The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-01

weight Champion OF the WORLD
written for The Evening Farmer.)
Governor Sulzer has thrown a scare
Into the promoters of professional
boxing in this state His Excelleney
threatens to ask the legislature to re-
peal the Fraw1ey law unless the char
acter of the sport is Improved to such
an extent that It does not offend the
have evidence that exhibitions FREE
puentIy descend to the level of slug
cling matches, and declares that in the
future al contests must be conducted
on a clean and scientific basis; other
wise he Will wipe the law on the stat
ute books entirely
If the Governor. viii take the trou-
BILE TO investigate the situation am
confident he will find that there is no
call for such action on his part The
statement that boxing in New York
has degenerated into brutal prize
lighting Is not supported by facts At
no time In the history of the ring has
the sport been cleaner or better con-
Quoted OF course, boxing is not ex-
sLctly q par1Or game, as the Governor
well knows. and a little Of the rough
stuf'' is bound to crop out now and
then during a contest of skill. but it is
seldom the limits of decency have
been overstepped or public m orals Of
Tended to the extent that it has been
found necessary to stop a bout
am afraid the Governor has de-
rived his Information from source
which, TO put il mildly. is too preju-
Heed to be fair in represen ting the
nor features, and which time alone
viii remedy, boxing exhibitions IN
New York have been pretty thorough
" cleansed and the objectional feat
ures practically eliminated.
T-<5<e T11<7 --s+1.
caI critics as result of his failure
to stop Freddie Hicks at local club
last week a boxer of reputation has
his work cut out to please everybody.
If he fails to put over the tx. o. punch
on 3 less clever opponent. the Tex
perts'' accuse him Of not trying. And
II he does land the wallop, the 'sre-
formers hoIIer about the brutality of
the sport
But McGoorty did not show the
form expected IN a boxer who Claims
the mfdd1e-wefght championship.
Either Eddie neglected his training or
the Iay-on of several months slowed
him mp a great deal for his perfor-
nance was not impressive. At that
Hicks is tough proposition for a
clever boxer to handle. He generally
manages to stick the limit with the
best of them He appeared content
to cover up and let McGoorty do the
zghting, and I suppose it was because
he did not care to take unnecessary
risks of breaking a hand on Hicks
head or elbows that HIcGoorty did not
force matters more.
PhiladeIphia Jack O'Brien claims
afcGoorty has refused to box his pro-
Lege. Jack MeCarron. at the middle
weight limit of 15S pounds ringside
which. according to the Ioouacfous
gent from the Quaker City, eIimin-
ates Edward from the contest for the
title 1t is my own opinion that Ed
dies days for 158 ringside are over.
Tha the can not do himself justice
at the weight was demonstrated in the
ten round go with Mike Gibbons last
December doubt if McGoorty
would make a credftaB1e show ing
with q rugged hgheer such as Frank
Klaus or Jack Dillon at the mid
limit. At 1872, which is
about his mark, it might be a differ
ent story
Speaking OF eontenders for the mid
championship, am told
that sailor Burke is again in the
field The sailor don't weigh an
ounce over 1S0- The last time I saw
Burke he was on the receiving end in
mill with Bob Mona L thought
The licking he assimilated that night
had taken all the fighting ambition out
Of him. but here he is back again.
: dub And how he could ttdog'' it
when ND against a good man.
Dan McKettrick. manager of Joe |
Jeanette. is now in France endeav- |
oring I understand, to have his box
p substituted for All Palzer in the |
proposed heavyweight championship |
with Jack johnson next June. A let |
ter from Al Lippe, the American man |
sger associated with the French. pro- |
motors. states there IS not the slight
st chance for Jeanette, and that |
sHcKettrickes errand will prove fruit |
ess-
Whatever else may be said of john |
son he is not in the boob class in a |
business way To expect him to con-
BeRt TO the substitution of the exper- |
enced and dangerous Jeannette for
oven q thought by those who know
ne champion and his methods.
Even should the financial induce
nenfs be greater it is doubtful if
Johnson would consent to box Jean
lette- It must be remembered that
he has been out of the ring for a
ong time, II we may except that lit
nerY and IL remains to be seen if ne
efains his former ability. At any
ate there is no danger of his taking +
n Jeanette when he can command
goo for a bout with novice.
If liberal amount of advertising is
Iscessary to the financial success of a
'oxing match the meeting between
'acley Mcfarland and Jack Britton
-i6s fair to establish a record. That
$. II 1t ever takes place We were
ct to believe that everything had
zen settled and that the contest
FouId be held at Madison Square Gar
EN- on the night of February Z, but
appears that announcement was
rife premature.
Three clubs are now trying to land
he match. The Forty-Fourth Street
iub VIII guarantee Packey 81, 900s the
-----1-@ A. C. offers the same induce