The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
BOXING TO BE
 GOVERNED National Body Needed ! for the Spot.
 FIGHTERS ARE THE BOSSES Each Man His Own Authority on . All Subjects A A1eetins Js scon .TS Be caIIsd FsE
 the Farpose ef Putting Ftrtsci Eneeantefs UhAer . adiA- I iAg Hapa
FIGHTERS ARE THE BOSSES

NAw York. Feb. 1s--Ever since the evolution In pugilism, from the old time hare-knuckle prtze-rtn metn0as the psssssps sre ea ecsnSucIsd Soxing as X sport. has been sadly in need or enc thing--a .national body. 2 goveSnt.nss board. eommittee of some Kind Wikn n calI the game of fisticuffs Rn athletic orphan" RaciEB. baseball. smatenE athletics and others sports nave Lnelf. governing bodies: ,hnes,tv So1ins nss sa wsaom man eyen 'dispUtes may be teferred. Each man Is his own authority and each de" cides his own argumenta@ Ss Euie' he compromises and has 1t "his" way.
 Tine boxer who has tAe gmartest man aRer. reflerally gets all that Is coming fo him and q. little bit more. 1r ne outgrows lis class weight ms manager viii .'chauge 1t to suit him. 1T nc doesn't wailt to light for year or two. x that also can be smoothed over IT he ie matched to box a man lighter thao inr and gets away with 1t. Should AAie prospective adversary be the hsaVler' nothing but ring side weight VIII an1 swer He gets away witn tn2t: toS' There are cases on record where much" Iy-managed boxers have made their op. nonehts weigh in the ring, costume ana aIi: just because 1t suit pest. Snouia he engage in shady no1t' rticas srnc %Sii USii explain that away. There are no ae- cepted weights for the different classes There1afe no set rules Tor winning. holding or defending titles. There Is 1o black List for known faktrs. There Ia no recognized time for weighing ln. No regulations as to the color me: nc adequate code of nghting rnleS' ho ant Set Inition of a referees powers. Tn Lact. as an institution, boxing tOaay 10 hAs d chip on the ocean.
 But the horizon is clearing ana tneIe is Joy in the ran ranks goHemsnt Sa rng % on foot to calI a meeting in this city in the near future of the different boxing authorls ties of this country IS Ihs pSSS n .a- ken in the past twenty years. 1t VIII have the hearty cooperation or atl those who are vitally interested m tho game be they clnn an,a manASSts, aS ca,rryinS the nro1act 10 n successful termination are extremely bright. Naturally H WIZ necessary for the newspapers 70 aSl "a fe fine question, but every person wh0 haS heen spoken to about the mattef. aaid 1t was an absolute necessity ana ia no exaggeration to say that tnS proposition has tairiy 1aKGn If is LnT no Sp nes. sonal matter inaugurated Tor the az erandizement of any particular cn4u" but for the good of boxing In general
 All reforms move slowly and It can not be brought about in day. buy powerful influences are being orough fo bear and 1t won't be long now pc fore something tauBlOle NiAA DS NHA icled Considerable rests with the sporting writers. both before and and 2f,er S.,s sn eaSnISit the matter. lav the facts be- fore the public This bstore ttS the mSs5 oysy inc neWspapers will be the monitors that will see that the mandates of thv Commission are enforced. Not that the snorting writers should be in control- merely have a voice the same as the promoters and the public It Is the nvblic that supports the game: pays the dollars at the door that make 1t possl ble fof the sport to endure and the de- voices wlll be liberally represented. It is no flash in the pan; the proposition has been boiling for a long time aud with boxing so popular all over the country, the time Is ripe for action It should be the biggest boom for the snort known in its history.
 To Clean the Sport.
 First of all the newspapers will give the movement hearty, support. The sport will be cleansed; many objection sf practices that are in force today 5Wau be sxtiTDsted and many ussdAA