Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-14

putting their little bit on Ph1laaeiphia'
Why I am not sure, unless that 1t Is
that New York is their greatest rival
and they are backing Philadelphia more
out of sentiment than anything else. L
say this to you; but if one dares to say
to New Yorker that Philadelphia is
likely to win he gets quite angry, and
says that it is ridiculous 1t really APP
pears to be a very open match, and
would rather not to predict what the re-
suit will be, especially as / want to re-
turn to Chicago and not have rotten
eggs thrown at me.
There is lot going on in the sporting
world-far more than you have at home
owing to the new boxing law, but some
of the boxing promoters appear TO have
got very much disliked, and at one time
it looked as if the game would be knock
ed out altogether. But one or two of the
last matches, notably that between Matt
Wells of London and Abe Attell, and
that between Battling Nelson and Willie
Beecher, were thoroughly well conduct
ed and caused great satisfaction to every
body, and l believe this will help lots to
keeping the game alive. They tell me
that the fight between Battling Nelson
and Willie Beecher is the first they have
had in New York for years. 1t was a
good fair fight, and opinions are diversi-
fed as to who was the real winner. No
doubt, had the contest been carried on to
a finish Battling Nelson's we'll known
staying qualities might have won him the
bate.
One of the principal reasons of COM
plant in the Matt Wells versus Knock
out Brown fight was that the promoters
Lo ,nrfc tn r11a mr. in
any sort of order The people paid as
much as $40 to $40 for their seats and
never got into them at all. The two and
three dollar men got there first, and. be-
ing the hardest pushers, got the pest
seats, which caused a great deal of bad
feeling.
They tell me the Carl Morris and Jim
Flynn fight was one of the most san
culinary exhibitions that has ever been
held in boxing arena
The men were not badly hurt, but both
about the same time happened to draw on
each others claret, and the display was
far from edifying. 1t seems pity that
the fight was not stopped. / am told
that it was the wish of the majority OF
the people in the club. but the referee,
exercising his perfectly just powers. see
ing that the men were not badly hurt.
and thinking that the public deserved
something for their money. allowed il to-
go on-no doubt mistake in judgment,
but it was meant for the best. However,
this sort Of thing is not likely to hap
pen again, as promoters see that under
the new boxing law, regulated by a COM
mission absolutely above any kind OF
suspicion. they will have to mind their
pos or they will lose their licenses.
Tonight there are quite a number of
good boxing matches to be seen. No
doubt the wise promoters have foreseen
the big crowds that will be in the city
and have made heavy preparation to give
the sporting fraternity a good evening.
There are several good fights schedule.
one Of which, at least, I hope to see, SO
rs to give my readers some of the points
Of how boxing is conducted here under
the new laws.
Though I have made these few remarks
about boxing the one and only theme
here today is base ball. Elaborate prep
arations have been made to handle and
the crowd. which, they say. is
likely to beat all records. For instance,
On the IL" route trains will leave every