Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-17
AUSTRALIAN NOT
LIKELY To OPEN
BIC CLUB HERE
By W. W. Naughton.

CAN FRANCISCO. June IL
y Many a moon has waxed and
waned since Hugh D. McIn-
tosh, the Australian fight promoter,
gave out that he was about to en-
bark in his particular line of bust
ness in New York, having been in
vited to do so by many leading
sporting men" of the big Eastern
city.
Mac always promised fuller par
ticulars "by next mail" but as the
mail in question is more than a
year overdue, It begins to look al
though something has gone awry
with McIntosh's plans for an East
ern invasion
1t was a weird proposition from
the outset. New York. like any
other big American city, has sport
ing entrepeneurs who can hold
their own with men in that line the
world around, and why Mcintosh
was needed there to show them
how to run things was never very
clear If the Australian had gone
there with a string of Australian
fighters and merely as a padrone,
1t would have been quite under
standable. but the suggestion that
his presence was deemed necessary
to place boxing on a proper footing
vas a good deal of a joke.
Now that Macs Australian press
bureau stuff contains no further
reference to his New York inva-
sion, we are beginning to wonder
whether some one was kidding him
or he was kidding the balance of
us.
Improving Big Stadium.
The very latest from Sydney is
that Mcintosh is having the
Rushcutters Bay stadium rooted
over so as to be available for box
ing matches both winter and sum-
mer. This looks as though Nc
Intosh has made up his mind to
stay at home and make Australia
an year-round pugilistic rem
devious.
For that matter, Mac is already
casting around for winter cards,
and he is not particular whose
corns he treads on while reaching
for what he wants He has prob
ably taken the -Langford
: contest from McCarey. and while
doing so has given the ethics of
matchmaking a violent wrench.
: The last mail from Australia
brought the usual output of press
bureau stuff from the Mcintosh of
flee in Sydney One circular let
ter sets forth that the stadium was
being rooted in and that as big
opening card Mcintosh was after
Jeanette and Langford The cir
cular mentioned that some little
trouble was expected because
Jeanette and Langford were al
ready matched for Los Angeles, but
expressed the belief that the Los
Angeles stumbling block was
something that could be adjusted"
Letter From Jeannette's Manager.
About the same date the writer
received a letter from Dan Nc
Kitterick. manager of Jeanette,
who at the time was in Paris.
Mcintosh is offering US all kinds
of inducements to go to Australia
and box Langford." wrote McKit-
terick. "He says Langford has
signed up for a new batch of con-
tests and will not return to Amer
lea for a long time
About a week later. MCCarey,
the Los Angeles matchmaker. re-
ceived cablegram from Lang
ford's manager in Australia, setting
forth that they had been made par
ties to a lawsuit and would not be
able TO sail for home in time to
keep the July date with Jeanette
in Los Angeles.
1--WE will he back in September,
so try and keep Jeanette in the
country" said the cable. but after
reading the extracts given from the
letters received from Mcintosh and
McKitterick it is easy enough to
see that they have put one over on
poor old Uncle Tom, the sage of
Vernon.