The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04
BI MALACHI HOGAN

Alleged violations of the spirit Of
the law by which bona fide clubs have
been allowed to hold three-round box
ing exhibitions in New York have
placed the sport in danger in that city
and practically all of the Legitimate or
CARNATIONS have postponed their exhi-
billions until after the court takes up
the matter. This is a situation that
is fully appreciated in Chicago and
other western cities, where the sport
has never been allowed to 60 along
peacefully for any great length Of
time.
+ A great wall has been sent up in
New York. The three-round bouts that
have been permitted there have not
amounted to much and very few box
ers of reputation have appeared in
them, but they have satisfied the fans,
who realize that they are not able to
get battles of greater length. Chicago
was satisfied with the six-round exhi-
hibitions in which boys Of considerable
class appeared, but was denied the
privilege Of these. Amateur boxing
has now been placed under the ban
here, and an attempt was made to do
it to death in St. Louis, but the courts
were appealed to with the result that
the sport was held to be legal.
: May Follow Suit *.
This action taken by the St.. Louis
clubs seems to be the proper one fol
Chicago and New York to follow. In
the latter city this course is being fol
lowed, to a degree, altho the actor
will have to be taken in another way
here. Illinois probably has the most
stringent and by many considered I'm
reasonable boxing law ever placed OF
any statute books. How it got there /!
history. To get it toned down IS tn
proposition that now faces the clubs
and probably not great deal Of effor
would be required at the present TIM
to accomplish this.
The lesson that the changing whim
and caprices Of a chief of police ar
far from satisfactory has been wei
learned this wintef. Also it has bee
learned that police regulation is abou
the poorest regulation that could b
planned. In the effort to, prohibi
prize-fghting the lawmakers have mad
all kinds of boxing misdemeano1
When the adherents Of the sport wok
up. they found that they were locke
out.
Time has proven how unpopular tn
law is with fight fans and probably
considerable modification could be OF
tanned without much trouble. It is we
understood that many Of these regul:
lions that hold in Chicago, Minneapot
and New York were largely retaliator
and were not the result Of any populs
demand.
The Sensible Thing.
The sensible thing in all Of the
cases seems to be to get'the laws d
fined in the courts, where they will pc
nit of it, and secure such moderate T
visions Of them in other cases as W:
meet with popular approval. Until tt
Illinois law is revised there can be
hope at all Of holding any boxing, ev'
in bona fde clubs, under satisfacto
conditions, s.
Jack o 'Brien and Joe Cans have be-
much the most talked Of boxers Of t.
week, the latter because Of the specu]
ton as to his next opponent and
r. former becauseNof his decision to go
England to meet Jack Palmer, the Br
ish heavyweight champion. Discussi
Of Cans confession has about di
down, the public is taking him at
word and is anxious to have him me
some Of the white champions. It is
most certainty that he will meet N
son in the near future and Britt e
IDENTITY does not want to take him,
again.
McGovern has said that he will me
him, but it is hard to tell at this til
lust who Terry will meet. There is
pretty we'll formed impression all on
the country that there is nothing to I
McGovern- N elson match, which is 81
being advertised, and Battling Y