Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
GARDEN FOSTERING
AMATEUR BOXING
900 MiIIionaires" Also to
Hold AH-Champions' Din
ner Next Month.

By the Associated Press.
n TEW YORK, December 21-Tex
~ Richards more or less we'll
NJ known 900 millionaires." or
rather the guiding spirits
among them, seem determined
on a campaign of good VIII as an
indirect method of bolstering the none
too stable foundations of the prize
ring.
BY this means, perhaps, the wealth.
members Of the Madison Square Gar
den Club hope to take the minds o.
boxing fandom off Sunday events 81
the past season. which included a sue
cession Of unsatisfactory decisions
cries Of fair nrs foul, and reports o.
gambling coups that. to close ring 90
servers, BODIED no good for the future
Of boxing, especially in New York.
One Cf the latest manifestations y
the "uplift" movement in the new gar
den policy is the conspicuous supper
aroused by the 900 millionaires' 70
amateur boxing. especially in finano
ing the trip Of the Olympic tistic team
to Amsterdam next year.
Emphasis is laid upon this 10 ofse
any impression that the garden share
holders are more interested in clipping
coupons or counting gate receipts
than they are i'm the development an'
/ welfare Gt the manly arr.
To further demonstrate this inter
est in the Simon-pure as we'll as thu
pro" the garden club will be hosts
10 Big Bill" Tilden. Bobby Jones ant
Johnny Weissmuller as we'll as r.
/ Gene Tunnev and Babe Ruth in an
/ all champions dinner on January
The gossip at the cauliflower cross
roads now is that if Gene Tunney has
/ his much discussed brace of battles
next season, the first will be against
his ancient rival. Jack Dempsey, ano
the other-providing he wins-agains'
the survivor of the elimination
| tournament, if any.
| The assumption apparently is thai
| if Dempsey essays another comeback
he will want to get it over with bus
there is not much business logic in
/ this. In two bouts last Summer. Demp'
| sew made more than in any year
/ when he was champion. his gross re
! turn was nearly as much as Tunney
collected in his one milliOn-dollar bout.
/ Another prelude to third title bout
would mean just that much more fnan'
cial return for Dempsey, but the old
/ Mauer may prefer to take it in one
Jump next year, rather than risk pre-
/ liminary setback that would put him
/ out OIL tnS picture.
Fewer FIyweights are fitting around
with title claims, as A result of the
J latest eliminations since the retire
ment Of F'idel La Barba, but the situa
| ton still is a bit muddled.
/ At least three 112-pounders now have
some official backing for their cham
| pionship claims Lately acquired ari
| those of Corp. Ivy Schwartz, recos
nzed as titleholder by the New YorI
state Athletic Commission, ana
| Frenchy Belanser, accorded similar
/ distinction by the wide flung National
/ Boxing Association. But out on the
Pacific Coast it is difficult to convince
fans that either has better claim
to the title than Johnny Mccoy. of
FL Paso, who won the California Box
ing Commissions elimination tourna-
n1ent ff2ff sDt
A round robin among this trio would
clear the air and set up generally
! recognized successor to La Barba.
! . Prize fights are barred at the new
public school stadium in st. Louis.
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