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Show MAYOR HARRISON IS IN FAVOR OF BOXING CHICAGO, March 1. Mayor Carter H Harrison today authorized a statement state-ment that ho Is in favor of tho resumption re-sumption of boxing in Chicago If it can be accomplished In such a way that tho public will be safeguarded from fake fights and other exploitation exploita-tion of unscrupulous promoters. 'You nm say for me," the mayor replied when asked what his attitude toward bolng In Chicago would bo if the legislature passed a bill authorizing au-thorizing it in Illinois, "that I think boxing 16 a clean, manly sport. The unfortunate tendency of present daj promoters to bunco tho public has attached at-tached a certain odium to the pastime which really should be directed to the men themselves." |