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Show oo NATIONAL BODY TO CONTROL RING Nov,' York, Nov. !. The first stops toward the formation flof n natonal governing body to control the sport of boxing havo been taken by the New York stato boxing commission and It is expected a national boxing association associa-tion will be in operation before the end of tho year. In a letter which will reach thc officials of-ficials of all boxing clubs in thc United States this weok, the secretary secre-tary of tho New York commission says : "It has been my observation that tho success of the sport 1 boxing is due to organization and control. It has occurred to me that now is the proper time to suggest the formation of a national governing body on boxing box-ing and with that end in view I am writing to request your co-oporation. "In forming a national boxing ns-Boclatlon ns-Boclatlon It would bo well to make "-! : : r the Mino an organization of owners of thoioughly represontatVo clubs of tbo United States. Thoro seems no good reason why boxln could not be conducted nlong the same lines as baseball and controlled by a body similar to the national baseball commission com-mission In doing this, boxing would by placed upon a thoroughly businesslike business-like basis and ulovatcd to a high piano "Tho Now York commission already al-ready has thc assurance of France and Australia that they are ready to stand by all decisions i nd penalties rendered by this commission." |