The evening world., 1911-02-11
BY ROBERT EDGREN.
Copyright. isl. by The Press Publishing Company 9Th,

r PRINT this Just to call the at
tsntion Of local sport followers
to the fact that there II n country
whsrs the rules laid down to cover
sport must DO obeyed. I once spent
several months in England and saw
many Nights and other sporting events
there. That trip didn't mako me an
A~nEiomaniac by any means. The hap
piest moment OF my life wal when I
saw the Statue Of Liberty looming up
In the distance and kne that I'd soon
be In good old Yankeeiand. But there
was one thing I admired In England
the enforcement OF all rules that make
for good sport
q PORT in America u making tre-
- mendous strides. but In soms few
branches In professional sport
there Is room for Improvement. In the
unorganizsd sports. especially. some.
thing should be done TO provide for the
rigid enforcement Of the rules. II Lang
had clipped Curran just once under thu
sane circumstances In New York or
Philadelphia. or In any other boxing
town. the worst he would hav suffered
would have been Q haAf.heartsd caution
from the referee.
Baseball. OF courss. 10 kept absolutely
clean. and the rulers OF the game i'm
prove II every year. So II Is with foot
ball and all other organized sports.
Bat how about boxing. for Instance?
Under the laws In most OF our States
there can be no decisions. So the ref
ersss hesitate about disaualifying box
ers for infringements Of the rules.
NJ yOLGAsT. In Philadelphia We'd
M .nesday night. when he found
w that he was being beaten. fouled
KNOCKOUT Brown In n dozen different
waya. He struck foul blows. Once Re
pushed Brown against the ropes, caught
him by tho throat with his left hand.
ana bending him backward struck
wo1ously with the right. II was a delib-
crate and fragrant foul. wolgast should
have been disqualified on the instant.
lie wasn't.
There seems to be q sentiment against
stoaping bouts Of any kind. Tho pro-
motors think tho public wants It's
moneys WORTH" and they let the rules
slide.
Digger Stanley came here from Eng
land. He has had two boxing bouts.
Iu each OF them he has used his elbows
and fouied In other ways. for which he
would have been thrown out OF the
ring IN his own country. lie has caught
the local spirit.
IA the credit OF the boxers thesnsel e,
not those who control s~port-let IN,
say that most Of them are very fair and
sportsmanlike. The foul nghting boxer
Is the exception.
One OF the worst examples OF a fou'
that didn't bring about tho intervention
OF the referee was In the Johnson-Fit2,
simmons bout In Philadelphia, johnson
caught Fit zsimmons with a h!p-lock and
threw him heavily on his shoulders and
the pack of his head. Fltzsinmons was
BADLY stunned. Yet the referee stood
aside while johnson walked for the ole
man 10 get up. and then knocked hin
out. II was a mos, pltiful thing. for tn,
foul was so superluous. FitzslmmurS
With a helpless right arm, was an cas-,
victim IN any case and Johnson cou.S
ave beaten him fairly w.t.OIS am
trouble.
OoK at the wrestling game. hrpar
emily there are no rules fOr u IN
- this country. G0tch males ,
specially OF a toe hold" that IS mar. al
Jitsu. II Is only a torture intended Il
force his opponen, to give up-or to GRIP
pie him. When the toe hold IS taken ,0
victim IL In a position w.erc he c.alg