The evening world., 1911-08-31

the enu anu gave tnt bhtil'lihh"h 'h
biz OF boxing. The of'cial gate rcceip
cent? was ss.0T7.70; Browns t32h ~
credited with $4,000, and tho club
Wells IN the cleverest and~the best
little nThtinx man we've seen since
Packey McFarland's last appearance
here. In some ways his work reminds
one OF McEnriand's. lake Mcfarland. he
IL q cool. Intelligent student OF the game
ns well as a natural fighter.
BY 9 o'clock the crowd had become a
r,oh. crushing against the doors and
S~.Iugg1lng for a chance To gct In. The
had found some old six
day bike race tickets. which were ped
died out for standing room at 10 a
ticket. The first thousand TASTED about
half an hour
hn Outrage on the Public.
Earlier In the evening the promoters
had been selling the same '!chets for
IS. Under the now law al, tioNets
must be dropped into a scaled box, to
be opened like a ballot boz. d State
supervision. How will Power and
Pollock account to the state for the
Varying Nhluen Ut ~ 'n@bu'nu FoVah
tickotB7
In any case n whole proceeding
the tanning of the aislss. the hos sina
Of foor space In front Of seat-holders,
the sliding scale Of prices, the handling
Of Ticket, inside the Garden by specu-
isScrs, was n public outrnsA although
nothtnr new and nothing more than
Pat Powers puts or avery year al
the nn-day bicycle racer. II the State
Boxing Commission fails to take
dastic action after such an AFFAIR the
c1FUum stance VIII be 20 peculiar as to
ussv1t a very careful Investigation OF
~ new Commission By Gov. Din.
During me w~s before the main
SVum an employee Of the Twentieth
contuy A. O. turned 20 mo and said;
"thsyrvs sent UP for = lot OF old rwen-
t1sth Century tickets 20 sen for standing
roun. The Twentieth Century 10 run
by ~ sssne people, you know"
N even more than the
dbovV proceedinm WIS the treatment Of
shsss VINO tried to TT In on the ahver-
dad zone dollar seat tickets, When
sbs promoters found that they could
gsaA q even for standing room, they
had the Doors at the dollar entrance
Sn tie TNventieth-sisth street side OF the
Oufldlne closed, informing ticket holders
and others that they could get In at the
main entrance. The crowd TANNED It's
way to the main lobby with difficulty.
But at the gutes they ware roughly in
formed that mo dollar tickets 10 here,
and that they could pay g. for admis-
son or beat a."
Scene BeDiIderino inside.
Evsrywhere mon were offering prcrns-
ums TOR tickets to tho more fortunate
hcshers, and 81 seats sold for anything
from go 10 80. One gentleman Of my
ACQUAINTANCE who never missed a big
bout held three $40 seats. ~ no thrust
them out 70 tho ticket taker at the gate
a man standing there caught his arm ana
exclaimed. IN s!ve you 800 for those
three seAts!' Oh, THE was n hght-mad
v last night.
~Hsl1e the scene wat ~bewlderins,
Every seat wal taken long Before the
frat preliminary went on. Every aisle
was packed ught WITH the standing
room" crowd. packed eight right from
the walls 10 the edge OF the ring. There
MAA no NNANas NOV an h1h"A AAAAA W
found in the confession. The PlukertouH
were swept on their feet, absolutely
helpless TO stem To rush. The dense
Jam in the ais!es and around the rims
shut on the view OF tnose situng In the
front boxer, bUt there was no relief
from them. Tho crowd was entirely
out OF control. Many holders OF ring.
s.do seals gave them up and fought for
h place n the front RANKS, near the
rms. commissioner Frank s. O'Nei
came Ca and looking the crowd over re-
marked. IT certainly Is not right e
pack people in Ike this. Hundreds whC
paid their money for seats noai tat
ring ann zee the hght because ui
people standing In front of them They
should have police protection Inside tut
haN. There must be some provision flI
controlling such rowan Why, "a pan 4
OF any KIND here-a fire pani--woulo
be terrible. ! tHluk the commission vii
ave 60 rule that the number Of tickets
iold must not exceed the number o,
eats provided for s.cctators."
After the last prrlimlnary-and the,
we're all cracking good bouts-snnouncel
Peter prurty Informed the crowd tina.
De main event would not 70 on unit
ne aisles we're cleared and the crowt
moved back from the rlngside. Anc
he crowd only jeered him and pushed