El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-09
A CAREFUL estimate Of the box

CAREFUL estimate Of the box
"A ing bouts held throughout
L y the United States during the
year 1912 places the number above
5000, which means that over $4,000
young men participated in these
matches. OF course a great many OF
the bouts were contested IN Dy tne
leading men in the various classes, Dut
it is safe to say that over lUUO proIes-
siOnal boxers were performing during
the year and that over 5000 young men
were enga glng IN the sport elineI LC5 I
amusement or as a business VI al
the boxing matches held there We're
very few accidents recorded; IN Iact
there have not been more than Two
OF three accidents OF any serious ne-
ture, which shows that the sport IS
not nearly as rough as several oIhef
The Iegaiizing Of the game in New
York state has done much to win over
some of the people who always OPP
posed the sport simply because Ihey
did not know better. 1t has also done
much to create a more favorable Ieel-
ing toward the sport By the auLnoII55
ties themselves, for it has been proved
that where the boxing game IS con-
trOled by the officers OF the law there
is not nearly so much trouble as Otn-
erWiSe, for somehow the men inter-
ested in the sport find a way to hold
bouts. whether according TO law OF not
And practically all the accidents tnaL
have occurred have been the result OF
poorly arranged rings, etc, where the
Contestants have had hard floors to
box on instead of properly padded
rings. You might add another 5000 box
ing matches to the list, bouts that
have been held in England during the
year, another 1000 in France, ana an
other 1000 to 5000 in Tar away aus
tralia and YOU have a total of 10000
contests during u months with put
few accidents, there having been one
fatal termination OF a contest IN
France and one in Australia, one the
result of a poorly padded ring and the
other on account Of improper medical
examination. the boxer having Dee1
suffering from brain trouble and
would have been just as liable TO have
expired from any kind of exeruon.
II these refOrmerS would only use
their time in trying to put the sport
on good sound basis they would &C
cOmplish some good They VIII never
succeed in stopping the sport, they
might as well try to kill baseball. Have
the boxing game legalized and put IN
der control of responsible commissions
and there will be no need Of this con-
tinual agitation against It
Jack (Twin) sullivan, one Of the
cIeverest of the middIeWeights for the
past dozen years the ring has had, IS
through with the game. For over 10
years Jack has been meeting all com
ers about the country, but when ne
tried to go the route with One Round
Davis at Buffalo, n Y he found that
the stamin1 was no longer Win MN
and that the younger man was ms
&
battle successfully against the young
heavyweight, but try as he would n
found that he was mot there" After
being roughed and WOrsted for three
rounds his seconds threw the towel
into the ring to save him the hum1l1a-
ton of a knockout, and il was all
over with Jack, as far as more ring
glory is concerned. With the passing
Of Jack it is probable that his brother
Mike, also one of the clever ring gen.
erals Of the past dozen years, will also
Quit the game; in fact, Mike has been
thinking seriously OF retiring for the
past year, although ne has intimated
a desire to meet Mike Gibbons for
the $50 pound hOnors- With Jac@
however. 1t is all off now, unless he
should give occasional exhibitions
Jack was very much like Joe Choyn-
ski that is being unfortunate to be
in a class too heavy for the middle
weights and too light for the heavy
feights. He could make 15S pounds at
one time, but Of late years he pre-
ferred the-162 pound mark, but he was
always meeting men in the heavy
weight division, as his battles with
Tommy Burns, Jim Flynn BIZ SquireS,
Tony Ross, Jim Stewart, POrky Flynn
and Joe Jeanette viii attest. He
started fighting in 1898 and has had
over 140 battles since that time, many
Of them over the 20 round route. He
met all the good men Of that period
and his cleverness always carried him
along in good shape. He suffered four
knockOuts in his long career, two by
inferior boxers and one each by Phila-