Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08
THINK M'COY
HAS CHANCE FOR VICTORY
But if He Beats Carpenter It Will Be Great Surprise
in Boxing Circles Letter
From Ray Bronson

are given by referees and boxing COM
tnissioners regarding the same and as a
result the boxers are mixed at times as
70 what rule to follow. The same trou-
BILE has been experienced in England. the
nome or boxing, and in speaking of the
matter Mr.. Dyer writes me as follows:
Inc rules governing boxing are by no
means GEAR on many points. a great
1 .sa perhaps too much, being left to
tne discretion of the third man in the
ring. Especially is this the case With
the much disputed question of clean
breaks and in-fighting. American and
Br1ffsh ideas are totally at variance on
the point, though 1t must be said that
the American style OF boxing is becom-
ing more and more the fashion with our
leading glove artists. The Queens-berry
rules contain nothing regulating what is
known here as the clean break and a
boxer Is perfectly justified in delivering
q DioW coming away from q cIinch. It
may not look pretty. and to some people
IS not strictly fair. play, but the alb
sence OF any official ruling opens the
door to many abuses by both boxers and
referees. A case IN point was the bout
last Monday between Kid Lewis ard
Paul Til for the featherweight title of
europe. The boys agreed to box under
the National Sporting Club rules, which
are, like the Queens-berry, set and contain
no reference to hitting on the break
away. The French hoy had been given
to understand that English referees were
strict III their Interpretation of the rules
and was warned by his advisers not to
hit on the breakaway. That he clinched
a great deal more than. was necessary
is true, but he did not bargain for Lewis
banging home stiff uppercuts every time
he got an opportunity as TIL broke clean.
This went on for several rounds before
the French boy got wise to the fact
that the referee considered it legitimate
part Of the business, and then he started
of he Not
Sporting Club the leading officials will
sternly reprimand and disqualify any
boxer persisting in hitting on the break
away. It will be seen that something
ought TO be done to rectify the rules on
this point. especially as. even in this
country, which fathered the boxing game
there Is such a diversity of opinion
among the referees '''''
Johnny Summers. the former welter-
weight champion Of England. and one of
the really good boys sent over from the
tight little isle several years ago. seems
to be about all in. A few nights ago
in Melbourne. Australia, Summers fought
a young lightweight named ALI Morey.
and from the accounts Of the battle
Johnny fouled his man a number of
times. He was disqualified in the seventh
round for fouling, and, losing his temper.
Johnny hit the referee. No matter what
the decision might be. it was foolish on
the part OF Summers to strike the Of
fetal, and the chances are that he will
get no more fights In that country.
Only a short time before Summers had
been knocked out in one round by Tom
Mccormick, the Britisher who now
claims the welterweight title. and two
beaten him on points. All this seems to
have worked on Johnny's nerves. Four
years ago Summers was in Australia
and put up some wonderful battles
against the best men available, and he
went back to England. where he fought
more good battles. but of late he has APP
parently gone back fast. and now seems
to be at the end of his career
Ray Bronson, the Indianapolis weiter-
weight, and claimant OF the american
title, writes me the following interesting
letter from Australia:
Since my last letter We have been do
ing much better and Milburn Saylor is
making as big name for himself as
Pal Brown did when he was here. SAVIOR
Of fighting. He not only knocked out
All Morey, the West Australian cham
pion, but also knocked out Hughie Mehe-
gan, the champion Of Australia. and that
is sure some job for any lightweight 1t
has given Saylor a wonderful boost and
whsn he meets Herb Mccoy. early in
March there will be g. crackerjack. house.
Savior is lighting better than ever and
the people now think that he really did
put Fred Welsh out at Winnipeg. l have
done better myself since lost to Waldo
mar Holberg and fought hard twenty
round battle with Frank Picato at Bris
bane, having the best Of it. Picato is
tough welterweight for any one. wanted
to get Johnny Summers, but missed the
chance, as Tom Mccormick beat him. 1t
is almost settled that Mccormick and
myself will fight soon. Eddie McGoorty
Is doing fine and has made a barrel of
money. They want him In France to
meet Carpenter. the French champion. l
have taken hold of a young fighter here
named Thomas. a big featherweight. He
was velvet for Walter Kelly. the Virginia
Judge when the latter was here in 1911.
but since then Thomas has developed
into quite a lad. and won the two fights
/ have started him in. The boxing game
is better than ever here and all the boys
of any class are doing we'll. We all miss
Snowy Baker, promoter of the Stadium. for
he is q fine fellow and treats the Ameri-
cans like princes. Mrs. Saylor arrived
here all right and will remain until her
husband sails for home. We attended
the swimming championships and wit
messed some wonderful performances. We
also had a. grand time with the ball play
ers when they were here. My wife has
developed into a great swimmer and does
the shark act fine at the beach.
All records for attendance and gate
for lightweight battle of the short
distance variety win no doubt be
broken when Willie Richie and Ad
Wofgast hook up before the Queens