The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-16

 a good licking, although the referee decided otherwise.
 Had Attell beaten Murphy it would have greatly. surprised me. The lat cleverness; he is heavier, stronger and in the best form of his entire career. He figures to hold his own with any lightweight, barring perhaps Wolgast and Mcfarland. The fact that Abe stayed the twenty rounds, even though losing the decision, proves he is far from a dead one. It was stub bornly contested battle from start to finish, notwithstanding that Attell has been accused of approaching" Murphy with a proposition to flop.
 The pictures of the Kilbane-Attell contest endorse the decision of Ref cree Eyton as eminently just and proper. Johnny had the contest in hand all the way, as near as one can judge from the films. Attell was apparently in bad shape along to- wards the finish while the winner was as fresh as a daisy in comparison
 The new champion will be very hard man to beat. He is a skillful boxer and an excellent ring general, as the pictures show in every round. He certainly would star in the game around New York. In ten rounds it would take marvel to outpoint him and Kilbane ought to lose no time heading in that direction. He can pick up a small fortune there, and without running a great risk of los ing his hard earned laurels.
 The Brothers McMahon, managers and matchmakers of the Empire and Olympic clubs of New York have contests for the night of March 27. They have arranged a sort of elim- ination programme; the stars of the East are to compete in ten round bouts to aid in selecting the boy to be matched with Kilbane when the champion arrives in Gotham Tom my Houck is to be paired with Patsy Kline, the lad with the rNalIop; Ed die O'Keefe will have the cagey Joe Coster for adversary, and Johnny Dundee tackles sturdy Young Wag- T.9f ho xxyinn nf ho first leg are to be put over another hurdle in the process of elimination, and the final victor awarded the hon. or and glory of chance at the Cleveland phenomenon.
 The Boxing Commission has accom- plished a great deal of good since as- suming charge in New York and in introducing a number of new rules and regulations to govern the sport creates the impression that it's mem- bers are heartily in favor of any re- form that tends towards the uplifl of professional boxing.
 The rule directing ringside weigh ing was one of the best things the Commissioners have done, and safe guards the public from being impos- ed upon with one-sided matches and insures the proper classification of boxers. Heretofore where conditions of contest did not require the par ticipants to scale at a certain figure the men have given out their weights when they felt so inclined, and then not always with strict regard for the truth.
 It is now thought likely that the Commission will adopt a system of transferring referees from one club to the other, on the plan in vogue among baseball leagues in handling umpires, thus minimizing the chances for collision and crookedness. This would be. step forward sure ly and might lead to the removal of the gag that prevents referees from awarding decisions at the termination of contests. The claim has been made by those who appear to exercise con- siderable influence with the authori-