The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-19
English Sporting Authority
Thinks Boxers Themselves
Should Know the Rules.
PUNISH FOR FOULS
RATHER THAN PREVENT
Fans Say Ancient Clean Hitting
Was Better Game Than Mod
ern Hugging-Clinching
By RICHARD DAElcREN.
cecial Cable TO The Tribune

SkSSidi SdDao 10 Inc ITlDGne.
LONDON, Feb. 1s.-A PAPER has
been giving the views OF George Bet
Sinson on the much.vexed question of
The Referee in the Ring Tie man
sger Of tine National Sporting club has
strong views on the subject. and re
looks upon the third man in the square
as absolutely out Of place The boxer
is, in his opinion, supposed TO be COZ
versant with the laws of the pzofes-
sion he follows, and providing he trans
crosses, he should be given no quarter.
AS the rules stand, there is nothing
for or against him taking the ring, but
il man is likely 10 commit a foul,
say, by striking an opponent when the
latter Is down, Is the reseres justified
in, say, pushing hirl aside and prevent.
Ing him from Coi1G so, Ihs putting
into force OF tlc EG-d and last rule
OF giving boxer 40 caution whatever
for holding, but di5qualifying him for
his trst ofense, would prevent fouling.
appealed fo- cleaner hitting and less
smuggling, but as his request is to the
heavyweights, it may not be go readily
granted. Quite the best bout ever
fought IN England by big men was the
memorable struggle at the National
Sporting club between Peter jackson
and Frank Slavin. For the best part
blows the like of which have rot per
haps since been seen for power and
precision There was little cincning.
cannot recall half dozen requests
made during the bout by the referee.
One cannot of course, expect 10 sea
Jacksons and Slavins in the ring often.
but recall another set-to fought out
I l. l.,
either, that would have put 10 the
blush, if such thing could be possible,
the majority Of the big men OF today.
refer to the contest between JOHNNY
D 'Brien and David st. John In these
days OF hugging and clddling il is
pleasant to go back to n fight like that
which will never be forgotten by those
who saw it..
Poor David. He stood feet
inches, fought like the brave man he
was, for he was killed in the Boer war.
while o 'Brien hit with the power OF
horse kicking, And there was verv
Ylittle. if any. clinching here. The men
were anxious to thump each other. ard
they did.
disappearing in Switzerland.
A correspondent. writing FROM Gene
va. under date January l9. says con.
test was held there January i be
weight, and white man who was de
scribed as "Seaman Parsons, champion
of the British navy Some doubts
existed owing to the feeble resistance
of the white man. as 70 the latter
identity, and he asked me. IN view OF
this and the adverse criticisms on Eng
Ish boxing contained In the Swiss pa
pers, to ascertain II Parsons really
took the ring at Geneva with McVea.
[ have made the necessary inquiries.
and received the following reply from
W. Walker, manager OF Seaman Far
sons:
'!Relative to your inquiry, Parsons
has never been to Geneva. nor has be
ever met Sam McVea at any time
never been away from the house this
year, except when he went to Plymouth
early in January, where he met
Hewitt. -
"The Festival of Empire Athletic
Games will prove n big affair. The
festival will be held st the CRYSTAL
palace during the summer, The main
athletic event viii be the competition
FOR the Festival of Empire TROPHY
representative teams from different
parts Of the empire, 1t is expected
that this will bring over seas British
ers from Canada, South Africa. Aus
tralia and New Zealand into frlerdlv
rivalry with their kinsmen OF the
United Kingdom,
Sportsmen are agreed thai the Ma
tonal Cycling union has adopted fair
attitude in the trouble with The. ANA
teur Athletic association. The former
claims the right to govern cycling,
but the Amateur Athletic association
has taken on the governing and promo
ton of cycle racing for amateurs, y
addition to foot racing. One cannot
concede that the Amateur Athletic as
sociation has any more night to at
clisfs than the Amateur Rowing asso.
citation to govern swimmers.