New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
Johnny's Lease for Garden
Knocked Out by Ruling
of Commissioner

rr,5 Wenck. chairman Of the State
athletic Commission, ably seconded by
,,o,srd J. Obermeier. Deputy Attorney
c,,srsl earned cleau-cut decision
,y,r Johnny White. handled by Emil
rneb.. in the star bout NJ The commits
.ior's Offices, Al Park Row, yesterday
afternoon.
Tn. principals met 20 discuss the
latter OF issuing a license 20 White,
Harry Pollok and others 10 conduct r
torirv club At Madison Square Garden.
white. through Fuchs. his attorney,
admitted lease for the Garden prem
,,,. together with his bond and other
necessary papers.
ANer elancirg over the proposed
,,sse WcTck turned it over 10 ODER
,,,isr and the two held a whispered
,orvsrsation. after which the commits
,ioner declared the lease did not COM
,iy WITH the boxing laws Of this state,
"a hat therefore a license would not
be grsnted % White and his clan.
Two Accusing Fingers
Instantly the air was charged with
electric vibrations and verbal sparks
.nd White and Fuchs were on their
r,st clamorinc for reason. Nenck and
Obermeicr pointed two accusing index
Srgers 10 a certain paragraph IN the
go which read 20 the effect that the
lessor absolutely reserved 10 himself
,bs right 20 cancel or revoke the lease
nron q fifteen days notice to the lessee.
While White and Wenck met in mid
ring so 70 speak, and belabored each
cher with good old-fashioned English
obsrmeier and Fuchs fenced cunningly
vi,b all tho legal verbiage at their
eoumAnd. Willie Jackson. Walter
wohr and a dozen other young men
who earn their living IN rings, and
vbo lad been summoned on various
details connected with the noble art Of
swtt. sat up with a jerk in their seats
and buttoned their pinch-back coats
md ttroked their fuzzy. furry hats
Even Joimes Johnston, boy bandit
I'D deposed matchmaker Of the defunct
SHOW Corporation, sided up 10 the
enter door uneasily and measured tho
distance 20 the elevator shafts. A
tragedy seemed imminent at any mo-
ment especially if any of the four
hsttlers should be so unfortunate as
20 stop one Of the legal phrases with
his jaw. =
white and Fuchs showed signs Of
frorriness about the NTH round, now
ever and declared that they would ask
a recess until they could confer with
Edward Z. Mccall, receiver Of the Car
den. who had framed the Objectionable
lease. Wenck and Obermeier smi LED
blandly and announced the commission
would await the result.
Grant Two Licenses
To pass sway the time proftably
Werek and his fellow commissioner:
granted the applications for licenses OF
he Yorkville A. c., IN East Seventy
SECOND Street. and of' the Union A. g.
~ buffalo. Willie Jackson's indefinite
suspension was lifted and Walter Mohr
was ordered 10 fulfil an engagement at
the Flour City A. c.. Of Rochester pc
fore INDUCING in any more bouts.
An hour later there was trsmplng
Of heavy feet, and Fuchs, White ana
Pollok again entered the commission
Offices. their faces set in grim INES:
Whites attorney declared IL his belief
that Wenck, personally, was opposed 10
the granting Of the license, whereas
the other two commissioners were
willing 10 grant the license.
Gentlemen" said Wenck, LOOKING
over the heads Of White and Fuchs and
apparently addressing himself to the
row of glove wielders in the back row
Of seats, my position is simply this;
As soon as you present a lease on the
building at Madison Square Garden
that is in conformity with the legal re-
ouirements of the case. as outlined Dy
Mr.. Obermeier. / will grant the license
I will give Jack the Ripper license,
n he has the proper legal credentials
I'VE are no Jack the Rippers! eeT-
nloded Fuchs, while White gurgied MS
sympathy and support, but Wenek was
Adamant, and after some more argu-
n.pt for and against the applicants
for a license asked for forty-eighi
hours within which to draw up ne"
lease and one that would be sausIac-
terv 10 the Attorney Generals once
and the commission. e..
According to Obermeier, the hfteen-
dav release clause in the lease sub
nitted by White and his associates rem
ders the entire document unsound, as
the boxing law demands that genuine,
bona fde lease Of the premises lot inc
term OF at least one wear be taken.
Freddie Welsh and Johnny puhoee