New-York tribune., 1895-02-14
TO STOP BOXING CONTESTS.
AsSEMBLYMAN HORIZONS BILL Is NOW
BEFORE THE SENATE.
1T PROHIBITS BOXING EXHIBITIONS FOR WHICH
Az ADMISSION Is CHARGED-NlENS
OF Az ENGLISH CRITIC.

a
yer living at the little village Of Wocott' Whele
boxing matches certainly are infrequently held. II
is therefore "A legislative mystery that ne Oh al
men should have pushed through the Assembly d
bill making it a rnisdemeanor to have boxing
match which admission fee is charged
Mr. Horizons bill. which would prevent such box
ing matches that of Corbett and sullivan IN New
York was passed by the Assembly Saturday. 1t
reads follows
Section l. Section i5s of the Penal Code Is herepy
amended To- read as follows oxbin,lons aid
ing therein, etcA person VINO. WITHIN ths Stdie el-
cages H. hssa@s ais; n hf Without wca
ons. between two or more persons, or hsht coil-
without the State. or who engages IN a pubic i OF
private sparrng exhibition with or without sloNes,
charged or received. either directly or indirectly or
who sends publishes challenge Tor such c1n-
tention. exhibition or fight. or carries or deNcts
such challenge acceptance. or trains or assists
any person in training or preparing Tor sucn cor
tention, exhibition or iignt' l. guilty oi '''"'
Sec . This act shall take effect September !. 1893.
Mr. Horton does not appear to he 'ht'eraIS
gent" and possibly has not seen a recent article
of great interest upon this matter in 'The Lohuoh
Saturday Review" Below are extracts from 'hAt
article for his use In convincing the Senators tnat
they. too had better pass the bill:
1t must be admitted that In our treatinen ,hr o
political prisoners we haye M ssS snor,s and games
are still too brutal But In spite or AL uel,T,s
has made great progress in the last ten OF t~'nS
years in all fields save one: IN me so-oa''o" -" a.,
crudescencc OF barbarity which requires ohy ~
be known 10 the larger public TO De hrousn' 'o ,;r .
so much as the judges. Some few years ago ,, une
police IL we are not mistaken, tested the iesanty
ssconSs and some of the SPECTATORS Before court
BY a frequent reference TO the eueenH5ni Sls,ers
a certain nobleman befooed the Judge who eSi-
IDENTIFY knew nothing about the matter IN t InsS.@"h @
t.ntn N u.
ans 'b nas Gssn DECIDED de- no % in favor OF the y OF
giove.ns Since that time The sport mas to so"
on rnor. nerrily than ever clubs deNolti 10 II
have sprung up in all directions ana nearly eNeIS
night in London glove contests are aH1inr ~.
prize-fghts used to be. \ man was klllsl W, n,
other day in London after match aTramge 10 r
Vaughan rcmanded his slayer ior trial , hr ~ ~
have let him 60 n sco,rea hen # 30 ends faiay is legal
in England. This Is no solitary. nor even rn %
into into shocking or horrible details oi this match
or that II IL not necessary ohce " P., "',
pianatory facts we are sure that these rsyollmS
exhihitons viii be prohibited We may be par par,
doned for furnishing them with this heo'Ss"r!
AZ Grst sight It would seem evident mat Tioye owe
nrht must be less severe than hght WIN pat'
knuckies Even a fourouncc glove. one "ou.l thilh,
il softer than bone and ihis Is no vii kneade
over the knuckes by strong man l,aveS lh'n' n
.rI ,b,s knea,iing Is usually done by the seconds
IN the first place and afterear'i by the cneci of tn
fafaI results viii stli follow not infrcquenuy Two
r shroc n,scs unite 10 insure this result First ~
all a certain change has taken pac" IN me an
of aghtng' The Irlsh-Ameroans. 4 Is snid are re-
sIs,r-ble for the introduction o., tn. rnshins sy'
Snme thIrty wear. ago Motkc demonstrates That
policy of attack more than made up ioi us '~,.las' ~
troops The same truth has made Itself mani'si
in single contests No on" rcirr4iing can III, a. m
as "A man advancing. who's" blow Is supioff"i p}
IN. weight of his boly and the impetus ~ his al
vance 10 the rushing style of Hshung then "Hi.h
TIT. q hF
must ascribe In part the shorter duration OF hshtH
Ano,h~r catise tends 70 render all g.ove or hst
hghtlng more desperate and more haLarl lcHs , man
since the discovery was made that bio" d"li'rf'l
on the point Of tho IA" That ~. near the 'hh'
Win slight direction upward conveyed such
shock To IN. system a. 20 preurc inscnsibiity ana
seldom death. IN" bio" its"lf ne'i not ne
heavy. a mere tap has very frequently pr1'~i lhth
The chief cause however. why glove nghtins J.
dcsperat" and dangerous. NOR" 't"-i an
brutal!zing than oven prize fighting u,eI 90 -" l-
10 be found IN a seemingly simple provision ~ the
famous yucensherry rules. II L. there enacted war
a man when knocked down must rls" as:nn "iLn
ten seconds he VIII De held 10 have lost the fshi
Now. in Il prlzc-nght II man receives heavy
blow and Is knocked down. h. ~ taken back 70 ms
corner by The seconds. VINO bathe hts wounds anI
administer restoratives. and he has tHo minutes IA
which - recover him+li II AZ t'e cii vi ms ,"p
minutes ho IS sll Jared or weak All h. has got -
do IL to rush forward and fan down. when another
TWO minutes VIII be granted 10 hiin ana 30 on, ~.
he - well an he can b" made. dtut c'oNr-hgh :
usually brough; on IN rooms When a man -
knocked down he fans upon the nara moor, anu now
ever dazcd he Is. stunned shaken. he ha- 10 BE-
his feet again within ten s.cond- Nlne times
on, OF ten he rises only e. b. Knocked down. ana
each successive blow and fall of course. puts him
at SIN greater dlsadvantage III ne II struok l-
sensible. and the prlze IS AWARDED to MS adN'ISai}
Any who thinks OF this simple tcn-s"cond rule
can understand how terrible AMI how hazardous u
makes already desperate game. Each man
seeks his opportunity to rush, knowing that II he
gets in one heavy blow ana knocks ms opponent
down. the victory Is pretty sure TO be ms; Ana
that this rule gives 4 premium 10 chanc" IN Just ia
manifest. : man knocked down at the beginning
Of round u almost sure TO be beaten a MN
knocked down at the end Of one has not only his
parativey long interval between the rounds. Prize
nghts with bare knucklcs often last FOR several
hours glove-hsht IS generally terminated IN a.
How bruazing the spectacle is can only be
riove-nr,ht' for example between McAuliNe and
Slavln. McAuline was 8 feet inches In height
feet high and weighed ID stone. During the
irs! round both men boxed Again sI and again again
reach The blows were too quick TO DE heavy.
and the round terminated without either man
having marked advantage. although the betting
was to ! In McAulffe's favor. The shouting Of
the ODDS evidently enrsssd aged sayin Who In hS ths
again he rushed in. but was foIlcd by the long
denly however, he got close quarters and struck
McAune n tremendous blow on the point or the
ribs. The giant seemed 10 collapse aud sink INTO
himself while his face grew ashen gray and drawn
As he reced back to the ropes disabled he APP
his opponent. Slavn. who. as an onlooker. re-
marked enthusiastically. ''s born fighter" gave
blows upon McAuiires face and neck This was
the scene McAuline In state OF total collapse.
holding to the ropes "a keep himself from falling
while Slavin was hitting the almost unconscious
face as hard as he could In order 10 make his
victory sure. AT last he struck close to the point
OF the jaw. and McAuIife crashed forward on his
face insensibe, not to be brought to by any
means for nearly twenty minutes For more than
quarter Of an hour, that IL. this strong man
hovcred between life and DEATH while the crowd
lavshed compliments and praise and admiration
the victor.
Now We ask the public is glove fighting such AZ
this to De permitted in England? Let no one mag-
Inc tha This instance Is overdrawn or exiraordi-
nary. A hundred more brutal elove-nghts than
this took place In London during the last year II
is TO that Of the pcculiaritIes which
think responsible for the increased brutality Of
glove-nghtlng was "Xempiicl In the above night.
except perhaps that Slavin knew where 10 hit In
order TO send his disabled adversary TO sleep"
The vice OF our race. according 10 foreign obs"rv-
crs Is our brutality. Are going to allow This
vice TO he not only tolerated. but positively cncour-
aged and fpstcred? II IL for the public To- declare
that II viii not tolerate gove-fghiing any more
than prizc fighting or builnghting. and the authori-
ties may be trusted To Do the rest.