The evening world., 1911-10-26
Finish Of Fifth Game In Worlds
Series at Polo Grounds Proves
Again That Nothing Is So Un-
certain as a Sure Thing.

Copyright, 1911. by tn. ? -s publl.hins O..
THE New York NOrdl.
YESTERDAYS ball Ramc was a
Knockout In the tenth round. Put
{ TX. O. by In ths Athietics'
record book.
The finish of the game proved again
thai nothing In 10 uncertain as a surf
:hins. When the Philadelphia crowd
hung up three rum IN the third IT
looked al C." II. And when the Giants
came ny for their inning In the ninth
a large number OF hungry people ware
already starting home for dinner. some
of them rcarhed he gate tao soon. On
err heard the yelling and ran back
again. Yes. thcre was some yelling In
the eighth n ninth spd tenth innings
yesterday. Up to tina. time the New
York fans had held a funereal silencs,
probably stil remembering the ticket
speculators. But when The GiAnfs be-
gan to score At last--well. beside the
roar that went up the voice Of n CALI
90 would sound like tbs shirp Of q
canary.
THE Boring Conumislsn has been
ding good work OF lsse- II has
done q number of things thai win
lave q good effect on the sport. The
one trouble with the boxing
old troubles that ir-~ esponsibie pro-
motors get up clubs and In their
burning desire to hog all oil the
money In the world kin every trace of
true sport Their one desire 10 u "ge.
the money" regardless Of everything
A1aa Thc. 80
u1be
The Boxing Commission. fortunately
fU h game, II recognizing the fact
thai such . thing rs sport sim exists,
" spits OF the Grab-all promoters Tho
public doesn't care how much money
70 taken In al the gate when two .ood
men hSht The public interest lies in
the sport Of the thing. IN = good. far.
clean contest
Ten years ago FIRST class boxers fought
ten or nfteen or twenty rounds IN his
70 wn for purses ranging between S.O
ana CN Purses tina, went above tina:
nsIrs were n exception. II was
nothing uncommon for such fighting
man a. Mcfarland. Dave Sullivan, La
vigns. Erne. wolcott, Leon, MrGovorn-
all those famous ones-;o fight for purses
OF SL00 or lesa or course these men
had their BIZ Nights. and occasionally,
a. In the McGovern-Erne fight. the gate
and purse or percentage ran into big
money. AZ a rule there were no absurd.
~ high orers FOR fights. Result there
was better sport To-day Wolgast and
Wells certainly DO moi; class any higher
than Dnl Hawkins and Joe Cans eleven
Year, ago Yet Hawkins and Cans
fought n OF the most sensational
fights ever seen In a ring. and the win
uer's end was $40.
wolgast through his nag Ton,
Jones, demands }ss2c00 for his end alone
70 night Welia h modern champions
= money a . tfit.I
Partly responsible for this are the
moving pictures. Moving picture con.
Germs. counting on showing the nlms
fer months in thousands OF places all
e the country. can pay the fighters
Q sum all out OF proportion TO any purse
. club could offer. This proposition XIII
sport No one on the outside ever seoe
h original and genuine moving pic,ur,
contract Who knows what agreement 4
boxer has to make to get the b.x money
offered! Certainly no business concern
Y going TO g%uarsntee tho payment Vi
$4,000 or Sa.U o or SO, 900 for the priv.
ilegs Of taking pictures Of a ngh, tina
may last ike the famous Hawkins
aeropd. 80"
The moving picture people aren.
throwing their money away. Nelthc
are they gamblers And y the Fighter
az. .,nn. anu Hno~ ."a.
bring In big gate money for months
while films showing a one-round hgh
won't even be considered worth show
Ing. what Will they do about It? IIurr
ana!rs TO the best OF their ability
stanr
The Boxing Commission, recognlzln
these facts. has determined that movin
picture lights will not be allo wed 1
this State. This Is a sad blow to Tn
moving picture people. and to thos
who doa't go to fights but like to Sc
the pictures. But It Is the only thin
that can save the game here from b,
coming n mere business proposition