The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-27

fBy James J.l Oorbett, Former Heavy
 Weight Champion of the World)
 Special to the Farmer.)
 New York, July N.-New Workers are getting pesvish. And they have scery right to the stand they are talk ing. It's so long since the regular fighter appeared lin our midst, ;" so to speak we sports are wondering if the nr0moters are ever going to Let loose ortheir bank rolls and give us peek Hta sure enough champion Press agents keep on grinding out dope about the wonderful things in store when cool weather returns, burt in the meantime all we get in return for our good money are exhibitions by boxers or the near champ variety.
 To read the Gotham sporting col un1ns one might be led to believe that a hoggish policy on the part of the champion glove wielders is responsi- hie for the lamentabie lack of class in local boxing shows The match mak- clubs. dwhich control the game in this cttE.) assert that 1t Is impossible to do business with boys like Wolgast . and Kilhane on basis permitting of reasonable profit for the club own CTS, and that they are therefore "re- lyTrtantHy'f compelled to pass up such stars and book the lesser lights.
 sread a paragraph the other day, evidently inspired or written by a sal Dunn. @ manager of Johnny Kilbane, Champion feather-weight, of being UT 10 his old tricks again. At first glance one would imagine said Dunn was putting the strangle hold on the local magnates. poor fellows, but af- ter reading the stuff through I was surprised at thet nerve of the fellow Eha wrote it.
 IF seems Billy Gibson, director of the big Garden dub, wanted Kilbane to come here. and box either Johnny Dundee or Young Shugrue and offer ed the champion B per cent of the gross receipts. Kilbane Cor manager0 aga business man turned the offer down. demanding a guarantee or a greater percentage- Which according to my way sof doping the matter out vas a very reasonable request. A champion is worth a. fair part of the money he draws and 25 per cent is, surely no equitable slice for the box CT who attracts the crowd.
 Suppcsing for example, the bout would draw <10.O00 gross. which IS not too great an amount to expect when a-star of the briliiancy of our feather weight champion is on the bill. Kil- bane would receive the sum of $2.000. and the club $500 to pay off the rent. advertising and other expenses inrluding the per cent extracted by the state for licensing the show. Out of this amount the club would easily net e4.5eO and possibly more.
 Why should the magnate get the big money and the champion the lit tie end of the deal? It is the star boxer. not the management, that brings the dollars to the box office, and the money getting attraction should be paid in proportion to his drawing powers It. costs as much money in the way of rent, advertising, help. etc. to put on an exhibition be- tween mediocre performers, barring rp@siblya a few extra items of ex- pense as 1t does to conduct a show with a champion as head liner. That is-eo far as. actual fixed expenses are 1T am not by any means trying to encourage Kflbane or other boxers of rKputation to try to .hold-up promo ters. and the fight trust need fear present time as the local game is pretty we'll cornered. But I believe a 1a6orer worthy of his hire and a boxer entitled to a fair part of the money ha- brings to the door, Certainly 20 per cent Is not commensurate with a champions standing in the profession and drawing capacity at t he Dox off1ce-
 shows in large numbers are also due some consideration by local managers. The public pays big prices and de- serves the best that's going in the boxing line. Kilbane is star local sports admire very much and there is mo question that his name would draw an immense crowd anywhere he chooses to appear If the match mak- CTS could only be made to see it in fhe- right light, they. are biting off Phcir own noses to spite their faces. One bout with a champion boxer for H top line attraction would be worth more to them in cold coin than a cIus- ter. of the sort they have been serving the past two or three months.
 Johnny Kilbane is a popular youth locally and deservedly so Manlhat- fahites thought Abe Attell invincible and his conqueror is assured a packed house any old time he elects to box worthy adversary in this neighbor- hood Kilbane-Dundee would draw hlg house. Kilbane and Atte1l would pack either the Garden or St. Nicho- las rink And an international match between the veteran and classy ex- pert Jem Driscoll. champion of En- gland. and the Cleveland boy-well the promoters could demand the high est scale of prices and be sure of get ting the money
 The Garden and St. Nicholas people are doing fairly we'll with their shows because they control the game and local celebrities. But the public is tired of seeing the same men per- form right along and demand new ma teria1. There may be opposition in the fnwers of boxing may get better shows as result of plans to estab- fish rival institutions large enough to compete successfully with the mon opoly.
 -Bombardier Wells came back after the licking Al Palzer gave him and Swatted Tom Kennedy so effectively that the latter's seconds were forced to throw up the sponge in the eighth Inning wells was too clever for Ken nedy the other night. who apparently has forgotten everything he knew of the art of boxing In attempting to Increase steaming and add to his mus rtlar development Tom has sacrificed the speed and skill that were his nat ural assets upon which his claims to fame were supposed to be founded
 A year ago Kennedy was a spepdy ard clever boxer. Tn his first profes- Sicnal engagement he met big Palzer. them na1rice r-itI n,alu hull