El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-08
Single Man Boxing Commission Favored
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Flynn Says He Was Never Big Fighter
By DAMON RUNYON


TEW YORK, Dec. st seems to
M be the general impression that
Il the boxing commission will be
revamped and revised by the new gov
ernor as soon as he takes office. Mr..
Whitman has been quoted as saying
that he has no intention of interfering
with the game itself, but that he faYors
a paid commission A shakeup Is LheIe-
fore regarded as certain
About as good a suggestion as any
that has been offered is that of having
a one man government OF the game.
The difficulty might be IN flndlhg the
right man, but once found the rlght
man could do quite a jag o work IN the
way of making improvements here IN
New York city.
The right man could keep himself
fairly well occupied in editing and blue
penciling matches where they are pal
pably uneven, and in making boxing
clubs live up to their obligations TO pa
irons when they advertise a match
The homes of some Of these boxing
clubs and the arrangement and conuucL
thereof, might receive the right man
attention to the vast profit OF the
game to say nothing of such incidental
matters as prices Of admission ana
boxing weights.
A one man supervisor, vested with
the same authority as is vested in
stance would do away with lot OF
red tape and delay in getting action
He could hold his meetings right under
his hat wherever he happened 10 pc,
and there is no good reason why IN the
course of a comparatively short time
the right man should not uplift boxing
several inches
Applications from the right man are
the1 c1ore in order.
Ills n Queer World.
What doth it profit uncle Wilbert
Robinson to have four gents hitting up
among the first five sluggers OF the
National league and team leading
said league in pounding2 It profits
uncle WilDert nothing but prominent
situation in the second division on the
wild gallop of the season-thats what
it profits him.
Eighteen points away from the
Brooklyn Belters and with only one
man hitting 300, and that strictly
against right handed pitchers, come the
heavy footed Boston Braves, the Won
der workers of the pastime. In be-
tween them and the Robinson Rappers
in the slugging are the Phutile Pills,
to say nothing of the befOgged Giants.
And the Phutile Phils diminished where
in the race? Nowhere.
The Way of the Game.
Leon Ames pitched grand ball for the
bedTaggie0 Cincinnati Reds in most of
his starts last season. George Stall
ings claims he is far and away the best
curve hall pitcher in the country. Leon
could rarely win a game for the Giants
in the heydey Of their championship
glory. Arthur Fromme, who came to
the Giants from the Reds, seemed to be
a cracking pitcher with the ruck run
ners, but he was no marvel around
these parts last summer
Beals Becker, ribald jest with the
pennant winning Giants when allowed
to remain in the game more than a
couple OF weeks at a stretch, nit $50
for the PhoOlish Pills in 1913 games.
Heine Groh, a utility man with the
Giants, never displaying the future
possibilities Of Milton Stock, hit .2SS
in 139 games for the Reds and stole "a
bases, while Stock batted 1868 for the
Giants in 115 games and stole but IL
bases.
Charley Herzog, supplanted at third
by Arthur Shafer WIN the Giants,
swung along at a .281 lick for the Reds
in 1873 games and stole 46 bases. Shafer
retired from baseball. Eddie Grant
one of the HeTZOg-Shafer successors
at third with the big town boys, hit
PIT and stole II bases in IS games.
Arthur Wilson, who fell down on the
assignment when he had a chance to
take the place of the wounded Meyers
in the heat of the pennant drive of 1913,
was a star with the Feds last year.
Richard Rudolph and Lankus Hankus
GOwdy, who displayed only ordinary
ability as Giant recruits, helped win
a worlds championship for Boston.
Such was baseball in the year 1914.
The Final Say.
few words more on the faVorite
topic, the numbering of the football
players, and we will then dismiss the
subject
We have talked with many football
experts, and have read what they have