The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-12
DIFFERENT OPINIONS
AS TOWEIGHTCHANGE
Various Authorities Express Many Views Re-
garding Action of New York State Atnle-
tic Association in Naming New Class
ification for Boxers.
ificatlOn tor Boxes.

with A worthy contender for true
title night you'n observe he makes
the terms read ringside, and usually
at the mark he registered when he
came into possession of the honors.
can you imagine Willie Richie. who
won the lightweight crown at 1913
pounds ringside. risking his champion
snip by tackling any OF the present
crop Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. or ooys
who insist they come under that CLASH
fication. though in reality their lowest
notch might be 1875 pounds at o'clockr
Kilbane came in at l22 pounds rinsside
when he won the featherweight title,
and / insisted upon that mark. Kill
bane is now making Johnny Dundee
come in at 122 ringside for their
championship bout on the coast next
April"
"Ringside weight should be abol-
ished." chimed in Thirty, who has been
through the mill for several years.
ana says he is qualified 70 discuss this
branch of the art pugiliS;ic. I'm
dead set against the compelling OF
boxers 10 weigh in a few minutes
before the bell sends them on their
way. Any nurioer Of cases can be
cited where this sort of scaling has
been injurious to clever boys.
For instance l recall the case OF
One Round Hogan. the Frisco plum
ber-lightweight. who was starved Tor
thirty-six hours in order that he could
make the 1873 ringside prescribed by
lAh Molgast. Hogan never mad a
chance to show within so per cent OF
his true ability, he was that weah
oned."
Chance for "Classiess" Boxers.
OF course, there remains one avenue
OF hope for the CLASHES boxers.
and they will be permitted. as of yore.
10 come into the ring at catchweishts
thirty did not state at what weight
Mcfarland would meet Jack Britton
in the match arranged for these crack
Lattlers when they appear in New
York February Z
Marty Forkins. manager OF Eddls
McGoorty, the recognized middleweight
champion. said the i5S ringside notch
TO govern middlew Fights would prac-
tically shatter any claims on the title
now being made 10y Billy Papke. Nc
Goorty can make the limit says For
kins. as witness Eddie's performance
when he clashed with Mike Gibbons
In the same breath the man behind the
Oshkosh whale asserts the notch VIII
prove an utter impossibility for the
Kewanee thunderbolt.
Tom Andrews, OF Milwaukee. the
leading sporting authority of the
Middle West, had the following TO say
q bout the weight scale:
Talking of weight changes, as es-
tablished by the New York commission.
recalls to mind the light heavyweight
class. which was brought into the
%
cago, some years ago. when he hac
Jack Root TO the front. Jack was
bit too light for a heavyweight pos
sibility. so Lou established the new
class at 175 pounds and under, ana
he billed the first match for the title.
July 4. 1903, at Fort Erie. in Canada,
across from Buffalo. Gardner scored
a Knockout in the twelfth round ana
won the title, afterward losing il 10
Bob Fitzsimmons. Jack OBrlen had
a crack at it, and Tommy Burns won
it later. and. in fact. was never beat
en- for il, but since his retirement the
past year the title would naturally Soi
to Jim Flynn. the Pueblo Truman. VINO
beat all the men he met around that
weight the past year and half.
Jim has taken on weight ana
ne may not be able to get down 10
now, WHICH AScNt N"S SiNt0
open for some of the lighter men 10
battle for. The lightweight and feath-
erweight champions howl murder IL
they are asked to give away a pound
or two. 60 why should men weighing
between 165 and 175 meet fighters over
the 200 mark When Tommy Burns
fought Jack Johnson in Australia, he
weighed only 165 pounds, according TO
a statement given me by w. F. Cor
bett, the sporting authority of that
country, who weighed him the morn
ing Of the fight. AS Johnson scaled
at aIs. there was a difference OF near
" fifty pounds between the two men,
with height and reach also in favor OF
the colored man. SO Is II any wonoer
Johnson won?
Andrews for New Weights.
IF there had been a rule. such as the
New york Commission has suggested
that of barring fights between men
where one has ten pounds the better
OF the other, in classes below the u.s.
pound mark, and limiting the differ