The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-03-31
MORE ABOUT FORT MYEa.

WG are toAa
n that another boxing enter
tainment is to be given ar Fort
Myer. and the question Is most
apropos: At what pricess
Several shows have been held at
Fort Myer at which willing. but un-
skilled boxers have performed. 1t
remained for Chick Holbrook. a
local boxer of mediocre class, to
show more boxing ability. clean hit
ting and ring generalship than any
scrapper who has yet climbed
through the ropes at that post.
while Danny Quartz threw so many
gloves at 'Shifty' Shifton, the best
lightweight at Fort Myer. that he
must have thought the entire au-
dience had, entered the ring to eff
feet his humiliation.
Quartz Is preliminary fighter
at regular clubs, but at Fort Myer
he is a star who scintiilated for
So and 50. at which prices the
worlds junior lightweight champion
performs, preceded by FIVE or six
bouts Of far more class than any
thing vet exposed at Fort Myer.
nightly, throughout the country at
prices ranging from % cents to 75
cents, yet the prices demanded at
Fort Myer began at 81 and 81; and
when the public took hold the
prices were jumped to 50 and SO.
AT regular boxing shows the
management incurs the expenses of
rent. referee and ushers' fees. ad-
vertising and printing. in addition
to the pay OF the contestants. With
crowds of less than 5000 the man
agement. at prices from Is cents to
75 cents, is satisfied with a profit
that Is fair and reasonable.
Expenses at Fort Myer are neg
ligibIe since the contestants are
paid a pittance.
BOXING FAN"
Will Mr.. Boxing Fan kindly step
forward and slip the glad news to
the world where boxing shows are
still being staged at popular pr ces
or for 25 to rs cents, as he states?
He must be laboring under the i'm
preston that Lew Bailey Is still
running his old Broadway A. c. in
Philadelphia.
For Mr.. Fans benefit we viii
state that when the old Broadway,
one of the most famous boxing
clubs in the East, closed its doors,
popular prices also passed out. For
years Bailey held shows every
Thursday night with SO cents the
top figure The general admission
was IS cents. To-Day even the
smallest clubs in Phiily. known as
the cheapest boxing city in the
country so far as the price of adj
mission is concerned. are collecting
SO cents at the gate.
JACK DOYLE aGOING BIG.
THE Baseball Umpires' Associa-
ton made a real ten-strike
when it elected B. J. ("Jack") Doyle
to hold down the secretarial posi-
he has already accomplished much
and bids fair to put the union"
on the map in short order.
During his incumbency. Jack has
sent letters tosNevery club he has
been able to find an address for, to
every league hereabouts, to each OF
the colleges, and to every high and
prep school within miles, outlining
the aims Of the association and
listing the members thereof.
Not satisfied with that, Jack has
mailed a little epistle to each OF
his brother jumps" enclosing their
1922 working cards and copies OF
the letters sent to clubs. leagues.
colleges and schools to the end that
each may know whereof he speaks
whenever approached. That's ef-
ficiency,
Speaking of the association, this
opportunity Is taken to put in writ
ing our appreciation of its an
nouncement that,
each member of the associa-
fion has expressed his willing
ness, ut any time that he has no
assignment himself, to cooper
ate I'm the maintenance Of order
and tn render any other neces-
sary assistance to facilitate the
proper conduct of baseball
games.7 e..
We don our ,head-piece to this
evidence of seriousness and sin
certify
GEORGETOWN RIFLEMEy oP-
POSE G.. w.
ADD rife shooting to the list of
n sport competitions between Dis
trict collegians.
The first match between local col
legiate shots will take place to-
night when Georgetown Univer-
sity's crack team will oppose
George Washington University on
the indoor range at the Hilltop.
The firing will be in prone posi-
ton, ten men firing, and the eight
high scores to count. Both teams
rank among the best in the inter-
collegiate scoring that has been
made thus far this season. George
town won it's last match by defeat
ing Ohio State, 1,S77 to 1881. The
Hatchetite team is conceded to be
one of the best In the country, and
the Hilltoppers are preparing flor
a close contest. The match will be
BRATBURD TO PILOT
YANKEE FLOOR MEN
Eddie Bratburd is again manager
of the Yankee basketball outfit. At
a meeting last night of that team,
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