Evening star., 1914-04-05
BOXERS UNDER A CONTRACT
AT A STIPULATED SALARY
New Idea Comes From England and May Be Adopted
in This Country if Present Condi-
tions Continue.

Wouid be subordinate to the big body. 1t
is possible that a conference viii be held
itt some central point. probably Chicago,
curing the coming summer, when a pre-
ilmtnary organization could be formed.
me proposition is "A good one and should
have the support of all sporting writer's
throughout the country. OF course 1t is
not the easiest matter in the world to
prins about an organization of this kind
as 1t takes money, and sporting writer's,
as rule. are not ovcrburdened with the
long green.
During the past few years Australia has
oeen very much lacking in high-class box
ing talent, although there was : time
about twenty years ago, when some of the
greatest fighters in the world came from
the antipodes to meet the champions of
All countries Tho best fighters of Amer
lea and England have been going to Aus
traiia the past few years to show their
aoihty and at the same time gather i'm
some extra coin. but this year a team of
Australian boxers are going to make a
lone tour OF England. While the boxers
Australian fighters of the past, still 1t
Will be a-novelty a just the same The
parry parry VIII De made up of Harry Stone,
nsh.%elght: as,ls.. G, Terry kellar, light-heavy-
other to be selected. They will be under
the management of George Lawrence -
promoter of Brisbane, Australia. and
shouio they be successful in England
before returning to the land of the kan
garoo. Viz A
There are few fighters who really know
mnen 70 retire from the ring. AS rule
most of them wait until thew have heen
beaten to pieces several times. and even
.hen they insist upon going ahead and
claiming they are as good as ever. NOT
So. SO with Ray Bronson. the Indianapolis
lightweight. who developed into a wei
terweight the past year and was given
credit by many writer's around the coun
Try as having good claim to the welter-
weight championship. Bronson left for
austrafa last fall with the intention of
Weterweight champion. for the worlds
ute. He did not realize that he had
gone back. On the contrary, he felt that
ne was stronger than ever and able to
defend the title, which he claimed against
all comers. His work in the ring the
past few months in Australia has been
anything but satisfactory to himself. and
tne cnmax came when he was defeated
British lightweight champion. who also
has developed into a welterweight Writ
ing from Sydney. Bronson sends me the
following letter:
MY Dear Andrews: Well. 1 am not the
Kay mond of oh as a fighter, although it
Is hard to admit the truth so rather than
dlsappoint my friends again l have de-
cioed to quit the ring for all time The
stadlum people here were willing to can
Gel my contract so there is nothing lost
on their part. and I trust that Sayior
VIII more than make up for what
failed to do. I hope that YOU win NOT
,hlnk .9II , am gutter because I am quit
the average boxer doesn't know when
to quit. and l don't intend to put myseIf
In that class. This idea of punchin. a
man MAJ, about the head will not brighten
him any. and / do not intend to 70 in
and be made punching bag of by men
whom I could have beaten in a roi,nd or
two a few years ago.
Il was not hurt in any of my contests
in any way. and in my fight with Matt
Wells it was simpl. case of being out
claSSed at every turn, SO why should 1
continue? There may be such a thing as
boxers coming back. but I think that in
my case lit is next to impossible. SO
have made up my mind to quit for good.
Jack Dougherty. the Milwaukee welter-
weight. who quit the ring a couple OF
years ago, has been showing pretty good
form here Of late and has been matched
to met Alf Goodwin in Melbourne
hope Jack will do better than did, for
l would not like to see him lose. While
have been losing myself. Milburn Saylor
has been making remarkable showing
against the best men in the country.
This, to my mind. goes to prove that
Saylor really beat Freddy Welsh at VIM
nipes. Canada. and when We return you
get on match with Willie Richie for
the lightweight championship. Saylor is
certainly entitled to a match for the
championship if any one is. We were up 4
to Brisbane a week ago. and while the
sporting people in Sydney and Melbourne
are very enthusiastic and fair. 1 must
say that they are just the opposite In
Brisbane. I fought Frank Picato there
and beat him. as the newspaper clippings
will show, but the best l got was d draw.
I had young fellow named Cliff Thom-
as. who easily defeated featherweight
named White, but the best the boy got
was draw. I saw Dave Smith defeat
Jules Dubourg. the Frenchman. at the
Stadium Saturday night. but Smith is
not nearly as fast now as he was two
years ago. and I think that Clabby. |
when he comes over here. will beat him
sure. Eddie McGoorty has made quite a
showing over here and has won all his
contests. They are trying to get him to
remain and meet Jimmy Clabby. but it
has not been settled as yet. With kind
regards from all the Americans to our
friends at home, as ever, yours sincerely, |
RAY BRONSON"
battle with Billy Murray at San Fran |
cisco. Should Clabby lose it would mean |
a severe setback to his Australian tour. |
while victory will make Jimmy a still |
greater card in the antipodes. He Will |
sail for Sydney right after his contest |
taking the long end of the purse and de-
cision. Mr.. Murray will have to be
pretty near world beater to get the |
better of the Hammond boy.
Willie Ritchie has returned to the coast |
after a successful tour OF the middle 7
west. in which he met Ad Woisast, the