El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-07

{ LETTER from q LOuuOn SPORT
! a ing man gives some interest
/ n ing points on the proposed
/ international boxing union and also
the formation of another exclusive
/ boxing club in the big city The let
/ ter follows: The proposed Interna-
/ t1onaI Board of Control scheme for
/ professional boxing is creating great
interest on this side and as might be
| expected, a certain amount of oppOsi
/ ton to the idea is Forthcoming. The
London Sportsman, one of our lead
! ing daily sporting papers. has ever
! been opposed to any control of boxing,
! believing that the newspaper writers
/ here are sufficient to control any
! abuses that may appear in the boxing
} world. In a long article yesterday,
/ the Sportsman says. 'Tne difficulties
| and obstacles IN the way Of an Inter
rational Board seem to US almost I'M
possible to overcome. Combination
and unity would be absolutely neces-
say ana we don't think we should
ever get gate money promoters 20 ran
into line. The punishment for u de-
faUlter or a wrong dOer could be left
TO the newspapers, who, providing they
WCUl0 combine could decline TO insert
the lame. in any shape or form Of the
offender
This notion looks all right on paper,
but VINO is going to attempt the task
oil getting the newspaper writers TO
combine and suppOsing they did, II
could well stand in the place OF the
suggested board. Combinations OF
news writer's here is a more inlpos-
sibIe thing to bring about than a board
composed of sports hight in the boxing
world. The Sportsman itself Would
probably be the last paper to Join N
the combine, judging from past expert
enceS. That paper has done very little
10
responsible for the cutlery against the
JOhnsOn-W ellis and Moran OrIscoll
bonts last year. The National Sport
ing club committee has not yet De
cfded what action il will take with
the French authorities but II is likely
that ii may agree to recognize
French suspensions which viii at least
be one step toward the establishment
of the board. Il is stated here that
the New York Boxing commission is
certain to be disbaRded before the new
year and if such proves to be true IL
may be a bad blow TO any Scneule 4pt
the international control OF the sport
over here the game is going strong
CT than ever. Recently new cluD
was started in rhe west end OF London
on very exclusive lines It is mainly
patrOnized by lords, dukes and gentle
men of wealth and title, and mas proved
s,Jch a success that larger premises
have been acquired and il is said VIII
rival the National Sporting CLUB IN the
quality OF bouts. The Duke OF West-
Minister is greatly Interested IN the
new club, Whlctr Is ry1ed the W els
cil1h after the name of the manager
Ernest Wells This man has an eA-
tensiVe acquaintance IN the sporting
world and was proprietor OF lhe GU
Pelican club which 1tourlShed IN Lon
don years before the National Sport
ing club was thought Of Many great
battles were fought at the Pelican clua
the most notable that occurs TO me al
the moment being the contest between
Peter Jackson and Jem Smith IN when
smith was disqualified in the secon1
round and the Championship DalIie pc
tween George Dixon and Nunc wal
lace"
che old saying that there aye never ,
two really good fighters in one I9mlly
seems to be wrong in the case OF lne
Hagen or rather Jack OBrlen family
There is no doubt that "PhIadelphla I
Jack" when he was at his best, was
a great fighter and If he had carried b
about 20 more pounds OF Ilesn, ne I
would have been worlds champion
As it was he was considered the light (
champion for long time Z
and near the middleweight title JACK
gave away weight to all corners ard /
never made a kick lie weighed onIT Z
100 pounds. sometimes $50, but ne Z
never backed away from matches win Z
Bob F:tZsimmOns, Peter Manner, jim I
Corbett, Tommy Burns, Jack Johnson, :
Sam LangfOrd, in fact all the heavy (
and usually gave d good &C
count of himself Now comes MS 4
Younger brother. whom he has NICK I
named Young Jack" He IS a light !
weight only coming is years of age I
and a crackerjScl1- The boy, for he IS I
a mere boy. has had some nard fights 4
the past year, meeting such star \
lightWeights, as Knockout Brown. Ad !
WOlgast, Young Erne, Leach eros, Jack J
Goodman and One Round Hogan, be- /
sides many other good boys. He has ]
not picked the easy marks. but has met 4
all Corners and good ones. Now he /
seeks a match with PaclIey Mcfarland