El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-27

n n ILWAUKEE Wis, Jan. 27.-The
MI acquittaI OF Jess Willard on a
charge of prize fighting in Los
Angeles, shows plainly that the people
all over the country are becoming more
1enient towards the boxing game than
heretofore; in fact they are taking a
broader and saner view of the sport.
There is no reason VIII the boxing
game should not be placed on as high
a plane as many OF the other strenuous
sports and the trend seems to be that
way With boxing laws adopted in
many Of the states, the outlook for the
sport IS very encouraging 1t is only
natural to expect that fatalities viii oc-
CuI occasl onally. but not in such num-
Ders as other sports. such as baseball,
football automObiling and aeroplaning.
Where one death occurs in the rOped
arena, 1T is safe to say that dozens
occur In the other sports
The same attitude shown in the case
OF willard was recently adopted by
jury in similar case in England. In
this case q young man. practically a
boy, had been killed-not in a regular
boxing tournament but in q friendly
contest which had a fatal termination.
me jury, however, returned a verdict
OF death by mlSa1Venture" and at the
same time expressed the opinion that
the contest had been conducted fairly
with no animosity shown on either side,
and therefore no blame should be at
tached to the contestant
Jack Geyer, the Denver heavyweight !
who has been fighting in and out for
the past year or two, has been going I
along at a much better pace the last (
Few months and there are many Buff :
1alo rams who believe that he is ripe to I
send against Gunboat Smith in nine 4
ROUNDS and therefore considers himself /
emitted to match with the GunbOat 1
man for the white title. Geyer's latest
acnievement in the ring as to put one
tound Davis to sleep in Just about one
minute He has also battled AGAINST I
some OF the best of the present day
neaRy weights. On the strength of his T.
showing the past Few months. there is
no reason why Smith should try to pass
MIN up. 1t IS very probable that the |
Two VIII be brought together in the
east In the near future and then
Gunboat Smith viii have an opportI1-
nifty TO wipe out the defeat at the hands
OF Geyer over year ago
suggests Boxing Association
Willie Richie. the lightweight cham !
pion, who is either a very unfortunafe
boy when II comes to arranging title
matches or very tricky, came out with
a suggestion the other day that all
IighIers VINO challenged for a title
should be compelled to give a written
contract in which they would agree 10
deIend the title in case they won it. in
sleau or taking it away and hiding if
Tor an indefinite period. Willie sug-
gests that if a challenger wins the
championship, ne shall be compelled to
IgnJ IN defence OF the same at least /
every six months. and that falling TO s
90 so, the title shall pass to the one
VINO is considered as the most legiti-
mate challenger in order Another s11er-
yest1on is that every chamDfOnsbiD /
1ght should be awarded to the promo
ter making the hivhest bid. The above /
suggestions by the champion are all
very well and would fit in very nicely ,
T Iney were lived uD to by promoters
ana boxers but 1t would be a hard mat 5
er 10 IND any who would live up to