The evening world., 1914-05-07
Gibbons Failed TO Collect the 35
fs' Cent. Of the Gate Receipts
to Which His Articles OF Agree
ment With Howard Entitled
Him.

Ospyrshi, lrli ~ ~. Pr. Pubii,hins Co
THE Nes lors h'eninz World.
Ode REDDl. manager of Mike
IL Gibbons. says that Daniel Nor
gan has given him an example
II the methods Of high finance" em.
pioyed In New York.
According to Keddy's statement.
he was In ~. Paul when negotiations
for the Gibbons Howard match be-
ean. The terms he suggested to the
Broadway A. &. were q $1,000 guar
autee for Gibbons. with privilege Of
taking rs per cent. OF the gate re-
eeipts. Manager weismantel wired
scceStance and forwarded the articles
Tor Reddy's signature. Reddy discoy-
cred that the articles mentioned the
1900 guarantee. but made no pro-
vision for the percentage. Arriving
N New York he saw the clubs mana
ser and the percentage clause was
inserted and signed.
At the club Reddy saw that the
house looked good and remarked that
ne thought he'd take the IS per cent,
whereupon Morgan shrieked loudly
and accused Reddy OF trying to hold
Nm up" Explanations followed, and
Reddy learned that Morgan had made
. deal with the club by which he was
10 take Cd per cent. OF the gate and
NY Gibbons 91,OC" nut OF II. Appar.
ently the club forgot 10 tell Morgan
that Mikes articles entitled him to
- per cent. II ne preferred II.
And Reddy let Morgan get away
wssh u. The star received his thou
rand dollars; MorRan's smuggling sec
ooo.rater pulled down tl.40S.
Oecr In France hey are call.
ting Joe BOrrcll The Terrible
American" Joe has knocked out
b . Number OF pouId.be champions
On the other side.
Aha! Yesterday a British cham
pionship was NOT won by an Ameri-
cam 4. NJ. Baerlcin won the British
amateur court tennis championship.
6eating Joshua Crane OF Boston,
". Z. A.. In the final sets
G AILOR FRED FRITTS In making
- pretty good progress. consider
ing the short time he has been
: fighting. In all. his record list shows
0uly twelve battles. He began box
Ing In the ". Is. Navy a year and a
half ago. When his term of enlist
ment expired he became 4 regular
hghtcr. He has won nine Of his
nights with knockouts. One OF his
victims WAS George Rodel. the Boer
Who Topped In the third round.
u Fritts can beat Tom Kennedy
Tonight he'll be ready to take on
some OF the other heavyweights who
have advanced far enough TO annoy
00enb0si Smith with challenges.
80 TIE neUs that Pdckev McE'dr.
land has been elected director in
% bretctng company sounds like
j0ke. One Of .Pdckey's tdportte
: ;b0dsts 10 that he neper drank o
drop Of anything stronger than
NefrGWberrv ice cream soda in
Ais ne.
Il am in baseball because | low,
The game. and I don't expect to max,
Any fabulous sum out OF baseball
64ys n. H. Ward. owner OF thu
Brooklyn tederals.
II Mr.. Ward In in baseball simply
and only because he loves the gam,
he must feel lonesome when In tn,
company Of ordinary magnates.
what In this current Roasip" II
8pKiand which has to deal with
, Ioosible withdrawal Of the British
b0lo team now matched to play a
Meadow Brook? Are the polo peopl,
on the other side trying that old, OLE
psise night trick on the unsophisti
cated kidding" them int
taking life easy when they should h,
In hard training?
4 gentleman writes that he intends
70 make n new record in walk from
New York to Chicago. pulling a ligh
buggy behind him.
Why not make 1t from New Yorl
10 Matteawan'
"1HAT n lot ~ hard work 1
w wasted in the world Pulllnl
q a light buggy by hand from
New York to Chicago would use n
- much energy, M a rough guess
a.k 10.