Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-12-20 | Page 2 | French Fans Want Universal Rules

FRENCH FANS WANT UNIVERSAL RULES Judging from the response of the French -federation of boxing to the letter recently sent them by the state athletic commission, there is a strong probability that an international organization or-ganization to govern the sport will soon be a matter of record. Pa;;l Rousseau, president of the French body, sent a letter to Charles Harvey, secretary of the commission, stating that his organization tvIH assist in tho framing or rules thnt will be universally univer-sally acceptable Overtures were made to the National Sporting club of England and the result will be coin-munleated coin-munleated to the American commissioners. commis-sioners. Denmark and Switzerland, according to Rousseau, will take an active part in the union. Germany has already shown interest in the sport and a league of the continental clubs is expected shortly. There is a possibility that England may not agree to the plans in the process proc-ess of formation, as they rebel on the changes of weights for the various classes and also the time of weighing in.