Evening star., 1912-11-04
BY ]. ED GRILLo.

An effort is being made to form an in
ternationaI boxing association. which will
control the boxing game everywhere in
the world. The idea is to control the
boxing game along the lines of base ball,
with commission Of five or seven in
dividuals to govern the sport.
Under present conditions the sport is
not flourishing. There are unscrupulous
fighters and managers who would MOI
be tolerated II the game were properly
handled. Clubs and fighters would be
protected alike, and it Is figured that as
result boxing would grow in popular
ity and adverse legislation would be pre-
vented.
incidentally, uniform rules would be es-
tablished the world over. For years
there has been a much-mooted question
over the scale of weights. At present
every country has a scale of weights of
its own, which naturally causes no end
of confusion. Charles j. Harvey, a pro-
moter Of boxing and manager of fighters,
is behind the movement to organize the
association and he is meeting with en-
couragement from nearly every quarter
where the boxing game is being conduct
ed
Barney Dreyfuss Of the Pittsburgh club
Is said to be anxious to secure tie serv-
ices of both Frank Chance and Roger
Bresnahan, deposed managers OF Chicago
and St Louis, Respectively. There is
perhaps no doubt t>lt the Pirates could
use Bresnahan. who Is st-E one of the
best catche s in the old league. but tnere
would hardly be room for Chance on any
team which has pennant aspirations. un-
less it be as bench manager and Pitts
burgh can boast Of one OF the greatest
leaders In Fred Clarke, SO that it Is not
likely that Dreyfuss would want Chance
in tie capacity of manager.
According to prevailing rules in base
ball. the st. Louis club cannot dispose OF
Bresnahan to any cub in another league
without first obta ming the consent of the
other seven clubs In the league and it
stands to reason that few of these ubs
would be willing to see the former Car
dinal leader leave the league, as he is
still capable o. slowing lot of ability.
Seasoned catcherS are decidedly rare,
especially in the National League, so that
the chances are that Bresnahan will be
found with one of the clubs in that or
ganizattOn by next season.
If the National League should make the
serious m stake of refusing to take action
against Horace Fogel II it is proved that
he is guilty of maning the charge that
the last pennant race in that league was
not conducted squarely, there is no rea-
son in the world why his case could not
be taken up by the national commission
which has absolute power in cases OF
this character. The very preamble OF
the peace agreement gives the commits
sion this power because it provides that
the commission shall safeguard and pro-
tect the sport. 1t is to be hoped, how
ever, for the good Of the game that the
league will handle the Fogel case itself.
If he is guilty as charged. It is hard to
see how the club owners of the old league
can take his side of the controversy. The
old league stands none too well with the
public at the present time, and should
it deliberately ignore an offense such as
Fogel is charged with public confidence
in the honesty of the pennant races of
that organization would. indeed. be badly
shaken.
Judged on the brilliant showing Eppa
Rixey made after joining the Philadel-
phia National League team, the chances
are that the Nationals would have
hooked up with the Giants in the world