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Show ISILL PROFITS FOR NEW YORK PROMOTER Only Madison Square Gar den Succeeds in Getting laying Crowds ' Tl e f ght ganae in New Yo ft from the ' promoters ewpoint is ery much on the b ink The Show (,orpo at on vhlCh conducts bouts r Madison Square garden is about t e only one in Gotham that is making money and i s profits are some wha skinny as to ze Outside of the Garden there Is no club that can pack in morA than 2000 fans The gross in ome fron su 1 a house Is around $3000 P ese a f ghters won t en er the ring fo piffl ng sums' and about 83 per cent of he groa Income goes" to the battlers The other 17 per cent is eaten up by lighting bills rent adTertising and other expenses or the majority of the clubs in and around New "York C ty the capacity Is 1000 admissions or ess Tl e c ubs can not draw a big eno gh house to pav for star Scrappers so they stage second and third raters The fans won t pay b g prices to see such fighters perforn One do (ar and J2 is the Urn t That means about $1400 grdss for a lu that an ac commodate about 800 persons Most fight era these days even t6 Joko white hopes want about t at much for t eir ar pearanco Yes indeed the boxing game is an other dlv s on of professional athletics whe o t e performer fctts abo t 93 per ent of the go d dust |