The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-01-22
Mcmahon Brothers Give Boxing
Commissioners Chance to Get
Into Investigation llmeIIght,
Too.
Ccyyrixhs 1918. BY The Prrs P,fbaknAns o..
The New York Wor1dl,

oDpyrixh, 1918. b. The rv~s P,fb,knAns o..
The Nev York woad,.
wv ITH the 0rand Jury. the Extra
w ordinary 0rand Jury. the Al.
" dermanic Investigators and the
Pujo Committee up to their several
necks In the investigating business and
setting the pace. the boxing commission
to-day fails In line with an Investigation
too. A. n to BE- w with the times.
The Mcmahon brothers. who promoted
the recent Cross-I,ivers bout from
which hundreds Of ticket holders we're
barred b. closed doors after the arena
was cloGgsd with sporting humanity.
are to b. prt on the vrill Commission
srs O'Neti. Dixon and Price VIII cit
with judicial importance In executive
session and Secretary Charley Harvey
VIZ guard the doors lest any Of the pro-
cssdings be heard until the commission
10 ready to give out what II thinks the
pub,sc should know.
yust why the commissioners nnd Il
necessary to hear charges Of any kind
behind closed doors y . mystery. Any.
how. the story OF how 'steen hundred
we're piled into the Manhattan Casino.
some Of them In seats and others
TANNED rows deep along the walls and
In the aisiss. while 800 or more outside
we're hsrdsd like sheep BY police re-
serves when they tried 10 break IN.
will BE- told again. Battalion Fire Chisf
Howe viii b questioned on HE good
Judgment In orderins the dooss closed
at . o'clock and Police Capt. Billy Day
may explain how II was he couldn't 81
In himself or crowd any Of his friends
In after that hour.
The McAiahon brothers will be on hand
with figures and aiibis to burn to show
that they didn't overseil the house.
They viii point out that year previous
at the Brown-Cross hight. when all one
sustained getting into the building wal
. smashed derby. q torn coat and a
ruffled disposition. several hundred
more than the ticket count showed last
Tuesday were accommodated In the
same building.
The MoMahons will doubtless exphil
that they took care of everything In
side the building and couldn't b sx
pected to run things IN the outside. too
They may even say they didn't know
the conditions outside. II. however the.
didn't, their husky door tenders did. ant
Il 10 only natural that they should hav,
reported how they nearly aInputatet
the arms Of q dozen or 80 when the.
forcibly jammed the doors In thst
faces.
vUsT what will come OF the invsstiga
ton may only be guessed An on
and out revocation OF the club
license In possible but very Improbable
The McMahons would night the revoca
ton Of their license to the last ditto
anl the boxing game. hanging ~ II
by q thread, Is In no condition to with
stand Q legal battle IN which politics
pull might figure.
The commissioners have not the powe
20 hne promoters or Nolators OF III
rules they have laid Gown. They. how
ever. may order suspens. 1ns II the ev
dence warrants such punishment
this particular case the commissioner
may md II hard 20 get the right kin
Of evidence. There ~ no Judge Con O
the Job.
~ HE fans, however. expect som
thing OF the Commissioners. eve
II they don't order the pugilist
execution OF the McMahons.
New rules looking to the prevention
the same disorder as characterized Il
cross-Rivers affair should he forthcon
ing and . system inaugurated by whic
every ticket purchaser Is insured sea
The numbering OF seats as In theat
should be made imperative and the ia
Of standing room either limited or abe
ished entirely.
a SIDE from everything else. its
a lucky thing for the McMaho
that the Cross Rivers bout turn
out TO be q corldng .sod scrap. Usual
these widely advertised clashes resi-
disappointingly. The Gibbons McGoor
pink tea did and caused those who ~
II to think they hal been "bunkel
The crowd at the Cross and Rive
bout certainly got It's moneys worth
the slam hang stun. The McMaho
may merit criticism at times, but IN
certainly are good matchmakers "A
usually provide well fought contests
- Ode MGOoRTY Is with us aga
r.. Before Eddie fought Nike @
bons he looked real live midd
weight championship possibility, but
showing he made against 81. Paul Nj
chilled our enthusiasm over his pr,
pscts. McGoorty was willing enough
that occasion. but somehow or OIL
seemed to lack the knowledge of h
to get going. He explained sfterws
that he had been led to expect so
marvellous things from. Mike and
waited and waited for Mike to sh
something out Of the ordinary.
kept saying to himself. whats this
low got" and the first thing he KIN
the night was over and II was too !
Tor him to start anything OF his o'
Tonight. In the Bronx. McGoorty me
Freddie Hicks the Canadian, Hi'
never set any rivers on nre but he
S1voa. all the best Of them run for
lnoney. He's rough AID tough. He n
..tA1n ~ ssus With Ac0oorty uni
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