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Show iiiTlifiliSI SlIOIilo Reports Indicate National Title Meeting Would Draw Many Contestants NEW YORK, Jan. 19. Among the many sports under the jurisdiction of ' the Amateur Athletic union, which ! have received the benefit of revived Interest and popular s:uppr.n since the overseas soldier athletes and tilyinpic; ' champions returned to the United 'sraies, none seems to have been given .1 greater impetus than boxing. From ; every division throughout the Crun-trv Crun-trv reports are being received daily u' Am iteur Athletic headquarters here ; I giving unqualified assurance of the 1 popularity of boxing In ail sections. Ai -, rangements for tournaments with , the p.rospecl of bringing about a series of j ' interstate and Intersect lonal glove con-' con-' tests, are now being perfected in tho hope that before the end of this year a Rational championship meeting of the best men available In every class, from 1,. ivywelghts to the bantams, ny be bl ought tO a SUCCeSStill Issue. I EA3IS PROM " l KSluAS. Kenewed interest in this branch of .. . 1.1 la n..l rnnflnf'd t iintionnl contests alone The recent arrival of HSngllBb boxers, representing the British Brit-ish army ami navy, and the London police force, to compete with amateur glove wellder'a representing the United Slates army and navy and tho New York pollco department, marks the beginning be-ginning of a movement which promises , to develop annual Or scml annual international in-ternational contests In which other Eu I ropsan cSuntrlea will supply competitors competi-tors in the near future. 1 Nu better Indication of the firm hold ivhjoh amateur boxing bouts have ou j the followers of the sport could be given giv-en than the unusually large attendance attend-ance which the New ork state cham-I cham-I pionshlp bouts attracted to the Madison Madi-son Square Garden here this month, j The tournament at first was to be a ) two -night affair, but so many entries ( were received the officials were 00111-I 00111-I pelled to extend the time and three nights were required in order to com-1 com-1 plete the program of seventy-five bouts From an attendance standpoint the tournament was wonderfully well patronized. pat-ronized. In fact. 110 such crowds have gathered here at similar exhibitions in I the last quarter of a century. The number of spectators each night greatly great-ly exceeded the geUSCOUS gatherings j which witnessed the amateur boaing 'when (he sport 'Joxed Its halcyon days many years ago at the Metro-; Metro-; polltan I ipera hOube and the big : Brooklyn skating rink. ! A more pietentious program is now t belntr prepared by the Metropolitan Amal UV Athletic union officials for , an Inter-city tournament between box-eis box-eis 1 e presenting club in eastern and I middle-western cities Sfadiaon Bquare (Jarden has tioen secured for February I and 2A tor these bouts, it Is poped ihat tho added attraction "f compotl-! compotl-! tor from pievejand, Pittsburg. I'hlla-I I'hlla-I delphla. Boston and other cities vi,i draw capacity crowds to the bin arena The New England a&soclatlon Is also busily engaged In the promotion of In-ter-clty boxing contests and the division divi-sion championships the date- for Which have yet to be selected. From Plttsburgi Clsveland. Clncia natl, St. Louib ard New leans i -; porta aro belnt; received 'jt the prog-1 prog-1 ress of the sport In those centers with ! assurances that a splendid crop of new boxers from these aecttona will be set a in the national championship events at Boston. In preparation for the Southern as-1 as-1 soclation's championships which Will I be held at Birmingham. Ala., ou , Ma., b 14. and 15, bouts are belug held I weekly iu the cities in that division. |