Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-12
BOXING WEIGHTS WEIGHTS
 STANDARDIZED
New York Boxing Commis- sion Specifies Weights in All Divisions and Is
 Warmly Commended
MAY BECOME NATIONAL

 York State Boxing commission is the one recently passed by that body. standardizing the weights in the var ioGs classes. Many eastern sport writers believe that these weights will be adopted nationally and viii thus eliminate the continual haggling over the weight question. Nhich comes up nearly every time two mitt artists get together to sign foJ fight. The fol lowing is what Ed Curley. the well Known sport writer. has to say re- garding the new rules:
 As a further evidence of it's inten- tion to introduce a scale Of weights that will be recognized the world over. the State Athletic commission has promulgated the following classes. with accompanying weights. which will be considered official in all clubs under it's supervision:
 Paperweight. l0S pounds: bantam weight. ll5 pounds: featherwelght. l25 pounds: lightweight. l35 pounds: welterweight, l45 pounds: middle. weight, laS pounds; commissi ion weight, 175 pounds; heavyweight, above i75 pounds
 The above figures mean ringsidc weighing, which has always been in sisted upon by the commission.
 From the many favorable responses received tu the commissions request Co other governing bodies. iT is more than probable that the above sched- ule will be universally recognized within q short time. This will mean that the annoying s4uabbie Of the past regarding the weight in each Of the classes Ayill be eliminated something for which the boxing fan will be grateful
 or the classes enumerated the only ones that will be changed and sreatly benefited are the feather and light weight. Tn the former division I22 pounds was generally demanded by those who could make that weight. Abe Attell, who held the title for years. favored l22 pounds though he never crawled ont of match an ac- count of a few extra pounds.
 Johnny Kilbaae, who wrested the crown from Attell last February, would md it difficult proposition to make 122 pounds ringside His best weights is 124, and if the coast authorities fall in line with the sched- ule it viii mean that at least ten ad- ditional promising featherweights will be in line to battle for the crown.
 In the lightweight class the extra two pounds will mean quite a change in the situation It is in this division that there may be some loud yelling Willie Ritchie. who now holds the title. claims he can make 133 pounds without any trouble. and intends to insist upon this weight in all his championship battles. II he carries out his determination it means ths shutting out of his most dangerous rivals-Packey Mcfarland. lack Brit ton and Freddie Welsh-all of whom are in the 135-Pound class.
 Ritchie Not Lacking Rivals.
 This does not mean, however. that Ritchie will want for rivals Harry Thomas, the clever English battler. postponed his trip abroad with the in tenticn of trying to get Ritchie to consent to him as his first opponent. Then Joe Rivers and Ad Wolgast will make life unpleasant for the champ ir he tries te sidestep them. The above mentioned trip all fit in the 132-pounds class, so this hens Ritchie in on both sides.
 The 115-pound limit, the official weight for bantams, freezes out many lads who tip the beam at IlS and claim to be eligible for Johnny COu- Ions crown. The latter always stipu- lated Iig pounds at the outside, and 1he 115-poUnd schedule will remove quite a few dangerous claimants from his path.
 The commission weight class will save many light heavyweights from being compelled to meet men twenty pounds heavier simply because there vas no division in which they could find refuge. The other classes have so few worthy occupants that It really makes no difference as Co the limit of weight
 Mast Be Evenly Matched.
 In addition to the announcement O. the readjGstment Of weights. the com mission made number oi additions to it's rules. One O. the most import ant was- ''No boy shall give away ten pounds in the lightweight class or under"
 This yin eliminate the spectacle oi light weight. or lightweight meeting a Welt6f. The ufsl AAst-iteA fSt- has much of a chance, especially when his opponent is just as clever. No matter how gamely he boxes, the Lest he gets is a walloping.
 The governing body will insist upon boxers and clubs drawing up con tracts. There have been quite a few eases lately O. boxers complain ing against clubs When the eomniis- sion was called upon to settle the ar gument there were no papers upon which a ruling eoaid be handed down
 The barring of the. kidney punch was inser1ed in the rules. and It was also added that any boxer who strikes while breaking will be dis- eualifed. This is a stunt practieec by a few and they managed to get ava! with t, but no more.