New-York tribune., 1916-02-11
Charlie White Is + ate'S Sc
lection as Third Man
in Ring.
JACK SKELLY WAS
CHOICE OF JONES
Chairman WenCk Warns the Gar.
den Management to Give
Public Fair Treatment.

The Messrs. Jones and Dorgan mad
reached an impssse.
That was the only thing cer;&in yes
terday afternoon in the tap-foom Of
the Clardge Hotel. The time was >
o'clock.
Jack Sicily was the man We agreed
upon in Chicago. and Jack Skclly goes
for US in New York spoutcd Tom
Jones. Jack Skelly. Chicago; Chicago,
Jack Ske"
mot II we know it," insisted Ike
Dorgan Tor tho hundredth time. Civ
us Jim Corbett. Billy Brown or Char
lie White. Not that We have anything
against Ske"
Gentlemen. gentlemen" interjected
Tex Rickard likewise for the hundredth
time.
No, that Texas didn't enjoy the dis
logue as much as any one. but even
those Doric columns supporting the
entire Clsridge Hotel were meant only
TO withstand certain definite wind
velocity.
Tom Jones lowered g., Ike Dorgan
and the latter gentleman. catching the
lover in mid-air, 30 10 speak. c-umploG
it like en- egg-shell. or German
Taube. with lower Of his own.
Il suggest" continued Ricksrd. that
we adjust this little difficulty by the
time-worn sacrament o. Tipping coin.
Dorgan, you choose one referee and
Jones another. will then flip coin
in the corner. with the newspaper men
20 ascertain who wins"
Dorgan agreed and chose White.
while Tom Jones picked Jack Sicily, a.
every one half-suspected he would.
Plainly marking the coin. that news
paper man might not mistake it, Rick
ard marched 70 partially secluded
nook Of the tap-room, accompanied b.
the press. If the coin fell heads White
was 20 referee without more ado. Tails
and the honor would be conferred upon
Skelly.
Heads II was,
50 Charlie White. veteran referee Of
dozens OF championship and semi
championship bouts. will be the third
man In the ring a. the Garden. In the
opinion Of those best qualified 20 know
some new words and music were
written into the customary procedure
OF selecting referee. Heretofore the
refereeship Of titular affair has been
good for sometimes as much as a
three weeks debate /. was astonish-
lNb l4hi StNutH NolAl4OU OF fle
irresistible force and the immovable
body problem.
white suits US, sll right" said
Jones after watching Richards coin de-
scribe q parabola I'VE simply under
stood IN Chicago that Skelly was 20
handle things and naturally We stuck
by IT,"
In letter 20 the management Of the
Madison Square Garden yesterday the
State Boxing Commission explicitly
outlined It's attitude toward the mill.
The letter. dictated by Chairman
Wenck. follows:
According TO current report, the
contemplated Willard Moran boxing
exhibition .s TO be conducted under
your auspices in Madison Square Gar.
den on March g.
This matter was taken up by Com
missioners Dwyer, Franey and myself
az meetings upstate on Tuesday and
Wednesday. ana vas instructed 20
inform you that the attitude Of the
State Athletic Commission toward the
proposed exhibition IL substantially "a
follows:
Every possible precaution must be
taken against fraud OF any kind, espe-
clally in contracts. advertising and
ticket selling; agains. mismanLgement
OF seating arrangements and made
quate policing OF premises: against
dressing groom hold-ups by boxers. o.
ring time delay Of any other nature:
against an unsatisfactory contest, and
against any other thing that may sug-
gest itself which might injure the
sport"