St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-17

decision over the one who is trying TO
win by his counters. This principle Is
sometimes carried too far. There is no
skill in wild and aimless leading. 1t re-
QuireS long experience to enable ref
cree to decide just how much credit
shc,,1 he eive. f". .-,..,ccs;vee work.
Al. ~ &c po,ntS ale .aaa,.,ar ~ ~ H"Hrv
boxer. have run them over because |
wished to emphasize the necessity of
giving every excellence its proper value.
Some referees are too ready to order an
other round when there has been
enough to determine the winner. A
referee who makes it practice to order
another round in almost every case
where the judges disagree falls in my
estimation. 1 think him more ready to
encourage slugging and finish fighting
than scientific boxing for points. or
course there are many eases where Ii is
necessary in the interests of fairness;
but in general there's enough work in
three rounds to give ground for deci
sion.
1t is fault of some to give too much
Importance TO q few seconds of rapid
fighting where it's smash, bang. give
and take. This lively work is often
allowed to drive the rest of the round
out of ones mind. As for me, suppose
one man leads three or four times and
hits his adversary without getting re-
turn, and then there's Il rally and the
other fellow gets little the better of
II, am disposed to look favorably on
No. l. lie has shown himself good
Judge of distance. and has timed his adj
verSary well, and these are exceedingly
important points.
In my opinion Harry Beurmeyer. as
everybody calls him, is the best referee
we have i'll these parts. Pve watched
his decisions in three championship
meetings, and have disagreed with him
just once. That was, | believe, two
years ago, and the winner of the
bout was German. the amateur
lightweight champion. L forget
his opponents name. 1t seemed to me
that the other fellow had a shade the
best of it. | liked Germans style in al
most every particular except that he
used his right hand almost altogether.
Afterwards | asked Mr.. BeurmeYer the
reason of his decision and he told me
that Gorman's left hand had been so in
Jured in the preliminarieS that he could
do next to nothing with it. In spite of
this he had held his adversary off, and
had shown that with two good hands he
would be much the better man. Under
the circumstances Mr. Beurmeyer
thought German should have the deciS-
ion. and l think he was right. / give
this incident to show that the referee
may have reasons which are not appar-
ent to the spectators.
Foul Fighting.
A good deal is said about foul fight
ing. | believe in prompt disqualified
ton for intentional vicious fighting. l
don't take very much stock in what is
called shoulderng. 1t is hard to do any
damage that way. Pat Cahill was ac-
cused of it in his recent fight with Jim
Butler. 1 didn't see the battle. but
know Cahilfs style very well and l am
inclined to believe that his real in
tention was to get close to his man in
order to deliver his favorite blow,
which is right hand cross-counter on
peculiar lift of the body.
ButUing is dangerous practice and
should disqualify any fighter who does
it with malice. Another bad foul is the
elbow trick. 1t is worked at the break
ing of clinch, sometimes with a simple
lab" or perhaps with the pivot If [
saw man hurt by this trick in a fight |
would certainly give him the decision.
The pivot blow generally bears La
Branches name now, though it is really
Jimmy CarrolPs. He claims that he hits
Will luC HCCl VI HIS udLu, dS Tic
phrase is, and of course that is per-
fectly fair. an not intimating that he
does not. But there are lighters who
use the elbow in this way, and they
should never be allowed to win by it. A
good referee can tell whether punch
with the elbow is accidental or not.
Low hitting should always be watched.
The Birmingham blow is an ugly foul.
1t is swinging upper cut, oStensibly
for the pit of the stomach but really
aimed low. The referee, if he knows
anything about boxing, can readily de-
tect this sort of work. and he should
this style of hitting, and If man who
knows better uses it he is trying to foul.
A man who commits deliberate foul
is coward. He wants to quit. If lam
referee I'll please him by letting him
quit, for i'll decide against him as soon
as his intentions are revealed.
An Amateur Boxing League
In closing l wish to say word about
professionalism in the amateur ranks.
1t seems to me that the best way to get
rid of the evil would be to form an
amateur boxing league of America.
The A. a. U. is handling too much,
with its outdoor sports and other vare-
ties of athletics. Boxing gives oppor-
tunltleS enough for an organization de-
voted to that alone The entries in
contests should be limited to represent
tatives of clubs with an unimpeacha-
BILE reputation and standing, such as the
New York athletic club, the Schuyl-
kill navy, the Chicago Board of Trade
club. the Detroit Athletic club. the Bos-
ton Athletic association, the Southern
club, of New Orleans; the Olympic
club, of San Francisco. The name of
the club should be a sufficient guarantee
that Its representative is genuine am
ateur. There should be men who are
boxers to take charge of such matters,
and to pass upon entries. Not every
body who has had hand in such mat
tiers III the A. A. U. has been fitted by
experience to do it.
By some such organization as I have
suggested the amateur ring could be
purified; and should be able to get
some first rate men into it who now
stand aloof. do not wish to appear as
a Pathfinder, but | would like to See
everything that has to do with the sport
to which / have devoted most of my
attention for good many years as
straight and SQUARE and genuine as