El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-11
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4 NTAGONIST sports that are
"A the hope Of the nation" Is
1 \ the way Charles E. Hammett,
/ athletic director or the Northwestern
university. characterizes boxing,
] wrestling and football Mr.. Hammett
{ declares that these three sports orrer
/ the best chances for development
/ among the young men OF a large city.
/ The pOpularizing Of boxing has been
/ greatly helped by the opening OF tne
/ boxing game in New York which mas
! awakened interest in other parts OF
] the country. So much has been said
against boxing that IN order TO keep
/ 1t, the promoters and boxers are be-
I ing more careful about doing anything
/ that might hurt the game
Boxing Permitted Largely.
More cities in the United states are
allowing professional boxing bouts at
/ the present time than ever in the last
/ 10 years. Many towns that would not
! stand for a simple boxing exhibition
/ year ago are taking off the lid now.
/ Many city officials are realizing that
/ the public wants boxing and are giving
I the majority their wish The mayor
I OF Cincinnati sanctioned public boxing
I among the first OF his official acts.
He argued that public bouts are much
/ better than fights pulled OF IN priv
I ate and If the public wants fights II
IS bound to have them public or
/ private.
Boston and New Haven, Connecticut.
have written rules TO govern boxing
contests, and in Pniladelpfia, the OF
/ ficer Of public safety has written
/ set Of rules to govern the game In
the Quaker city.
In Cleveland the mayor has been
, asked by the citizens to appoint
J boxing commission to have charge OF
& the sport.
Generally speaking there is less
Likelihood Of Rgitation against the
H-~r
schools Take Up Boxing.
There is a difference between pro-
fessional prize fighting and boxing as
an athletic developer
Colleges and other. institutions Of
learning are taking up boxing as a
part of their athletic work with
greater attention than ever before.
The interest taken In the art Of self
defence is particularly keen at Harvard.
where nearly 500 students are en-
rolled in the boxing class At Yale
the boxing class numbers $50, which
is larger for both institutions than
ever before
Princeton, West Point. Annapolis.
De PAW, a theological institution and
numbers Of other colleges are en-
phasizing this line Of athletic training.
The Maryland Agricultural college
has engaged the former Baltimore
lightweight prize fighter, Tommy Sui
livan, to instruct its boxing classes.
In Massachusetts, and New York the
people are endeavOring to have laws
passed to have scientific boxing taught
in the public schools.
The colleges are not the only ones
to take a renewed interest in this art
of self-defence, but public gymnasiums
in many parts of the country report
more people taking greater interest
in this branch Of athletic work than
ever before.
In an effort to develop Flynn along
scientific lines his ftrrrIaT
is trying to engage James J. COrbett
Tommy Ryan and Abe Attel to train
the Pueblo fireman for his bout with
the big d1nge- Flynn has largely de-
pended on his strength for victory
and has never set the world on fire
with his cleverness, so Curley hopes
to brighten his wits up a bit with these
three clever boxers as sparring part
ners and trainers.
The ministers and business men Of |
Australla nave succeeded IN prey eill-
ing the Johnson-McNey right being I
staged there. The smokes will meet /
in Paris the night OF the grand prlX
Empires Of baseball games are sup |
posed to lead a dogs life, with the /
public saying sassy things to them 4
and the players thinking lots ana 1
saying them whenever they have a i
sufficient amount of nerve. Despite !
these draw backs the job Of umpiring 4
seems to be a much sought after enc. i
lust at present. President kaVanaugh 4
Of the Southern league has received Z
applications from no less than %
Would-be jumps" From this number /
only seven will be needed to serve /
through 1912. and these viii not be
named for some time yet.
The Pacific Coast league president
Baum. has received over so applica-
tions This certainly should refute
any idea that umpires need to be
pitied One of the reasons for 50
many applications for the Coast league
is the salary end. II an umpire is
proved a good man he receives $500 a
month.
Harry Wolverton has the chance OF
his life to make big baseball hit
with Me Yankees in 1912. In the 1911
pennai chase. the team he manages
for tho first time this season won
sixth T ace. The poor showing was
largely due to poor management and
an overwhelming amount OF tough luck
in numerous injuries and cases OF sick
ness among the players With any
luck at all. Wolverton is certain TO
improve the team. for his managerial
ability IS unQuestioned. as he was
proved success as a minor league
manager Wolverton has two big
managers against whom to match his
wits, Connie Mack. the renowned
OF the Athletics and Hughey
Jennings, Of the Detroit Tigers. He
has the advantage Of the managers of
other teams in experience, and in
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