The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-31
~ JACK HAND
lFsr Gayle TsIhsil

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iFsr Gayle TsIhefl
| NEW YORK R-George Traut'
Imam was talking about baseball
the other day at the Hall Of Fame
lin Cooperstown when he said, eve
must find = way to thrive with
lteievision." But the head Of the
minor leagues meant all sports
must find 4 way to survive in
this electronic age.
| 'sOnly flesh and blood spectators
Iwill assure the healthy life Of the
game, . he said. Poorly populated
stands are not companions
inspiration does not come from
remote control"
Baseball, boxing, football and
other sports are stabbing for the
ANSWER. Should they cut Il out al.
together7 Is limited ~ the an
lswef? How about box Office TVl
Tor Is II better 70 crab what you
lean get and let the chips fan
where they may?
Most promoters are SIN ar
enough TO realize that ~, growing
land growing until It eventually VIII
blanket virtually every home II
America, is here to stay.
Walter O'Malley Of the Brooklyn
dodgers is sold on box office TV
by which the fan win pay for
what he sees on his home set
Notre Dame Is going In for thea.
ter ~ this fall. The Pittsburgh
club, I believe, has no home ~
| at all.
In the absence Of Federal Com
munications Commission approval
for the box Office TV idea, many
promoters are turning to the prac'
tice Of blacking out the local area
The New York Yankees. for In
stance, are not televising six. o.
seven games from Yankee Sta
dium, including last nights juicy
date with Cleveland. Instead, they
are bringing in . selected few road
games.
George Weiss, Yankee general
manager, hasn't made up his mind
on the success Of the experiment
After the season, the figures VIII
be analysed and checked against
attendance at TV games, taking
Unto account advance ticket sales,
The baseball men also are
watching with great interest the
success Of Ray Areel's Saturday
might boxing series which blacks
out the local area but beams the
shows On q coast.to.coast network
While Madison Square Garden Il
drawing crowds too small 20 an
lnounce and Chicago Stadium came
Iup with only $50 last week fol
dan Bucceroni- Tom Harrison, Syr
lacuse promoter Norm ROthschild
with 1 local hIaekout, had house,
of $l6,10O and $26, 800 for two re
Icent shows.
/ Sponsors are reluctant TO hIacl
lOut New York with its millions d
sets and great market, 50 ArceI
took his show on the road. New
York sees the fights on ~ but
the local towns don't BY careful
matchmaking, intelligent promo
ltion and imaginative operation, 4
lis proving q success.
/ NEW YORK la--JuSt Is year,
ago today, at q luncheon Cor thu
Hate Bin Muldoon, Gene Tunney
retired from the ring as undefeat
led heavyweight champion Of hi
world at the age Of 80.
/ Unlike Joe Louis, Jim Jeffrie,
land the others who couldn't leave
well enough alone, the schOlari,
lTunney never again drew on I
glove in competition. Opinion still
lis divided on his place among TIL
champions Of the past. Unfcr
stunately, he is remembered hes
because Of his famous ''lont
Icount" incident in his second fighl
with Jack Dempsey At Chicago
lin 1877.
Jimmy Glow Tel Bronson wa.
talking about those days in hi.
little Office On Broadway. Bronson
was ''ehief adviser" for Tunney
working the corner In his two
fights with Dempsey and the nigh,
The gave Tom Heeney . hrutal
beating IN his last fight. Now b
lis an adviser On q Meet tn
IChamp" ~ fight show from Army
camps, due to 50 back On the al
lin September.
''Tunney had something up here
mo fighter ever had" said Bron
son. pointing 10 his head. 'sHe va.
il perfect judge d his own eondi
tion. both physically and mentally
,1e was Q surgeon IN the ring. 1
master at making the other Rny
flight the way be Rarted him to-
Bronson was called into the Tun
lney camp while be was training
for the fza Dempsey fight. HI
never LEFT until Gene hung up the
gloves. Like everybody else, Bron