Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21
BY r. S. ANDREWS.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, July 2O.-One Of
the biggest boosts the boxing game has
had in some time was the recognition
given it by the Olympic games COM
nittee at Stockholm. but which has
passed almost unnoticed. Charley Harvey,
who Is secretary OF the New York boxing
commission, went to Stockholm and while
there he prepared "A statement for the
Olympic committee in which he requested
that boxing be given place on the pro-
gram Of future Olympic meets. The mat
ter was taken up and acted upon by the
members of the international committee,
with the result that Mr.. Harvey was as
sured that in the future boxing would be
given it's proper place on the program
in fact it was announced that the hstic
art would form part OF 1t. This should
be a big help to the boxing game. for 1t
will mean that all countries taking part
in the future Olympic meets will be oblig-
ed to take up the flstic end, and send
entries. 1t will bring about a better I'M
derstanding as regards the game too,
and may result in the establishment OF
q uniform set of rules and weight CLASH
tcauon, something the writer's of the
United States, England, Australia and
Canada have been endeavor.ng to bring
about for several years. OF course. the
boxing events at the Olympic games
would be under the amateur rules, but
1t would help the professional side of
1t as well, and should bring the two
closer together as regards rules, etc.
Why can't women attend boxing
matches In the big cities well as they
can attend foot ball matches and bull
fights In other countries without being
criticised? Recently women were admit
ted to one Of the boxing clubs in New
York, and 1t was announced that fully
2GOO turned out TO witness the events.
They went away satisfied that the alleg-
ed brutality In boxing was all a myth.
and vowed to attend more of them. When
boxing bouts of a limited number Of
rounds are held by legitimate clubs and
properly conducted there is no reason
why women should not attend. A man
may get bloody nose now and then. but
what OF it. Don't foot ball players have
broken arms, legs and get smeared with
blood at times during the game? And as
for bullfghts, why there is no COMPARE
son between the two sports At Reno.
New, when Jeffrfes and Johnson fought
many women attended, and again at Las
Vegas, N. NJ, there were over 800 woni-
en- present In England and France
many women attend the boxing matches.
and really enjoy them. There are times
when two boxers are badly matched and
one-sided matches result, but the same
applies to foot ball and other sports. In
Paris the women attend in large num-
bers in full Dress too. 1t is no worse for
a woman to see a man knocked down Tor
the space OF ten seconds than to see
foot ball player knocked senseless for
sixty seconds and then trampled on by
probably fifteen or twenty players in adj
dition When 1t comes to brutality, box
ing is a parlor game against some other
sports.
Hugh d. Mcintosh, the Australian pro-
moter, is certainly original In his moth
DDS with the opening Of his new stadium
in Sydney he has arranged to hold big
tug-of-war tournament In connection with
the boxing events. 1t Will be an inter-
national tug-of-war and will In all prob
ability include a team made up OF boxers.
Teams representing every nation VIII be
entered, and 5000 in prizes Will be given
to the winning team. The dates have
been set for September y until october
IL. the preliminary pulls being held first.
then the semi-finals and finals. There
will be no color line drawn, so that native
teams from the various islands about Will
be invited to participate. During all this
time there will be boxing bouts. too, 80
that It Will be carnival Of sports Tor
sure.
With Jimmy Clabby back in this coun-
try there should be renewed interest in
away a welterweight Of the Australian
class. 14s pounds. but he has taken to
the middleweight division now. and Offers
to fight Eddie McGoorty for the title in
the United States, for there appears to
be no worlds champion at the present
time. Clabby and Mike Gibbons would
be a great card at 80 pounds-a weight
that both boys can make nicely. It would
be q classy match. and one worth going
many miles to see Neither one can make
the American welterwetght limit OF 142
pounds at 8 o'clock. or las pounds ring
side, and they should not be considered
as welter champions. Clabby and Nc
Goorty would also be a great match, but
the Oshkosh boy would have about ten
pounds in weight on Jimmy. Frank Klaus
is away at present and is out of the
question. and Billy Papke cannot make
15S pounds, so the best men IN that di-
vision are Clabby, Gibbons. McGoorty.
Buck Grouse. Jack McCarron. Jack Dill
Ion and Knockout Broyn- AS one tough
boy to beat at the weight. Howard Nor
row is also coming along and may soon
be heard from. George Carpenter. the