The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-14
The RULES ARE GOOD ENOUGH
JOE CHOYNsKI SAYS aUEENsBERRY
RULES ARE PERFECT.
Doesn't Favor Any Change In Them
whatcvcr--They Were Designed 10
Have Men Fisht. Not Hug.

Galveston, Texas, January 13.--Clever 1Oo
Choynski talked about prize fghtine 'oua, :.
and incidentally recorded his opinion asnins.
the proposed change in the Marquis VI
Qreensberry rules Joe has met more soou
men in the ring than probably any other man
amorg the heavyweights. He Is the most IN
dustr.ous and businesslike of any OF tno
boxers The man who proves himself as
clever as Choynski is entitled to respect lie
has met all the big fellows from Coroeu down
and he has taken the measure OF many OF
thSm. Today he is about as good as he ever
was, while the majority of the men who en-
tore, the arena at the same time he DID are
OH the down track. The reason he retains MS
place is that he lives moderately and doesn't
dlssipate. He is well educated. good talkep,
and II doesn't take long for person to learn
that he is pretty well informed. . !,
One of the men Choynski doesn't admire "
Mccoy. He thinks the Kid is an artist, ous
that his greatest art is in the amount OF Tree
advertising he gets As an Illustration OF now ,V,
talented Mccoy is in this respect, Snoynskl
gayc the following information: ~ nad Sc
hin thorough beating The next DAY tne
new spapers dismissed the affair with four
lines. Mccoy came along later ana nao a
bout with Goddard and the newspapers gave
four columns to It, lauding the Kid to the
skies and proclaiming that he was world
beaten"
proposition advanced by the National Sporting
club of London to change the Marquis OF
Queensberry rules SO as to make ROUND TWO
MINUTES long instead of three, the intervals
between rounds to be the same as at present,
ono minute.
He had not. but he said the suggestion was
not likely to be considered. Queensberry rules
as they are today, he said, are perfect. They
can not be improved upon. Many men have
tried to introduce changes and innovations
into them. but the result is always the same
a return to Queensberry rules, pure and SIM
pie.
.'w'hat isn't generally known" said Choyn-
ski. "is that the Marquis of Queensberry de-
signed his rules for amateurs. They were In
tended for four round bouts. II a decision
could not be reached at the end of four
rounds. there was to be fifth round, which
round was to be of four minutes duration.
There was so much merit in the Queensberry
rules that they have been accepted the world
over. London prize ring rules have been
brushed aside as useless.
There is another thing about Queensberry
rules that isn't generally understood. They
ars designed to have men fight, not hug or
olinch? Did you ever see me clinch with my
man. When my man comes at me punch
hin. away or skip out OF danger. That's what
the rules contemplate. Men when they put
on the gloves and go into the ring should box
and not hug.
That two.mnute round idea is absurd. ID
would be :. all in favor OF the rusher As \.
minutes to get to business. II the rounds
were shortened, one man. II he had a shade
the worst Of It, would put in his time keep
ing away from the other until the gong sound
ed and the man who had the better of it
would have to rush from start to finish to get
at his man. The bouts would be interminable
Three minutes will be found to be the correct
limit for rounds. and you can mark my pre-
diction. there won't be any change
The boxer was asked IL he knew any very
promising heavyweighte.
81 can't say that do" he replied .'There's
man out in California who NAV be heard
from He's 1870 FOUNDER. His name Is Joe
Kennedy. He yas, matched to meet Jeffries.
don. know whether they've come together
I've, boxed with Kennedy, and he's pretty
good" fe'''
OF the little fellowa Choynski spoke favor
ably Of Oscar Gardner and Teddy McGovern.