Show WELFARE ARE OF BOXING HAMPERED BY MANY MANY- SLICK ADVENTURER Sports Writer Says There Are Too Many Sleight of Hand Han 11 Fighters Promoters and Managers Breaking l Into o Game CaIne at Present Time it a cl I t It NEEDED REFORMS JIS IN RING ARE SET FORTH FORTH By Jack Skelly p pm m T HERE RERE are fire too loo many slick fakers breaking into the tho boxing game in tho thi 1 country just at present for the tile welfare of th the manly art 1 Thc They are arc a rich quick lot of adventurers who arc simply out ont for t f coin without any lime due rc regard for the sport or the public f They jump from cit city to city staging blatantly advertised bouts honts that a ai ar I only frame framed up up schemes to corral tho the dollars and 1 gull the people Sooner or later lator th these ge go as I cheaters must roust be curbed and nd disciplined I or boxing will win get a fierce Clerce knockout throughout this whole country The various boxing commissioners In various states tos who are supposed to rule and regulate the sport are n-e entirely too lenient and I might sa say to too Indifferent also to these Tho They should t tako ke tho the hull bull h by the I horns and clean clenn up and md exterminate from tho the game all the tho swindlers who whore arc re now grading degrading and Jeopardizing boxing b by their bamboozling affairs Some Sorno of these bunco matches math s are ara vcr very raw rat and mostly every wise vise fan fanIs fanIs fanIs Is on to them and remains away ot from I ringsides for that re reason Its It's only I Ithe the tho gullible unsophisticated ones that are arc fleeced and cheated out of their i coin cola I Remarkable Iro Progress of Boxing With nil all the thc handicaps boxing ha has hag b been en suffering from it is remarkable how this sport ha has j progressed and be become become be- be come como so very ery popular In Itt almost every part of oC this country It needs only proper organization and regulation to put it upon a 0 hl high h basis and make 1 It tho the real national sport of oC tho United Sta States tea There Thero are arc at nt least ten times as ns many ny clubs and nd boxers actively el engaged Inthe in tho the manly art as there were some somo twenty years cars ago ogo But the fighters fighter I generally y aro not so BO proficient and honest as they were twenty years ago Many Iah of them have havo become very trick tricky and money mod Tho They lack the earnest earn earn- c est cst t. t square methods of those gallant g pugilistic heroes of the past Twenty years ago George Kid Iid Lavigno La Ln- was tho undisputed worlds world's lightweight champion and a right royal roy champion he lie proved himself to be He fought all 11 comers corners like a 1 rea real world beater and there thero were tero few o ohis ot of othis his opponents who escaped a n complete completo knockout or a a. severe beating beating- There was no tango dancing or fancy lancy sparring about La Lavigne's Lagnes gnes style of milling He alt a always s tore In with the courage of oC a alion alion lion to win In his slashing aggressive 5 style Where would the present lightweight stars stand with such a gallant forcible forcible for tor- cible fighter as Lavigne It would be belike belike i like putting a violent tiger a against a hord herd of or evasive deers to m my rn thinking We Ve need Just a few such champions as Lavigne Lavigna was to brighten up Ul boxing a at present But I fear well we'll have to wait wal until boxing Is thoroughly organized and regulated before we well we'll over ever get such real worthy world beaters Some X Needed Reforms Reform Here aro are a few of the reforms that Ive I've been advocating In tho the boxing game gamo that would help greatly to uplift the sport and put It on a a. much sounder and cleaner basis First of all wo we should havo have honest competent referees' referees decisions b by wise experienced fearless ring arbiters 01 of good t sound Judgment who should be assigned to the different clubs b by the commissions and paid b by them a n fair compensation for tor their services No r boxer should be bo permitted to carry his own personal referee from state testate to te state for his own protection This in my opinion Is not only onh an Injustice but bul bula buta a L ridiculous farce Secondly all champions in the tho Various various various va va- va rious classes should be bo compelled to defend do- do fend their titles at least twice a year In regular r round 20 contests at proper ringside weight or at nt 3 2 p p. p in the do da day of the bout as the they may agree Thirdly no boxer should receive moro more than quarter one of the gross re receipts receipts ro- ro of the tho gate excepting his op opponent opponent opponent op- op wishes to allow him a part of his quarter qU In other words tho the fighters fight fight- ers should receive only 50 60 per cent of the gross and split it up b by an agreement agree agree- I men mont ment t of their own Many top now demand 70 anti and SO 80 per per- percent cent of the receipts besides a a. Vor very big guarantee which so often leaves the tho risky promoters losers In Inthe Inthe Inthe the end Clubs should be protected as 5 aswell aswell well as ns the tho boxers at nt all times Fourthly the tho boxing commissions of ot tho the states should meet In conference at ot least every ery six months for the purpose of or comparing rules and regulations and discussing any ny Improvements which ml might ht be bo made In the game gamo They should In fact form themselves into a n sort of or a n national bod body for tor the tho general welfare and anel tho the direct advancement ad of ot the manly sport in every evory possible wa way Fifthly It Is the absolute dut duty of the tho said commissioners to bar all takers fakers disreputable boxers managers m referees ret ret- areas crees seconds and other obnoxious perSons persons persons per per- sons from all the clubs that como come under their Jurisdiction They should clear awa away the swindlers and only allow honest reliable men to arrange and cond conduct ct contests di directly directly directly di- di under their supervision Sixth Sixthly I all nil contestants matched and advertised to appear on certain dates should be compelled to post substantial forfeits guaranteeing their appearances and weights agreed upon The Tho public is entitled to see a n combat the they pay for tor and b by putting putting- up proper forfeits boxers aro are much more moro apt opt to keep their contracts and not disappoint the pub Pub- lie lic This Tois was vas the time custom years cars ago and should be the positive rule rulO today Seventhly Sc all clubs should be thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- Inspected at nt least once a l month by a D. boxing commission to seo sea that the ring seats and other parts of ot the place are clean n and in proper condition Boxing clubs In fact should bo be Just an n much up to In every ery respect as our modern theatres should be he bewell bewell heWell well ventilated and ana lighted and have all possible conveniences Thero There are man many other ways was of ot elevating ele ole the tae good old boxing game same and andI I hope tho gentlemen In power will viii soon get together and begin tho the good work worle before the K O. O comes Ii foam In Australia Mr Snowy Baker the great Austral ian boxing promoter who ha has done don ID I much for the sport in his grand grani country countr sends mo me the following f The announcement that a fresh freil bunch hunch of boxers were on their W from the tho United States to Australia awoke tho the usual clump of ot The Tue as Is 15 understood wherever ever tho the Australian language e Is spoken fire are the ho Puritans and kill Joys who tr try tn to suppress all forms of sport bu bue but e especially tho wicked wIcker and violent ram gam of ot boxing boxing- They do not count vcr vei seriously In Australia in these days They approached tho government go ho hoty ever cYer and wanted to have the closed By the tho time the papers pers ham had pointed out that the tho race raco courses ant an the theatres were on the tho samo same as tho the boxing amusement and that tb tin government might as well object t tt American actors as to American boxers the agitation was W dead and more moro will wUl be heard of It Boxing is n a reputably established In Australia nov no novas novas as are vaudeville and tho movies I 1 I is a fact fl that of the thousands of ot pea peo pie who visit tho Stadium re regularly hundreds como come down without Inquiring beforehand what the fight is to be suc sucre such re regular ul r fight tight goers are the they and th thi Ui patrons Include tho the most highly place public men and politicians from goer gover nors and Judges downwards |