El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-17
too HOT To BOX?.
CLUBS CLOSING
Some Open Air Exhibitions
Will Be Given During the
Summer in New York.
BY T. s. ANDREWs.

milwaukee,. Wis. May 17.-Boxing
clubs throughout the country are clos
ing down now for the summer season
and by the end of May there will be
few running. except in the larger cities
where some Of the big clubs will try to
hold outdoor shows. This applies es-
p~ecially to the state Of New York,
where open-air shows were held last
summer with considerable success at
the BASEBALL park i'm Brooklyn and at
J the sea shore resorts.
Already the clubs i'm New York and
Brooklyn are getting ready for OPEN
air shows and the chances are that
some big events will be staged during
the hot spell. Philadelphia clubs may
also try the open-atr game for a few
shows, but they will not make It q
regular summer pastime.
Another spot where the open air
game viii be tried. unless the authOrl-
ties step in, is Akron. Ohio, where
Bernie Strap is endeavOring to get
big show between Johnny Griffith and
Freddy Welsh or some other star at
traction.
LAW In Wisconsin Prevents.
In the state OF Wisconsin the law
does not permit the holding Of boxing
bout outdoors. and IL is not likely
that any matches OF consequence viii
be held, unless the Cream City a. O.
rllOuln Try Olt ANIlllE the summer dL
the big Milwaukee auditorium. Box
ing, as a sport, may be all right for
the outdoor end of the Eame during
the summer months, but aside from
that it is a winter sport, the same as
baseball is a summer sport
Want July 4 Cards.
In many OF the smaller towns pro-
mOters are thinking seriously Of try
ing boxing as a Fourth of July at
traction. especially since the authOri-
ties throughout the country have
worked hard to abolish fireworks on a
big scale and to substitute a sane
Fourth" 1t has been tried in Okla
homa with success. and now New Or
leans IS e~ndeaVOring to get a big show
for the Fourth. which all goes to prove
tina boxing is not on the wane. hut
very much on the boom. despite the
crashing methods OF some of the al
legged stars.
BrittOn StipuIates Weight.
Jack BrittOu, former lightweight.
championship Of the world, through
his defeat of Ted Lewis Of England.
says all fighters who desire a meet
ing with hin! viii have to make 1f5
pounds ringside.
Jack has proved himself a very
clever fighter and deserves credit for
the manner in which he has come along
the past year, but he will have to 20
n bit slow in his claims. In the first
place. there were others with good
claims to the welterWeight title.
Lewis was no champion. he simply
claimed it because there was some dis
pute as to a real title holder. although
Kid Graves had previously claimed
it and had a forfeit IN to defend II
against all corners. The fact tina
Britton was credited with n victory
over Graves gives him a good claim
now to the title, since he defeated
Lewis, but Eddie MOha Of Milwaukee.
was given a referees verdict over
Graves on a foul, which makes him a
contender also.
He Isn't Worlds Champion.
However. the fact remains that
while. Britton has n good claim TO the
American title now. and perhaps IL is
better that he should be recognized. it
is also a fact that he does not hold
the worlds title. He must first beat
the champion Of Europe and also of
Australia before he can make such q
claim. He can claim the American
title only. Lewis was not welter-
weight champion Of England nor of
Europe. Albert Badoud. the Swiss
champion, claims the European title,
through his defeat Of Eddie Beattic.
The real title holder Of England is
Johnny Basham, but he is liable to lose
it to Beattie, as they are now matched
for this month. Badoud is I'm the states
now, and trying TO range a match
with BrittOn for the title. Then again I
he would have to defeat the Australian
champion. who recently defeated Fred
Gilmore I'm sydney. Britton wants the
weight 10 be lf5 rinEside. but all other I
weights for Weltcrweights have been /
placed at az at 3 o'clock. The rs
~poundage for q weltor is a good one. /
but not at ringside weighing. The
time should be 8 o'clock the same as in
all classes.