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Show Prejudice Against Ring Game Fast Disappearing; War Is Helpful Factor Army and Navy Departments' Request for Boxing Instructors Equivalent to Approval by Government; Gov-ernment; Ohio and Many Other States Expected Scon to Adopt Laws Legalizing Legal-izing Sport; Leonard's Western West-ern Trip Arouses Interest. BOXING BOUTS THI3 WEEK. Monday, December 10. Pet Hnrman vs. .Too Tuber, six rounds, at Philadelphia. Johnny Dundee vs. Billy DeFoc, ten round.';, at Bridgeport, Conn. Willie Jackson vs. Lew Tondler, tea rounds, at New York City. Joe E.igan va. Bryan Downey, ten rounds, at Milwaukee. Homer Smith vs. Bill Brennan, ten vouns, at Racine, Wis. I'rcd Tulton vs. Porky Tlynn, ten rounds, at Culumbun, Ohio. Pal Moore vn. Artie .Simons, fifteen rounds, at New Orleans. Bobby Lyons vs. Battling Kunz, ten rounds, at Merldcn, Conn. Tuesday, December IX. Harry Greb vs. GeorKo Chip, twelve rounds, at Tjoston, Mass. Wednesday, December 12. Benny Leonard vs. Irish Patsy Cline, six rounds, at Philadelphia. Sailor Friedman vs. Bed Cole, ten rounds, at Streator, 111. Thursday, December Roy Moero vs. Pekin Kid Herman, ton rounds, at Rock Island, 111. By T. 8. ANDREWS. MTLWAUKEK, Dei-. . The authorities au-thorities in tlie state ol' Ohio are rvirlently of the opinion, uui! riffhtly so, that boxing as con rlue ted in Wisconsin is one of I be cleanest and best of sports. .Several litters have been received here of late and also by Chairman Lipinscr of the W iscousin boxing commission, asking for iuf ormal ion as to how boxing- affairs af-fairs are handled in the stato by the commission. 'These requests havo mostly most-ly been from L'hio, wluci iiulicntes tiiat the Wisconsin plan is well thought of in die Jiuckeye state. There has been a gnat deal of boxing box-ing going on in Ohio the past year or two and very little complaint has been made against it, due, no aoubt, to the fact lliat the officials iu Ihe various cities have followed closely on the Wisconsin Wis-consin plan. In Columbus, Toledo, f iuciunati, Akron, Cleveland. Canton anil other cities, ihis plan lias been followed with success, but in some cases the officials have discovered that fliey have net been strict enough and as a result little squabbles developed. .llove or, they have learned their lesson and profited thereby. All of these places hae been first-class boxing cen-' cen-' rers, including Dayton and Springt ield, although in the latter city the game has been under the ban for some time, due in a measure to the local scpiabbles. Springfield whs really one of the first cities to hold long-distance boxing eon-tests eon-tests ami some very good ones have been held there, and it seems strauge that the sport should get a sVt-back at this time. It is no doubt a case of lax methods, ami .judging from information at. hand, the authorities in Springfield intend to follow more closely the Wisconsin Wis-consin method and establish' a commission commis-sion there, to see that the game is run properly. There is no reason whv any of the Ohio cilies should bo let't out in the eold, providing, they conduct the game in a legitimate manner, tor there is no state iu the uuiou where boxing is more lavored than iu Ohio. The .same, can be said of ninny other slates where the iimo is not legalized at the present time, but the indications are that many of these states wi 11 follow in line and pass laws legalising' the sport within Ihe next few years. It has been demonstrated dem-onstrated time and time a pain during the past yenr and a half that boxing" is one of" the finest of exercises, as proved by the heads of all army and navy departments in requesting the appointment ap-pointment of practically all the leading boxers of the country to teach the art of 'self-def ease to the soldiers and naval men. This in itself is the greatest boost the boxing came ever had. If boxing is considered of such benefit to young men as a means of exercise and development and also for ihe entertainment enter-tainment of the soldiers in camp during dur-ing the period of the war, then there is no reason whatever why the same conditions should not prevail during peace times. There is uo doubt that a great deal of prejudice formerly existing exist-ing against tno boxing game will be wiped out and Hhe sport will come into its own in the future. New York Test Case. The boxing promoters iu Xew York state that is, some of them are determined de-termined to make a fight to continue boxing under some plan. The Broadway Broad-way Sporting club of Brooklyn held bouts t vro weeks ago to make a test case of it, and last week held another show by getting out an injunction against interference by the authorities. If the clubs continue to get injunctions i here will be some amusement for the fan., at anv rate, but how long it will last is bard to say. it is known that many or the officials in the big cities are favorable to boxing, and the fact that boxing tourneys are being held at all the army camps makes it so much 0 stronger in their favor. Governor 'Whitman 'Whit-man lias been bitter against the New Y ork managers and promoters ever since the row starred oer the ousting uf Commissioner Fred Wenck. and he has done everything possible to stop the game there. Interest in Leonard. Beany Leonard's trip to Denver must have created considerable interest among the followers of boxing in that part of the countrv, for no le-s ;ha- live queries have "Kvn received from Colorado the past few days as to whether Benny had more .snn,kouts to iiis credit than Charlie White. According Ac-cording to the records, there is just one difference between the two, V ' ! , i t e having forty to his credit and Leonarn lort V'One, which in chides his lasr victory vic-tory over Sailor Kirke at Denver. It is just possible that Leonard will score another one at St. Paul during the When it comes to the knockout part of the u'ame, these Two lightweight's al-'i'eyj t almost on an equality, al though Leonard is by far the prettier boxer and considered more clever than White. There is no doubt that Charlie 'a rries a sleep producer in both hands and ihe same can Vie said for Leonard, a 1 though it is usually -the righ t hand that Benny puts over when lie wauta to score the kayo. There is talk of matching these two hoys at Sew Haven, Conn., in a twenty-round twenty-round battle for the lightweight championship cham-pionship of the world. If the deal goes through, it will draw one uf the largest houses in the history of champion cham-pion !i ip af f a irs a mono the lightweights, light-weights, providing, of course, that they can get a place large enough to take care of the crowd. strong efforts were made to bring these two boys together to-gether at the Milwaukee Auditorium, out apparently without success. The big arena iu Milwaukee seats close to 0,000 people, not counting any standing room whatever, which makes it practically prac-tically the largest and most commodious boxing areola in this country; in fact, in the world. If there should bo any hitch in the deal at. New Haven to bring Leonard and White together, it is possible that they will reconsider the offer to go over the ten-round route in Milwaukee. Edenberg a Globe-Troiter. Charlie Kdenbei-g, tho former Milwaukee Mil-waukee boxer who was sparring partner of Battling Xelson when the latter was champion, has become a real globe-trotter. After quitting the boxing game several years ago, Charlie took to the vaudovillo stage and has been very successful suc-cessful in producing a head balancing act and other athletic stunts. During his trip around the world he. has also boxed in such countries as South Africa, India and Australia, fie, has been gone two and one-half years from Milwaukee, and during that time has traveled all through the orient down to youth Africa Af-rica and back again to Australia, where he is now located. Charlie writes as follows: "Have just returned to Sydney from the enst, where X was booked for five months at Manila, Java, Hongkong and other big cities in China. Have been very successful with my act in most of the plaees. and attracted quite a lot of attention by doing my head balancing act. on their highest buildings. It proved quite a stunt and gave me a great deal of notoriety. I have had a great deal of sport during my travels by boxing against all comers, and have been very successful. Of course, I was not up against the kind of fighters that you meet in America, but, just the same, some of them were very good and gave mo quito a battle. This was especially the case in South Africa, where there are a number of good boxers from the British isles. ' T have traveled over 75,000 miles during my trip, and I am now waiting the time, when f can join Jimmy Clabby, the American middleweight, on my trip home. It ife likely that Jimmy and I will return to the states about next March or April, as it will then be coming com-ing into the warm months, and that is what we want after spending so long a time in this beautiful country. JJ Neary Tries Coine-back. Several boxers have endeavored to make come-backs during the past year or two, and now comes word that Charlie Char-lie Neary, the idol of Milwaukee eight years ago, will try his hand. Charlie started fighting about the same time Jack Britton entered the arena, and is going on 35 years of age. However, Aeary has always led a very clean life a n d n e v or d r an k . which is" al 1 in his favor. He has always kept in light training, and is in better shape, right now than most, of the boys fighting. Neary was induced to trv himself out by an offer of $12,000 for three fights from old Board of Trade friends, who felt convinced he could make good, and he took a. regular course of training for six weeks before giving his answer. Now he is certain ho can come back successfully, suc-cessfully, and he. intends to make the effort before the Milwaukee Auditorium, Audito-rium, December 19, when he will meet some ffood welterweight. The above offer was bona fide, but Neary says he will not accept the offor outright, but will worij on a percentage and prove that he is right. Victor Breyer Not Dead. For the pas two years it has been Generally believed that Victor Breyer. tho French boxing promoter and one of the most prominent, sporting men iu all Europe, had been killed at the front, but such is uot the case. Breyer, although al-though he has been serving the government govern-ment ever since the war started, is alive ami well and once more ready to take ut his end of the sporting business. The following interesting letter has just been received from Mr. Breyer, dated Paris: My Dear Mr. Andrews Tt is a long time since I have been able to correspond with you or any of my American friends, and no doubt you havo been wondering what has "become "be-come of me since the terrible cyclone cy-clone started blowing across Europe, before it finally swept all over the universe. Well, my dear friend, like every other available Frenchman, French-man, I was called to the colors right away, and am very proud to sav that although belonging to one of the older classes mobilized, I did my bit in volunteering for the fighting line, where I remained one year and a half as interpreter with the British armv aud doing other work besides. I went through many nerve-shaking experiences, and am glad to say now that J was lucky enough to gain distinction in the shape of a military medal and eroix de guerre before T was sent back, owing to a rather severe dose of Gorman gas. Then I was employed em-ployed in one of the automobile, corps, and it is only two or three days since 1 have been demobilised demobil-ised tor good, having served with the army for thirty-eight straight J months. So here 1 a:a a civilian ! ayain Mid ready to take up my old j oe eunt ion with the sporting paper j an -J also in the line of promotion, ar.itoi'.gh 1 think it will be some 1 time before there will be anything doing in that part of the game. 1 intend to start republishing my paper, Echo de Sports, and 1 ex-" pect to have it going by holiday time, so you will see this will keep me quite busy. Owing to the dilapidated di-lapidated state of boxing in this country, it is very doubtful whether there will be any chance for ine to start a club before the war is over, and I do not expect to get out the Ring Annual as 1 did previous to the war, but, nevertheless, I am deeply interested in the noble art, and you know that it has taken like wildfire among all young Frenchmen; French-men; in fact, I think it is one of the greatest sports and one of the best for exercise that a young man or soldier can have. There has been a great deal of boxing among the soldier boys back of the line, especially espe-cially where Canadians and Australians! Aus-tralians! have been, and also the British. Brit-ish. The French bovs have not had the same opportunity to keep up the sport, still there are .many of thorn doing the best they can, and I am sure that when this terrible mess is cleared up you will find manv splendid young French boxers box-ers back in the business. ! 1 am very anxious to know how ! the name is progressing over in i your country, and more especially ! In regard to' the proposed repealing j of the Frawley law in New York, i (The Frawley law has been repealed.) re-pealed.) I was very much surprised that any effort should be made to repeal the law-, for I considered it a splendid thing for the young men of that immense state, and I was hopeful that the lawmakers would change their minds and leave it alone. 1 have been unable to keep in touch with all our boxers on this side, as it has been impossible, under un-der the conditions, to do so. A number of the hoys have died at the front doing their bit. but I am not familiar with the exact state of nff-iirs in that line, bur will let you hear from me later. With best wishes to my friends on your si.de, I beg to remain, vours verv truly, VICTOR BEEYEB |