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Show RING AiND MAT J Washington and Jefferson college will not adopt the wrestling game, according to a statement lamed bj Prealdenl Samuel Mack. The reason rea-son for taking thin attiluile at pres-' pres-' D1 l not due to any aversion to the mat sport, hu; became necessary ihr-bufh tni reshaping of study hour-(i; hour-(i; Black mated as his belief that IV. ind .1 Htiidents have a lai k'i. a varsit Sport program at proscnt as It is sale to carry- He predicted that the -oi-iege would he able to adopt wrestling mo" boxihg within the m-xt tlin- oars. tin tjchoei lei n, wrestling coach I'M' i ton, .vlil not take a bingle xtei. to mak' iiioQul Strangle r lwis' now fiinious head lock, among the pro-feeeloneJAt pro-feeeloneJAt hut ha will fight to the bitter end to keep It out of amateur w readme inairhi's. he aiiimuncud at I 'liiii'i.'.oa. hrhoi-nK iii h.i reatl-d in profeaaionej matchea and .nays the ap piii atlon of the headlock to tite oollege sport would kin oil km interegting fee tirei He i preparing to wag wai against the hold In amateur circles and ha alreftd) won the support of IIIOM l)f t h- college coai lies William H "i-ei. dlrectoi of physical education at Harvard, suyj the boxing box-ing uume was not banned by Crimson authorities, as repotted, but Instead tht sport nai recommended for Intra collage cdmpetitton Instead of intei - ollegiate competition Mr. Gccr declares de-clares Harvard was treated unfairly by those colleges tn the Intercollegiate boxing association which atti-niptcd to beiuth- Harvard's opinion of the glove game. There Ian nevei been a time when Harvard athletic officials mis understood or underestimated the value val-ue of boxing. accordltiK to the director, di-rector, but those officials did not cam to adopt a aport Ma liable to result In injury to lis participants. English bo.lng authorities are mm h impressed with the action of the New York Koxlng commission m making the limit on tickets for championship matches $15. At the recent Herman-Wilde Herman-Wilde scrap In London, the maximum tariff for pasteboard was $lfi. The bout did not terminate to the liking of the British fans, and now iher.- la a wall and cry for some legislation that will limit the price of tickets there. A writer In the London Times ss the placing of a limit on the price of tickets for championship ball as is one of the few good things AjnsriCS has done for the boxing sport |