The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-26
|SLKE TO SNEAK
||D ILLEGAL BOUTS
udance Big When Boxing
yas Forbidden, but Is
Small Now.
MAKES A RING VOW
|muion Promises He viii
Gently With Ad- |
y,rsaries Any More. !
MAKES A RING VOW
~ JEFF THOMPSON.

~ JEFF THOMFSCN.
ssad Wire TO The Tribune.
YORK. Nov. 25.-1Iuman nature
..sser thing. For instance. in the
Il when prize fights we're held In
d or out of the way places and
.aost uncanny times, il was never
-.lt matter 10 get as big a crowd
desIrcd at whaling prices TO sub
N sorts Of inconveniences 10 see
kcut
emember more than one occa .
.-.tp. In company with other en-
.r5 ] have paid high for the privi-
|fFalking miles in a cold. driving
|nile deep along muddy roads 10
. Bot ip constant fear that n rural
4 Fould break In at any minute
Il there times OF peace. when one
ID Just ss good fights in cosy. well
= theate1 halls. under full protec-
A ihe law, promoters are complain
ID they can't get the crowds.
q the best authorities i'm this
h on boxing affairs Is Charley Har-
.episry OF the commission. IN his
y this gradual falling off i'm at
rr is due 10 the fact that a seat
pflst ring is no longer forbidden
.fd. therefore. is too easy to be
|5nd. Mr.. Harvey. who is quite
|fn, of psychology, declares that
@ylIng public is simply following an
1|fi OF human nature, which cares
~ that which is not difficult 10
n discussing the matter today Mr.
h opened a drawer and extracted
IN the report Of a little club on
|Sr Test side. This report showed
|u No IN receipts for a star show.
y three months ago this club wss
N IN eenli violation OF the law,
rnof time the owners made money
Ii eyhibition.
% PAD SaOp In its fighters had
n total of s5e,
y been argued that there arc too
IQubs. and that Is probably true.
!f are no moro than there were
'tm'ng was legalized.
fwbidden Fruit Sweetest.
\ no use in beating around the
la ne all know what the trouble
might AS well tell the truth.
~ any fun in going 10 a fight
.-se have 10 do Is 10 walk up to-
.Wice. plank down our dollar,
~ lake a seat. Why. that's
||'fcr, isn't it2
Pm eniber the thrill OF pleasure
yot when you had TO slip down
a ctinb over a rickety fence,
2ne dark stairs, allow a man 10
'up through q wicket and then,
wh,apered that YOU We're ali
.nd MIN 50 To become a "mcrn-
pc club, see the fight and be
yer The privilege OF doing so?
& you do, for them were the
'lt IKE that man vas doing you
70 take your s., and whether the
good. bad or Indifferent II made
'erehSe. You were tickled 10
see IL, and when IL was over
lld spend two hours at some
lng saloon explaining with great
aat dlfhcultE YOU had in getting
The next week YOU would do
tr again and take a friend with
itell has been pretty busy boy
'ne past two weeks. In that
mas met two pretty tough propo,
N Jack Cohen OF England and
H''F ~ III.
Aitell wants 10 he ran give away
pounds 10 the best OF the little
and trim them Ia artistic styIe.
ube with Attell has been that
The feathcrweights or near
,eismts exact a pledge from him
n,ey u agree to fight him that he
tlie brakes Unless he agrees TO
iney generally pass him up.
AItHl l1y taI Ia,
10 get engagements Is a fact
Known In the sporting circles.
Attell Is Too Good.
are at least half dozen alleged
..eigfts in this country who re-
smseiVes as being eligible 10 con-
: ihc mpionship. when asked
AtteIl on their merits invariably
me Issue They'll box Attell.
" because there Is money in II
Y but usually insist on putting
'pulation that Attell treat them
Abe agrees 10 do this ne gets
y. and as lighting is his only
" earning livelihood. he has
inrough or go without eating.
seak. Nevertheless and notwith-
Attell has assured his friends |
the future the man who goes |
ing with him will have TO take |
euming 10 him.
VIII be no more pulling on my |
rSs says, and If ] can knock out |
r1nnl IN the first round you can
NE I'll do it,"
Z Mcfarland has accepted the |
sssnlef Coffroth for n fight with \
.urphy IN San Francisco. The |
seen set for Thanksgiving day.
IHon - , also was received from San
AZ mat Coffroth will attempt 70 |
Wy winner Of the Mcfarland
1. Suun,est With the winner OF the
t.ssien match. which Is sched-
sl,eke nke place at Los Angeles |
frr.ng day. These both ought To |
eaSe e.uss and they Will be watched |
win great interest.
rights Ben Franklin.
n Syoas has been matched 10 6cht
n -. = .rahfliD OF Harlem in the near
sanklin has always had an idea
h1f,ii. 'ne cast side angel in a ten
fsns Leach SAYS he wants to
M sy1uree washington II he defeats |
nnustrious statesman.
ii the clever Boston middle
uLed a,otner fighter that Al Lippo !
~ ~ hp TO 20 TO Paris lhls winter
r6{ss ~ battles with both the for
|untr,. and also those who 20 from
rllpnt' Glover has been lighting
ana lorm during the last slX |
II fnr 'appe claims there arc plenty
ry i MN in that country.
|Faey manager or frankie Burns,
6l ib,,N ~ baDtsmweight. ls so
The ~ ms ooy. can defeat Johnny
ts vi,i vvmi,in,amUeigbt champion. that
+. I'd h." make a present OF $500 10 !
>sd Wi,, " will make match with
fhiss Nv also bet bim $1,000 on the
ffsd oiier will surely be snapped
"a Iouion, uncle OF Johnny.
~ sSrns ,r Is willing 10 meet JOHNNY
NJ rlnS rlunqs ct lis pounds. weigh |
ss Act Land Opening,
Ia S5,iat AZ Jerome. Idaho. Decem-
.at ~ ". ibis land is part Of
a a. fSstb shtb Side tract. which has
+ sibhSnnree years from kagebrusb
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