The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-13
.By James J. Corbett, Former Heavy weight Champion of the WorId.)
 (specialLt to the Bsarmer.l

events. Europe has grabbed the cen ter of the stage and we have been forced to exit more or less gracefuIlyS from the scene for the time being. By clinching the Willie Ritchie- Freddy Welsh battle foreign promo ters have bagged a trio of nterna-. tional events that are hard to beat. First will come the Gunboats smith. Georges Carpenter match which. Dick Burgesl the veteran Lightweight, is to stage on June 27 in London The scene is then shifted to Paris where Jack Johnson will defend the cham pionship title against the more or less skf11ful and aggressive attacks of Frank Moran, a white hope of doubtful ability. After that little matter has been settled Willie Rftchie and Freddy Welsh take up the clld- gels in a bout for. the Lightweight Ii championship of the world. Of the trio of events the last mentioned ap- pears to stick out in the matter of class.
 The development and amazingly rapid growth of boxing as aApopu- lar sport in France has accomplished fertile field for opponents of the man 1y art; it has awakened British sportsmen to the realization that their long enjoyed prestige as the foremost promoters of the ancient sport in the old country was fast being usurped by the despised frog eaters, and as a. consequence their at tempts to maintain that position and reputation have ogiven the game a big boom in the tight little isle Ten years ago the suggestion of a $25,- 1000 purse for a heavyweight cham pionship battle would have been laughed at by English promoters to- day they are willing to guarantee that amount for a. battlte between two youngsters who are hardly out of the nottce cIasses l
 French sportsmen deserve the praise of lovers of boxing the world over for the great good they have accomplished, not the least of which of rivalry in their nefghbors across the channel.
 Boxing is suffering from a bad case Of dtsinterestedness on the part of the fans here in Gotham Fact git lakes way of show to draw the people to a boxing entertainment these warm evenings. And even the stars of the 1 ring don't get very fat on what they l drag down for their bits-when they work on a percentage basis So that is tlfe reason possibly why local pro motors are not breaking any speedal records in chasing the headliners.
 There is only one club in New ork | apparently. that has d chance to make l Al | ly Gibson Stadium A. C., which is | centrally located; and Gibson will not 1 be able to retire from the game with | the profits he will garner this sum 1 mer either Tn Brooklyn several 1 clubs are managing to keep their | heads above water but few are mak- ing money. The Broadway A. G. l made famous by Al NcCoy's quick de- feat of George Chip, is running on it's | regular winter scheduIe-two shows a
  eysright along. Looks ike the BrookIynites are | better sports than the Manhattanites. | Across the bridge fans attend boxing | shows because they like the sport. In New York the people pay to see stars l only-a show without a. star or two i draws only enough to pay for the pre- lirninaries in Manhattan.
 As the day set for the Johnson-Mo- ran championship match approaches | speculation on the outcome : shows little increase. It appears to have | been. accepted as a foregone concIu- | sion that Johnson will have an easy time of it with his young and com | paratively inexperie ienced rival Some | lately relative to that "$30, 900 guar anteee" Johnson is to receive. When the match was first announced re- ports were cabled here that an
  ing the money. So far the identity | of the supposed angel has not been revealed and the opinion of those who keep theeir ears to the ground | and are we'll posted on such matters is that MT. Millionaire is none other | than Danny McKettrick, backed by Johnson himself. McKettrick is Mo- ran's manager, but at the same time is a warm friend of and has consid- erable influence with the black cham pion.
 When McKettrick and Johnson ar ranged their plans for the bout, so it Is said, they did not count on oppo- Sition from any of the Partisan pro- motors. Probably they figured the E'renchmen wern't on to their curves and would. be content to stand back and permit a couple of Americans to gather all the gravy. To their dis may, however, they found that there was considerable opposition to the match and that unless they agreed to take in one of the native promoters there was small chance of pulling it off as per schedule. So Victor Brey- CT was invited to become a partner in the scheme. M. Breyer accepted, and now there is little danger of the au- thorities interfering with the fight.
 There is little doubt that the match will draw big money as the French men are simply crazy on the subject of fights and fighters and this bout will be quite the biggest thing ever staged in Paris. Messrs. Mex ettrick and Johnson and their associate, Breyer, ought to make good money on their investment. Where Frank Moran will come in is another story. But I imagine Frank is willing to go lust for the privilege of getting rack at the title. $
 While Johnson and Moran's man ger are supposed to be interested $ n the promotion of the match there ' S nothing about 1t to suggest that it I will not be fought on the level. Tn his country the knowledge that the 1