New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
Heard at the Sign
OF the Cauliflower
BY w. Q. MCCLELLAN

sion 20 project iit utdI p'N P"'
from possible fraud IN connection
with the Willard-Noran fight Is high
lv commendable. but it is so sudden
that il takes away the breath OF the
most hardened fight fan. Looking over
the fight game, a. conducted under the
law which licensed the Boxing Com
mission. we cannot recall a single
instance i'm which such advance pre-
cautions were taken to protect the
dear peepui against a possible fraud
or unseen emergencies.
Luke McLukc and Battling Hash
would De licensed 10 fight for any old
club on a moments notice. ithout
further inquiry by the Boxing Com
mission. The status of the promoter
would only be looked into casually
bv the august board. This commits
sion and the one preceding II re-
Trained from any excessive precau-
tions 10 protect the dear peepul. the
dear boxers and the dear promoters
ND 10 tho signing Of the Willard Mo-
ran match. Is natural. then. that
VIC ask whv the Boyirg Commission
has suddenly come 10 such nigh
realization Of is duties.
Mcfarland and Gibbons buncoed
Tho dear pec9ul with a dcnaturized
battle. and Chip and Claoby put up
such a shady contest that the rel
cree ordered them from the ring.
There were no advance precautions
taken. The dear buncoed peepul did
rot get their money back.
Personally. We know lots of safe
crackers with whom VIC would rather
be seen talking than number Of
fight promoters. Some OF these pro-
motors have no difficult in getting
fight permits. The august Boxing
Commission has granted licenses to
one clique Of promoters which has
WEIGHED on fighters and also on the
dear peepul. The Boxing Commits
sion eXacted no securities from
them. They took no ordinary or eN-
traordinary precautions TO see that
everybody concerned would be pro
tccted against fraud.
Tex Richard. VINO arranged the
Willard Moran light. aud who IS pro
noting il with the Show Corpora
ton. has offered 10 guarantee the
ticket buyers with substantial bond.
lie has a reputation to maintain. and,
after having known him for ten
years, VIC do not hesitate to assert
that he would he willing TO maintain
j., At financial loss.
In Alaska. in Nevada and other
places Richard has handled bigger
affairs than 100000 fight As much
money IS will be taken in at the
Madison square Garden bout has
been dumped into his safe in the,
Northern Bar at Nome or IN Cold
field i'm single night He has been
tho trustee TO- the millions OF miners
and adventures from New York TO
North Of fifty-Threc. so the eI-
traordinary caution of the Boxing
Commission must bc highly amusing
10 him. Especially since the Boxing
Commission took no precautions
against one little clique Of fight pro
moters who twice shut down with
out paving their fighters and were
then allowed 20 open up again.
l. QUALIFY amusing and entertain.
II INC is the high moral stand
taken by Assemblyman .larty Nc
Cue. who in the hot. reckless days
of his youth was gladiator himself.
MS nattle VIII ne tlinti HNAic
or slaughter" Mr. McCue said tear
fully 10 his brother Solons. 1T must
be stopped. II will be bad for the
game"
The foresis htcdncss OF Mr. McCue
i- also sudden. There have been
other fights which we're either fzzies
or slaughtcrs. but on none II these
did the pugilistic Statesman cast his
prophetic ego. nor did he raise his
clear. ringing voice against any OF
them. Surely man who could dip
into the future as far e. 20 see what
kind Of fgh, the Willard Moran
bout would bc could have foretold
that the NcFsrland-G Gibbons night
would have been iizzlc and the
Flynn-Pslzcr fight would have oecu =
slaughter.
but IN both Of these instances the
clarion voice OF Battling Marty Me-
cue was silent. Ills prophetic Vision
was dimmcd.
Another statesman Is moving
against tho Willard-Moran hgnt on
the ground that II Is not legal. be
cause Tex Richard Is not tho bona
hdc lessee Of " Garden Admitting