Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-03-05 | Page 13 | Will Hold Hearings on Boxing Measure

WiLL HOLD 1H5 01 BOIGMME very Effort Made to Insure In-sure Square Sport in New York. ALB AX V, M a rch 4 . Tl ie bill to j e -gal izo boxing, u nder the supervision of a state coinmiskui. which w;:h introduced intro-duced by Senator Gihbs of Buif:;io. Is to be amended in several imp"rijnt jar-ticulars jar-ticulars so a.s to make it crd'orm more closely with the assembly biil. The senate sen-ate judiciary committee will give a public pub-lic hearing on tho amended measure on March U. The provision of the hill, limiting contests con-tests to p!:u-es i:sed ey ei ysi ve!y i-r -s-; :g exh ib; I in ns. provok--d mil :! oj , ,n-sitirin ,n-sitirin th:'t. Se:::tior Gil-I- l;:s fMji.M-!,.,! to remove that rMrietion and permit exhibitions in any l.a'l or areji;-... As n n offset, to t ) ;s c'nic-.-.-.nn bond.1 will be exact .-d 1mm 'ooxi-g eiuos ;r, p;-.--vent tin m from "puli ii.tr "if f.t ;.e .c-tests. .c-tests. 'lubs in X'.-w York, i'.ui i.iln and Rochester will be required to pur u n ;i bond of Jlii.Oiift; clubs in second -class cities a. bond of I'"'"), and clubs ;:i other citif'S n bond of JJ'eju. To further ins ire a "square rnn 'eh." no contestant wdf receive his pnv uin:' after Ihe bout. If tV referee and two judges decided 1 1 1 ; i r thf- cruii-'st is a fai:e thy ni.-'.y withhold the mom y fj-om tlie fighters. This provision, S'-nator riibbs 1 . - 1 .,-.:. W: li gi vo tho jud.irs cunLrol o". -jr I ho clubs and contestants that will make boxing free 1'mm fraud. Under the old boxing law, profiteering was indulged in by fight promoters in tho sale of t i;kcts. To prevent a recurrence re-currence of tins practice, .Senator Glbbs proposes- that the price of admission to the bouts shall be printed on tho ticket and the salo of a ticket at a price in excess of tho printed price will be made illegal.