The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-14
IBy James J- Corbett, Former Heavy weight Champion of the Worldly

weight Champion of the Worldly
 Especial to the Farmer.)
 Those critics who found so much fault with the recent Gibbons Mo Goorty affair may realize now that the dectsionIess bout is not what 1t has been cracked up to be, and that the oId-fashfoned method of naming h winner at the end of a contest has It's good points. Not that 1 am one If those who could see no merit in Inc bout in question. A scien- life boxing match always appeals to me, as it must to anyone who under Etands the finer points of boxing, and [ think McGoorty and G1 .2o--s gave an interesting exhibition from a sci entific point of view
 But admitting for sake of argu- ment that the adverse criticisms of Gibbons and McGoorty's work were well-founded, what is the answer You can lead a horse to water bu' you can't make him drink. and 1>n thousand sports may flock to see two clever and evenly matched boxers perform, but they can't force the boys to take unnecessary risks during the milling when the Boxing Commits sion's rule prohibiting referees de- oisions permits them to stall through the ten rounds and get just as much credit in the record books It is the fault of the system and the men are not to blame for avery human de- sire to "get the money as easily az possible
 al boxing are those who in the Euise of friends and patrons of the sport insist upon changes and alter ations in the time-honored rules that make such action on the parts of the boxers possible. With com petant referees to decide contests on their merits there would be far less gtalliug and considerable more ac- tua1 fighting.
 What boxing needs in New York more than anything else Is a board of Cor1u1issfonexs with sense enough to realize that the foolish ruling which prevents referees from giving decis- 1t to the sport. If boxers under stand that decisions will be rendered at the end of bouts it is cinch there win be less s<a1ling than under the present system. That gag about de- cisions promoting gambling has been worked to death 1t is up to the Commissioners to keep the sport clean m that respect The board It. censes the referees and it is a sim pie matter to revoke license should am official be found guilty of crook ed work
 sincerely hope that Governor elect Sulzer when he takes office Jan uary 1 will see fit to either fill the vacancy on the Boxing Commission or appoint an entirely new outfit that will seek to promote the best interest of professional boxing; and as stat ed above the crying need at present Is an entirely different system than the s'newspaper' method of picking winners. With decisions authorize q ~nryId kaon fh0ao hirda who arc DpIy after the coin without risk of losing prestige away from here to a great extent and it would also be a guarantee to the public that there would be better. grade of boxing In the contests of the future
 Luther McCarthy's impressive vic- tory over Jim Flynn has cleared the Heavyweight situation and is the most pleasing bit of news the sports have had to digest in many a moon. The downfall of Flynn marks the passing of the veterans and estab- hEhnent of the supremacy of the younger element in heavyweight pu- gilfsrn-
 I was surprised at the result of me battle as I thought F7ynn's ex- per4ence would more than offset the youthful and physical advantages 0f his opponent, and I looked for the Pueblo man to maintain his reputa- aoa white hope" destroyer. But h was the other way about, with Lu- kher outclassing Jim and winning all the way in a. gallop.
 It may be unseemIy to rejoice over The downfall of such good game 5zhter as Jim Flynn has proved him. vess 70 be, but McCarty's victory means much for the good of the sport. It removes from the paths of the wouId-be champions one of the greatest stum bling blocks and puts he field in possession of the young- sr clement
 In a measure McCarty's success means a victory for the entire white tacs- It gives nope that the COW rted title of supremacy with the yfoves will before long have been re- Ttored to us. The significance of Lu- aaer's decisive defeat of Flynn must be apparent to all when it is com pared to the miserable performance If Jack Johnson against the same nan last Fourth of July. McCarty s guccess was clean cut and never in foubt; the champion retained his ti- He through technicality after fur sfsF1ing the spectators with plenty of svidence of his deterioration.
 when McCarty and Pa1zer meet to Iecide the white championship on New Years Day it ought to be a zreat. fight Palzer is an entirely aifferent type of fighter than McCarty pr anyone else in the game He has his own peculiarly effective methods, and what is lacking in skill is more than made up in aggressiveness, Ktrensth and stamina. Wide open and easy to hit, his remarkable pow srs of recuperation make him one of he hardest to beat. Luther will ind PaIzsr the most diff cult propo- Htion he has ever ssckled, and if successful in stopping O'Rourke's ~airIwind will be well deserving of