The evening world., 1911-08-25
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The Boxing Commissioners Have
Plenty Of Work Cut Out for
Them to See That the Fistic
Game Is Conducted Satisfac-
toriIy in This City.

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have plenty OF work TO do II
they intend to bring boxing TO =
satisfactory condition In New York
State. and enforce the letter and spirit
Of the law
In the past few weeks New York has
had an overdose Of unsatisfactory
bouts. A curious state Of Affairs 10 ,
partly r~ssponsbis for this. With the
passing Of the Fravley bill q number
Of well known lighters from all over
the country headed for New York.
We'll known boxers" ~ . rule. are
those who have been In the game .
long umsL OFTEN they have one past
sheir prime. although the glamour and
G1ory Of their fighting days shall linger
about them. The clubs. counting on the
ORA wing power OF the old names. began
putting on these back numbers. The
result has been a number Of bouts that
didn't GLASS with their preliminaries.
Thsre was Johnny Thompson. fresh
from Australia and q list Of winning
nghts. Johnny went TO Australia
lightweight and returned heavy
weight. He was fat a. q porker the
night be boxed Lewis at the National.
Result . deadly slow. undressing
bout. Again at the National Johnny
boxed Klaus. not n fat a. before. but
stu fat and embarrassing in action.
TAsn Philadelphia Jack O'Brien fought
LAngford. II was given but that Jack
vss In great shape-had been training a
long time. and felt oonndsot that he
could whip the Tar Baby.
/. The resulting bout was . very sad
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waistsd and slow compared to his old
self. He evidently had M hope Of beat
ing Langford-no hope whatever. AL
hs "a wa rush In with the hope nat
Sam would knock him out quickly and
ed the agony. Sam held back the
knockout blow for . while to give tho
crowd . run for Ito money. 1t Wal
hardly q run. at that
Then Papke-B urke-another disap-
poiutment. Papks's excuse was that
he underestimate Burke-thought he
could nnish him casiiy-didn't train.
But what right has n fighter to
expect to receive q purse without do
ing something to earn It! What did
Papks do In the ring on Tuesday night
to earn sa.5oof
The Boxing Commission, Of course.
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$50 ,h,u-
The club will be responsible for what
ever poor matchmaking there IL In
the future, people who follow tights
and pay their money for seats win
have to use their own judgment and
take the risk of having out good money
foe the prlviiep. a, sseinv lemon per-
$1,000. rs... -. - al. -.
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MOI ever 'ne wise proiioter kn""s now
All the bouts VIII turn out
3ut the commissdon can So that
those who are carded as main attrac.
tiona In thu big shows enter tina rlns
In .h.ns m Az THAR hest vork A,
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NV pu""' W ia'""s u W 'he'r yes
heve no moro finances TO sell gold bricks
In this State. When that Is general,
understood among boxers there'n be {
hustling around training camps tina
will remind u. Of the old days.
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"HE Boxing Commission could a,
another thinp To helm thu gam,
alonv =, ,oula m.L.. r,,. 80,
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Ne'y ." pasi"s q puts
10 any ns".er uh'I aiter the emo o
tns pout Tneh' II Inc contest wa
Questionable, the commission itself coul
determine whether or not the boxer
had ron through with their agreemen
honestly.
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LONDON. Aug. A.-Becauss Of
the great showing Bombardier Wells
has been making IN his early train
Ing. and the evident amount OF SUI
p%erhuous flesh Tho champion 10
carrying. the betting against Wells's
chance OF defeating ohnson In their
hgnt here on. Sept. 80 dropped to-
day from 20 10 ! against 10 3 to l
against. The supreme coincidence OF
the former lance corporal Is infee-
Putney on sunday. having finished
his theatrical engagements. and will