El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-17
BOXING CAME TOO
HIGH FOR THE
PROMOTERS
Big Guarantees to Boxers
Eat Up All the Gate
Receipts.

hGCGIpGS.
Milwaukee, Wis, June 1.-THE past
/ season has been very profitable fo
some Of the best cards in the boxing
! world, but for many OF the good ones
| and hundreds of the lesser lights ii
| has been a very poor one, due to the
. boxers themselves in most instances
! The exorbitant demands made of pro-
| moters by many of the stars has been
| the means Of hurting the game in more
! ways than one and the boxers them
selves are now feeling the effects OF
! the come back
Some of the New York promoters are
to blame for this condition Of affairs,
for they have jumped over one onother
! and have bid ridiculous sums to get
| star cards. These big prices were
advertised all over the country and
other promoters found it difficult to
do business with boxers without guar
4 anteeing half the receipts and giving
them privileges in addition, which any
/ amusement promoter would laugh at.
At Indianapolis a week ago the pro-
| moters took in $4,000 and then lost
over $500 on the show They had guar
anteed big sums to the boxers and
when they came to settle UP they found
they could not meet their obligations
or get within $500 Of it. At New Or
leans the West Side Athletic club took
in close to $4,000 for the Conley-Coster
contest and still lost over $500 because
they had guaranteed Conley close 10
$500 and Coster about $1,000, which
with expenses more than ate up all
the receipts and left them in the hole
for all their trouble. At the McFar-
land Ki1bane bout in Buffalo the pro-
moters gave a big guarantee and lost
quite a bunch OF money as a result. At
the Wells-Cross bout in New York city
the promoters again guaranteed more
than they could afford and lost big
chunk Of coin.
1t has been the same in Milwaukee
in several instances where guarantees
have been given and also in Boston
and Philadelphia The New York clubs
have been losing money on most of
their shows Of late, but still they could
not see or would not see the real cause
of it. At last one promoter there
Harry Pollock-has tumbled to the fact
and he announces now that he will
give no guarantees, but straight per-
centages; that if the boxers cannot
draw the money they have no right to
guarantees. Philadelphia Jack OBrien,
who put up a handsome new club house
in Philadelphia, has been obliged to
close up because Of high prices de-
to make anything under existing
ditions Boxers like Mcfarland, VOL
CAST, Moran and Knockout Brown have
been annexing all the coin while the
others, and many of them good once,
have been getting the crumbs.
Must Form a Circuit.
The time is coming when the legiti-
mate, boxing clubs will form circuit
the same as the theaters do now. There
is no reason why it should not be done,
for it would mean a big saving in
transportation, etc. There has been
talk Of forming a circuit to take in
New Orleans, Memphis, Indianapolis,
possibly Kansas CITY and Milwaukee.
The plan is to have one man act as
matchmaker for the clubs, or to assist
the different home managers, by Sc
curing boxers to contracts calling for
three or four bouts instead of one In
this way the boxers would prefer to
sign for four instead of one and at less
percentage than if they were only guar
anteed one bout It would also mean
a better class of attractions for the
various clubs and the boxers would
be kept in better condition, knowing
that they had a series Of contests ar
ranged instead of lone one. The
New Orleans clubs, Memphis and Mil
waukee have agreed to enter such an
arrangement and Indianapolis has
promised to come in also.
WoIgast's Stock Rising.
Since Ad Wolgast defeated frankie
Burns so decisively in 16 rounds al
San Francisco his stock has gone up
for his bout with Owen Moran, the
little Englishman, July 4 at Frisco.
They are to travel over the 20 round
route and Ad will be favorite when
they enter the arena. Those who thInE
he should be a big favorite had better
hold their bets a while, for on form
the little Briton has a very good chance
against the champion AS 70 weight
and size they are very evenly matched,
both being about the same he:gnt and
can scale OF about 128 nicely Il called
upon to do so. The chances are that
they will go into the ring about $50
pounds each. Moran is a past master
at boxing and he knows the game as
well as any Of them, besides having a
very clever man behind him in Charlie
Harvey AS to hitting there is little
to choose between them, for boys who
have met both Of them say Moran is
the hardest hitter Of the two, although
they admit Wolgast has the most dan
gerous swing
wolgast has all the confidence IN
the world and he Is one German who
will carry the fight TO the other fel
low Ad loves to mix at all times and
the fans may rest assured that they
will get a run for their money Moran
has a splendid chance to carry away a
point decision, as the distance is only
20 rounds, route he is just as able
to travel as Wolgast, and being clever
and a good ring general he will no
doubt try to play for the decision, as
it would mean much to him.
Looks Like a Match.
It begins to look as though Jack
Johnson the champion heavyweight,
has accepted terms with Hugh D. Nc
Intosh the Australian promoter, to
battle in England. Jack is pretty wise
and he would hardly go over to risk
a number of damage suits for the al
legged breaking of contracts unless he
had some assurance that he would be
spared that bother. And Jack is not
going over just to witness the corona
ton and spend a few thousand-he likes
money too well for that