The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-22
LAWS OF STATE AND
A. A. U. DISREGARDED
BOYS Club Stages Professional
Boxing without License and
Rings in Il Battle Royal.
SIT MPF ACTS AS REFEREE
Head Of Registration Committee
Helps Break Amateur Rules
h. y. Brown Star of show.

laws If the State Of New York as we'll
q. nf the Amateur Athletic Union were
dsfee irdod at the wrestling tournament
of the Boys club held on Tuesday night.
III, NV York State Athletic Commission
vii Ipok to the \. \. L. to set the matter
right while the latter body has no less
a person to hold responsible than J. "
Stumpf the chairman of the registration
committee of the Metropolitan Association.
II the Boys club were looking for
trouble, the management scarcely could
have gone further than it did. In the frs,
place 10 violated the state law by holding
boxing bouts without a license from the
state. Even If a license had been pre-
cured the rules of the commission still
would have been broken by the holding of
a battle royal To complete the arraign.
mont the \. \. T.. does not sanction the
meeting of amateurs where professionals
compete or exhibit. much less the elevating
spectacle of battle royal
Frank :. UNcil. chairman of the state
Athlete Commission. said yesterday that
tn Boys club had no license to hold
BOXING bouts and that an explanation
would be asked from the \. \. L. a. to
why this club was allowed to put on bouts
with professionals taking part. Under the
Frawley law the Amateur Athletic Union
is recognized In SO far as all amateur
bouts held In the state must be under the
jurisdiction and sanction of the \. \. l..
This. however. does not give any amateur
club the right to hold professional bouts
The New York \. G., Crescent \. c., and
other clubs which hold professional bouts
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have 20 receive license from the state
Athletic Commission the same a. any club
organized for the express purpose of hold
ing boxing matches.
For jhe tournament on Tuesday night
the Boys club had advertised wrestling
bouts az several weights. Some did not ill
AL the entries In others were light
that the programme was padded with a
se-eS OF boxing bouts in which profess
s.onl!s were the contestants. The wonder
- that j. w. Stumpf. who was the referee.
should have allowed these to be put on.
As chairman OF the registration committee
II Is Mr.. S;umpfs duty to see that the
rules are not violated.
No less a person than Knockout Brown
was one of the participants. lie went the
first round against Young Honz alone.
Then, to give a little more excitement TO
The fray. the referee. Jack penning, Joined
In and the affair became a battle royal
Several more professionals appeared in the
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public will not have To wait long for II
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two mile run at the games OF the Millrost
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