The New York herald., 1921-07-29
LAUGHED AT FIREMEN
Return Of License Not to
Stop Inquiry Begun by
State Commission.
NEXT SESSION TUESDAY
Financial Matters to Be Probed
in Connection With Her
man-Lynch Affair.

The State Athletic Commission yes
terday received through the mails the
resignation of the International Sport
ing Club from any participation OF
adherence it might be considered tc
have in the affairs Of the commission
At the same time the club returned tC
the commission the license which had
been issued to it to conduct boxing
bouts at Ebbetts Field.
The attitude Of the Athletic Commits
sion toward this action taken by Man
aging Director William A. Gavin and
his associates in the international
Sporting Club Is that 1t Is not In
terested henceforth in the club and
does not propose to recognize it in any
way.
ceed next Tuesday to hold its hearing,
as formulated and announced 70 the club,
to determine whether the Suspension OF
the clubs license. ordered on Tuesday
after reports received concering the man.
agement of the Herman-Lynch affair.
should not be made permanent. The
attitude of the commission Is that the
club has got out under fire and that
is not going to interfere with thorough
going inquiry into all the facts.
There will be testimony produced from
the commissions own personnel telling
exactly what occurred at the Herman
Lynch fight. Charles II. Ebbetts. pres
ident of the corporation owning Ebbetts
Field, will be called and the International
Sporting Club will be asked to answer
whatever charges have been made by
men who had bought tickets and could
not get admission. Mr.. Ebbetts. before
District Attorney Lewis of Kings county
yesterday, said that there was no dis
order, except that Incidental to his d.
rection that the gates should be closed
when the electric lights outside the gate
failed. william A. Gavin has been asked
to appear on Monday at District Attorney
Lewis's office and tell what he knows
about the cutting off Of the lights.
Gavin Alleges Light Plot.
In his letter 10 the Commission Mr..
Gavin charged directly that the light
cutting was the result Of plot con-
cerning which the club had been fore
warned and that steps were taken to
prevent any interference with the lights
inside the ErOunQS, WiASh ehS
fight was to be reproduced ktnemoto-
graphically
It is the intention of the State Athletic
Commission to inquire not only into
these things but into the reason for the
statement by Mr.. Gavin, in the clubs
letter of resignation from license 5uris-
diction, that there was a "dastardly
plot" afoot which might have resulted
in the loss of many lives.
In the meantime the Commission has
received from the Fire Department a
report which BODIES no good for tho
| International Sporting Clubs contention
| that 1t did everything 1t could and that
all responsibility for disorder was be-
yond its jurisdiction.
This report. approved by Fire Chic
| Kenlon. se.s forth that the fire inspec
| ton of the arena was very unsatisfac
| tory. 1t was found. Chief Kenlon says
| on the report OF his inspectors. tina
many of the seats on which SPECTATOR
| were TO sit had not been properl!
| fastened down. Some of them were loose
| the report says.
| Proper spacing between seats and