The evening world., 1912-03-01
View Gloves for the Stars, but
what About the Little Pre-.
liminary Boxer7

urinary Boxer2
Copyrkht. 1919. by The rrcss i'ubiisihus Co.
1.-THE New Yorh World.
"HE Boxing Commission having
rulcd that only new gloves may
be used In a main bout. one
wonders how many times gloves may
- ussd In the p~reiiminafies. judging
rom appearances some Of tho gloves
I've ssen In preliminary Bouts In some
q our boxing ernporiums were origin.
ally donned by Brutus when he laid
Caesar low. Just for advancing that
theory ] suppose I'll have my mail box
nalsd Tomorrow with solemn ietters
from historical Sharps who'll chide me
Ter saying that Brutus used q gioved
net on Caesar. those being tho days
OF the Roman Prise Ring Rules when
ths cestus was the popular knockout
tool. It's bard 10 Get away from these
defenders Of pure history.
However. TO get back 10 gloves. I
don't ~ why Il should BE- any moro
pleasing to . preliminary fighter to be
ht a the noee with "a blackcned old
0ISvS Aoe VI H0tU8s WituOUl my D0Q-
6ins at all over the knuckies." than for
. 0tso star bout artist to receive the
same tfsstment. The main difference
y that the star performer can kick
aad get away with II. while the pre-.
liminasy boy can kick and be kicked
out through che rear exit into the
allsyway. Let the Boxing Commits.
sioner protect the little fellow too.
Ne needs II.
TVHH thing chat induced sAs Bouns
Commission TO. order new gloves
for main events wss u little ex.
Oerience Of Louis dc Ponthicu the other
night at the American A. A.. IN Brook.
lyn.
Frask Erne looks out for the French.
mans Affairs. The manager Of the
American A.. A.. who Is also manager Of
Irish Paddy" came TO Erns and ar.
ranged the match between de Ponthaeu
and his wi tighter. When Erne went
Into the ring with his man. ready to
box. he found Irish PADDY. on deck
with his hands incAsed In glazed ban
aaSN of rsmarkabie ~thickness and q
hard - . rock. He might ~ we'll wear
brass knucklea." Frank Erns protested
70 the dual manager. Irish Paddy re-
fused 20 removs tho bandsSss. Finally
~ manager turned to Erns and said,
zoo On and night: YOU can bandass yous
mans hands the lame way"
I'm not . thug" replied Erne. ''and
have spms respect for the game
About this time Il was discovered thai
the gloves provided by the ciuo hat
6sen used many times before. They has
been Watersoaked and dried out until
they were hard ~ tin. Tnsy were full
ef AoleA All VI the padding had beor
removed from over the knucklss. 'kisi
pAddy's' gtassd bandages inside such
glove would have been deadly weaponA.
Drns refused to let d Ponthieu DO,
mlees Dropsr gloves were provided AM
Irish Paddy's" baaaages removed
when this wal refused he left n
building with de Ponthieu.
Afterward some preliminary Grape
vas substituted for The French light
weight. and was promptly licked.
Ana here comes the funny part. som
one. presumably connected with the bou
and wishing to get even wit, dc Pon
thisu. sent out q fake report to nuMer
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AIT &c., nsrS,. .hs, h.., NJ ~"
rs"s.tsuv. At the scran nr,nted il,
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~oRNDLL's graduate manager an
n that Cornell lost 5000 la
year on sports. Cornsll needn'
~orrv Ivs a rood ru... that C.rr.,
Ss,SS,,. .,.s,.S no.. r. a.
- ~..s ~e..."~ ~.
=..r"T 49,. snasou s,oun's e.cs,
n."e, 'oo'nA' eIeren anu trac'
team IL AL IN the iamiy'
HAVE ~ received TINS letter.
Dear SEWN many o'her read
ere. ] take much interest In the new
ans compliments paid the Boxing Com