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Show FIGHT BILL UP BEFGI1WII McCue Boxing Bill Would Allow Al-low Twenty-round and Even Finish Fights. NEW YORK. Jan. 17,-Twenty-round championship bouts and even finish fights will be again permitted in New York state, if the McCue boxing box-ing bill to be introduced at Albany is passed by the state's law makers. I The rough draft of the bill is already al-ready in the hands of a committee who may suggest amendments, but is not expected to change the fundamental funda-mental provisions of the bill. The bill provides that during the war and for a period of six months after boxing shows may be staged. A single man commission is to be created a job paying 7000 a secretary secre-tary annotated to draw S2500. and var ious deputies. The job of this commission com-mission is to "collect the fees charged for the license of the clubs and the various taxes and after paying their own salaries and expenses turn the rest over to the government to purchase pur-chase athletic equipment for the training camps." A license fee of $5000 will be charged the clubs In New York City and seven will bo allowed to run. In other cities only three clubs will be permitted and the license will be $2500. "The tax is nothing," declared Billy Gibson, New York promoter, today. "We paid the state of New York more than that beforp on its rake-off." Jack Curley was not so enthusiastic over tho bill. Commenting on it, he aid: "It will allow the one-night stand promoter to step In here with a Wil-'ard Wil-'ard or some other drawing card, -lean up and kill all Interest in box-n." box-n." j . "Very good, very good," ejaculated limmy Johnston, when told of the pro-Isions pro-Isions of the bill. "It will cut out :ome of this cheap competition and mt strong men at the head of boxing jhows." ' PRINCETON MEN IN WAR. According to tho latest record of Princeton university students In the service all but one member of the 1016 'varsity football squad are now serving with the colors or in some al-ied al-ied war department. The only "P" aan who has not left college is under ige and ho is a member of the Prince-ion Prince-ion Reserve Officers Training camp. |