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Show TITLE BOUT HELP I TO PHILADELPHIA Big Improvement Is Seen in the Fighting Game. Usually when a his race meeting or his boxing mutch, such as the Deinpsey-Tuiuiey affair at Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, is over, it leaves the city "dead'' lor sonic time afterwards that is. ''dead" in a sporting sense. In the case of Philadelphia, it seems lo have been the reverse as regards boxing, for the game, instead of being be-ing quiet following the big event, has improved wonderfully. Pete Tyrrell, who follows boxing closely, is enthused over ilie way things have turned out. "Philadelphia is back to normal again," said Pete in a chat the other day, "and the big fight seems to have been of unusual benefit to the game in the Quaker City instead of hurting it, as is usually the case. 1 would estimate es-timate that about .'50.000 people of Philadelphia were present who bad never attended a boxing bout of any kind before and many of these were nntis, but are now converted to the cause. "Jules Aronson, one of the big promoters, pro-moters, lias opened h'is arena and for its first show the advance sale wa.j tremendous, something they bad not enjoyed heretofore. It is very evl- I dent that many of these people at- tending were new patrons of the game j and it looks as though boxing will prosper in Philadelphia better than ever before. Whether the game will be benefited in other cities I cannot say, but it is certain that lb', big fight did the Quaker City no barm; on tin contrary' it did lots of good." |