The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-10
SENATOR FRAWLEY
FAVORS BOXING
Will Offer Bill Allowing Ten
Round Bouts With Eight
Ounce Gloves.
SPORT HAS BEEN DEAD
FOR SEVERAL YEARS
Boxing Considered to Be Popu-
lar Sport in New York
City.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

NEW YORK, March 9.-Senator
James J. Frawley Of the Twentieth
Senatorial district, of this city, cen
templates offering bill to the Senate
which will legalize limited-rCund fights
with eight-ounce gloves in this State.
With the excel iion Of a few sporadic
attempts here, several private bouts and
disregard for the statute in Rochester,
there has been no fighting Of real quail
ity since the annulment Of the Horton
law. There have been fights with no
decision rendered by the referee. but
these are only sop thrown to the
sports, for fight without an official
decision. no matter what the general
opinion of the outcome may be, is un-
satisfactory. The impression has there
Tore gained good foothold, except
among the wise ones, that in order to
see hght one must perform n hegira
to Philadelphia, although the no-deci-
sion rule IN enforced there also. The
supposition that there is no sport with
the gloves to be found nearer than
Quakertown is wrong, for by gaining
mcmbershIp In one of the dozen ath-
Ietlc organizations OF Manhattan and
Brooklyn that make a specially of box
ing an opportunity is opened to see
many good bouts in the course of
month which, though not given an of
neral ending, have all the fire and 20
F,hlch decisive fights would be able TO
show.
These athletic clubs are the small
pluggers who have been trying TO get
n legal recognition of the sport ever
SINCE there was shutdown on fighting,
and If Senator Frawley's S bill should be
passed 1T is to the Hpluggers that
most of the credit should 20 for re. |
gaming popular amusement for New !
Workers. They have had their bouts
regularly. and have suffered many (
times for their persistence in being |
ralded by the police; but in nearly
every case the Judgment of the police |
magistrates upheld the clubs. holding
that they were strictly under the letter |
OF the law, inasmuch as no decisions
were gwen, and the club officers ayerred
that admlttance was accorded only 10
pona hde members, on admission fees
being accepted at the door
The little fellows started their revival
soon after Sighting became forbidden
fruit, and by their endeavors they had
inc sport well under way again last win
tor, when certain sporting promoters,
WIN an eve on the almighty dollar,
gummed the whole game These cash
WoTshlppers looked upon the athletic
cub bouts, saw that they were good
and at once tried to make fatpaying
proposition of them. 4 club was formed
and after some preliminaries for tho
purpose of testing the attitude of the
police, this club burst into full glory
and cnoaged first the concert hall and
then the arena Of Madison Square Gar
den for the fights. The fights climbed
rapidly from three period affairs to
tour, SIX and then ten rounds, and at
this point the blow fell
The ten -rpund hpuic ,roro =, Z
traction and no membership in the club.
other than that which might be secured
AT the box olhce, was required of the
fans who fiocked TO the scene. Ring
stars We're introduced, the chief ones
pelng Terry McGovern, Jimmy Britt.
Joe Cans and Willie Lewis, and of
course these meetings were given much
publicity. At this point New York
awoke to the fact that sport which
was supposed to be dead and cremated
was still alive and well on the road 10
recovery and then something dropped
with mighty thud. There were ar.
rests and arraignments and those who
were responsible for the doings of that
organization at once showed their vein
Of golden hue, lacking the nerve Of the
little ''pluggcrs. They pleaded guilty
and when fined. passed over their coin
and silently stole away.
The pIuggers patiently went 10 work
again with their club bouts, which
were allowed TO go no further than six
rounds and which were stopped as soon
rs the referee saw that ono of The hoy
ers was in danger of a Knockout. In
some cases naturally knockout came
before man showed any signs of
weakening. his opponent seeing an open
ng to, slip him hot one, but as
genera thing the bouts, while exceed
nngly hot at times, came strictly under
ne dehnltlon of sparring exhibitions
Inc game Is now at this point.