El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-01
INTEREST IN GLOW
CONTESTS IS NOW !
WORLD WIDE
England Enthuses, France
Gets Into Game and Aus
tralia Goes Wild.
(By W. W. Naughton).

(By W. W. NaughtOn)-
San Francisco, Cal, April THE
sport of the glove is very popular over
the whole world just now. In England
the populace is fight-mad and It IL
said the demand for that form OF en-
tertainment is so great that shrewd
promoters have found great profit in
giving matinee exhibitions OF this
Queensberry pastime at prices which
place the spectacle OF a brace OF clever
sparrers in action within the reach OF
the poorest in the land.
In the line OF boxing OF a more
pretentious character, Hugh Mcintosh,
the Australian match handler. has
forged ahead OF all competitors, and 81
now in a class by himself. 10 use a
hackneyed term. His shows at Olmy-
pfa annex in London are the talk OF
the tight little island and the wide
spread interest in the fortune Of the
ringmen has urged Londcn's biggest
newspapers to devOtee columns to box
ing bouts. whereas as IN former times,
the doings of fistiana occupied but
few lines in the journals referred to-
Rivalry Is Great.
For the time being, McIntcsh's en-
terprises have eclipsed the operations
Of the National Sporting club. an or
ganiza ton which has fostered boxing
in England for many years What will
happen when Mcintosh and Bettinson.
manager Of the National, begin reach
ing out for the big attraction remains
to be seen
The National members are an fnflu-
entail lot, but the institution is not
a rival Of McIntosh's club in every
sense. The National club caters to its
own members and II is easier for ana
aeroplane to sail through the eye Of
needle than for a lowly outsider
crowd into the National on fight nights
For the reason named the National
would not be in a position 70 bid
against Mcintosh, where any match in
volving a big purse and big gate
money was concerned but should the
National covet some ordinary attrac-
ton and Mcintosh endeavOred TO buy
1T away. I am thinking there would
be some Juggling Of moustaches and
haT-haw-ing in the cushioned re-
cesses of the swell club and threats
OF squelching that feIlah, Mcintosh.
begad. sir" Mac, who has shown him.
self 10 be long on Scotch foresight ,
and shrevdnes viii probably cause
complications which will agitate and
arouse the British lion
over in Wales. Freddie Welsh. who
is right living tactfuI youth. i'm
proved the shining hours in more
ways than one before he came back
here Freddie arranged big matches
and appeared in the majority Of them
as a principal
According to the press bureau stuff.
disseminated by Freddie in his own
interests, each fight crowd was larger
than the last and they We're all record
breakers not only for Wales but for
any place where the sport fourished-
It is very evident that the excitement
has reached Taffland. and. for that
matter there is ample evidence Il has
spread all over Great Britain
Different In France.
The French have become greatly
enamored Of glove pastimes but. as
might be expected, the game is con-
Quoted there on somewhat different
lines than It is in countries where
boxing is a longer established sport
Bands play at the rfngside and the
advertising matter IS Of a sensational
character.
On the assumption that the Parisians
like everyone else. wanted the very
best. only champions are presented to
the public. A low grade English box
er is billed as the champion of Seven
Dials. or. II he Is from this country. he r
IS exploited as the champion Of Sioux
City or Keokuk. TO his right thereto
are none to dispute. The French are
ahead OF other nations In the han
ding of pugilism. inasmuch as they
have s federation Of boxing clubs
which Is supposed TO act as a con-
trolling body and prevent abuses.
Whether this aids IN that direction
as its title indicates, the deponent say
eth not. The fight fever is in France
TO stay and II there is to be another
championship fight the
Partisan promoters VIII surely bid for
It. For that matter. Hugh Mcintosh
has secured a location in the French
capital and has already announced that
If he signs Johnson and L.angford the
fighters can. have their choice OF Lon
don or Paris as a battle-ground. The
fact that Mcintosh was permitted to
gain a foothold on French territory
suggests that there is no disposition
On the part OF the Societe de Boxe to
bar outsiders
Booming in Australia.
In Australia. and particularly IN
sydney boxing is certainly booming.
The opposition to the sport which
arose at the time OF the Johnson Burns
affair seems TO have died away and
contests are being held weekly in the
stadium at Rushcuttons Bay IN the
presence OF large crowds. Here IN
.lined to tolerate the sport under re-
Itrictive conditions. Bouts Of q lin
ted nature with suitable headwcar are
permissible in many states and the
passage Of a number Of bills recently
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