The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-12

Sew York, January 1.-THE new
scale Of boxing weights. as adopteo
by the New York State Athletic Com
mission and published few days ago
has accustomed considerable comment
throughout boxing circles. Not only
In this state. beyond which the Juris'
aietiou OF the commission ceases pu'
in fSr-off California have the ne"
weights been discussed, and opinion Is
,nuch divided as TO their merits No
less prominent person than Tom NC
Carey. the Los Angeles boxing pro
,noter. has come out strongly against
the proposed changes, and on the olhvI
hand. Johnny Coulon, the bantam
weight tile holder. has declared hlih-
self strongly in favor OF them. ADO
Attell. featherweight champion lof
many years. takes the view that chahi-
pions viii always be the sole dlct@-
tors when II comes 10 naming the
weights at which a championship pat
tie should be fought.
According 70 advices from Chicago.
the new scale OF weights is highly
approved ~ the boxing experts OF
that city. Al the present time move
Tnent is on foot 10 introduce ooN-
ing law IN the Illinois Legislature
on the same general lines OF the fraw-
ley law. and il is thought that the
sneoial rules OF the New York Boxing
Commission. including the weights
will be adopted there Similar condis
tons prevail in many other states, ana
indications point TO a general revival
Of boxing where II is now prohibited
The Frawley law and its special pro
visions. being ,tne forerunner in this
regard. VIII naturally be followed
That the New York Boxing COM
mission is no. capable Of drawing up
g set Of weights is the opinion put
forth by Tom McCarey. fight promoter
al Vernon, who has had years OF eN-
rerience. He figures that the weights
set BY the New Workers will not hold
good outside OF New York state. Nc
Carey also said that Conroth. OF san
Francisco. and himself had been In
vited 10 participate in the setting OF
weights. but that he refused to zoe a
party 10 the change
Would Hurt kflbnne.
why should the featherweight
limit be raised from 122 to l25 pounds"
argues McCanrey. THAT would do
Johnny Knbane out of his title t
would not be fair TO him. 1t is said
that the new set of weights would DO
away with the arguing over p9undaSe.
The only weight over which there has
been any kicking is the lightweight
Putting that up 10 1875 pounds would
NOT change matters. The same DICK
ering would come up as before.
In the past ten years there has
been only one trouble about weight.
That was about nine years ago. when
Terry McCovern and Young Coroett
fought at IFS pounds for the bantam
title No matter who sets certain
weights. the champion always VIII dc
trte terms. I believe that the weights
as they now are recognized IN TINS
country should stand
.-rbe big argument put forward by
advocates OF the new measure is that
-hev will correspond to those of the
National Sporting Club of London ana
the clubs in France Let them cOlhe
around 10 Americas way of thinking
s.The new scale is directly in Keep
:ng with "A set suggested by my lather
several months before his death' saiu'
rohnnv CouIon. bantam weight cham
lion Of the world, in discussing the
changes. Father long insisted that
the classes should range from 1Vo
(lyweight) upward. lie urged the
adoption of lis pounds as the les1ti-
mate bantamweight, 125 for featner-
weight, 1875 for lightweight. 40 tof
welterweigh 1875 for middleweight'
Is5 for light-heavyweights and so on.
I note. however. that the New HoTk
commissioners have incorporated
paperwe!ght division at los pounds
nut there's a scarcity OF boys VINO can
battle in this class
Commission Can't Get Weights.
ut makes no difference what limits
are laid down by the Boxing Commits
sioners OF New York" said Abe At
tel ex-champion featherweisht, dis
cussing the new rules with Emu
Thirty. manager Of Packey McFarland-
cot course there IL some possibility
OF the fsvised .-scale becoming UNI
versal but" It doesn't lie within the
power OF any commission 10 declare
the limit al which champion must
scale when defending his title.
We frequently hear Of champions
taking on good boys in short-distance
bouts without insisting upon the class
Ir- time A champion Sl-lS