The evening world., 1911-11-22

cop,nshs. 1871, y rSs Prs spsii'hins Co.
rOR the second time Gov. Dix has
given out a public statement to
the effect. that he thinks the
frawley Boxing law a failure. and mat
he will try to have 1t rejected by the
new Legislature.
~ ov. DIX. why not be a good
= sport" in the true meaning OF
thai word. md incline ycur inhu-
encs toward fair play?
Millions Of people In New York State
want the Fra wiley law. and they know
that II isn't a failure.
few narow-mlnded people who want
20 force the rest Of us TO believe as they
believe and do as they do are trying 10
influence you. They don't care for box
Ing contests; they want 20 make you
think the law Is a failure.
The population OF this state II made
up OF all sorts. kinds and varieties OF
people. It's safe to say that 30 per cent.
Of the men tax an interest In boxing,
even though q large portion OF this w
per cent. may content itself with read
ing accounts in the newspapers.
Isn't that majority entitled to some
consideration?
A. for the Frawley law. II 10 anything
but . failure, At the start there was
trouble (which should have been ex-
psctcd) with promoters who tried to run
things to suit themselves and ignore
che law. These people have been salts
factoriiy disposed OF by the Boxing
Commission. In spite OF the fact that
The commission has been seriously Grip
pied md handicapped by the failure to
appoint q mar to Ill the vacancy left
by Mr.. Sullivan when he retired.
TIE commission has made N en-
4 forced necessary regulations and has
driven crooked and iaw-evading pro-
|. motors out Of the game. It has made
: occurrences of the trouble experienced
when the law first went nto effect I'm
sbssible.
To-day. under the Frawiey Law and
the regulations mede BY the Boxing
l Commission. boxing is being conducted
In New York State in fully as satlsfac-
tory a as baseball, football.
\ hockey, track and field athletics or any
, other branch OF sport.
1NNE ROUND HOGAN called upon
US at the office yesterday after
noon, accompanied by his friend
and adviser. GIL Boag.
Hello" said Hogan. Did you like
the game"
Fight, you mean" we suggested.
NO, the game-the rah-rah mp at New
8 Haven. / was there. 1 had m engage
\ meut to take a young lady up to see
Yale and Princeton play Saturday. so
II had to be very careful Friday night.
2of course I didn't want TO have a black
y eye or anything. Il didn't let Brown
n iiuss me up-did you notice? Say.
4 hats a great game. football. But ]
liked the old hghting style best. five
. yardo In three downs and not SO much
4 Kicking. Gee! Il got " funny. When
was a little fellow I used 10 read
n II eredith's novcls-those Ave and ter
\ cent ones-and one OF my favorites wa,
a football story about the boy who
q went to Yale and played football. and
when he was half Mlled n the doctor.
wanted to count him out. he said: No
let me go back: I'll finish the game
s toys.' Sect ] had Yale in my mind, 5,
found out what Yale's colors wer'
and went up there decked out in rib
b bons and nags and football emblemi
and all the junk. ! bought my seat
from . Spectator and found we wer'
right In the middle Of q big crowd o
fellows Junpiny up and hollerlnI
'Prince-TON. Pr!nce-TON, Prlnce-ToN,
just like that. I must have locke
funny with all that blue spread all owe
me. After a while the Yale fellows o.
the other side began singing Yale song
and they could sing fine. And then tn
princeton men all around us were sing
ing and yelling. and first thing ] kne'
was yelling 'Prince-ToN. Pr!nce-ToN
Prlnce-ToN' as hard as l could. An
hat song with a growl In it-that wa
great. l Wish they'd work of some
thing like hat around the rins whe
I'm hghtlng."
HR. BOAG told US the inside
M the Wells AFFAIR.
II had Wells signed for Decen
her to meet wolgast." said he. "Afts
long while Tom Jones agreed to !,