The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-25
BOXING NOTES

1s California to fall in line with oth- Ter states in the union and adopt the brom mn1ission plan of boxing
 I For the past year or more thers
 has been considerable opposition to E4he boxing game in California, prin- lrtnally on account of the long dist lnnca contests Effofts have been made to repeal the present law and in lsorne instances the game has had a livery narrow escape from being wiped Ipff 4ae boards NOW some of the box ling promoters and other people inter tested in the boxing game on the coast have come to the conclusion that It kyyo111d be better if for all concerned Esf California would adopt the ecoIn- omission plan, the same as Wisconsin hand New York Senator Lyons of the
 9olden Gate has been making some kpre1fy strong arguments of late in ERay0r of the connision plan and the k9ndfcaftoT7B are that in the near fut- lure an amended bi1f will be intro tduced calling for the new innovation Int is intended to try and keep the Ebouts limited to 20 rounds. Other fea- hures of 4he bill is a 5 per. cent. tax Efor the State all clubs to be licensed, land the promoters must be residents Esof the state for at least two years; in Efact it is proposed to pattern the Cal Eifornia law after the Wisconsin law, bexcept as to me length of the bouts. It would probably be a good thing Af: the boxing game in California Eadopts the new commission plan and sthe chances are that more states Will Hollow sslit. The great success of the FrWisconsin law has set promoters all over the country to thinking and it will not be GuEprising to ind the number Of states greBt1y increased sbefore another two years have passed Kaf1e commission plan.
 afllburn saylor, the Tndianapohs E1fghweight, got back in the game in kIAustralfa, last week in great shape kafter a 1ay-on of over month on Eaccount of Illness Saylor made his kcorne- back against one of the toughets l1ightweights in the game-Young Joe fShugrue of New York--winning de
 cisively on points in a twenty round Ebatt1e in Snowy Bakers Stadium, tSydney. The contest took place last tSaturday night before a crowd of over k15,O0O people. A cable from the Stad- SayIor had won, while Ray Bronson 1.-the manager of the Indiana polls boy tScabIed that: 86ilburn won decisivez l 1y. Shugrue has been going along fhavIng defeated some of the best kboys and he was looked upon as the lone to stop the progress of Young ESayIor. However, from reports receiv- led, the Hoosier champion turned the I tables on the New Yorker. SayIor. has lnaQ B I1IASIs FREDERICKSBURG car ger the I past year or two. he fought Freddie EWelsh, the present champion of the world, at Winnipeg before he left for | JAustra1ia and the result was a mix i up. Some of the fans claim ed SayIor I knocked Welsh out with q body blow while others claimed that Welsh had l been fou1ed. The referee called, it a foul and. afterwards stated he was t sure it was not Intentional However ! both SayIor and his manager, was t strenuous in their denials of foul and 4 claimed 1t was a real Knockout. After going to Australia Saylor made a hit Ekby knocking out Hughie Aehegan. the
 Australian champion Herb Mccoy l ohers-tsn in aH-and his defeaed o1 l Shugrue added more fame to his ring E doingE He will sail with his manager ] Ray Bronson, for home around the l first of next month and will stop al San Francisco and Los Angles in ar I effort to land a match with Wflffe
 Rdtch1e. Joe Rivers, Leach Cross
 Charlie White. or in fact, any light
 weight.