New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-23
New Sportsmen's Club
Plans to Stage Big
Boxing Bouts
By w. o. McGEEHAN


Madison Square Garden will be re
modelled into a real Temple TO Fistiana,
under the management of Grant Hugh
Browne, the Goshen sportsman, and Will
bear the title of the National Sports
mems Club Of America. The property
has been acquired by a mysterious
angel. whose name is being withheld,
for the sum Of 81, 100000. 1t is at pres
ent held in the name of William Cor
man Roberts, editor Of "The Literary
Digest"
The building will hardly be ready for
fights until March /, as the plans OF
the new OWNERS include remodeiling
of the building which will increase the
seating capacity by 5000. Rooms Tor
members Of the club will be construct
ed on the Madison Avenue side.
Just how the membership is to be re-
cruited has not been decided definitely.
But" explained Mr.. Browne, 1t VIII
! be a club where John ID. Rockefeller
and John the Barber might meet on
] equal terms"
OF course, the boxing programme has
not vet been figured out. But Mr..
! Browne plans to start early in March
4 with a bout between Les Darcy ard
some logical" contender. II Darcy IS
unreasonable, Fred Fulton, who is un-
\ der contractSto Browne, will be one OF
i the star performers.
Plans Real Fights
81 plan to give about twenty-five or
thirty fights a year." said Mr.. Browne.
J ~ will have none but stars, even in the
preliminaries When we get started in
earnest New York is going to see lot
of real boxing, the kind that II has not
seen since the days of the Frawley law"
| The rooms which will be erected Tor
club members will be "palatial." Bar
riers will be constructed around the
tower TO prevent any resident boxing
promoter members from getting the
bronze Diana and converting 1t into
negotiable securities.
The contract held by Mr.. Browne
reaches until March, 1918, and he does
not expect any trouble in securing a
license to hold boxing in the Garden
He has all that is required, lease of a
year or more, and is backed by bona
fide club.
Tex Richard. who promoted the VIII
lard-Moran fight in the Garden, was one
of the chief bidders against Browne
and his hackers. 1t is expected now
that Richard will release Les Darcy, for
he frequently declared that If he could
not get the Garden and the chance 70
stage a big bout, he did not care for
any further fight promoting.
BroWne's application for license
probably viii reach the Boxing Com
mission to-day.
One of the most interesting bouts
of the week will be the meeting of Joe
yelling and Leo Johnson, the light
weight chunk of coke from 135tn
Street. Paddy Donnelly, the manager
of Johnson. proclaims that Johnson IS
another Cans. Personally | have not
noticed the resemblance excepting IN
the matter OF color, Johnson being just
a shade darker than Cans.
yelling had a narrow escape from
having his trousers glued to the can
vass in a recent bout with Richie
Mitchell. the Western champion, who
made Freddie Welsh look like a novice
But. aside from this one blot in his rec
ord, yelling has done very nicely. Al
any rate. he deserves a little credit for
taking on Johnson, who has been
ducked studiously by the lIly-whlte
/ lightweights and near-hghtNelgnts.
az do not approve of mixed bouts,
announced James Jtney Johnston
manager Of yelling. "That is why
am permitting Joseph to fight Johnson
If Joseph knocks out Johnson it will enc
mixed bouts, in the lightweight division
at least"
Those inspectors appointed BY tbs
Boxing Commission are humorous lot
b One OF them started to enforce the rule
concerning seconds bawling from tho
corners during a fight at the Miske-
/ Dillon bout. One of Miske's seconds was
screaming with ten calliope power
you will have 70 cut that out, said
one Of the inspectors.
Cut out? What do you mean, cut
out? Get away, I'm busy" retorted
I the second.
"Oh, very WE'LL" said the inspector
mildly, and departed. Our Boxing Com
mission should visit the State of Wis