Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-28
FIGHT FANS ARE
 GETTING PEEVED New Workers Want Sight of a Real Champion in
 Pugdom.
MANAGERS ARE SLOW
Would Make More By Paying Mora and Putting On Real
 Good Show.
(By James J. Corbett.)

(By James J. Corbett)
 New York, July 27!-(Special to! the Graphic. )-New Workers are get ting peevish. And they have every right to the stand they are taking It s so long since regular fighter appeared '.in our midst so to speak, we sports are wondering if the pro- motors are ever going to let loose of their bank rolls and give us a peek at sure enough champion. Press agents keep on grinding out dope about wonderful things in store when cool weather returns, but ill the meantime all we get in return for our good money are exhibitions by boxers of the near champ variety.
 To read the Gotham sporting col umns one might be lead to believe that hoggish policy on the parts of the champion glove Wielders is re- sponsible for the lamentable lack of class in local boxing, shows. The match makers of the Garden and St. Nicholas clubs (which control the game in this city), assert that it is impossible to do business with boys like Wolgast and kilbane on basis permitting of a reasonable profit for the club owners, and they are there fore reluctantly compelled to pass such stars and book the lesser lights.
 l read paragraph the other day, evidently inspired or written by a salaried press agent accusing dummy Dunn, manager for Johnny Kilbane, Up to 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 the nerve of the fellow Who wrote it.
 1t seems Billy Gibson, director of the big Garden club, wanted kilbane to come here and box either Johnny Dundee or Young Shugrue and offer- ed the champion 9 per cent of the gross receipts. KilDane tor mana ger), as a business man turned the offer down, demanding a guarantee or greater percentage. Which accord 1 ing to my way of doping the matter out was very reasonable request. ] A champion is worth a fair part of the money he draws and 9 per cent is surely no. equitable slice for the boxer who attracts the crowd.
 Supposing, for example, the bout would draw $10,000 gross, which is not too great an amount to expect when star of the brilliancy of our featherweight champion is on the bill. Kilbane would receive the sum of S2,500, and the club $500 to pay off the champions opponent, prelim- inaries, rent, advertising and other expenses including the } per cent ex- acted by the state for licensing the show. Out of this amount the club would easily net S4.500 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 possibly a few extra items of eX- pense. as it does to conduct show with a champion as head-liner. That is so far as actual fixed expenses are concerned.
 am not by any means trying to encourage Kilbane or other boxers ol reputation to try to hold-up promoters and the fight trust need fear nothing on that score anyway at present time as the local game is pretty well cornered. But I believe laborel worthy of his hire and a boxer entit- led to a fair part of the money he brings to the door. Certainly 20 per cent is not commensurate with a champions standing in the profession and drawing capacity at the box of flee.
 Gothamites who flock to boxing shows in large numbers are also due some consideration by local mana gers. The public pays big prices ane deserves the best that's going in the boxing line. Kilbane is star loca sports admire very much and there is no question that his name would draw an immense crowd anywhere he chooses to appear. If the match makers could only be made to see i in the right light, they are biting of their noses to spite their faces. On' bout with a champion boxer for top nOtCn dJCrdCIlOu WOuIO DC WoA VII AAAOA to them in cold coin that cluste of the sort they have been serving the past two or three months. 7,
 Johnny Kilbane is popular youtl locally and deservedly so. Manhat tanites thought Abe Attell invincibl and his conqueror is assured of packed house any old time he elect to box worthy adversary in thi neighborhood. Kilbane-Dundee woui draw big. Kilbane and Attell Woul would pack either the Garden or S Nicholas rink. And an internatlona match between the veteran and clas sy expert, Jem Driscoll, champion c England, and the Cleveland boy well, the promoters could demand tn highest scale of prices and be sur
 of getting the money
 The Garden and St. Nicholas pee
 pie are doing faairly well wltn tnel
 L.rx.s looouco thov control the gam