Evening star., 1915-05-16
BY T. S. ANDREWS.
Special CORES pondence of The Star.

Special CORES pondence of The Star.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. May f5.-A
movement is under way to form ma
tional boxing organization along sim
liar lines to that of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union. 1t is intended to take
in all states where boxing is permitted
and eudcavor to have all boxing clubs.
etc affiliated with the national organ
izatiou. The principal aim of the new
body will he to establish a uniform
SET OF weights and rules for all boN-
ing matches and tournaments and TO
daft laws to cover the holding of I'll
ties i'm the various classes. 1t also is
in tended to provide means to give the
promoters some protection from the
.rab-ali managers of boxers. Efforts
have been made at various times for
the rast twenty five years to form
~ or-:. nizatton of tiis kind. but with
oui Success due in a measure to the
fact mat boxing was legaiiIed in but
:, few states The writer has for the
past tso YEAR. been IN touch with
persons Interested il the sport all over
tit. o1:utty in regard 10 such an or
@.tui..G tion with the result that u meet
ing has fteefl determined upon some
tnne this summer: in feet, IrarlHaitE
~ promoters and others interested are
being corresponded with at the pres
cut time as to the time of holding the
Ilectii... etC. 1t is proba bic the meet
1Es viii he held in & city in the middle
" es: during July or August When
STEPS %tll II" taken 10 complete the OF
:.a,,tHsttiou. u is really remarkable
th.it boxing one of the most important
branches Of tie sport world. is with
out 2 parent organization. the same as
EXISTS ~ France and England. ihere
grab off titles al their own pleasure,
although the public usually puts the
O. X OF most OF them. Boxers VIII
cr aupiouships and ignore the CLAIMS
Of the public about dsfentnns the ss Ii
al. :hey think about is to grab or ali
tte easy money taey can lay hands on
through vaudeville dates and easy
IsIrk matches
charge Of all boxing affairs il will be
fnuossibie for q bunch Of fighters to
,ay c!aIr,J to titles without meriting
them. Th.r they will be compelled TO
defend the championships at least twice
year or forfeit them to the men con-
sds-eJ next in line. 1t also will compel
fighters TO make the proper weights
and not shit the scales to suit their
own convenience Why. for the past
>fcur wears there have been no recog-
Jized charpioEs in the uelterweight
or ulieltiIeweight divisions. and all Tor
want u! just such an organization as is
suggested. II also VIII stop the SO
called champions from debating what
fighters they will and will not meet FOR
thc title.
Here is hoping that something tan
:ible viii come of the latest effort for
GOODNESS knows il is needed.
Jim Coffey. the Irish giant as he is
called. is setting fast pace among the
heavywei ghts. and 1t looks now as
match up with him for the title before
,ong. No one denies Jess the right to
lay off for six months before meeting
any one in a championship battle. for
~ nrh = done
same thing. and most of them for a
longer period. 1t may be possible that
Jess will want to fight for the title
i5cfo.e the end Of six months, for ne
doeS not take kindly to the theatrical
stuff and would prefer to have real ac-
ton illard i: entitled 10 every con-
sideratiolt possible for winning the
heaN; wei Cht title back to the white
race. and ia his case an exception would
he made by all sporting men. but It
viii hardly be necessary. Coffeys quick
defeat Of Al Reich, who was looked
upon as a most promising candidate
for heavyweight honors by the sport
Irishman near the top of the division
aside from the title holder-Jess VIII
Iard-and il will be case now OF get
ting the hopes busy for try-out with
lin before asking for a try at Cham
picn willard.
Billy Gibson, manager of Coffey, has
announced that he Will go after less Tor
2 title match. but the indications are
no-decision bout in New Yori. city.
Then. II Coffey SHOWS strong IL Will
mean 4 championship match over the
went! --ound route. or even longer
Prank Moran, the PiItsburgheT who
fought Jack Johnson In Paris. nearly a
wear ago and recently defeated Bonn
bsrtiier Wells in London. sends word
that ne Will soon leave for the United
States To challenge Willard for the
title. Moran has two matches in sight
u. England just row and may go
through with them, especially in view
of the fact that Atlantic travel is not
considered very safe. When Moran
does come over it will mean match
wjth Coffey before tackling Willard
4 IS probable that Johnny Griffiths,
the OHIO champion lightweight, will be
matched up with Willie Ritchie, the
former champion, for a twelve round
contest at Akron. Ohio. July 4. Nego-
tiations are being carried on now and