The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-25
BOXING GROWS IN
FAVOR, SAYS EXPERT.
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awarded co the prOmoleI "ahihk eno
highest bid.
The above suggestions by the cham
pion are all very well and would fit IN
vory nicely If they were lived up to by
promoters and boxers, but IL is hard
matter to find any of them who lie up
TO the rules suggested. Abont the only
way to bring about such state of at
citation with absolute control over all
championship contests on the same lines
that The American Athletic union cou,
trolls athletics in this country. ma
tional organization for boxing is badly
needed and ii is too bad that one does
not exist here, as IL could be affiliated
with the leading organizations in Eng
land, France and Australia.
Referees Are Lax.
II is about time that some OF the ref
erees about the country. not only in the
middle west but also in the east, Sc
verely reprimapded boxers for fouls
committed In the ring. which are usual
" classed as unintentional. During the
past month or two there have been sew
eral boxers quito badly injured by being
fouled in contest and the claim has
always been raised that the foul blow
was an accidental one This may be
true and we hope it is, but at the same
time il the referees were more severe
with the boxers, it would put stop to
the practice and benefit the game IN
more ways than one.
There are some boxers who have a
habit of hitting low whenever they are
hard pressed. They may do this with
the intention Of trying to get in solar
plexus blow, but in their anxiety TO do
SO, they are not so careful as they might
be, and as a result fouls are frequently
committed this way. If boxer were
warned at the first attempt OF such
work and disqualified on a repetition,
he would probably be more careful In
the future.
IT is up to the referees TO see that
the rules arc more strictly enforced re-
garding fonls, not only to protect the
clubs, hut also To protect the boxers
themselves, from being seriously in
iured. A foul fighter has no business
in the ring and wherever one ia caught
doing anything of that kind intention
However, there are few boxers who
would do anything of that kind delib-
erately, but at the same time by being
permitted to "get away with very
close work, they become careless and
therefore are moro likely to commit
fouls.
Another for Frenchman.
The French light heavyweight cham
pion, Georges Carpenter, scored an
other victory this week in Fkance when
he knocked out Pat O'Keefe, the Irish
ndddleweight champion, in two rounds
O'Reefe had been putting up some
very good contests both IN Paris and
London, and, while everyone over there
expected Carpenter to win, they fig
ured that O'Keefe would at least go
ten rounds with him. However, the
French boy did not wait, but hurried
stopped Bombardier Wells in one
round. It is very likely that Oarpen-
tier will now be matched with Bands
man Blake, the English middleweight,
who has been making quite good
showing the past few months. If they
meet, the chances are that Blake g
manager will discover that he has made
serious mistake, for he cannot hope
to give away weight to husky young
stcr like Carpenter.
The French champion has been
handled very cleverly Of late, for his
manager has been careful not to select
the hardest kind Of game to put him
against. AT that, the boy has been
showing wonderful form and Is deBerv-
ing Of great credit for his climb to the
top. He accepted an offer from
Snowy Baker to go TO Australia 9
few weeks ago, but changed his mind
and accepted three matches In Europe.
Tt is possible that he may yet decide
to make the Australian trip.
Gibbons and Mcfarland.
Now that Packey MeTarland and
Mike Gibbons have decided to meet at
weight which Is near the welter.
L CHI 1syv1s< - 1G x.noait-JA %ha% nd
est may be stirred up again In this divi.
sion. The American welterweight lin.
it has been fixed at 142 pounds at 9
o CLOCK, or 145 pounds rlngside, for q
long time However, the European
weight and the Australian weight are
lat pounds and this discrepancy pre-
vents an international contest for the
title unless one side or the other gives
in. # Is only one more case wherein
needed.
| While Gibbons and Mcfarland an
nouneed this as welterweight contest
l"Kid" Graves, the Philadelphia boy
is out with challenge to both Gibbons
and Mcfarland for a battle at 145 ring
side, the distances to be twenty rounds
and the winner to be declared welter
give his opponent a side bet Of $1,000
The "Kido ts not trying to work {;
bluff, but is In earnest, and, judginj
from bis record the past year, he Il
certainly entitled to meet any c1aiman
to match for the title. Graves ant
the winner of the Mcfarland Gbbon
contest would make an attractive care
for any club.
Old Rivals Meet.
It is nearly thirty years ago, or, Il
be correct, twenty-sevep years sine
Jack McAuliffe and Jem Carney, tn
British, lightweight champion, Tough
! their famous seventy-four-round draI
! at Revere Beach, Mass, Neither O
! these famous Hghtweights had eve
spoken a word to each other from tha
time until few weeks ago when Nc
Auliffe WIS playing at the music hall
in London. Dick Burge, the old Eng
,, lish lightweight got the two forms
! champions together and had ther
shake hands, forgetting the past, an
Il to cap the climax, he arranged a three
round exhibition between them, eivin
| the fans show Of the old Style boz
ing
It was always claimed by Carney
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