Show CRAFTY POLITICS IN SELECTING REFEREES FOR ALL BIG BOUTS Takes Considerable Artful 1 Scheming Nowadays To Be Bc Bet Bei t i Appointed the Ring Arbiter Arb iter of an all Important Boxing E Combat Only Those With TT Pull Land Choice Positions Position t BY JACK Old 01 1 crafty politics by hy butting into the thc boxing game has played havoc oc ith the thc sport in many parts ot of this country Sport and p pOlities politics never well together and never will Hungry r grafting politicians are arc arcie ie ones who have o queered and cnn caused boxing ing bc stopped in certain states ul ta d cities in the thc union t A A. referee who is anxious to preside in in some big attractive bout now- now lays 5 first seeks the aid of some political leader or powerful politician to tot 1 t thim him the appointment I If r he secures the backing of one of these birds hird he lie can generally fix it up with the thc club Chill officials and fighters It IL was va a certain a Tammany Hall hail leader cr who ho made the late Charley Chancy hite referee at t the he Moran Willard-Moran Z 1 and other important bouts held heM in ew v York Charley Chancy was quite some diplomat and knew how to pull the ires quite cleverly cle It was Big Tim Sullivan who made both Charley Chancy and Johnny White While club the of the ol old Horton forces fences at It the old Broadway during gala days das v v when New Yorkers loders witnessed real rattling twenty round fights to a n. forces force's Boxing Boxing- was at the thc height of its glory during that Hod hut but it was vas finally knocked out and almost destroyed by hy the greed t r politicians who broke into the gal game And nd later later on li when the Frawley xing law Jaw Je legalized the sport port all nIl nIlI I Mil nt we well until old ohl crafty politics hen bea bc- bc n a to dominate and nIHl of ui-sc ui killed the goose that lai laid the thel l en egg g once again I mi might ht tell a good g many untold les about the scheming artful un- un workings of certain poli- poli ians ians and others who caused th the real real reil re- re al al il of ol the Frawley law Jaw but what's e C use of diggin digging up a n lot Jot of ot nasty l iid id d and f lush Let the lead dead rest We Ve must walt wait for or conditions to iange ange Some ome day well we'll have a n now ul id better batter boxing Jaw law enacted to boom g popular sport along Its It's bound to tonio tono nio mo no when the tho 0 people at largo o demand as RS the they bOY surely will after tho the thou- thou nOds of ot our Soldiers come back Ic ic- full of oC the gallant spirit r F p In Imy io 0 o n nc Yes c generally Its It's vcr very easy Indeed r fj a competent and experienced man referee a limited bout Johnny Johnn dt f tar for r example didn't get a 2 anco to earn his money mone over o in liar Ilar- lIar lIar-I on n. 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J when Jack Dempsey flat flat- ned nod Fred Irell Fulton In u l less ss than fifteen The work a n docs does In j ring In a class classy combat Is usually c c softest part of or his task Often Otten for or weeks and weeks before a a referee has to scheme an and 1 ill III wires with every ery Tom Torn Dick and irry i and politician In eight He Tie has be satisfactory and a agreeable to both I the fighters and their managers as asIt ill It la l May be theres there's a a. of ot dozen her h-er applicants in tho field aleo also for ford or ori d i 0 same Job who liao 0 friends and men working to land Jand tho the for Cor them Wh Why Its It's almost t difficult to b become come a a. referee of ot a bout as S It is to lan land 1 the for sheriff or some sorno other Th 11 h office nd Just wh when n a feU fellow ow thinks hes he's hest t t tho the wires all right anti and hes he's only t tj to step Into the ring and and do hI his hili 5 somo some dissatisfied fled sporting scribe Tries alon along and anel takes t a few cracks at atU n U and knocks his prospects all into cocked 1 hat So dont don't think being r to lo referee a headline match all ll peaches leaCheS and cream Its It's some tough proposition in most cases case esc esc cc days das of or craft crafty and artful politics i 1 Should lie He Wisely Icly h I Selected rC were properly or organized of ot referees and other fairs of ot the tho ring could be t fairly and echo adjusted But nut under Binder tho prest pres- pres t tj Ii you please e conditions the theme me tI Is greatly handicapped Indeed We Se c have ha a n lot of ot competent competent ceper expert expert- c d men nien all over o the tho country countr who e willing and of ot refereeing contests but hut the they are arc not In to connive scheme and intrigue kh tt- tta a lot of or politicians and wire pull- pull i 10 to become ring arbiters They are arc aret I t willing to humiliate themselves es to toI toof I of of ot fakers and unscrupulous man- man rg of ot boxers either U Ten lien n bo be openly and ju Justly tl soil oe- oe ll il to referee upon uvon their good char- char ti knowledge experience and effi nc h y only and nd not because the they are tho with a big political ll 1 l If It we wo d 11 ad boxing under proper and control these would be eliminated and side ked d for the good bood of oC the grand old rt f I Mil iii Timer Pa n ew 11 A nn ay aywas ewas was as sorry Indeed to hear that I hen M. M I an old Brooklyn fJ FJ Jc full fan died In his home at 13 AtHe At- At He ilc tj avenue a the tho other da day of ot apoy apo- apo I apo-I y He lie was one of ot tho old old- school ln j-ln followers who arc are now almost ct For over tift fifty years KierI Kier- Kier I jas been heen a patron of ot the game ame J winter during tho the fierce bliz- bliz r. r weather he went to Boston to atthe at- at I at-I Ithe ithe the of ot his old pal Jolin I an Considering that Mr Ir iCier Kleri- l vas hS 78 is years cars of ot age it was some U UhS my trip for tor so aged ned a man 1 was born In Ireland and when 9 years ears old olds was s as tho the manager of or Metropolitan hotel in Manhattan r 11 t later atel he ho filled tho the same samo position lio he Eastern hotel pis youthful days las Mr I Kiernan Kiernana la a very powerful athletic man and Jn I handle h himself like tikI a a. real cham chain plon pion He lIe was very Yen well known and popular with all classes especially the bl big prominent sports of oC tho the past an and 1 pres present present- en t. t IIi nit K rind Il IJU Ills The war has put a stiff kink In baseball baseball base base- ball football and all other sports ex except except ex- ex boxing And boxing has ha put an anaw aw awful fill I kink ink In the Huns A According to a report of 01 the secreta secreta- tl n. ry treasurer a of or the New York A A. 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C the only aport sport that ha has paid during tho I last year ear In that ta famous club is the I boxing bouts bouls So there you ar are again you ou old nose blue crank Boxing is also booming In England two Twenty-two championship combats ha have ve been decided over there since the war started Some fireworks eh ch In the Australian navy y tho the sport Is very ery popular Aboard of oC the training ship Shil alone there aro arc young boxing almost con con- Snow Snowy Baker has recently referred e some somo o of their theil bouts The latter latter latter lat lat- ter says Its from Crom these lough tough lads that tho the crews crewe of ot the Australian warships warships warships war war- ships In the North sea are arc reinforced Bill Brennan says he lie would like to have havo a go o. o with Jack Dempsey All Allright Allright Allright right Bill theres there's no objections now I that you ou arc are in good shape again Pretty tough on Battling Battling- Lahn tho the I Swe Swede lightweight The They discharged him from rom the army because ho has got flat feet How about a fellow with a flat h head ad Wouldn't ho pass muster either It seems scorns to mo me that Uncle Sam is getting darn particular r Most of oC the Huns are aro flat footed b by the tho wa way That's tho reason cant can't sidestep our boys quick enough over there thoro |