| Show F Boxing Authorities r i iJ J JC C Cannot Agree on on fc TAT u Uniform f Weights hi t L 1 n orm S i d. d States Figures Have Been Shifted Juggled to Suit the Whims and Conveniences Con Con- f of Various Title H Holders No Standard Remains 1 with the earliest days In the history ry of the boxing game in this country the question of a uniform scale of weights to govern the various classifications of c. c pugilism has occupied the attention of the massive minds of Several attempts were made to bring about a compromise compromise com corn promise between the British and nd American weights so that one standard scale would be In effect but nothing noth ing was ever accomplished In the United States particularly weights have been Shifted and Juggled about to suit it the whims and convenience of the various title holders until the origInal original inal standard became e ame practically obsolete This evil has become so glaring in rn recent years that official recognition was taken of It when the American Boxing association sprang Into being at Cleveland last summer The question question ques ques- tion was one of the tho chief subjects of discussion when the tha members of the organization gathered to discuss ways and means of improving and developing develop develop- in ing the tho sport and finally after careful thought a scale scalo of weights was agreed upon and pronounced the standard for this country As the tho In In In- eludes many of tho the leading promoters and lind club owners In the United States It believed that this scale would be universally a accepted However the finely devised plan las has failed to meet with the approval commission of ol o of ot the august boxing New York state Last Monday Monda that thai organization announced a new scale of weights to govern the game came within its territory and as this standard differs materially from the scale adopted by bythe bythe the A. A B. B A. A the result has baa been a worse woree muddle over weights than existed ex cx- isted before these two bodies set Bet to the taSk of trying to establish a a. standard stand stand- ard S S The following table will show to what extent the now vary In the scales scales' accepted Class Olas- A. A ABA D. D A. A N. N NY Y British Ply C 12 Bantam s. s ii S 11 Feather Light Welter Middle Light heavy ill lY Beau weight 75 1 Over It It will m be seen seen from froni the foregoing poundage that modern modem authorities In boxing have taken issue with the code laid down by the Marquis of Queens Queens- bery In 11 all but two classes the exceptions exceptions exceptions being in the feather weight and welter divisions where the latter day guiding spirits have bave reduced the weights As As tho the situation now stands therefore therefore there there- therefore fore a fine is In prospect In European boxing centers when the game me flourishes again as it will after the tI c war is over the poundage of the code will be he adhered to In lu this country there will be two stand- stand a The discrepancy in the weights soi selected se so- i 1 by the American Boxing Boxing- asso asso- elation and the New York commission may result in endless disputes in this country over the rightful holders of the Ul various championships wherein thep the poundage p ge disagreement exists Altogether Altogether Alto Alto- gether ether It Is a rather annoying situation situa situa- tion but as the immortal bard has put It The Tho fans fane alone remain cool and calm Because they do not S S S When the Wisconsin boxing com corn announced recently that it had effected a working agreement with the New York board whereby suspensions of ot boxers by either organization would be bo observed by the other it was generally generally gen gen- admitted that this plan would help materially in establishing stricter control of the fighters than has been the case heretofore The purpose of the agreement is to call a halt to the activities of boxers who by various tricks and excuses fall fail to give the promoting promoting promoting pro pro- clubs and the fans tans an am honest return for their money The New York City matchmakers nave have been bothered considerably this season by questionable practices of certain fighters and for that reason the boxing board of the Empire state l lent a a. willing ear to the suggestion of the tho Badger commission A notable casein case caseIn casein In point centers around the ring ac as- activity of ot Ad Wolgast In December he was suspended for six months J Jy by y the New Now York commission for alleged failure fail faU ure ui-s to be In condition for tor a battle with Leach Cross The question now arises whether the Wis Wisconsin commission will observe the ban placed on the Dutchman by bT the New York board If the Badger commissioners ignore the Nc NeW York suspension in this instance the tho proposed reciprocal arrangement between the tho commissions will be given givena a knockout wallop right at the tho outset and nd tho the ruling will wUl bo be the subject of ridicule rather than of observance The Wisconsin commission has har ha to fish or orcut rut cut bal bait in this case right now as Wolgast Is planning to meet Freddie Welsh in a ten-round ten contest in Milwaukee Milwaukee Mil Mu- waukee in tho the near future furore The decision deci sion filon of the Badger commission will be I i 1 awaited with Interest Whether the New York commission treated tho the Dutchman fairly when-they when pave gave ve him the gate for for- six for ix months is a question open to discussion From Wolgast's viewpoint he was given a a. decidedly raw deal by the New York board The Dutchman Insists that he was In good physical condition when he fought ho-fought fought Cross as he had met Frank Whitney in an art Atlanta ring Just three nights previously In the Whitney battle Wolgast sustained a bad cut on ont t his head and the blood from this S round wound blinded and otherwise handicapped handicapped handi handl capped him to such an extent that he was forced to stop In the bout with Cross this wound was reopened and as the Dutchman was soon bathed in the crimson fluid the referee halted this match also Wolgast maintains that outside of the fact that he was a gory gory spectacle he was not otherwise injured inSured and could easily have gone on to the limit of the ten rounds It is for tor this reason that Wolgast thinks he was unjustly treated treat treat- ed cd by bytho tho Empire commission However the Dutchman's con conten conten- ten tin were were not seriously considered by the e examining commissioners and a as th they y doubtless were without bi biasIn in the matter they acted accord according In to Continued e 3 f f L f f 4 XING ING G AUTHORITIES I Continued Continued t nud from rage page 2 2 I when they hun hung a can on former ch champion F f. f p ic l-e boxing calendar for the current I contains a a. few battles of or class ably the most Important sched i Us Is that between Charley White Matt Iatt Wells which will be staged toston loston on Tuesday nl night ht Wells proven an especially tough nut to crack as as' the tiie shifty Eng Eng- nan has twice the Chi battler battIer The match between h Cross Crofts and Johnny Griffiths willIbe willbe will willbe be Ibe watched with considerable Int in in- it t by the fans Cross ran into a arise arise rise tiso party last week when he was away for the count by hard hit hit- Saylor It was the first that Cross had bad been knocked out 1909 when FI Fighting Dick Hyland ened cued him In tn the forty tort first round ape apu the quick knockout that Say Say- against the battling den den- forecasts the early passing of ot heft hea He h has s been fighting since or was a a. pup and as he Is IB now endowed with this worlds world's goods an easily afford to retire to the pursuits of a a. gentleman of lois leis Leaches vi-eaches was a credit to the box jame ame ame |
