Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-12
NEW SPORTING CLUB
HAS STRONG BACKING
International of New York to
Build 100000 Home and
Bid for Control Of Boxing
Came.

Announcement has been made that
'he International Sporting club re-
Gently organized in New York, will
erect building at Sixth avenue and
f1ftY-fifth street to cost in the neigh
borhood of half a million dollars. The
club has practically unlimited wealth
behind it, and its avowed purpose is
10 establish prestige that will enable
1t to put the boxing game back on its
feet as never before.
Sportsmen of wealth and standing
are its sponsors, and plans are already
afoot for series of elimination con-
tests leading up to title events Of first
magnitude. The opening program is
tentatively set for Feb. 2, next A
syndicate has been formed to secure
Jimmy Wilde, the English flyweight.
Tor the topliner on that card.
TEX RICHARD MATCHMAKER.
Wilde has agreed to meet any BAN
tamweight selected by the club, and to
make 1903 ringside himself if his oppon-
ent makes 116.
Following the inaugural with Wilde
as the headliner, there are to be con-
tests or national importance every
Tuesday night thereafter featuring
the contestants in all classes, With
Tex Richard as matchmaker for the
club, it is thought there will be no diff
ficulty interesting the best boxers in
the undertaking. One week after
Wilde displays his ring cunning, there
are to b. elimination contests for mid
dleweights, in which such performers
as Mike Gibbons, Jeff Smith, Jimmy
Clabby. c. Virgins, George * o."
Brown, JEFF Clarke and Battling Or
tega Will be thrown together in pairs.
FIRST TITLE AFFAIR.
The dispute among the welters will
90 LF.I
weights who succeeded the week be-
fore will meet Lightweight contend
ers will have tryout Feb. "a, and on
the same night, the winning middle
weights will compete for the honor of
meeting Mike O'Dowd
Slated as the first championship
night for the club will be March 2.
when the middleweirht title affair with
ODowd meeting the winner of the
early bouts will be staged, with a con-
test involving Jack Britton and the
man who emerged triumphant in the
welterweight combats. On that night.
too, there is to be a near-title affair
between the winners of the heavy
weigt novice tournament the winner
of which Is promised go with Frank
Goddard, the British heavyweight, who
recently was hammered into submits
sion by Joe Beckett.
LEAD UP TO DEMPSEY.
For the next three weeks the little
fellows of tie ring are expected T.
furnish the fireworks and then, on
March 80, Benny Leonard, king of
lightweights, will be asked to get rid of
the man who came through the tour
nament.
Jack Dempsey is expected to make
his first appearance in this country In
the ring as champion of the world at
the International Sporting club.
Just who his opponent will be does
not matter now, but the fact that Tex
Richard has been named matchmaker
assures patrons or this club the best
talent available. Georges Carpenter
Joe Beckett and even Fred Fulton are
mentioned as possible contestants of
Dempsey.
Dempsey has expressed himself a.
anxious to get back into the ring, and
as the opening of the club Is sched-
uled for February, talk of /. bout for
the champion at this club Is not too
premature.