New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
In Lease
Calls Off Big
Garden Fight
Tower Corporation Seek.
More Time to Complete
Deal for Property
By FRED HAWTHORNE

There will be no beng c1- 0iuon
al Madison Square Garden tomorrow
night, according TO an edict issued
last evening from the Office Of the
State Athletic Commission.
Because Of the peculiar situation
surrounding the sale of Madison
Square Garden. Chairman Nenck has
called a meeting OF the commission 10 ]
tomorrow noon. with the intention OF
temporarily. az least. revoking the H.
cense issued 20 Grant Hugh Browne.
This will cause the postponement o.
the bout scheduled for tomorrow
night between Joe yelling and Charhe
White.
"The license issued 20 Nr Browne.
said Commissioner NencS last even
ing. "was granted on a contract o.
sale. based on proof OF permanent pos
session of the Garden. Inc paper
showing such possession. or the PRIV
.ege Of a years lease, has not as yer
materia,ized. and nave recommende"
20 my fellow commissioners the teNoH
ing OF -he license until Mr. browne
complies with this necessity
"Because of the notoriety when ma
surrounded the Madison square Gar
den license ! had deemed Do advlsaole
20 leave no loophoie for fault-hnding.
still Dickering for Lease
A has been intimated several time :
before In these columns within the 1as'
few DAYS. everything Is not gong
smoothly the affairs o. the BIG oulld-
ing. The nsrtIc, concerned are me
View York Life Insurance Company
present owners. and the Garden IoWe'
CORPORATION. which SOUGHT 20 tease tne
Garden and conduct boxing cluo
there
n wa. stated positively last night
that the New York Life Insurance Com
oanv never made a lease Of the build
ny 20 ANYBODY. individual or corpora
lion. and that without lease there
cannot be in existence boxing
license. and that Paris Singer. rep
reseut.ng the Tower Corporation
Grant Hugh Browne. the manager. and
any other members Of the group tha'
has been fddhng with the Garden io1
.ro LAST few weeks. are Just aoou'
through. go far as running fight clur
on that particular spo- Is concerned.
4 representative Of the New lors
Life Insurance COMPANY sat 20 ni'
Office all DAY yesterday until > o'clocs
waiting. he ssid. for the Garden Towei
, CORPORATION 20 rustic $4,000 IN yellow
backs on the Office desk produce ?
lease and finally a license. None Of
these things happened. although sev
erai frantic gentlemen dashed in ard
out Of the doorway AT desperate speed
az though trying 20 get trer hands on
something.
Close Office at ; p. m.
A. ) o'clock the Office was officially
closed and the New York Life repre-
sentative locked the safe, turned the
key n the outer door and went home
4 dying gasp from those interested m
the Tower Corporation for another
hour or Two OF grace before The cash
lease and license were 10 be produced
resulted Foo q slight retrieve. and thef
were given until 9 O'Clock tomorrow
night 20 show 9l their cards on tho
table. But that was before yr We1cs
stepped in.
"Show me your $4,000. show me- your
lease ON the premises and then show
me the license 10 conduct a boxing
bout here and ! win turn everything
over 20 you and get a good night
sleep were the final words poken by
the New York Life champion 10 ennis
saries from the Garden Tower Cor.
poration.
Having proved that the moon is made
OF cheese. We will now prove. with
equal facility that the moon is not
made of cheese. According 20 Jimmy
Johnston. matchmaker FOR the Garden
corporation. Grant Hugh Browne told
him yesterday afternoon that the
White yelling bout would come of
according 70 schedule and that the sale
Of tickets was 70 20 merrily on. The
sale did.