Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05


Flynn, places him
at the head of the white heavyweight
division.
Luther must be wonderfully I'M
proved boxer since he last showed in
New York. He hardly knew how to put
ND his hands at that time. and folks Won
dered how he had ever managed to stop
big Carl Morris. During his stay IN
Gotham Luther boxed Jim Stewart and
Jess willard Stewart made him look RI
diculous and even the green "ii'''u
showed more boxing skill.
Adverse criticism did not discourage
NcCarty He was a determined youth
and decided the place to best learn the
game was the ring itself. He got a1ter
the best of the big men and IN rape or
der bowled over Jim Barry. Al Naul,
man and Jim Flynn. Luther showeu
marked improvement with each new
start When he beat Flynn he earned
the holiday battle with Palzer.
There is no need for comment on the
details of his meeting with PalSer. Inc
victory was clean cut and never IN doup.
after the first round. 1t was well earned
and we'll deserved. \ man with the am
bition and perseverance OF McEa,'S -
entitled to success. He has worked nara
and conscientiOusly and his eHorts nave
been crowned with victory.
Palzer put up a very poor night ana
showed
game. He took fearful beating and
never showed the white feather. Al
weight. .21 pounds. suggests ne was not
in the best OF shape. but he has no one
10 blame but himself. He had MS OPP
uortunity and failed to make good
In the set of new rules promulgated
BY the New York state athletic commas
sion recently a few comparatively I'M
important features are introduced. While
certain crying needs of the sport are
entirely overlooked.
The new deal is about what would be
expected from collaboration py wo
men directly opposite in their views OF
how boxing should be conducted. ana
outside OF a minor detail here and there
the latest pattern in ring regulations can
hardly be termed an Improvement on the
old.
commissioner O'Ne:l to give that gem
tleman credit due, realizes that profes.
sional boxing is not parlor same. anu
wants TO govern the sport accordingly.
Mai Dixon. his associate, Is apparently
influenced very much by his experience
in amateur sport. with which he has long
been identified.
There are several paragraphs outlining
the duties of the referee, but. after read
ing them through carefully one wonders
why a referee at all. The job calls Tor
nothing in the way of knowledge of box
ing or experience in any capacity with
the sport. n clerk from the RIBBON conn-
could perform the duties assigned to the
third man in the ring. e.
The rules tie a referees haf1ds so eff
fectually that he scarcely has more au-
thority than the average spectator. In
fact, as | understand the new code. his
discretionary powers and ring authority
are confined to the privilege of stopping
q bout should it become so one-sided that
it is obvious to everybody present. He is
not even allowed to disqualfy a foul
tighter. There is not a line to govern his
actions in such a contingency. And as for
giving decisions. perish the thought. That
would be playing right into he hands of
the horrid gamblers and too terrible to
contemplate.
I would like to see three red-blooded
men on the athletic commission. n new
governor is nov on the job. l hope he
feels the same way about It, too, and |
have reason to believe he does
The commission has also undertaken
the regulation of weights in the different
classes. and to help out matters has
paperweight ard commission weight, the
FORMER to be limited to 1O3 pounds and
the latter Ia new name for the light
heaviesl set at 10 pounds.
This is in accordance with a request
made. il is said by the ring authorities
of England and France to assist i'm COM
piIing an international scale to govern
the various divisions.
~
any movement that has its object the
establishment of worldwide standards
should be supported. Still New York
state is not the entire United States
of America. and il strikes me
that those interested in the sport
in other boxing centers of the coun-
try should have been consulted upon such
an important matter as revision of
weights before the commission submitted
the new scale TO the ring authorities of
foreign countries for approval
The most radical changes in weights in
the New York scale are made in the
smaller divisions. IT is a more difficult
task for the average bantam weight to
concede one pound TO an opponent than
for a heavyweight to give away ten
times much. Yet the local body has
widenad the breach between two of the
smallest classes by incr, asing the limit
in the featherweight class to ID and re-
ducing the bantam limit to 1l3. From
this il is evident that the commissioners
have a great deal to learn about classify
ing boxers according To weight.
Sam Langford will have to come back
home now-and to Joe Jeanette There
is no chance for Sambo to dodge the Ho-
boken coon any longer. He played the
string out I'm Australia by putting Sam
McVey away in thirteen rounds, and now
it's a case of home for the tar baby. "
McVey was a good meal ticket while he
lasted. and Langford fattened financially
ties before he put the *. o. across and
killed his mans drawing powers.
Just year ago the two Sans met fol-
the first time in Sidney and McVey wa:
awarded the decision after twenty hare
rounds. The battle had been billed fo
the championship" of the world. as I
was thought at the time that Jack John
son had quit the game for good. and whe,
the California negro was given the verde
the Australians proclaimed him champ
Az illustration Of the value a cieve
manager is to q fighter McNey's case. il