The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 11, 1926, Page 3

‘unney-Stribling Bout 'TENNISMATCHES GOLF CONTEST Announce Failure In Advance Obligation On Promoters’ Part BILLY, GIBSON, MAN, AGER. OF. TUNNEY, REFUSES TO ALLOW EXHIBITION (By; ‘Associated Press) MIAMI, March 11.— Announcement was made shortly after noon by Billy — manager of Gene called off. Gibson made this state- ment enter ‘the scheduled 10 round;)mo-decision match at leah, on account of obligation not n met by the promoters on March‘1} rae to ar- saw no the stipu- LACK OF MONEY REASON GIVEN ee March 112hack the part ,. American light| that | the Tunney-Stribling fight tomorrow night had been} |exhibition. sepincident with his | to allow Tunney to | ‘BOXING BOUT AT ATHLETIC CLUB | THIS EVENIN |EVENT POSTPONED LAST NIGHT OWING TO FAILURE OF PARTICIPANTS TO AR- RIVE IN CITY: | | The boxing ecard that was to |have been put on last evening un- |der the management of Willard | Russell, popular sport promoter, at the Key West Athletic Club be- tween Andy Bowen and Kid India, was postponed until tonight | owing to the fact that the con- tenders. tor xing honors failed to arrive in the city in time for the A semi-final between . Youn Franks and Battling Siki will also be included’ in tonight’s program besides several __preliminarie: which will also interest the large number of fans that are expected to be in attendance. Manager Russell has provided a sufficient number of additional seats for the accommodation of He |the many that have expressed a/ desire. to attend, and from ail in- dications the fight fans of Key West will be treated to a real good exhibition tonight when the ed for between these two said to be in the best of condition for the coming fray. when it became known that | the fight had been called off. Promoter Baugh who came here from Indianapolis, had nothing to gay when questioncd about the affair. * According to Miami business call men who attended the meeting here Fridéf night (Young) ‘Stribling. ment was made at iness ‘interests late i. afternoon, and all y night made last minute efforts to save the fight but the fact hat the pro- moters had taken all the advance seat sale money to pay for the huge stadium which has heen constructed, at Hialeah Park and had nothing left to pay the purses for the fighters, made it, impes- sible to do anything, ace x to the statements made today by business mén who attended the tealled last night in am n-€ffort to gave the fight, the promoters. worked entirely on a shoestring, having only about $10,000 cash stadium alone cost over $18,009, and the advance ticket sale money ‘was used to pay carpenters and electricians. The only return for money taken in for cording to these men,’ will lumber. : Neither Stribling nor Tunney had any statement to make. “Pa” be agreed with the position taken by Gibson, but he could not be reach- ed for a statement. The situation here generally is gong sounds for the opening round | of the battle royal which is look- | able pugilistic stars, both of whom are, to finance the whole business. The | tickets, ac- | Stribling is understood to have} | PLAYED TODAY (By Assoetated Prexn) | ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘HEAD- | QUARTERS, March 11.—Ranking | tennis players today step to: the jfore in two major tournaments, |the woman’s Dixie single title to be decided at Tampa, and | Florida men’s singles tournament jat Palm Beach. fornia, and Miss Mary K, Browne, |New York, do battle fer the Dixie ltennis crown. This pair engaged \in the finals of the Palm Beach ;tournament “last week, with Miss |Ryan emerging the vietor. Miss | Browne and Mrs. Raymond, New York, meet Miss Ryan and Mrs. Taylor, Boston, in ‘the ~ doubles finals. Francis T. Hunter combats the |Japanese hope, ‘Takeichi Harada, while Vincent Richards meets Jerry Lang, New York, in the semi-finals of the Palm» Beach play. All are ranking United States players and have been fa- vored throughout the. tournament. | The doubles play will enter into | the second round. | Semi-finalists meet in the | Belleair Wom. n’s.golf champion- | ship. | Miss. Glenna Collett national open titleholder, . plays Miss | Bernice Wall, Wisconsin state | champion, in the upper bracket. | Helen Payson, Portland, Maine, \erigages Mrs. G. H. Stetson, Phila- delphia, in the lower half. © “Wild Bill” Mehihorn, central south champion,.and MacDonald | Smith, western open titlist, went lafter downing Leo Diegel and Gene Sarazen, in the finals of the international four ball tourna- jmeat at Miami yesterda; | MgKeesport, Pa., ow | Tremaine, Cleveland 10 rounds. ee ee ‘ OAKLAND, Cal_—Jock Malone, : St. Paul, scored a technical knock- out over Joe Roche, San Francisco, | 8 rounds. * HAVANA—Jack Renault_ out- pointed Roleaux Saguero, Cuban | light heavyweight and heavyweight champion, 12 rounds, a ae being compared with the one that occurred at Shelby, Mont., before and after the Gibbons-Dempsey fiasco. Wednesday night niceting. Promoter Baugh promised to pay each manager $1,000 on sign- || ing and $5,000 on March 1. The rest of the purse was to have been puid today. but Promoter Baugh | had nothing with which to pay when the time arrived, Gibson promptly refused to allow his man to fight and “Pa” Stribling is understood to have agreed. When the fight was first sche- duled it was not planned to build | “a stadium. “The promoters were unable to get the Coral Gables and had to. erect an p cerrdlret thereby putting into the general expense what should have been a capital investmert, , Manager Gibson said this after- | noon. “The whole affair has been so | wretchedly managed that I don't | eare to have anything more to do} with it,” Gibson said. “What it| amounts to is that the two fight-| ers will be left to hold the. bag, | finish payment on the stadium and have nothing left afterward. “With Dempsey in the offing geither Stribling nor Tunney | should be expected to fight for| nothing and possibly have to pay | for the privilege of fighting,” Gibson added. Hundreds of people have paid from. $2.50 to $22.50 for seats at the Hialeah stadium and the money which has been taken in; from the advance sale has gone | into ‘the construction of the stadiam and no doubt will be lost te those who have paid in ad-, vanee, a prominent man in close touch with the situation said here More for your money and the best Peppermint Chewing Sweet fo rT any money look for WRIGLEYS PK Handy J on your Dealers Counter a Bs nS the | Miss Elizabeth Ryan, of Cali- | |their way today, each $500 richer | | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | © 000000900088590000 oe CALENDAR OF SPORTS Racing: Meeting at Jefferson |Park, New Orleans. | Meeting of Miami Jockey. Club, at Miami, Fla. Meeting of West Coast Jockey Club, at Tampa. Meeting of Tia Juana Jockey Club, at Tia Juana. Meeting of Havana- American Jockey Club, at Ha- vana. ON LOCAL LINKS IN PLANNING TOURNAMENT WILL BEGIN, AT STOCK ISLAND COURSE ON NEXT SATURDAY, IS ~ ANNOUNCEMENT MADE The contest for city golf cham- pionship will be teed off at the) municipal Enks on Stock Island,| starting next Saturday morning,| and the even® is being anticipated) with keenest interest by the many players and fans in this. city.) There is no entrance fee, and all who can play golf at all are elig- ible to compete for the numerous prizes offered. The first 16 lowest scores will qualify for the match: plays, and} 1k : », the final widder ofe asieadc oe ee eee |line championship between Schaef- wil be declared the city cham-} : pion. The runner-up will Sl sees sate / & awarded an excellent watch as a prize,-donated by a local merchant. The consolation for the first eight of the beaten matches will be a merchandise prize donated by a local merchant. 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