The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-27
ROXIlNG NOTES

The acuuitte1 of Jess Willard on a charge of prize fighting in, Los Am <eEes shows plainly that chs people. all over the country are becoming more 1snient towards the boza :aa ilg la game than hsrstofore. in fact. they azs talxs ing a broader and saner view of the sport There is no; reason why the boxing game should not De placed on as high a plane as many ozf the other strenuous sports and the aend seems to be- that vzzv-z Vftsfs bos<l11g laws adopted in many of the stake9.as the outlook for the sport is very encotr- that fatalities wil1 occur occasionalI Iy, b11ts nos in such npn ers sas other sports EssEh aa b4sefaa1, afr etbaal aax1s ! tomobi1lng and aeroplaning Where one death occurs in the roped arena, it is safe to say that dozens occur in
 The san3e a4tItu es shown in the case of EV1lIaTd as recently adopted by e Jury "a sipadlar eaise in land In this case young man, prac- t1caIJ5 boy, had been killed. not in| 8 regular boxing tournament. but a E .1sl e jj5i y ever FatRsned averdict of Death by 1nisad 4e nture's and at t14e same time expressed the opinion that the con test had been conductedi fairly. with no anznostty shown on eithe CT side and t5 stla q c6z5<tsas5ttslllff- 's E
 Jack GeyeF, the Denver heavy- weight who has been hglaing in and out for the past year or two has been going along at a much beff er pace the last few months and there are many of the Buffa1o fans. where he has been making his headqus rters, who believe that he is ripe to send against. Gunboat srniEh for big contest Geyer points the fact that he z<z1ocAea out GunIboat Szadfh in nine self entdf1ed to a match with the Gun Boat man for the white title Geyerss latest achievement in the ring, was to put One-Rouhd D avis to sleep in just about one minute He has also battled aEafnst some Of the best of the present of his showing the past few months, there Is no reason Bhy Srnith should tty to pass him up- It is very prob- able that the two will be broug1lt to- Eether in the east in the near future and then Mr. Gunboaa Smith will have an opportunity to wipe out the defeat at the hands Of Geyer over a. year ago.
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 Willie Rifchie. the Hgfatweight champion. who is either very un- fortunate boy when it corleSf to ar ranging title matches, or a very tricky one came out with the suggestion the other day that all lighters who cFlal lenged for a title should be compelled Co gzEskR zzEat<et sont tk h which they. would agree to defend the title in case they won It. Instead Of taking it away and hiding it for an inde-s finite period. WEalae suggests that if a chaIlenger wins the char pfonships he shall De compelled to fight in defense of the same at least every six months and that failing to do so. the title eha1E pass to the one who is consider ed as the most Iegitimate challenger ins order Another SlsgEFs ton Is that. every chaLnpionship fight sh ouId be awarded to the promoter making the highest bid The above suggestions by the ehasnp pfon a.re all vefy we'll and would fit in very nicely if they were lived up t6 bY nfuan oters and boxers. but it is a hard naa;tter to find any of them who live up to the rules sa1g- gested AbotzE he only wazfs to bring about such a. state of aff airs will be to form national assoeiatien with. absolute control oyer all chanpion- ship contests on the same lines that the American Athletic Union controls athletics in this country. AZ national organization for boxing is badly need- ed and 1t is too bad that one does not exist here, that it could be affiliated
 with the leading organizations in Eng land, France and Australia.