answer any query bearing upon the possi-
oillty OF my entering the fighting
Decision Rather Late.
The big Californian has big circle
OF trends! Thousands however. regret
that he did not know he was out of the
business .. .Sans as @ fighter years ago, long
o..
lie blundered into consenting 10 the
match which was simply one between a
iine I'M, second class man and man who
pad once been Il great fighter Jeffries
brought his pluck with him TO Reno. and
nothing else.
All young Arearn could get In his
Iight with Tommy Maloney al the Fair
mount a. &. was draw. II was the
belief OF the big bunch of Brooklynites
across the river that he would outpoint
Malouey. Ahearn went into the lead
when the barrier was sprung but Ma
loney broke even by his determined fin
isl.
Maloney -Ahearn Go.
Maloncy succeeded in the first round
in dropping several hot slams on
hhearn's mldsection. The dancing mas
ter" pcckcd and iabbed Tommy but did
moi do enough effective work to earn
the honors Of the initial three minute
session.
The elusive Ahearn in the third round
had Tommy in the air and added To his
annoyance by sending home a dozen
singing jabs that made Maloney's head
wobble. The West side lad did manage