The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-12
WOMAN
PROMOTER OF
PRIZE FIGHTS
Men Always Nice to Fair Sex
When They Are Sober,
She Declares.
By ZOE BECKLEY.

NEW YORK, Mar. 11.-This story Is
about an auburn haired, auburn eyed
tperhaps topaz" would be better, but
this isn't a nuveD little woman named
Frances Weston, who arranEes, bosses
and finances prize =tights.@At first
blush 1t does not sound like what
your Aunt Samantha would call "a
ladyllke occupation. But Mrs. Wes-
ton would like to know what's wrong
with a woman helping a lot of healthy
boys earn an honest living by exhibit
ing the manly art Of self defense to
an interested audience OF we'll be-
haved men and women. And OF course
when you put 1t that way
The first woman promoter Of tho
game Of pugIlism was found In the
office Of her new domain, the Long
Acre Athletic Association, corner OF
Grand and Orchard streets.
She Is q medium sized, compact per-
son, gowned in the latest fashion with
out any OF its tIresome freaks. she
is the wife OF Bert Weston, pros.
porous stock actor. and the mother OF
a chubby boy. She lives In Brooklyn.
keeps house with as scrupulous a
nlcenesB as your Aunt Samantha her.
self. And drives a motor car with q
good deal more nerve and skill than
Auntie s.. could muster.
Runs Fight In WOman'S Way.
Mrs. Weston's athletic association
is barn like room banked with
bleachers completely surrounding O
very businesslike roped Enclosure
with padded floor.
There are no pink ribbons on thG
ring posts. no cut glass vawzas OF
American beauties. AN contraire, as
Bernhardt would say, talked with
Mrs. Weston amid an interesting lit
ter OF turkish towels, Jerseys, reducS
ing bands, boxing gloves and parti-
colored tights a good deal tho worse
for wear. A few of the boys Them
selves stood dittidehtly in corners.
their battle SCARED lips curved In adj.
miring smiles az "the lady boss talked
for the paper"
You see, 1t was this way" smiled
the lady boss (the boys like her too
we'll to call her anything but
"Frances'): eve always been a fight
fan and liked the sport better than
any other kind OF athletics.
She Bought Control.
my husband knew the fellows who
were running this place, and felt sure
1t could be made TO pay II there was
only one boss instead OF half q dozen
You see, they go to disputing and ar.
gulng.
That's where ! came In. ] took my
own money and bought control, fiEur-
ing that If there was only one person
to take orders from things would run
smooth And they have
Managing anything, whether itiR
your own house or game OF boxing,
is only a question Of common sense.
I knew considerable on boxing 10 start
with. Tho rest found out by going,
at 1t. Women are practical and good
managers as rule. When they don't
know how to do a thing they make up
a way, and it's usually as good as
some mans way"
what are your actual duties?" i
asked Mrs. Weston.
"WelI, / come to the club every day
and stay a few hours answering the
phone, giving out information to those
who want to arrange bouts, handle all
the tickets ind make the matches af-
ter a personal talk with the lighters
Arrnnges Bouts Herself.
Eyes, fix up the matches myself.
i get the lighters heights, weights and
fighting records. ask their terms. set