The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-15
REFORM LEAGUE THREATENING TO
 RUIN TEX'S PLANS.
BoyIe's Thirty-Acre Fight Arena Cause of Much Dis-
 sention In Jersey
By SPARROW M'GANN Special Correspondent of The Age Herald Copyright, 1921, by The Age HeraId)

New York, August 14.-Every once Jersey City and kick up pit of trou- ble. But 1t doesn't last long. A re- former in the burg across the Hudson doesn't go more stan two oi three rounds against Jersey City's we'll oiled, highly geared political ma chine. Whether he can go greater distance in a prospective scrap which involves Tex Richards big fight arena on Boyle's 30 acres is an inter esting question just now
 Or it may be that two rounds will suffice for aforesaid reform citizen to knock Tex Rickard out of Jersey. The situation is presty delicate. Here is the way it began: Announceme/t was made that Tex Rickard had taken years lease on tine arena. Further. it was announced that the structure was owned by a syndicate controlled by John F. Boyle and Frank Hague. The interesting part of this announcement is that Hague is the mayor of Jersey City.
 ObliterateS Two Streets
 
 great stadium practically obliterates Florence street and Factory street as well. Now, streets are regarded as rather necessary to the community development and commercial prog TESS of city, and certain people in Jersey City are asking. how the iease holder would explain the present use lessness of those two tnorouS Shfares were he summoned before the vice chancellor. And, assuming t were proven that the wooden saucer abut- ted several feet over on the property of Columbia Mills, Ina., how would this be explained.
 There are reformers who say that it wouid he difficult to axplaig and there are a few jealous Jersey City promoters resenting the premier pro- moters presence in an alien state, who. maybe. are inclined to start a ruction on their own hook. Empha- sis should be placed upon the qualify ing phrase maybe" Promoters who try to swim against the tide in Jersey do not fare as well as the reformers, who when they get their ,ickings, have nothing more serious than in jured feelings and a sense of injus- tice to bother them.
 Grabbing the Cream
 HOW long, acclaimed an Ira te Jerseyman, who is close to the fight ing game across the river, will local promoters stand idly by and allow Rickard to come in and ~rab the cream off the fight public? Why if local promoters attempted to do some of the things Rickard did at the last fight the same interests wno are backing Rickari would he the first ito hand a knockout to the local men,"
 All of which suggests that every thing is not beer and skttles so far as Richards fight plans for New Jer- SC yare concerned. They are ambi tious, those plans. For Labor Day Rickard has matched Wilson and Bry- an Downey of Cleveland ia a middle weight title bout. Lew Tendler is also to be matched against some worthy foe. while Charley White and Johnny Dundee are under considera- tion. Other fights are to Dc arranged in October and finally Dempsey will again be asked to fill the circuma m bient air of Boyle's 30 acres with his hard listed gloves.
 That is, all these things will come to pass if the Reform League of Jer- sey City does not prove to be gifted with wallops sufficiently lusty to score a knockout in two or three rounds.