Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-03-09 | Page 16 | Frawley Law Has Done Wonders for Mitt Game

FRAWLEY LAW HAS DONE j FOR MITT CAN GAN WONDERS 1 It It National Interest Being I played in Art of Self Self- Defense Defens J 1 t BY JEFF IPSO THOMPSONS 4 1913 1915 l h hr v Publisher Ire Iret ll New CW 1 York or arK March 8 That S.-That That the theng the lug Ing ng commission has hns succeeded iii In Intine ting tine boxing boxing- on n a higher plans plane In Ini York than ever It has been i is isho i nc bo ho o gainsaid There Is less leas fake fako fl ri I Ing tf less les crookedness and an a alt altor or cr better about the hc f than ever before This Is not du duany nn any ally Improvement In the bre breed d fighters mangers managers o or han hangers Doubtless If Ir It were not for tor tho that the boxing commission It so 90 that shady shudy practices are arc uni In Jn this state slate conditions Vi T not be bo chan changed ceL It l IH Is not strange that other states have seen and tj lIed b by the work In New ew York The earl early passing of or a favorable In Utah which will once more r re Salt Lake City as one of ot the le lea les boxing centers the probability one or both of or the bills before beloro th tb le legislature will pass lundi dJ up tip Chicago to the knights ts of at the tIed ded mitt and the tl fact tact that nearly the states In the union have Ih lIvely 11 ly Interest In the working oj Frawley law all show that tuo of or tho the game I is going up fl This general movement to f game mo I li 11 the direct result of ot the thc cess cuss of ot tho the law in this state tate The Theof Theof of or boxing by means commission has haa proved to be ba the thing needful to place the sport sound footing looting During Durins the year YUr yeara YUra a half halt that the Frawley y law ha lia In operation the thc results with Interest In all Ji pan han rl the country ft That the general verdict l la Is a afi aji tl able ono one Is evidenced by the r fact t III In all over o twenty states now 6 now e have hac boxing bills before the thele leI leg ture or are arc contemplating hayIng bills drawn up In every state provisions pro of or the New ew York law lawf bo been or will bo be closely toll Inquiry at the office of ot commission lon elicited the tho fact tact that rotary Charles on onera file U lers era from tram persons In authority In n teen different states slates who copies of the Frawley la law ft tf them in forming bills to be ed edore lore fore ore their different legislative b bo The states from rom which requests request tir formation came camu are New e Jersey cousin Delaware Washington I L LUtah Utah Pennsylvania Illinois Mi n sota Montana Ohio Colorado West Yest Virginia Rhode Island Louisiana Idaho Idaho- hn C eft u. u I CUI no ou j YC ld III there wore several others that he ml misplaced placed but they were some among his papers f. f Profit Not ot Lo Low Lou vIn v 1 In a letter hotter from Cram a mem member r of f Wisconsin legislature the writer dared tho the only opposition the bill bLU before the house came from th the thc cultural 1 districts It seems thai that rural elements objected to being c cupon upon to contribute toward the the-es of at supporting a boxing when hen their isolation from the i imade I Imade made It Impossible for them to se It bout bouL Hanc Harvey replied to tills this lbs tha stead of being being- an expense to tho the commission had tal taken en In d d' the first year ear the pum um sum of or the thic different clubs and that thia thi a profit of ot all o of which to further the agriculture of at the tho state