New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
SMALL CLUBS IN DANGER
Boxing "Fans" Differ on Effect
of Bouts in Garden.
MAY BOOM THE SPORT
Larger Clientele Assured byl
Opening the Old His.
toric Arena.

WITHIN the next few days on Wednesday,
afternoon TO he exact II is probable that
| the Garden Athletic Club will be granted
license By the State Athletic Commission
| To hold and conduct boxing bouts in Madi-l
son Square Garden. As told before in Tha
Tribune, the cause for not granting a
license last week was because the certif.
| cate of the necessary bond was not yet
returned from the State Controllers offics
in Albany.
What effect boxing In the Garden. tbs
scene Of many famous battles In the old
days, when champions fought for titles in
New York. will have on the smaller clubs
is topic Of much discussion among the
boxing fans" Many there are who be-
lieve that as soon as the Garden Athletic
Club is well under way and holding bouts
regularly the death knel OF many smaller
organizations Of the city will be sounded.
Those who look upon the seamy side OF the
question declare that the Garden will he
the real money making club and that the
champions and top notch men OF the
various classes will hold out TO box there 10
the exclusion of the other clubs. So. too. the
crowds will walt until a champion Is
matched and will not patronlze the clubs
where they are now seen at every good
battle.
Others believe that the Garden win boom
the sport. Pers.ns who now never attend
boxing bouts will go TO thu Garden to sec
a match wher they would not go else
where A good bC1tns bout once seen will
always be attractive and the new clun
may. perhaps, be the making OF many new
fans" There is another side which the
pessimsts have evidently overlooked. The
annual rental Of the Garden amounts
TO approximately 10000, and this great
sum of money can hardly be recognized
by boxing alone. 1t is fair to assume,
therefore, that the newly organized club
will seek to ease the great strain on It's
Golfers by renting the Garden out 10 the
usual routine OF shows, spectacles and ex-
hibitions This. Of course will preclude
the possibility OF regular boxing shows
A prominent follower of sports said yes
terday: This club in tho Garden Will co
one OF two things for boxing II will be
the greatest boom or the worst knock the
sport has ever had. There is certain !
attraction about the old Garden that VIII
draw a good crowd to witness any real
big sporting fixture, and II the bouts are
good. and boxed on their merits. they VIII
make many new enthusiasts, who will at
tend the other clubs when the Garden is
rented out to the usual winter attractions
such as the automobile. food, sportsman
show and all the rest. II, however tne
new club INDUCES in any OF the snort
sighted work that marked the Knockout
Brown Matt Wells battle. then prepare for
squalls.
Il am in position 20 know that the
new management intend 20 charge rea-
sonable rates for their entertainments ana
they will positively guarantee every ticket
holder his seat. II may he possible TO have
lack Johnson meet Joe Jeanette there.
Johnson will positively not be matched with
any white man.
That the $3.50 laugh in which Tom
Jones and Ad Wolgast INDUCED themselves
at the expense Of Tom McCarey, has proved
to no more or less OF boomerang was
shown to-day when Joe Rivers the re-