New-York tribune., 1911-09-02
Boxinu Commissioner 0'NeiIl Or
ders "Pat" Powers to Appear
at Hearing To-day.
STORM AHEAD FOR PUGILISTS
Jeanette Langford Contest Is
Made Uncertain by Attitude
of Official - Pollock
Promises To Be Good.

sion announced that Pat Powers han
been summoned to appear before II AT ~
o'clock this morning 10 explain certain
+hinSs- in connection with the manage
-,ent Of the Wells Brown fight at Madi-
AN sousra Garden on Wednesday night
r 6. O'Nein and Major John j. Dixon
,onducted the meeting yesterday in the
,hseoce Of the chairman. James r. SUI
ivan who is laid VI with the injury he
.aceived in the wreck at Fort Wayne.
Ind. recently.
commissioner O'Neill appeared 10 he
.o,nswhst excited when he came out
from the executive session Of the com
mission. and he didn't conceal the fact
,bat bis feelings had been stirred UP
solelv. on account Of the Garden ana'r
1us+ what feature Of Pat Powerss
management of that fight met with his
disannrovsl Mr.. O'Neill said he wouldn't
make public until after the meeting to-
dav. but he referred 10 Section 2 of the
Frsvley law. which specifies that a CLUB
or organization holding or promoting
fight must submit a written and verified
report N the commission within twenty
four hours after the fight, showing the
Yunber Of tickets sold and the amount
OF gross receipts therefrom. The verh-
cation. according to that section Of the
law. must be by one of the officers Of
the club.
You can infer what you like from
that" was the commissioners comment
as he pointed out the section, but he
would not say whether the commission
had taken UP IN any way the reported
raising Of prices at the Garden on
Wednesday night.
What About Dollar Tickets?
At his home In Huntington Long ISL
and. meanwhile. Mr.. Sullivan. who could
not attend the meeting. said that he had
no knowledge Of the trouble at the Gar
den. except what he had read in the
newspapers.
"If these accounts are correct" said
Mr.. Sullivan. 'ft is evident that the af-
. fair was very badly managed
The chairman Of the new commission
explained that the rules for fights, pre-
Fcribed by the commission provided that
the price Of each ticket must be plainly
stamped upon it. and that his view
would be that IL a 81 ticket was sold for
s. Il was not properly stamped
"Of course. we cannot stop speculation
in tickets. That is for the police to look
after" he continued: neither can We
rrevent the managers of the bouts from
liking the price Of tickets as high as
athey wish But when they advertise 10
sell a ticket at a certain price and
stamp that price upon il they must not
sell II at a higher figure
MIR. sullivan's scheme for avoiding the
riotous iamming which characterized the
entrance 10 the Garden on Wednesday
night is 10 have the commission pre-
scribe that each club must have spe-
cial entrance for those who have secured
their tickets in advance. AS 10 the re-
ported raising OF prices for seats and
standing room, the chairman said that If
Powers had sold tickets at advanced
prices he had no doubt Powers would so
report 20 the commission and 10 the
state Controller, TO whom the promoters
of every fight must send an accounting
~ their gate, tOgethe. with check for
per cent Of the e. oss receipts. AS 10 the
crowded aisles and general overcrowding
Of the Garden on Wednesday night. Mr..
Sullivan puts that down as an excusable
error on the part Of the promoters. eY-
planning that they probably did not ex-
pect such A crowd.
No More CrowdinG, They Say.
Powers himself. as well as Harry Pol
lock- his partner, gave the same excuse.
end further announced that at the Jean
-ette-LsnEford fight next Tuesday night
I thev would he prepared - handle the
3 crowd IN better shape. Instead Of the
thirty special officers who were swamped
n the Wells Brown crowd, Pollock said
yesterday they would have AZ least fifty
next Tuesday night, and he added that
ratings would he placed so as to keep
people out Of the aisles. and seats would
ne provided for those IN the arena. BY
not having standees. either in the aises
~ elsewhere. Pollock said he thought he
N0UiG SS1lSIN T1f r IT. l"liHi tiitNilAs oiiN
q for the Boxing Commission. he said
- didn't expect any Intervention from II.
The view Of those followers Of boxing
under the new law who hung around"
the commissions Offices yesterday
summed the matter up with the phrase
that Powers and Pollock would get by
with It. this time. but that Was While
The commission was in executive session
and before Mr.. O'Neill appeared with his
apparently snEered feelings.
According 70 the new law the commits
sion may revoke license without even
assigning 4 reason. simply in lis pleas
ure." and II Mr.. ONeill persists IN want
ing 10 get right 10 the bottom Of the
Garden affair on Wednesday night there
IS possibility that Powers may not be
aole To repeat next Tuesday night.
Pollock said yesterday that the Madi
-on Square Athletic Club sent check
for Sl,322 u 10 the State Controller as
Inc states > per cent share Of the pro-
ceeds. Brown got $1,000 and Wells Sc
Fp, Pollock added. which leaves Sll,-
- l3 for other expenses and profit.
POLLOCK furnished no more details