New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
PLEA FROM A BOXING FAN

FLEA FKON a BOXING FAN
One of the long suffering boxing price
more than once in the old days of boxing be
to seating regulations for m
ture bouts The letter
1.-The new boxing bill may be fine instrument adequate
state catcher but way proec
non Tor that part of the public that
first place makes compelling numbering
ing of seats to insure fair deal to the purchasers In
place. there no poon against ticket speculatng The bill
forbds the sale of tickets price exceeding this
specs from selling
fol SO. ~ " ~N
There is also provision adveising-adersing
fou and substituting contestants willing accept
excuse lor 'h non-appearane OF boxer but would feel
comfortable could they know that there penalties provided making
lake IN this respect unlikely There
the time Of starting show delay
tresome feature and the rule in the days.
"The bill practice oveseing seating anac
M This does not be such important
no oerseng Of standing boxing club should
about which hsre roud m ~ % % ss I u & oe aleo ciuo
mated and the R. attractive card at
popular club with the capacitv
thing to contemplate but it's Simply pine dream No h+
ever is made to the seats
Of the bill provided for therein shall
man commission but in most cases hre 1eta h m
those above cited left power the more
or less of farce Besides the public exactly what the law
made to cover every phase Of the boxn
AN EPIDEMIC OF PROSPERITY
he boxing game seems to suffering at from epidemic
Of large Tex Offering Dempsey s275oo for
possible ten 100000 It has been
Benny Leonard the lightweight cbamnon has een sa
four fights consider that the AVERAGE
money paid for real Europe some
thing like S30a month fighters seems con-
sderably proportion.
Present indications that Dempsey
and that ne Will try to hold bit
the fight Dempsey much to the
man who he supposed Denpey all
that he will give There fighters who
took greater chances than Dempsey will considerably
You block punch Jimmie Johnston boy bandit once re-
marked even that YOU will be dusne
the resin off yourself But can't bullet informed
hct it decidedly bayonet That is why the cau
flower boys have been modest about army
wasn't a safe war"
REGARDING COLLEGE ATHLETICS
The have drawn the veil of arrangements
Yale Harvard and Princeton for the
will be through the college
the star chamber
This against the spirit Of the times
Collegiate athletics
scheme that be involved later Yale Princeton
nshed wonderful soldiers in the which
The best of them members football eleven
Instead of narrowing the of college athletics
should be seeking broaden While exagger
ated the colleges their value has been demonstrated might
suggest that instead Of forming close syndicate college
Yale Harvard and branching get
the bigger Intercollegiate taught them some
thing may recommendations along
these lines when the policy
particular sports should be
tmorus about plan re-
gatta at New London this year.
FOOTBALL VERSUS BOXING
The old which
been decided favor football friend
shamus Coe the Roscommon decidedly
eligible for the United States infantry Cofey navy
became apparent that Uncle Sam would have
listed for sevedore service at the
For the first time since he left the
game OF the ring, Snamus did real
Charley Bricky the Naturally Charley or
ganze football team Of his Co get
into a uniform
Granite State team Coey got the ball the Granite
staes tackled him simultaneously dsennRled himself
the heap ne started from the field him
No SIR declared Cofey "m willing my country-that
If it absolutely going to be murdered on the
football fell by lot Of send me to submarine
you want TO- but you'll get another shamus Cocy
I'm through"