The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-01-23

COLUMN
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Empire A. c. Case Hanging Fire
Until Boxing Commission Re-.
oeives Some Advice From
Courts.


waiting to learn from the courts
whether or not Il has any legal
right TO hold an Inquiry when . boxing
clpb 10 accused OF some sort Of irresu-
layity. and to penaiixe the club.
One might think. after reading over
the Frawley law. that the powers Of the
Commission were very plainly set forth
there.
But what 10 plain language to . lay.
man may mean anything to = lawyer.
r HOWEVER. the right Of the Com.
mission TO act has been ques-
- uoned before. Tho National
Sporting Grub. run by Tom O'Rourke.
carried its hSht into court. and lost.
anl the Commission revoked the clubs
iiesaee.
The N. 8. c. case was Q main viola.
ten OF the Commissions rules. The
referee Of the club was instructed to
givs . decision. This Empire matter 10
one that may have been caused by
mi1manAgement. II was either . case
Of over-selling or Of letting . great
number Of people set In without buy.
in6 tickets.
when Sheriff HarburGer rushed the
doom with his force Of deputies. I'm
ton, q number Of outsiders made the
rife at the same time. 1t 10 said that
s.hsrs forced their way In through the
exits.
II 10 ridiculous 70 talk about ''empty
ssats'' and ATTY people standing"
= When I got In. shortly before the
aoers were closed. the aislss we're
jsmmsd tight with standing spectators.
I forced my way along one aisle until
ahout half way to the ring. There the
ian vas - tight that couldn't gain
another inch. A big fellow In front Of
me said: Have you . boz seatf"
Sure" said /.
"Wsn." SAID he. you'll never be able
TO- set through here. Better work back
al try the next aisle"
Ana I did. and finally slbowsd and
knoeA my way to the cleared aisle close
te.ths ring.
t,dare say there were at least . thou
ssnd people standing on the main Moor.
AZ LEAST a thousand.
A BOUT the same tims . friend Of
~ mine tried the gallery. The stair
4 = way was packed. he told me After
ward, but he fouEfx his way to the top.
There he found solid rows standing up
In froat OF him. lie managed at last
% wriggis into Q place whore he had
an opening In front about ~ large a.
his hand. Hes six feet tall. When
the heads In front bobbed together he
didn't see the nzht. when they
bobbed three or four inches apart HI
saw . portion OF the ring. and some
timss he was lucky enough to set
glimpse Of the boxers.
Judging by that there must have
been at least fifteen hundred people
standing. packed Into the sisies.
FIFTY without seats! Rot!
A ND a. for empty seats. ] looked
~ around pretty hard and didn'
4 = see any. Had a ticket for boz
seat and couldn't get II. as>the box ~a'
fun OF general admission people Of
..dsuutv sherins' who had takei
possession without tickets. Ssvera
other ticket holders for the same Dol
lind up The usher mildly requested
thst the seat holders show their tickets
They glanced around. then calml!
turned their backs and paid no NOR
attention to him. The usher foun'
seats for the others In box near by
but there wasn't another vacant cha
to b. seen. and so I went and slippe
IN next to the Sheriff at the ringsids
whore Julius told me stories all throuS
the last two preliminary bouts.
EDDIE McMshon came around. aske
hin how many people were ther'
About forty-hve hundred" said Eddi'
Just q rough guess, OF course.
looked like 400.
u row a. for what the Boxing Com
III mission does or doesn't do In IN
4 case Of the Empire A. c.. don
care Q rap. But It Is up to the Con
mission TO see that no crowd at a Ne
York State boxing clut 10 ever mi
handled 30 shamefully again.
II y up to the Commission to prevsi
the admission to any boxing club
any man who hasn't a ticket calllr
Cor 4 seat. Prohibit this general a.
snAsslon'' grab-all
l/et the boxing clubs be run in
orderly a manner as thu theatres. Nal
them give what they accept money "a
Tue Commission caa do it--if It wan
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