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Show HIOI'S BOXING LAW iS SATISFACTORY Repeal of Frawley Act Not Thought Likely at Legislative Legis-lative Session. XEW YORK, Xov. 2S. Before election elec-tion day it was hinted in certain quarters quar-ters that it would be well for those wishing a continuance of Boxing to vote lor Governor Glynn and for Democratic Dem-ocratic senators and assemblymen. Possibly it was a Tammany tricK to inllucnce. tho sporting vote; it so, it did not have the desired effect, as results showed. The support of Mr. Whitman from followers of boxinp and sports generallv whs very strong, the sporriiig men haviug every confidence in him' to give tuera a fair deal. So lor.2 as boxinsr is clean and conducted along the proper lines the promoters and admirei'b of fistic sport need not worn- over what Mr. Whitman will da. "It is only the evil-doer who should fear him. 1 i Porhni's a bill will be introduced for the repeal of the Frawley law. One never can cues? before a session of .the lepi-lature what measures will niake their appearance. But. even should an nnU-boxme bill come to the surface it. is no sure thing it will pas. Boxing as conducted p.t the present time has no obiect.ienable features. It is a clean, healthy sport and flourishing flourish-ing as well as ever it did. On the whole, the three years and three mouths of lovc contests under tho Frawley law have been satisfactory in even-way. even-way. At one time there was a demand de-mand for a repeal of the law; that was in tho early day of its existence. Thinirs had not worked themselves out properly and some features were objectionable, ob-jectionable, but now there is nothing with which fault can K fouud. jot in a long time has there been even a hint that it would be well to eliminate legalized boxing, which leads one to the conclusion that, our present boxing is beyond criticism. Such being be-ing tho case, why should there be uneasiness un-easiness lor its future.7 loosing lias made many friends tmder the present law and a' bill lor its abolition would meet with strong opposition from all admirers of clean, mnnly spoil. |