Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-19
Madden Has Issued Letter-Local
Sporting News.

The tournament bowling game We'd
desday night was between the South
End and Buckeye clubs. Scores
Buckeye-555; South End-55O. Indi-
vidual scores: Buckeye-Snyder, 119;
Wool, 100; Stehle, 1O1; Hoffer, 76;
Zimmerman, $50. South End-Rhodes,
119; Hall, 1O1; Bachtel, 113; Fink,
100; Falor, 1OS.
Thursday night at Berrodin's.
Clubs: Buckeye and Guess. Scores:
Guess-7O0; Buckeye, 596. Individual
scores: Guess-Baltz, $50; Wright,
116; Welsh, 1872; Kentner, 1G4, Long,
143. Buckeye-Ruedy, 10; Snyder,
1913; Stehle, 10s; Wool, 143; thinner
man, 143.
NO MORE MISTAKES.
The managers of the Broadway Ath-
letic Club are determined to do away
with any possibility of recurrence of
the incident in the Mccoy -Choynski
fight that caused SO much trouble, the
ringing Of the gong by Choynski's
time-keeper before the expiration of its
second round, thus cutting that round
short. They have mailed letters to a
number of big firms engaged In manu-
featuring clocks seeking bids and plans
for construction of huge electric
clock. The idea of the managers is to
get clock of four faces that may be
seen from any part of the club. This is
to be suspended from the ceiling over
the ring. 1t will be connected with
the official timekeeper's box. In case
a pugilist goes to the floor in contest
the timekeeper by touching a button
will start the clock to striking off the
seconds on big gong, which is to be
a part Of the mechanism of the clock
MADDEN'S LETTER.
Billy Madden is out with a letter in
which he says: Decisions in laws
generally go by precedent. 1 invented
the knockout bout and John L. Sulli-
van carried it out, offering $50 or more
IL he failed to knock a man out in
four rounds. He did not knock out
with clean punch more than half of
his opponents. The others quit or We're
beaten so their seconds stopped the
contest, and Sullivan was always cred
tied with knocking them out. The
men meeing him received nothing, un-
less through the big fellows generos-
ity. Dixon could not continue and Me-
Govern knocked him out of the con-
test. / see there is an effort to change
tie rules. The Marquis of Queensber
ry rules should be used before chang
ing. They forbid clinching or putting
your hands on man except to hit. The
manly art is taught SO man can learn
to protect himself If insulted. If you
make rule that a boxer can't hit a
man when he gets close to an oppon-
ent, with both hands free and the 9TH
er man hugging, then you may as well
put rope across the stage and let
them use blackened gloves for long
range points. Then there would he
more fighters, as they would not be
afraid of getting punched. Breaking
clean, means, interpreted properly, no
grab, no hug, but clean, scientific box
ing, not hugging like wrestlers. The
clincher should be disqualified, as 1t is
very hard for fair boxer. He has to
be a wonder, like McGovern to defeat
his man, when the other man is hold
ing him. There is not one boxer in a
thousand as game as McGovern That
is how he defeats his men. When 9TH
ers would receive some of the punches
he got from Dixton they would let up
and be afraid of being knocked out. He
hammers away all the time. You need
not be afraid of the others doing it
and taking advantage of it in fighting
as he does. He has all the qualifca-
tions of champion"