New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-12
ROSS GETS SIX MONTHS
Quick Punishment Melted Out
for Foul Boxing.
W0LGAST BOUT NOW OFF
State Athletic Commission So
Informs Governor Dix in
a Letter.

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Tony Ross. the heavyweight boxer was
suspended for six months by the State
Athletic Commission at It's weekly meet
ing yesterday afternoon This was the
result OF foul tactics employed by Ross
In his bout with Joe Jeanette In Madi'
son Square Garden last night when Billy
job. the referee. disqualified the Italian
In the seventh round
Ross appeared before the commission
and admitted the fouling, but declared IL
was unintentionai. He will receive his
money. which the club was Instructed TO
withhold after the unsatisfactory ending
Of the contest.
Concerning the stand taken by Governor
Dix with regard to the proposed ten-rouno
bout at Madison Square Garden between
"Packey" Mcfarland and Ad Wolgast'
the case was disposed Of In brief lettor
from Frank s. O'Neil the Commissioner
20 the Governor.
Before drafting q letter to Mr.. Dix he
commission got into communication over
the telephone with Billy Gibson. manager
of the Garden Athletic Club, in order to
ascertain II an effort was still being made
by the club to bring the boxers together
on September e. Gibson replied that 1t
had been impossible to come to satisfac-
tory terms with Wolgast, and that the
bout had been declared of. The Commits
sioner then drafted the following letter
OF reply to communication he had pre-
viously received from the Governor:
IN reply to your letter Of September 10
will say that the proposed boxing exhibit
ton between Mcfarland and Wolgast for
September q has been abandoned. The
Garden Athlstic Club was granted a
license on April g.
Leach Cross, who was disqualified Tor
using the kidney punch in bout ~ the
st Nicholas Pink on Tuesday night, IN
response 70 a summons, appeared oefore
the commission. After stating his case
Cross was allowed 10 go with the under
standing that he appear again at lO:o'
O'Clock on Saturday morning, when Dan
Tone. the referee. also will be present.
The trouble between the Yonkers a. u
and the boxers, Paddy Sullivan am
Harry Stone, was settled when the COM
mission ordered the club 20 pay the men
their money, which had been withheld on
the ground that they had not tried hard
enough. The New Brunswick \. G, OF
Ncwburg, also was notified TO settle "1tn
Knockout" Eggers.
Victor Breyer. OF Paris, representing
the Board Of Control OF Boxing CLUBS IN
France. vas al the commission meeting.
He had a long talk on the subject Of In
ternat!onal boxing, the idea being 20
frame conditions calling for geAefa'
understanding between the different conh-
tries where boxing is popular When MI
Brewer goes back to Europe he VIII SUD-
nit a proposition 10 the leaders there
IL now looks as II Jack Britton VIII De
"Packey" McFarlands next opponent IL
vas stated last night that Billy Gibson
manager OF the Garden Athletic CUB han
practically arranged for ten-round coh-
test between these two Chicago hynt-
weights. 10 be held at Madison Square
Garden on September e. The weight
asreed upon is lS5 pounds.
There is 10 doubt as 10 the exceIieh'
condition OF Abe Attell, the former teatn-
erveisht champion. who will meet Harry
Thomas. of England, In ten-round oout
a, Madison Square Garden tomorrow
night. Billy Gibson visited Attells train
Ing quarters at Rye Beach yesterday, ana
found him in fine fettle. heavier AMI
stronger than when he boxed KNOCKOUT
Brown here last February. When he got
on the scales Attell weighed about lB
pounds.
DESPITE this. Attell did not seem 10 be
carving any super,uous flesh. He is en-
towing better health than formerly. ard
this ha. increased his confidence. lie ad-
u,tted that at one time he had declined
10 meet Thomas on the coast but offered
az an excuse that Il was shortly after
the Kilbane hght, when he wasn't In first
class condition. Attcll says he wants %
convince local boxing fans that he ID
In oldtime form.
Al Palser. who has been watching
Thomas down at New Dorp, declares that
the little Briton Is as fast as lightning
and fully a. clever as Kilbane. Since
Thomas Won the bantamweight honors
abroad in 1905 he has grown steadily. and
I'm tomorrow nights bout he will DO fully
as heavy as Attell Ever since Thomas
defeated Frankie Conley at Los Angeles
the fans" on the Coast have regarded
the Britisher as d wonder and they ex-
pect TO see him fight his way to tho top
Of tho featherweight division.