The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-07
MCARTY DECIDED THE
RING WAS THE PLACE
TO GET EXPERIENCE
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be expected from a collaboration pr
two men directly opposite in their
views of how boxing should be con.
Quoted. and outside of a minor detali
here and there the latest pattern IN
ring regulations can hardly be term
/ ed an Improvement on h old.
Commissi ,ner O'Neil, to give n &
gentleman credit due. realizes y
professional boxing is not a parlor
game and want to govern the sport
accordingly. Major Dixon. his asso-
a., ciate. is apparently iniluent Q, very
much by his experience in amateur
| sport with which he has long been
identified.
There ere several paragraphs OUT
.:ning the durics of the referee. but
after reading them through carefully,
Que wonders why a referee 1t Ill. Tho
Job calls for nothing in the way OF
knowledge of boxing or experience III
any capacity with the sport. y clerk
from a ribbon counter who had never
witnessed a bout could perform the
duties assigned to the third ma Ill
tic ring.
The rules tie q referees hand so
| efectually that he scarcely has o
authority than the average spectator.
1. fact, as l understand the new code.
| his discretionary powers and ring au-
thority are confined to h privilege
of stopping a bout should 1t become
SO one-sided that 1t Is obvious to ev-
erybody present. He is not even al
lowed to disqualify a foul fighter.
There is not a line to govern his ac-
| lions in such a contingency. And as
for giving decisions. perish the
thought. That would be playing right
into the hands of h horrid gamblers
| o~H too torrthlo to nptomnlafA
would like to see three red-blood-
| ed men on the athletic commission. A
new governor is now On the Job. /
hope he feels the same way about 1t,
too, and I have reasons to believe he
does.
The commission has also undertake
en- the regulation of weights in the
different classes and to help out mat
tiers has created two new divisions or
classes-paperweight and commission
weight. the former to be limited to
name for the light heavies) set at ITS
pounds.
This is in accordance with a re-
quest made. 1t is said. by the ring au-
| thorities of England and France to
assist in compiling an international
scale to govern the various divisions.
It is a step In the right direction,
and n movement that has as Its OBJ
ject the establishment Of worldwide
standard should be supported. Still
New York state is not the entire Y
s. A.. and it strikes me that those in.
terested in the sport In other boxing
centers Of the country should have
been consulted upon such an import
ant matter as revision Of weights be-
fore the commission submitted the
new scale to the ring authorities of
foreign countries for approval.
The most radical changes in weights
in the New York scale are made in
the smaller divisions. 1t is a more
difficult task for the average bantam
weight to concede one pound to an
opponent than for a heavyweight to
give away ten lines as much. Yet
the local body has widened the breach
between the two smallest classes by
increasing the limit In the feather
weight class to 1875 and reducing the
bantamwcight limit to IFS. From this
1t Is evident that the commissioner:
have a great deal to learn about elias
styling boxers according to weight.
Sam Langford will have to come
back home now-and to Joe jeanette.
There is no chance to dodge the Ho.
bokon Coon any longer. He played
LII string out in Australia by putin
F, Sam McVey away in thirteen rounds.