Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-15
CHAMPS WILL Be
CROWNED NOW IN
CRESCENT CITY
With Twenty-round Limit Ter
rltory Reduced by Loss Of
California New Orleans
Gains Prominence.


Former Heavyweight Champion Of
the World.
New York. Nov. ii.--California
without boxing win not seem Ike
California 10 the old-timers who have
been privileged TO enjoy the sport
for many years. But II had TO come.
suppose. There has been faction
working against the game on the
coast for many years and they play
cd their trump card when the women
were given suffrage For without the
female vote there would have been
small chance to carry the "ant'
amendment at the recent election.
Even 40 the result was comparative
ly close considering the great vote Of
the state as the amendment was car
ried by less than 10000 majority, ac-
cording TO the figures sent me by
friend.
California and its twenty-round'
matches viii be greatly missed in SET
thing championship disputes Prac-
tically all the title-holders in the va
rlous divisions Of the past fifteen years
have been crowned In the golden
ltate. fS
Thinks Loss Tcmporar,
But 1t is an III wind that blows no
good aud CALIFORNIA; temporary loss
for do not believe that II will be
long before the sport will once more
be legalized and placed on a firmer
basis than ever throughout the state
will give boxing big boom In New
Orleans. which is now one Of the few
cities Of Importance where long con-
tests may be held under the law.
understand that Promoter Tortorich.
OF the Crescent City, has already
placed contracts for new arena to
Accommodate more than 10000 peo-
pie and in which he expects To decide
many championship battles. Also that
several other New Orleans promoters
have planned ambitious programs in
the boxing line for the near future
Louisiana, by the way. has also suf-
fered much at the hands Of the re-
formers during the past decade. First
they stopped boxing altogether, then
put the skids under the winter horse
racing. form Of sport which played
an important part in making New Or
leans the leading winter resort of the
country
business Men Take Hand.
But realizing that those radical
measures have kept hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars away from New
Orleans annually, the business men
have banded together to restore the
city to that place In the favor Ct tour
lists that racing and boxing kept II
for many years. The result Of their
concerted action was first to have a
bill passed through the legislature
legalizng twenty-round bouts with
decisions, and during the coming
winter a sixty-day race meeting is to
be held at the old fair grounds track.
California may be without racing
and boxing for few more years, but
Il fully believe that both sports Will
again flourish there, and in the not
very distant future. And when laws
permitting these forms Of amuse-
ment are again placed on the statute
books The Objectionable features Will
no doubt be eliminated. for there are
objectionable features to all forms Of
sports.
VIII Help Other Localities.
However. the silly prejudice that
knocked boxing out in California VIII
work for the good of the sport In
other localities. With san Francisco
and Los Angeles out OF the running
the competition for bouts Of quality
viii not be so keen as in recent years.
and that should result in better
class of exhibitions where the sport
is permitted. When boxers find that
they Will not be able to hold up pro-
moters for. prohibitlve guarantees IL
win mean that they Will strive all the
harder to establish regulations for
when their earning capacities depend
entirely on the number OF people they
can attract to the arenas, and not on
| the cut throat rivalry in matchmak-
ling that has driven dozens Of pro-
moters to the wall, they viii show
the public the best they have in
stock In other words. whore a box
er's financial success Will depend en-
Itirely on his own drawing powers he
will strive all the harder to make
+ himself popular with his public.