New-York tribune., 1919-06-09
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j By 1 w. o. MCCLELLAN

is fairly early da pick
the heavyweight championship The
will be Tex Rkard promoter Already something
$30000 which defayng expenses
rest will be ee and the pugst total
will be something like
dollar the heavyweight championship match
depend on the future crop of maulers
has especially during the period elapsed
between April g. 1917 and November 198 pay ring
lighters is out of all proportion
civilization and the world
Yorke His harder
because ms lighting does not into Queensby history
how many fights he just how
saying is.
am thinking of the gathered paid
ents by nggard infantry
something like $40 month for keeping himself absolutely
and holding himself constantly fight
manager may order Assuming that Sergeant Yrke military
lasted eighteen months his fighting aggregated $780,
Guiding the $50 bonus which awarded him
embraced large section of France Flanders Both Willard
and Dempsey establish ring
However, the interest at Toledo is
tn's is because people looking for relief from
the other fight But
the two kinds of fighting.
Who Are the Ring Patrons?
EHE boxing of attempts to analyze the
ooves That bring people to boxing bouts make
the fifty housandodd that types that
make up the London boxing
follows
et study the psychology boxing audience say at the
opol.ng CuD; mere you will type Of boxing en-
thusa and distinguish their interest and
enthusiasm very large number will experts game
who and appreciate
anything the rough tumble fight between
contest in which the contestants hopey outcassed and
severely punished calls for immediate stopping by
hese are the real lovers of the
science OF boxing who from the
humblest Their is legion.
"Thn are there because thew ara snoro
other sphere of Sport Tev do @ o TO- he he ~ ne ring or IN any
are essentially enthusiasts between two men
who vigorously mastery and shake hands
enthusiasm of mutual respect and good feh & o. +h s;
sport subconsciouy there are the
the the eoyed blows far
they really re You will notice them ] Ast at h M
tnk cruel yet the reflection that by their own
choice them something more which thev
do not understand They again
Prize Ring and Bull Ring
Then there the type, negligible ouantiv who ;s
attracted by the lust of the fight amiabv
Quoted contest visionary soggng match when
blood Hows He as the lower bull ring who
ust seldom satisfied in modern boxing contest
For the of the ever present in
OF the tastes the circus
amus must receive shock theory visiting big
o0'ng tournament at the club under jurisdiction
Lately there parasites of the come smnv To
o VINO never nave said or will May the who
the which be++;no ~
men are evil many excellent have
their bet add to their there will arise
the parasite whose interests lie purely financial specuaons with
s Danger to the sport and the boxer
4 Complaint from Hhach
SPACE is asked for the following in this column:
Sporting Editor The Tribune.
Dear SirSport leading New York nane o;vo
the that Core victory was
tne result OF ukes rather than because of their strength
They tell that Edman had not been unable to
tne hu1aies ne would have them boh Pitts
ne johnson Michigan taken ill he woud have
men one low hurdles If all these things had happened
then they tell us, Penn would beaten Cornell
"Let do little Assume YOU will that Erd.n hd
both hurdles johnson had taken hurdles and Shea
mao won he we would by
for the sake of been the
Smith would have taken second third in the low
Watt would
the lows for Mayer would the
points and first the half is hard to 500 how
this would have raised 20 points credited tn h
Cornells men would have been placed follows:
Mayer, first in $50 and in ......
Smith, second in l2O hurdles and third in