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Show jCV.D OWNING S FIGHT DOPE By Hardy K Downing, Now that AJ Smith, the Democratic Demo-cratic candidate has been elected governor gov-ernor of New York state, the enemies of Chairman William Muldoon of tho boxing commission are prsdlcting his I finish and selecting the man to take I his place, but it la not altogether certain cer-tain that he will be removed, not immediately im-mediately at least, according to some well founded reports from there. Muldoon during his reign has made 3ome drastic rulings and some that I appeared to be ridiculous, but he has likewise made some very good rul-lngc rul-lngc and if a now commission ls appointed ap-pointed they Will do well to consider very carefully before abolishing all of his rules. One of Muldoon's most recent rulings rul-ings in which he informed PanchO Villa that he would not be permitted to go out of his class to qjeot bantam and featherweights, ls a very gooi one. for tho simple reason that there are plenty boys of Villa's weight who aro, willing and capable of giving him a real battle, so why not make him meet these boys and give them a chance at his newly won title Instead of going out of his class to meet bantams ban-tams and leathers where ho will not be risking his title. Should the Philippine boy succeed In going through all the flyweights and eliminate all of the contenders thon there would bo some excuse for sending him against tho bigger boys, but until that time comes there is no real excuse for it and makes it possi- Die ior mm 10 en an up a. wnuas without taking any risk. Benny Leonard has been permitted to go out of his class to meet welterweights, welter-weights, but there were really no contenders con-tenders in his own class and not only that, Leonard Is R pretty good sue 1 welterweight himself when not compelled com-pelled to make weight. SAD MISTAKE HERE. There is one abuse of the boxing game which Is resorted to by both I boxers and their managers and promoters pro-moters as well, that It would be well for the boxing commissions of the different dif-ferent states to look into and curb as much as possible It ls almost a dally occurrence to read in the dally press where some boxer who has just lost a decision and moved on to another city for another bout, puts up a cry of robbery, regardless re-gardless Of tho fact that a competent reforeo has awarded the verdict against him and the majority of tho fans agreed With the decision. Tho manager of tho boxer will be quotoJ us saying that his man won by a mile and that it is lmposslblo to get a square deal In such and such a town, any place where his protege happens ! to get beat The home town promoters pro-moters vlaborato on this cry for the .sake of boosting their own house bj making It appear truit the boy who was beaten ls really a better boy than he Is. Sometimes the managers arc not to blame nnd have nothing to do with It. simply letting the press agents do their own howling and offering no objections, sometimes they uie instigators in-stigators of the cry, trying to form an alibi for their slipping favorite, At any rate it is an injustice to the fans and to the other psomotere as well for it makes othor boxera a little skeptical about metohlng tholr boys before the clubs which have been put In bad. A very recent example of this came to light in Logan, Utah, lost week, where Joe Adams of Boston met jFrankic Darren in a 12-round bout. The promoters, or their press agent j, Bent out copy about the Darren- I Adams bout, heaping all kinds of abuse upon tho Pocatello promoters land boxing commission, saying tnat ; Adams was robbed in his bout with Bpug Myors In Pocatello just a few days previous and that It was Iti.pu-.- Islblo for any outsider to get a squire deal there against Myers. The howl 'was written as an Interview with Copcland Burg. manager of Adams, but In justice to Burg It must be stat- ' i ed that ho probably had nothing to do with issuing the statement and un- less tho writer Is very much mistaken, j I was in Butte, Montana, at the time he was supposed to havo given out the statement credited to him in Lo-gan, Lo-gan, for In a porsonal letter to the ' writer ho admltUd that Myers had boat Adams but that he had put up such a great battle tho I'ocatcllo promoters pro-moters were satisfied and that Promoter Pro-moter C. E. Stoncclpher was a prince and that he hud loft Adums in his ! care until after his bout with Darron 'the following week and If it were pos- i r.lble to get any matches for him in I bis ' ectlon of the country that Stin.'-cipher Stin.'-cipher was authorized to make terms. i The preBs agent of tho Logan bout . took an unfair advantage of both Manager Burg and Promoter Stone-cipher Stone-cipher and incidentally gave tho boxing box-ing game a slap in the face and It ls to be hoped that sometime In tho near i future there will bo a way to make i someone accountable for such state- ! ments. LODGE LACKS CLASS. Farmer Lodge, the big lumberjack, whom Mike Gibbons la said lo bo grooming to take tho heavyweight championship away from Jack Dempsey, Demp-sey, boxed in Montana a short time ago, and Jim Downing, former Ogden .".ing promoter, was a slngsidc spectator spec-tator and is authority for the statement state-ment that he advised Gibbons at tho time that ho had better not let tho Farmer wander down through Utah un he might bump into a youn.7 heavyweight down hero b the namo of Sam Lattftncr and get flattened all ovor tho ring. . Downing said that while Lodge beat his man in a couplo of rounds he was unable to polish him off with a punch and the bout was stopped with hla opponent on his feet and that in his opinion Sam Lattlmer. the local heavyweight, would whip Lodge de cisively In a couple rounds, which should give a pretty, fair idea of the calibre of young heavyweights who are being groomed today to take Dempsey's shoes- No doubt Lattlmor ls a likely looking look-ing big young fellow and might event iially develop into a great fighter but at the prosent time It would give anybody any-body ix laugh to tvon mention his name along with that of real fight-era fight-era for ho is only a novice. PICKS SETUPS, The Boxing Blade. published by Mike Colllna, who apparently is also Interested in Mike Olbbons' string of ' ' is. says Floyd Johnson, the now California white hope, who Is being lilted as the next hoavywelght champion, cham-pion, la picking setups and refuses l: meet Farmer Jxdge, Mike Gibbons' best bet. Johni-on may have picked a fow sot-upa sot-upa but it can hardly be said that Bob Martin, whom he stopped In 10 rounds, is exactly a sotup for anv youngster, and now that John-. on la id to be matched with BUI BrennaOi for December sixth it ls very evident that ho la not picking soft ones any longer for Biennan gave Dempsey the toughest battle ho ever had and is probably as daugerous as any of them for the champion right now and If Johnson can slip ovor the K. O. wallop It would not bo surprising to Be him set in against Dempsey before long for f stopping Brannan doesn't cntltbi a man to a match With tho champion It's hard to figure what WOUld and personally I think Johnson will beat Brennan, possibly by a K. O (By arrangement with tho Salt Lak I Telegram.) fiiSSBBBBBBBBBBl jSHBI giBBBBBBBBBBBBBK:' tagMI |