The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-30
STRIKE IT FROM TIE LIST OF SPORTS,
The Only Way the A. A. u. Can Handle the
"Amateur" Bonlng Problem.


"Amateur" Boxing Problem.
At the last annual meeting OF the Metroroli.
tan Association Of the Amateur Athletic Union.
Mr.. c. I. Mathewson. then a delegate from tho
Berkeley Athletic Club. startled the represent.
ntves OF the smaller clubs by n motion that
tho Metropolitan's delegates to the Central
Body Of the A. A. L. be instructed to recon-
mend that boxing be eliminated from the list
Of snorts over which tho A. A. U. claim juris-
diction. After recovering from the shock. the
delegates promptly buried the suggestion.
While tho delegates thought the motion pre-
posterons. Mr.. Mathewson was only n little bit
ahead OF tho times. Things have come to such
n pass that the Central Body will BIO compelled
to take cognizance OF the critical state OF
affairs existing In tho Metropolitan district,
and an elimination Of boxing Is by no means
improbable. 1t appears to DO tho only way out
OF a deplorable condition. The athletic au-
thorities have SO long closed their eyes to the
professionalism Of the amateur boxer that the
evil has grown 60 unmanaEeable proportions.
and heroic measures are necessary; the knife
must be used.
This dormancy OF tho guardians of amateur
purity has brought things to really laugh
able state. So emboldened hnve the boxers
and their "mnnagers" become in their pur-
OF o ths thav pre-
through the farce Of having a few cheap
subterfugs is deemed unnecessary now.
year ago the stars Of the tstic arena were con-
days the stars insist on sharing in the large
box office returns AT while the minor attractions
engaged to MI t in turn up their noses at any
that a number Of representatives of A.. A. U.
clubs attended ,ist meeting In BROOKLYN at
allCtlpQnI Successful
forced to run into four figures to secure
three;r2mnd set;to between two amateur
metropolitan Association Board Of Managers
went about the hall loudly CRYING odds Of 500
ing one Of the fighters. 1t is said that $4,000
CHANGED hands on the result Of the contest;
special boxing tourney at tho Metropolitan
Opera House are too fresh to be repeated. 1t
this affair. will place severa! OF the MetroroIi.
tan Association Board Of Managers in any
thing but a favorable light
Managers Of the Metropolitan Association will
do nothing in the matter. There is no doubt
interested in the amateur boxer. and. natural
IL no detrimental action will come from them;
hn s%4 wifi snna Sy hs oaers majority sna
it behnoves the Central Body Of tho A. A. U. to
come forward and correct the evil at once. The
eating ut the heart OF pure amateur sport is
to lop it off, Investigation and trials. as ex-
perience has shown. are simply time and
money thrown away: a temporary check and
caution would DO ths, only result, William ,.
itan Associations delegates to the Central
Body. arc conversant with the facts. particu-
larly, tho latter The New England Assoca-
ton has put itself on record as favoring the
elimination Of boxing from the A. 4. T. list
OF sports. and the North American Turner
Bund would cast its vote to the SAINT effect.
Tho result Of such elimination would place
tho amateur boxer where he belongs-in the
Amateur Athletic Union withdrawn. the po-
lice would treat him as the genuine article. A
Boxers Association could no formed. which
would be greatly beneficial in ono way. to wit
Kidding the Metropolitan Association OF II
number Of very undesirable msmbsrs clubs
which joined for obvious reasons and care lit
tie for the welfare and advancement Of ANA
bugaboo removed and the Board of Managers
reduced to A. &. Mills's original ilfteen-rep
rcsentatiyes Of genuine athletic c!ubs-the
Association would sail in clear.
waters.