Evening journal., 1913-10-31

MiddleNeight ..- lpu 10
Light-Heayywoi 11o ll1 /
heavyweight All over lI5 All over li9
II will be seen by glancing at these |
two scales that there is little or 20 |
difference between the foreign and the |
American scales. The foreign call the ]
naperveight the hyweigbt. and allow
5oxers 10 compete in that division up /
to l12 pounds. The Americans limit IL /
10 los. The American scale calls (
for three pounds less than the foreign /
In tho bantamweigbt class. In the !
featherweight division the American /
scale is one pound under the foreign
In the lightweight division both adopt
f35 mounds, In the welterWeight the
American scale Is two pounds less
than the foreign. and the same thing
applies i'm the middleweight division.
The weights are uniform in America
and in Europe in the lisht-heavy-
weight class and I'm the heavyweight
division. s
After settling the matter of pound
,0o In each division the commission
nc,t week will take up the mater
,rhou the competitors for champ
ionship bout must make weight IN
t,nsland it IS the rule Tor All com
naIlors in such contests 10 max
Weight ~ , y. NJ, on the oay OF the
cont This means that the hentets
make The weight in England eisnl
hours before the bout takes place. IN
the interval between the time NV.
weights arc made and the contest
takes place the boxers arc anorded
nlcnty of time ia which 10 take on
additional weight.
lie state Athletic Commission con-
slider ihc English rule provides too many
hou-s between the time the weights are
made and the contest takes place. They
win suggest that the weights Tor d
championehip bout be made not less
than five hours before the men step into
the rira and not more than that speci
fed number OF hours This suggestion
If adopted by the international Boxing
Union will have no bearing on the com
missions rule providing that all weights
for contests in the state must be mad'
Al tho rins-side. irrespective of th'
Weights made five hours previously.
one Of the interesting items in Brey
ers letter was his reply to query o
ihc commission. asking who mthc Fed
Grafton of French Boxing Clubs regar'
a. The champions OF the world in thoi
respective divisions. Breycr's reply wa
as follows:
Flywciqht-Abeysnce Zone man fror
each country to take part in an eliDlino
ton contest to decide the champion
shipl
Bantamweight-Joh Ceulon.
Fcatherueght johnny Kilbahe
Iightweight-Wil Ritchie.
Weltcrweight--Abe Zone ma
from each country 20 take part in q
elimination contest 10 decide the cham
pionshipl.
Middleweight-Fra Klaus.
Light heaYyweight-Ss l.angford.
Heavyweight Abeyance. tro be COZ
tested between Sam Longford and Jo
Jeanette
Tie big thing in the naming Of III
chcmpions bv the French Federation {
Boxing Clubs is the failure 10 rccoS
nzc Jack Johnson as the holder of II
title Rreyer implies in his letter ths
Johnson is ont OF the running and ear
not longer be considered in tho light ,
the champion It would seem from tn
that wherever boxing is held under u
sanction OF tho Federation of Boxir
Clubs of Franco that johnson will NJ
be permitted 20 take part in any boz
for the title. As all boxing clubs
America and England arc closed
johnson he not box for the it'll
save in Switzerland, Belgium and Au
tralia
When Brcy sent his letter Frar
Klaus hnd not been knocked ont !
George Chip. Klaus, by deieatiI
Georges Carpenter, the French chau
pon. and Billy papllc, the claimant 4
iie title. h9a-won two hattles in Fran
and the middeweight chanpionshi
Chin. by knocking oiit Klaus. automa
cally won the middleweieht t.tlc.
During the session of the commissi,
Yesterday q liccnsc was granted to Il
Iwyfcrd Athletics Club which win ho
quarters ut the old Brooklyn \. c..
siyty-iiith street and Third avenue. n
International Club Of Buffalo return
T. license.