Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-25
BOXING MAY NOT
Be REVIVED AGAIN
BY CALF ORN|ANS
Committee on Public Morals
About to Report a Bill Allows
ing l5-ROund Bouts When a
Majority Decides II Would Be
Better to Let the Measure Die
in Committee.
Sporting Page
SACRAMENTO cal. Feb. 25.

6SSAA ~ IA HIT
conclusion that the public morals
committee of the California Lexis
lature will take a tolerant view OF the
boxing situation and hat the commit
tee will allow boxing to be conducted
In this State as in the past. This con-
clusion was reached after the commit
tee had delegated one of Its members
to draft a new bill that would permit
of contests of fifteen rounds. The Dill
was finally In shape to report when
other members of the committee form
Ing a majority of the seven suggested
that 1t might be better to allow the
bill to die In committee without any
action one way or the other. At pres
ent the sentiment of the majority Ia
against presenting any bill at all, and
1t seems probable hat the laws of
California as they relate to boxing will
remain unchanged.
Fighting Joe Hyland. of the West
Side, New York. knocked out Lew
Sheppard in the eighth round Of their
scheduled t%ep-round bout at the Pres
ton A. c., in Harlem. last night.
nnouncemen was made at Syracuse
last night that Packey Mcfarland, of
Chicago, and Billy Ryan. of Syracuse,
will meet in a ten-round bout at Os-
wego. March 20. Both are to make
1856 pounds at 5 o'clock.
Ralph Erne was never nearer t o O
knockout than he was last night when
he mel Tommy Coleman, the shifty
colored lightweight from F~rankford, at
the Nonpareil A. c.. Philadelphia. The
bell saved Erne in the fourth round
when he was hanging on the ropes and
all but out from hard rights and lefts
to the jaw.
Young Britt, of Baltimore, got the
decision over Sammy Kellar. of Eng
land, in a Shfteen-round match at the
Eureka Athletic Club. at Baltimore
last night. The contestants were ban
tamweights.
Billy Berger, Of Pittsburg, will clash
at the National A. c., of Philadelphia,
tonight with Dan Sullivan. of San
Francisco. Sullivan comes East with
a splendid record, having won twenty
four contests on the coast. Joe Heffer-
nan, the West Philadelphia crack, viii
meet George Alger. the Boston boy,
who has. been cutting such a wide
swath among the New England boxers.
The other bouts will be between Johnny
Willetts and Reddy Holt, Danny
Dougherty and Tommy Riley and john
ny Casey and Frank Barry.
Jack White, of Chicago, won a de-
cision over Tommy Gary, of Chicago,
in the seventh round of a ten-round
bout at Milwaukee last night.
Frankie Smith. of Philadelphia, out
pointed Bobby Wilson. of Utica. in
ten rounds before the Twenty-eighth
Separate Company Athletic Club at the
armory last night at Utica.
Patsy Haley will referee the Brown
Wolgast bout at the National Sporting
Club, In New York. next Friday night,
In spite of the desire of Browns man
ager to have either Charley White or
Tim Hurst referee the contest. Tom
O'Rourke has taken a determined stand
In behalf of Haley, who, In his opinion.
Is one of the most competent ring
judges In America.
Browns manager admitted yesterday
! that he would have to accept Haley or
bae& out of the match, and as K Q.
Is spelling for another mix with h
lightweight champion, there will be no
further hitch. Wolgast will arrive in
New York early mex week to put on
the finishing touches. He has been
taking light exercise ever since his
scrap with Brown In Philadelphia, and
sends word that he will be in tip-top
trim. Brown cana out Of the Hogan
bout without a scratch and doesn't re-
uuire much hard work to keep on edge.
Members of the National Sporting Club
are SO anxious to see the coming battle
that practically all of the best seats
have been reserved on a IS, $40 and a.
scale.