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, easy for them. It is very probable
! that the promoters VIII get together
during the winter and endeaYor TO
bring about a uniform scale OF weights
ana DossibIv establish a list Of cham
l piOns, the same as the French Boxing
federation has done However. the
Clabby-Chip match will be good start
for a middleweight champion so go
ahead
War Affects Australian Boxing.
Even far away Australia has been
effected in a boxing way Dy the EURO
pean war. It was not supposed that
the war would cut much Igure with
the people down under but reports
coming from the Anupooes are + not
encouraging for the boxing game Just
now. which accounts for the return
home Of Eddie McGoOrty, Mllburn say
Tor, and others, and the early return
Of Gus Christie, Johnny Griftitns' zoe
Shugrue and others now there me
sending of about $4,000 men from AUS
tralia has had a telling effect on the
game in Sydney and Melbourne, 1or
many Of the men were from those
cities and the attendance at the shows
naturally fell off. Up TO the time the
war started the boxing game was
thriving in the Antipodes: in fact, II
had never known such boom before,
even in the days Of the Johnson-Burns
contest. According to reports Just az
hand the game is still alive and wen,
but much Of the enthusiasm has been
taken out Of it on account Of the war
and the Indications are that unless
there is q change for the better. that
Snowy Baker. the Australian promoter,
will curtail his importation Of Amerl-
can stars for a time. Jeff Smith is
on his way back there, having been
under contract for several more
matches. but negotiations for other
American boxers Will be dropped for
the present
Fiascos Don't Help.
Such affairs as the Brown-DiIlon
fiasCo at St Louis do the boxing game
no good. although in this Ease the pro-
mOters and fans Of the river city seem
TO think that it will have a wholesome
effect on the boxers who appear there
in the future. It is q rather difficult
matter TO place the blame where il
really belongs. because there are so
many different stories and angles to
the mixUp. Referee Randall was no
doubt honest in his intentions TO pro-
tect the fans and give them what they
paid to sea real boxing contest and
not a stalling match-but in his
anxiety TO do so he may have over
stepped his limit
He claims he warned the boxers &c
get a move on" but it would have
probably been just as Wen had he
stopped the contest for a minute and
warned the men so that the fans at
the ringside would know just what 10
expect The chances are that the box
ers would have got the necessary
move on all right II the boxers were
really Stalling then I would have no
hesitancy in saying that they should
be barred from the ring, but IL is hard
TO believe that a man with Dillon's
experience would entertain such a
thought knowing that his bread and
butter depended upon his honesty in
the ring. It is also doubtful if such a
wise head like Tommy Walsh. man
ager Of Knockout Brown. would lend
himself to such a fiasco, knowing that
he must give the best his men have
at all times or run the risk OF being
driven from the game.
Got His Money First
The one thing that looked bad was
the request Of manager Sam Murbar-
ger for DillOn's money before he en-
tered the ring. his excuse being that D
he wanted to get a later train Tor the
east However. that is something that 1
can be overlooked. for there are many /
boxers who do the same thing-get |
their money before the fight starts