The sun., 1898-01-23
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
NEW YoRK 4. @. VILE APPLY FOR a
LICENSE TO NAVE BOXING.


f Net Above the s,lddiewrieht LInit-yre.t-
ern Football nnics M Not Meet with Rnvor
-sppointmcnt Of Conch Forbes at Har,ard.
According to proposed plans, thcro will be
boxing bouts between nrst.ciass men Mt the
Nsw Xo-k a. G. as soon as the new building at
uifty.ninth street aud sixth avenue Is occupied.
which will DO about Feb. 20. Barlow s. Weeks,
Chairman OF the Athletic Committee. said yes
terdny that an application would probably be
sent to the Police Commissioners for n license to
permit boxing unGor the law Ho further said
that last year the club took out regular the
atrlcal license upon application to Mayor
Strong, AMI that IL such procedure is
necessary under tho new administration tho
Club 10 willing to adopt 1t once more. Weeks
declares that the n. y. A. G. Is as much, II not
more, entitled to n license than any athletic
club In the State. lie outlines the policy OF the
committee that will 10 placed in charge OF box
ing by saying that bouts will bo arranged be-
tween hrst-cass pugilsts at weights ranging
anywhere under and up to the middlowcight
limit. He docs not believe that the club would
mako u wise movo In having heavyweight con-
& tosts, for there might bc q certain amount
Of adverse comment should any Of such
events provo brutal. But Weeks claims
that with contests in the bantamweight,
featherweight, lightweight welterweight and
nniddleweight classes there will bo a
wants OF the members. The new gymnasium
will be suitably fitted up for this purpose. There
will be u seating capacity for 200 members,
4 and tho bouts will BIO arranged by competent
matchmaker. As far us tho requirements of the
law are concern. d, the club will live up strictly
to thom. Every member will DO entitled to
purchase a ticket for himself and AN extra
ticket for one guest, providing the tickets
are secured ut the clubs box Office.
,kar Aaoi tp hrp
than ono guest he may secure an
extra ticket from some other mombor. In this
way the club really holds q private show. nnd
according to the requirements of the present
charter, u license is not necessary, 80 competent
legal authorities say. AS far as the other clubs
are concerned that have applied for licenses. tho
statement that their applications will not be
acted upon until July still holds good, accord
ing to wellpostod persons. 1t Is said that tho
Police Commiss. .oncrs, in their investigation OF
certain ciuus. Will hoin the \. \. ~. &. Club as
/ Standard, ana IL the other clubs cannot show
reasonaUic membership list, and cannot provo
that their cubs are actually Legitimate on the
basis OF the !" Mercury Foot organization, they
Will not receive permission to continue their
shows.
( Maher disposed Of iank" Kenney AT Phiia.
delphia was not in the nature OF surprise to
kenney since he came East. Kenney was prac-
tically unheard OF a year ago but by the aid of
Gst hs h a ts qualities ser' Of
When kenney appeared in the crowd that saw
the Mccoy -Creedon hight at Long Island City
medialey reached the conclusion that he
was. in the language of the short haired
iooE iiEc lighter, Gn0 in the ~ first atey place. zee.
and has never shown any ability to stand pun:
matches. and when it was learned that he would
tight o,D9nnell there WI W@s C considerable merri-
knocked out twice by Peter Maher, each time in
less than two minutes. 80 that thore was a
meeting With Yank But at % the last ISnHeGa mo@ent
afa Ss 10 d he5 sr
tion Wslioped Kennsy on The % Jaw W epupe Of
times and put him out. Maher. by his quick
victory shows @ @eonrmlusiyely m that he is In good
irisnSs PeseF IS snsieus ay to sessis lis oid
q tho fact that the sttor has BEEN u polished e OF
e short order by Tom sharkey. Victory for
willing TO hight anybody which should be ap.
preGiated by those persons who have been hood;
Mccoy. Tom o'Rourke has offered a Chance to
MSCSy to Eht & white @ man ma bob below ,s or at tho
pretty generally believed that o'Kourke viii
pit Dick y Brien of Boston against the kid" II
the latter shows Willingness to fight.
University Of Chicago and Prof. Everett Of the
new set OF football rules. it appears that the re-
forms suggested by these mon have not been
West The University Of Wisconsin has 81 siEn mi
ned It's intention to follow the expected reforms
viii I'm meet % at The Tnversty | 4. 6. here on FeS %
10. The Northwestern University is also in
favor OF waiting for the Eastern ad experts to make
suggested by Stagg and Everett will not benefit
the game except in minor details. The
By exceptions which permit tho very thing the !
committee sought to eliminate and It is claimed
Ths rule Wick %o ras
line men to stand behind the line outside Of the
a.practical encouragement of mass plays. It is
claimed further that, the, rule II this In.
It provides that II Ave men besides tho |
quarter back are behind the line, two, of
occupied by the players at the end Of the line. |
An exception is made in the case OF lineup for
kick Mhsn II tho fr.rd ball Is gmssd 10 PLAYER
team be behind 1t. This leaves the most danger.
Sns form Of nhI mGss play 1 stu @ permsssi6e ss and
play possible. Stngg says. in commenting on |
Tin the old rule there was described an imagi.
nary quadrangle which for one dimension had |
nve men on a line and for the other line tlvo |
"a 1t stood. BY the old rule inside this quad
Tangle there could be the quarter back and four |
Snohsr could BE- placed 9 anywhere 9 onsde M
Of the quadrangle. This made It practically pos.
iu several formations this was done with injury |
10 the players. In the new rules no more than |
three men and the quarter back are allowed to |
be directly behind the line. Five men must be-
on the line. and tho other two can be played |
anywhere SO long as they ore clearly outside OF |
the men on the end OF the line This does not |
nor was it intended to- do away with the |
guards back interference of Pennsylvania but |
IL does weaken 1t, and makes II less dangerous" |
As THE sun has stated. the Football Rules
Committee. representing the big Eastern uni |
yersitirs, might do well to make Stagg a reRu- |
lar member representing tho West, and in that |
manner harmonizc the various reforms that |
have been suggested both in the East and West
Yale men will favor this idea. for they know |
well enough that Stagg is well informed in foot. |
ball matters. In his Western college reforms |
gtagg has shown undonbted competency, and |
from his ideas and suggestions tho Eastern OK. |
ports may derive some benefit
The appoint nlment of Cameron Forbes as head
was In some quarters unexpected. Cant.
Dibblee believes that Forbes should receive IN.
other trial, and that his methods in vogue at