New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28
Grant Hugh Browne Spills
Earful About New
Club
BY W. o. MCCLELLAN

Everything seems all right so far
with the Sportsmens Club of America
which will open Madison Square Gar
den on the evening of February IL with
ten-round contest between the fero-
cous and formidable Frederick Fulton,
the ponderous but precocious plasterer
Of Rochester, Mimi, and Charlie Vein
ert, the most recent victim of Billy
Miske.
To show that everything was strictly
on the up and up, Grant Hugh Browne,
the Goshen promoter. closed a contract
with Joseph HUMPHREYS. the thrush
throated Demosthenes Of Tammany
Hall. Joseph has promised to con-
tribute eclat and eloquence to the open
ing night.
Also Charlie White, the man whose
head resembles the egg which was
stood upon its beam end by the late
Christopher Columbus, juggler extra
ordinary to the Court of Spain, has
been selected as referee. These
weighty signs and portents look like
business.
Before grabbing the milk special for
Goshen Junction last night, Grant
Hugh Browne outlined the plans of the
Sportsmen's Club of America in a gen.
eral way.
There will be twelve stories on the
Madison Avenue side" he said. "0ur
art gallery will be on the top story, OF
course. The arena is to be enlarged
so that the capacity, including standees,
will be about $4,000. II will be won
derful place for popular concerts as
we'll as popular contests. Our plan in
cludes the installation of one of the
largest pipe organs in the world. 1t
really is not primarily a fight club, but
a civic club on large scale.
Will Rush Plans
II said at first that our membership
would be 5000. | am quite convinced
now that it will be in excess of 10000.
have been dreaming of this club and
planning for it for three years, and /
know that it is feasible. Oar architect
has just left me and he is preparing 10
rush the plans.
"The dues, / believe. will be 800 a
year for resident members and SIS a
year for nonresident members. ] be-
lieve that the plan will appeal strong
~ TO foreign sportsmen. ! prefer the
word sportsmen TO the term sporting
men.
when we do stage boxing bouts we
will stage only the best, and we VIII
stage them in an orderly way. We want
our exhibitions to appeal 20 the ladies',
too. You can rest assured that there
will be no bawling seconds TO make the
nights raucous horrors at our shows.
And those who have tickets for seats
will get their seats.
81 am confident that boxing properly
conducted and on a big scale will bring
good returns in New York. We want
only the best. and will put the bouts on
in way that will appeal TO the large
boxing clientele. Our bouts being IN
charge of the club-a real club-will
be handled properly, and the rough ele-
ment and the criminal element VIII be
kept out"
The first bout slated for the Sports
mems Club is nothing very startling
but it is the start Of a programme TO
advance Fred Fulton into the place OF
the only logical contender for Jess VIII
lard. Should Fulton beat Weinert de-
eisively. he will be matched in turn
with Jim Coffey, Carl Morris and Frank
Moran.
This is very hattering to Frank
Moran. II will be observed that he IS
left for the last. and therefore is con-
sidered as the ultimate obstacle TO De
crossed before Fulton can force Will
lard into fighting or retiring.
"And il Fulton and Moran are unable
to settle their differences IN ten
rounds" put in Grant Hugh Browne,
then they can dc fifteen rounds IN
New Orleans, and later fight TO inish
in my arena at Havana. And that goes
for willard. too. II nothing decisive
is settled between Willard and Full