New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-03
Heard at the Sign
Of the Cauliflower
By w. o. MCCLELLAN

& ARATOGA, y. Y, March There
~ has been some discussion as TO
the sort OF costume which Referee
Charlie White should wear on the
night of the Willard Moran fight. Ac-
cording TO orders for boxes, the
crowd that night will include nearly
all the best names in the social reg
lister and rather resemble In spots
the gathering at q first night at the
Metropolitan.
Sartoriai authorities assert that
Charlie must don the spikc-tall: any
other raiment would be an awful
blot on an otherwise fashionable and
correct affair. Charlie. however, has
his miseiviEgs. lie j. actively in pol
tiles this year. and believes that 4
he appears in the conventional even
ing apparel he will lose the entire
gas house vote. And that vote Is cs-
ser tial TO carrying out a number OF
reforms contemplated by Charles.
! our memory serves US correctly,
II vas Eddie Graney, the blacksmith,
,sferee Of many championship bat
ties fought in San Francisco, VINO
fret made some concessions TO the
conyentionalitics in the way OF dress.
lie adopted the dinner coat for even
ing fights and the Prince Albert for
afternoon fstic and social affairs.
FOLLOWING his example, all West
en- referees donned the Tuxedo
for night battles. They made u
point Of pride not 10 get the. stun
bosomed shirt rumpled or blood
stained, no matter how rough or san
culinary the contest. a referee with
spot of blood on his shirt or neck
tie awry felt disgraced. and the other
arbitrators looked upon him with
plying smiles.
Billy Roche. who refereed many
fights in San Francisco. always wore
the dinner coat. Hitherto, New YORK
referees nave worn costumes that
were original and unconventional.
After Billy Roche returned from the
Coast and began TO referee in the old
home burg he adopted a striped SILK
shirt "a the robe of Office. This was
inconvenient, a. he sometimes mad
two fights in the same week ana had
a great deal Of difficulty in convinc-
ing his laundress Of the necessity or
having the official garment ready on
time. Once he almost had TO go into
the ring shirtless.
Kid Mcfarland referees in a short
sleevcd and workmanlike dark gray
shirt. Referee Ilaukop. of Brooklyn,
in the summer IS a thing OF beauty
in white ducks and gGyly co!ored
blazer. Billy job wears whatever
he happens TO have on when he leaves
home. Bill Brown is a referee Of the
good old shirt sleeve school.
This vAriety is disconcertinc. Il
seems that this controversy over the
sar;orisl part OF the Moran-N lllard
fight ought to be settled quickly. II
look, like n direct challenge TO Beau
Nash 70 come through Win the cor
rect dope. Or maybe the Boxing
Commission will decide on what the
referee should wear.
NN)U were speaking o. the gas
L house district" chirped Willie
Lewis. "You know came from tho
gas house district myself. ] wonder
how il is that there are always more
fighters TO gas house district than
to any other section Of a burg. lt's
that way in every burg from New
York TO the Coast.
often | have wandered into a
strange town end thought it very
peaceful until ! got near gas tank.
Then always found some one who
wanted 20 give me an argument |
never so near strange gas house
unless | am in good condition.
The man who taught NE all
know, the most wonderful boxer |
ever saw. George Aphel. came from
the gas house belt. He was cleverer
than Critic. even. But when he went
into the professional game he got
chance blow. the only one that landed
on him, and was killed: otherwise the
gas house would have produced some
Champion
4 MONG the confessions Of Tom
- Jones on that Hateful day upon
which he bought six drinks IN the
presence of credible witnesses vas the
admission that AID Wolgast trained FOX
only three fights in his life. Tn re-
fleets upon III. veracity OF THOMAS
HIMSELF. for We feel quite sure that
before some OF those fights for which
Wolgsst did not train Thomas Issued
statements 20 the effect that Ad was
trained to tho MINUTE. Managers al