BOXING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12758, 1 May 1909, Page 7

BOXING.

BIG BOXING MATCHES.

MR McINTOSH ABROAD.

HIS SPECULATIONS AND PROSPECTS

Correspondence received in Sydney by the last American and English mails from Mr H. D. Mclntosh evidences that he is a very busy man, and stil lhustling to make money. Mr Mclntosh says it is generally believed that Sam Langford will beat Jack Johnson, and it is his intention to endeavour to bring that pair together in England or America, failing a match between Johnson and Jeffries, lor which Mr Mclntosh has offered ,£IO,OOO, but Jeffries up ty |hen could not be induced to make any pronouncement, though the Aus'trjuian promoter was hopeful of succeeding. Mr Mclntosh, who has been having a very good time, states that the manner in which the American sporting people received him was remarkable. He bought a Benz racing motor car, said to be one of the fastest in the world, and intended racing it at Florida Beach on the 26th ultimo.

Mr Mclntoeh was staying at the Hotel Astor, New York, having brought 14 filmb of the Burns-jAhnson fight with him from London — six for the Unite dtSates, three for Canada, and the other five for Mexico, the West Indies, and South America. He was met in New York Harbour on his arrival by a specially chartered steamer crowded with prominent sporting people, including Jim Jeffries, the retired champion of the world. Late New York files disclose that Mr Wm. A. Brady, a front rank American theatrical promoter, secured the American rights of the Burns-Johnson pictures for 40,000 dollars, and their showing, was to have commenced in New York, San Francisco, New Orleanß, Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia on the same night. The New York American published the following story of Mr Mclntosh's speculations, position, and prospects: — "Three hundred thousand dollars is the tidy and satisfactory sum that the BurnsJohnson fight at Rußhcutters' Bay will net Hugh D. Mclntosh, the Australian promoter. •

"The fght itself had a gross and record taking of 130,000 dollars, of which 80,000 was clear profit. Forty thotisand souvenirs were Bold for a quarter each, representing 10,000 dollars net, as the expenses of printing and distribution wore more than met by the advertisement'?. Mi Macintosh's percentage of the takings from 'fans' who paid to see Johnson and Burns train amounted to 2500 dollars.

"The copyright pictures of the fight netted another 2500. Up to February 1 the bioscope films in Australasia alone furnished Mr Mclntosh with 60,000 dollars, and later- cables report no diminution in interest, which means that in the land wheerthe fight took place 5000 dollars a week is still being added to the promoter's capacious purse. ''In England Mr Mclntosh has disposed of the British rights for a guaranteed 35,000 dollars and a percentage. "He has an offer from a French concern for 7500 dollars and a percentage of the film rights for that country. Germany is willing to give another 500 dollars. Aus-tria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, China, Japan, the Philippines, South America, and Canada are spiritedly bidding for the rights. In the United States vaudeville firms and picture firms in dozens are asking for exclusive or sectional rights. "Mr Mclntosh counts his profits at 300,tXX) dollars already. He is a conservative man. Others believe that the ultimate profit will reach nearer the halfmillion mark.

"What manner of man is this new star in fight promoting who offers forty and fifty thousand dollar purses and puts our Coffroths in the shadow? Down under the line in Australia, where he was^born, the son of an Irish private in the Black Watch, they call him 'Square Deal Mac' When the dispute arose over the choice of a referee, and Johnson objeted to Snowy Baker, one of the best known of Australian sportsmen, because he was 'a blonde,' the 'Texas Brunette' spoke up and said, 'I know you are a friend of Burns, but all I want is a square deal, Mac, and J know I'll get that from you. You will suit me for referee.'

"In England all that was known of McIntosh was that he was the lessee of a number of hotels in the National Park and Australian Alps. When he came to England he was sized up, weighed, and dissected, and the fraternity here in a short time weer unanimous that Mclntosh deserved his complimentary title of 'Square Deal.' "Personally, he is on first sight a small man. He is about middle height, slightly stooped, with the tan and black hair typical of his cpuntry. His eyes are laughing blue, his mouth large and generous, and when he smiles, as he usually does, disclosing a mouthful of the whitest teeth, his whole face takes on the appearance of a big-hearted credulous sort of a person, who would buy a gold brick without thinking of applying the acid. "Talk with him five minutes, and the small man seems to have grown a giant. The eyes that laughed are cold and glinting, the mouth that had a baby smile is firm and set, and the teeth could even give* points in determination to the famous fangs of the only Teddy. You notice then that his hands are as powerful as Fitzsimmons's, and his muscular make-up is tremendous for a man of his size."