Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09

all referees in this state and appoint
only men of known qualifications in the
future the boxing commission has taken
step in the right direction. The pro-
posed plan calls for the assignment of
referees by the commission along the
lines adopted by the base ball authorities
in detailing umpires to the various
games. The present system, which per
mitS promoters to select their own ref
erees. is far from satisfactory, and the
new scheme will so a long way toward
preventing possible Understandings" be-
tween club owners and arbiters. If the
commissioners will go a bit further and
instruct the referees to compel strict OBJ
viii earn the thanks of all lovers of
clean sport. Also a revocation of the
rule prohibiting decisions would strike
the popular chord.
The middleweight title question is still
a matter of conjecture. Instead OF clear
ing up the situation is becoming more
complex, and added starters are climb
ing into the picture right along. Over in
Buffalo the other evening Willie KNOCK
out Brennan. who heretofore has not
been classed with the title chasers. sue
ceeded in OutpOintng Phila delphia Jack
OBrien's fifty-thOusanddOlar beauty.
Jack McCarrOn. PHILADELPHIA Jack had
accused Eddie McGooriy of side-stepping
his boy. and intimated that fear OF a
beating was the cause of McGOortys dis
inclination to do business. Apparently
Eddie missed good thing through ienor-
ing McCarron'S oVertureS for battle.
Young Joe Shugrue the Jersey light
weight. will have to be reckOned with by
the leaders of that division in the future.
This younSster is a recent graduate from
the feathers and one of the first joos
asked OF him i'll the lightweight division
was to go ten rounds with Leach Cross.
Shusrue surprised everybody. includin z
his friends, by outpointing Leach by a
wide margin.
OF the many local or nearby light
weights sprung the fans during the
year and a half that boxing has been I'M
der state control young Shugrue looks
the best. He is cleverer than the Ord-
nary boxer and one of the busiest little
chaps when on the job that I've ever
seen. He looks a slayer, too At the
finish of the Cross bout he was lively
and clipper, while Leach. on the other
hand. showed signs of distress
Shugrue hiked over to Youngstown,
Ohio. few days later and beat Phil
Brock. the Cleveland scrapper. If I'm
not mistaken the boy has the markings
of high class boxer. and while possibly
not yet equal to the task of beating
champions he has plenty of time ahead to
learn and improve. A match between
lightweight. who has been coming along
very fast. should make an interesting
set-tO and give the fans a line on the
championship possibilities Of the boys.
Another boxer VINO turned out a real
surprise party is one Teddy Hubbs of
Pittsburgh. who boxed George Kirkwo God
at the Sharkey Athletic Club last week.
kirkwOOd has been locally regarded as
little short of the top notch. and the easy
manner in which Hubs outponted him
stamped the Pittsburgher as one of the
very best feathers in the country
Hubbs may be offered a match with
Johnny Kilbane. although the latter came
in for the usual panning by local critics
because he failed to stop Young Driscoll,
a local boxer. the other evening. But as
Johnny proved that he can still draw the
shekels TO the box Office in large gobs.
and as that's what promoters are after
] imagine the club owners. will not allow
the adverse criticisms of Johnny's skill
to interfere with their plans for the
champions occasional appearance in local
rings