El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-16

stronger and in the best form o. his
entire career He figures 10 mold MS
own with any lightweight barring per
haps Wolgast and 4-ct arls-Ilo- ne
fact that Abe stayed the twenty rounusi
even though losing the decision. ~ IS
he is far from dead one can ne
weeps boys; Attells future IS not al
behind him
The pictures of the Kilbane-Attell
contest prove that the decision Of Ref
cree Eyton awarding Kilbane the
fight was the only one that could nave
been made. Johnny had the contest
man can judge from the films Atreu
was apparently in bad shape along
towards the finish while the winner
was as fresh as daisy In comparl-
The new champion VIII be q very
hard man to beat He is a sk1lIul
boxer and an excellent ring general, as
the pictures snow In every round ne
certainly would star In the game
around New York In ten rounds lE
would take a marvel 70 DUPONT Elm
heading in that direction He can pick
Up a small fortune there, and Win
out running a great risk OF losing his
hard earned laurels-
The Brothers Mcmahon. managers
ana matchmakers OF the Empire and
Olympic clubs OF New York have
booked a series OF 1eatherW e1ghr con
tests for the night Of March zI- They
have arranged a sort OF elimination
program; the stars Of the east are
to compete in ten round bouts to aid
in selecting the boy 20 be matched
with kilbane when the champion ar
riFes in Gotham Tommy aoucE -
to be paired with Patsy kline C1e lad
with ne walIoD. Eddie OrKeefs will
have the easy Joe C0srer Tor oppon-
ent and Johnny Dundee tackles sturdy
Young Wagner Later on the winners
OF the first leg are 70 De put ever
another hurdle in the process Of elm
ination. and the final victor awarded
the honor 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 ana IN
and regulations TO govern the sport
creates the impression that Its mem
bers are heartily IN FAVOR OF SAY re-
form that tends toward the upllEr 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 imposed
upon with onesided matches and 1nsures
the proper classification OF boxers
Heretofore where conditions or con-
test did not require the participants
TO scale at q certain II CURE the men
have given out their weights when
they felt 50 inclined, and then not all
ways with strict regard Tor the
truth.
II is now thought likely that the
commission viii adopt q system OF
transferring referees from one club
TO another. on the plan in vogue among
ball leagues, thus minimizing the
chances for collusion and crook edness-
4his would be step FORWARD surrey
and might lead to the removal OF the
gag that prevents referees from award
Ing decisions at the termination OF
contests The claim has been made
bv those who appear to exercise con
siderable influence with the authori-
ties that referees decisions mean gamb-
ling and therefore the temptation Tor
crookedness. Under the proposed plan
Of assig ninE a referee on the night OF
a contest there would be practically nc
chance for a frameupr at least so Tar
as that official was concerned The
adoption OF a rule clothing the arbit-
Aers with authority to render decisions
viii meet with popular approval