The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-01

teerS was little short of astonishing. Men who had never seen a boxing glove, but who could boast several hundred pounds of beef to their bones and more than average strength in their muscles, were iInbued with the idea that they were the ones best fit ted by nature to lick the negro What became of that vast army of would be fighters is a question. Of the en- tire crop only Carl Morris remains, and he has made good to a certain extent.
 Recent developments in the ring have convinced the public, however, that it takes more than bulk to make a successful pugilist. Many men blessed with marvellous physical ad- vantages have been tried and found wanting.l There is an old saying of the ring that a good big man can always lick a good little man, but it is equally true that a good little man can best bad big man. We have seen this illustrated in local rings ire quently during the past year. The spectacle of t'Gunboat'' Smith, for in stance. lamming men outweighing him by forty or fifty pounds all around the ring is sight tending to put bulk at a discount
 It is rumored the Boxing Com missioners are 4o take up the question of decisions by referees at their next meeting. It is high time. If the members of that board have the, best interest of the sport at heart, and I believe they have, a resolution in fa- vor of decisions will be forthcoming without unnecessary delay.
 Decisions will please everybody in terested-public, promoters and box CTS. Until such time as decisions are given by experienced and capable ref erees there is bound to be disSatisfac- lion al around AS if is now the Sa- lection of winners and losers rests with the newspaper men, and some of those gentlemen have had exper- fence in the game outside of covering occasional bouts for their papers. A man who has followed boxing in one capacity or another for years may at tend a boxing match in which to his experienced eye one of the contestants is an easy winner on points. Imagine his surprise when he picks up. the paper the next day to learn that, ac- cording to the Judgment of some youngster of exceedingly limited ex- perience in towering bouts, and no. practical experience at all, the other man is the winner
 am not trying to knock the news paper men at aIl They are my very eood friends in most cases. Quite a few of the local press-men know the game thoroughly and seldom make mistakes when it comes to judging cOnfeStS-and the cubs are JprObab- ly doing the best they can all the time But in this big city where there are a score or more boxing clubs in full blast some other method of passing Judgment on bouts is absolutely inn peratfve, and the only solution lies in clothing the regularly appointed ref erees with authority to render decis- ions.
 Willie Ritchie and Leach Cross will not meet for several weeks. The To- cal mans excuse for asking the post ponement. from the original date is that he injured his side while train ing, and as 9 physicians examination corroborated the story it was grant ed. It was rumored at first that the yellow of which Cross has fre- quently been accused of possessing to a liberal degree had come to the sur face, but I think it is doing the boy an injustice to circulate that story When they do come together Leach will be given an opportunity to prove his gameness for I think in Ritchie he will be facing the best man, bar Mcfarland, he has ever had the gloves on with. Cross will have to do his very best or take a good beat ing He might have to take the beating in any case.
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