Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-11-07 | Page 8 | Fight Game Dead in the South

FIGHT GAME DEAD IN THE SOUTH Memphis, Tenn.. Nov. 7. After more than a year In which it Is claimed several thousands of dollars were lost trying to revive the boxing game here under favorable laws passed by the lat legislature, promoters pro-moters have thrown tha s ponce In the rl-ig and fh field Is entirely abandoned, aban-doned, for the time ibeing nt least. Nearly a dozen clubs were chartered chart-ered under the new law th? moment governor I'atterson signed the bill All hav lost ' money, neef,1ing to their claims, and they blnmf the .lef-files .lef-files Jihnson f!ght for lack of jiat-ronnge, jiat-ronnge, claiming that general belief in the south was that the Ueno fight was a cold-blooded, money-making scheme and not a real "match." This leaves Xew Orleans practically practical-ly in sole possession of the southern light field.