El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03
BY T. 5. ANDREWS.


FEW ORLEANS, LA, April S.-The
M boxing game in the south. de-
= spite the fact that it is legal
lied. is not in the flourishing condi-
ton that it was before the law went
into effect This has been brought
about by the addition Of clubs TO those
operating in the past It is the old
story Of too many clubs and too much
boxing The fans are getting tired Of
the sport for the first time in years
and unless something is done to stimu-
late the same there will be more losses
for the promoters next season It is a
very similar condition to that Of the
north and east.
When D. J. Tortorich handled the
game here there was some chance OF
putting on bouts that would repay him
for his trouble, but since the law went
into effect all this has changed. With
the addition Of more clubs the boxers
have raised their prices until ii is
joke to try and do business with them
on "A sensible basis Tom McCarey, the
former Los Angeles promoter. tried 10
hook Up here, but after putting IN
couple Of months time without accom-
plishing anything he gave up the idea
and left for the east where he hoped
TO establish the 20 round game In Con
necticut Tommy Burns. the eXcham-
pfon heavyweight, also flOated in. but
he did not make much noise and before
anyone knew what Tommy was doing
he had an arena OF his own IN opera
1ion. Tommy has been running the
game on a smaller scale than Tor
torich- but he has been doing fairly
well. II is the same old story over
again-the small and cheap shows are
hurting the game and giving the fans
an overdose Of the manly art Of self
Fans Demand the Best.
There was a time when New Orleans
was the mecca Of all the fistic doings-
the days when John L Sullivan, James
NJ -~g-f-~ one nd n#
were at the height Of their glOry-and
there are many of these old time fans
who know the game thoroughly ana
demand the best the market aItorus-
They have also instilled the same idea
into the younger generation OF fistic
natrons and the result is that the pro-
moters must furnish high class at
fractions or suffer less most OF the
time.
It is the one city in the country
where championship matches OF 20
rounds can be held and where rel
eree's decision can be given: but with
most OF the stars afraid TO take
chance in anything but limited round
bout Of six or 10 rounds, the value OF
the rights are lost TO certain extent
It is not like the old days when ngnI-
ers were anxious TO settle title ques-
lions and the like over the long route
now they think Of nothing but the al
mighty dollar.
Fighters Want Everything
Here have q great place FOR cham
pionship fights and big territory 10
draw from said promoter Iortorlch
while discussing the situation, but II
is next to impossible TO get these so
called stars without handing them
pretty nearly everything in sight and
a mortgage on the arena Here Is FRED
DIV welsh worlds champion lightweight
afraid TO take a chance in marathon
fight. I offered him $1,000 guarantee
and a privilege Of 20 percent to dlghI
lot Mandot and he laughs at the of1er-
Some day he may change his tone
Il am now trying TO bring ABOUT a
real middleweight championship event
have offered to stage an elimination
tournament between the stars Clabbys
Dillon. Ahearn and McGOOrty the win
ner 20 meet Mike Gibbons for the title
AT present 7 consider Clabby the man
best entitled 70 the championship and !
II the others want crack at II they
can take a chance against him over
the marathon route" 1t is understood
that promoter TortOrich VIII build a
new arena inside the city next fan,
where big and small fights can be neld
and over any distance up TO 20 rounds Z
observation-disclosures Fight
The prospects Of McFsrland-Gib- /
bons match in the near future has I
started the boxing fans all over the /
country specializing on the probable /
result II VIII be the meeting Of two
masters Of the fistic art and treat