The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-07-02

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her. he did here and elsewhere. II
he even had suggested that he b"
matched against Dempsey the experts
and Dempsey himself probably would
haze laughed at his presumption.
Had the match been made th"r" would
have been Il howl from the sport writ
srS that he was cv"rnlatCned and the
matchmaker would have been seeded.
Extraordinarily Harry Gr"h. Fred Fulton
and perhaps even EIN Brennan would
hlv" been considered Il more even
match cur :hc CHAMPION. Yet because
he was t'rcHrh. because he WAS II TO
mantle figure and because n" was a
war her" AMI Dempsey was not. TIE
match was not o0ly approved. but
Chcerrd
Such Matches Hurt the Sport
There Will. of COURSE. he n ,rcmcn-
dnuS reaction after N" fight and re
m"rdnus protests from a. over tho
country. Tn" worst kicker VIII b" II"
fellow who sp"At more money Than h"
c"vld afford, or who h"t more than lie
could afford.
Their" vii, be the usua, scandalous
talk ,,ha-rrS-and dissatisfaction. The
ou:com" makes no difference. The
same talk would follow any result.
There vii. y" attacks ur"n the New
Jersey BoNinr commission ard the
usual stories Il graf and scandal
TIL" match was a forced ono CorcPd
ra-;i, by eoaditi"mS. hut mrr" 10y
t,.SIr" 80 commemorative" 10 I"sSiH'"''"S
of Dempsey !,'n-" M goes he way
OF other ,h,,:ulionS.
Rcmmctrr that t.e big ,auS" II tCou-
BE- N boxing. regardless ~ i""Hc"n. is
e. al - 10
- :ha: JOIN, upon which the rct"rw"rs
AT" hJrpire al tho time. l. - III"
Source -: nj ,rO"k"Ir"~s IN hoXiHC and
al charges Of CrCuksdnrSS.
Wh"n money and politics enter, sport
departs.
Danger In Bag Matches
Tho danger n h;s matches IS 70 pub
Ec morals. In thac charge the reform
rrS who mad" We. timed and h"!ated
efforts to stop the hc bout wcr" cor
rec. There :. tremendous dancer "f
4 big catastrophe. When Benny Leon
ard and Rocy Kansas fought IN Jersey
not long ago IA" scenes we're disgrace
full and borhcr"d upon r;@t Hundreds
OF rowd:es and dangerous. reckless PER
sons entered wl,Y"ut paying. Tho 20
lice gcrr" ".th"r VS. incompetent or
worSr some u 'nrm w,r" Accepting
hang" from thoS" who wanted - get
in and pushing them into IN" arena.
Others were taking Ups and giving
seats 10 persons who had not pad for
them and chen threatening "r abusing
the r:ghttul holders when they wanted
t. ind Their places.
AT the big hUXinE carnival In ~"
Bronx. New York when Lynch. belmont
L"aches cross and other stars appeared
,h- Scenes we're even worse. NJ least
4Nn0 persons broke INTO IN" arena with
out paving. climbed fences. forced The
satca and swept MO uu"Cruplcd seats.
even throwing out persons who had
paid
crashing the gate" ut big affairs las
come ~ DE part of rho sport" In tho
New York district. Swarms OF hood
lums and worse ccnGrcgate md ut the
FIRST chance start 4 rush. hoping ~
break down The police and ovcrrush the
g7t" tenders.
The police II on tho job. could spread
a drtsnct and gather scores OF criminals
in su,h crowds at any blk event. The
situation hurts the spur, Richard has
ben extraordinarily successful n hand
ling his hrr events. and Madison Square
Garden has been orderly aud welt
handled but the big outdoor things,
especially outside Of Manhattan. are
dangerous experiments.
tcopyrigh;. 1921. tho New York
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