New-York tribune., 1911-09-01
PROBE GARDEN FIGHT
Continued from first page.

scheduled for next Tuesday night, Sep
tember }. and so far there is no assur-
ance from any one in authority that the
arbitrary raising of the price of tickets
which was largely responsible LOT
Wednesday nights disturbances Will not
be repeated then. Powers has already
assured the Fire Department that there
will be no further violation OF the Ia"
by allowing standees in the aisles Whlch
prohibits intervention from that quarter
and the matter is out of the jurisdiction
of the Police Department, according to
It's head. Mr.. Waldo.
1t is understood that the Boxing Com
mission at its meeting to-day VIII take
up the matter Of the reports of these ar
bitrary raises of 81 admission tickets 10
So. and similar advances in the price or
seats. but the boxing promoters felt con-
fdent Yesterday that there would be no
interference with them 10y the commits
sion or that point Secretary Harvey.
speaking from his own experience, intf-
mated that the advanced prices had been
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due entirely TO speculators and declared
that. so far as he saw while in and around
the Garden on Wednesday night, no one
who actually had a ticket in advance
had any difficulty in getting in.
| Fire Commissioner Johnson, at any
rate. is making a thorough investiea-
tion with a view to preventing danger
Gus crowding of any Of the clubs or
halls licensed by the Frawley law com
i mission, and he got yesterday from the
commission a list of the so-called ath-
letic associations which have already
obtained licenses The list includes:
: National Sporting Club, No $40 West
44th street: Atlantic Athletic Assocla-
ton. No. 80 Maple Place, Rockaway
! Beach: Brighton Beach Athletic Associa-
zion Surf avenue and 18th street,
Coney Island; Long Acre Athletic
Association. No. 1jS West 18th street;
New Polo Athletic Association, No. ls'o
PARK avenue; Brown Athletic Associa-
tion. No. 11J East 23d street, and Madi-
son Avenue Athletic Association. NO
PAS Second avenue.
This list was turned over TO Chlet
Kenlon. and a squad Of men was de-
tailed TO investigate and examine the
seating arrangements
| Speaking of the Wednesday night az
fair. Commissioner Johnson said he be-
Iieved the exits at the Garden were ade-
ouate but the whole trouble was that
tho MANAGEMENT had not made prepara-
,ions 10 handle such a crowd as came.
Senator Robert F. Wagner, majority
/ leader Of the Senate, said he did not
think the Frawley law needed amend
ment. and in his opinion the BoAlng
! Commission would be able TO deal with
the situation and apply what remedies
might be necessary TO prevent a repeu-
,,op Of the scenes which surrounded the
Wells Brown fight
In an interview last night Senator
Frawley said:
"It is possible that there may have
been women present at the fight III Mad
,son Square Garden last night, but DO
not see any objection to their witnessing
,,o contest The disorder outside Of the
hutIdlng | know nothing about. II was
urobably caused by outsiders who had
notbiup to do with the fight. This Is the
orst big boxing event since the passage
~ the new law, and II Is natural 10
think that there would he big crowd
and the incidental disorder