Show Bath Unable To Gain H His s' s Ring License Licens NEW YORK Jan 10 10 Boxing Boxing in Madison ladison Square Garden once the thc worlds world's greatest fight enter center was Vas reduced virtually to a minor aport today oday with the announcement o othe ot othe the he Gardens Garden's new policy of only occasional oc DC fights during the rest ret of ot he the winter sea seaon season on The new policy is the outgrowth of a 3 feud between the New state athletic commission and the Garden over a heavyweight bout between Hank Bath Fort Morgan Colo Cob and Red Burman Baltimore originally scheduled for tonight The commission refused to license Bath and his manager Ja Jack k Kearns and in retaliation the Carden Garden Garden Gar Car den called off oft the whole show The commission apparently is trying to drive the Garden out of boxing John Kilpatrick manager manager man manager man man- ager said All our other ther sports ports are flourishing which shows show that we are competent promoters In trying to develop new boxing talent we wo always have had obstacles obstacle t thinder to hinder linder us Five shows In the past two years have been thrown out bythe by bythe the he commission on slim excuses The ridiculous and high handed ac tion Uon of the commission on Bath and Kearns is the last straw The hc goat of the whole affair appears ap- ap appears appears ap ap- pears to be Hank Bath Bat the somewhat somewhat some some- what bewildered young man who until he fought in Chicago Chicago- recently had never been east of ot the Miss Mississippi sippi river riv The c commission r re refused refused re- re fused to give him a license because he ho had once been suspended l in California When It was learned that he had been reinstated ted General General Gen Gen- eral cral John J. J Phelan commission chairman held up up his license be because because bee be- cause he had no birth certificate Kearns also was refused t a license on a technicality This was a private te fight be between between bc- bc tween the Garden and tho the commission commission commission commis commis- sion said Kearns and we got in inthe inthe inthe the middle of ot it IL It One of the m main in reasons the commission commission com corn mission objected to the Bur Bath man bout was because the Harden arden billed it as Jack vs Jack Kearns Dempsey who split with Kearns in 1925 is Interest 4 in the management of Burman |