Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-18
Nebraska
HOUSE TURNS DOWN
PURE BOXING BILL
Members Hold Long Discussion Over
Measure Intended to Super
wise the Ring,
YOUTH AND AGE ARE ARRAYED
lFrom q SAD CorrespondentN


not under the provision OF II. r. 2SS. I'M
der discussion this morning. and frequent
SLAMS at bad Omaha" returned with |
iibes at the Holy City" enlivened the de-
bate.
The hill under consideration was the
measure introduced for the purpose OF
legalizing boxing and putting II under
better conditions The fact that It was
hacked bv Omaha members was sutficient
evidence in the minds of some Lancaster
,,embers and others that the bill was
m swful had one on a vote on the IN
definite postponement of the bill II went
nv the close vote OF AS to Al. In the AFTER
noon Richmond called up the bill again.
having received assurance during the re-
cess that opponents of the bill would De
Willing TO let Il go back for amendment
IN the judicial committee, and on vote
of Al to so II was sent back to the com
rn,ttee. The vote on the Nelson motion 10
lin the hill in the forenoon session was
as follows:
r. I'm, the rill-Andersen (Boydl, An
aoreen 1phelps) Barker, Blauser, Branl'
burgess, Chambers CThurston)' S Is.rI,,an
G9nisy, cT EnIs 7or DseSeyH offmeister,
Hostetier, Howarth, Koch, La Bounty Bounty
Mocgett. Naylor. Neff, Nelson, Nienols'
Norton, Orr. Parkinson Psrr, noids DIN
coin, REYNOLDS CRed Willow, RiescheN'
T,udisiIl- Sindelar, smith, Snyder, soIein-
son, Stebbins, Stevenson, SpaKer' 'a'"-
sons. go, ,,,. parrett
Broome, Chambers Douglas coz, DAT
RruesedoWy E " Hunt tI.'i HyneR' Kauff,
man man Kline. Korff, Lanisan' M larsen,
IIggett, Lundgren, Mstteson' N,1tzymen
burg, Miner; Morseley; NegleyR eifenrath,
sieyeTs stearns. steinmeyer, Tibbets'
TTrumble Van Deusen.-4l.
Absent and not vitinS-lo !. 4, ,,ot;,, @
Messrs AinIay and Greenwalt' IN Votins
for the bill, stated that they had received
nst,t,ons from some of the best people
sn their districts requesting them TO sup
port it,
what LIggett Thinks
a., .,,,,p hoNine contests are better Tor
seward county than leg shows was tne
oxn,anation given by Mr.. Liggett lor MS
vote. 80 NV
tar,,Iv participating either In leg SHOWS
or boxins matches" said MT. Neil
NJ ribhets explained that he was sup
,ort,ns the bill because he had eresI re
.nect for the opinion Of Bishop beeone'
hut he said he had written the ia''ei
Fnrther information, and IL CON
.bat the bill would legalize prlIe iie nt.ie
no would vote against it on final passaS
AZ. peisner declared that most OF 'he
$50 MEMS Christian association men
=. Lnou are for the bill. and ne theie
felt Justified in giving it his snppof"
ouote Good Authority
M, ,,,I, yvas vehemeutly denounced by
,,a onnonents as an attempt TO remove
80 10, on prize fighting in NeorasAA
1,-,and. NJ the bill countered w1tn 4 iec
Co. uritten by Bishop George a oee0"el
- tIostip9s giving the bill his nearly
.nnrovaI and they declared emphatioalS
49,. enc massage of this act wo'ho 10
-, With practical and fake slusshs
,,atches and put the sport on oie@"'
wholesome basis. .a
p.,oro the discussion started ameno-
,,,oDts were offered and adopted proNiu
49,, for six and eight-ounoe gloves IN
.,oad NJ five and six-oupce, and 10 Doi
-,,,on. under IS years from participants
hout The provision allowed anna
- athletic unions to give eNhlol'loiN
.,,,,ho,,t having license fees was stricNeh
out ,,,t IN the
hu charging that it would repeA 'ns
,,rosant law against prize fighting anu
d,oIirp which now provides pehai'S
NJ one 10 ten years in the penltehliar''
mw Not Enforced
.,,s, cop,e out in front OF the house
.rd tell the members of just one IN
stance where there has been an arrest
.nd conviction under this law, retoreo
NJ, Richmond. III you can III WIFI
-. -, .,tnnort of this bill.
~ don't know of any conviction ans
,,ered Mir. Mockett but If they ooh
enforce the law in Douglas county thee
"a the shame of the men elected 10 en-
force the laws there.
Mr.. Palmer of Douglas said 1t was MOI
IN, intention of this bills frienos 10 re
neal the law against prize tightlhs re
declared that many of the best people
an Omaha favor this bill and as one "hu
had PLAYED foot ball and base pail Ahu
taken part in boXinG contests ne CON
sidered the last OF these as clean spoI'
as any and no worse than loot Dai
game. II properly conducted
How. do you know that II TINS ON
a. naSsei boxing exhibitions will be con-
Quoted under its restrictions" asked MT
prton. -
.Thev are not allowed TO come doWr
here themselves and ask TO nave IL re-
peaIed." MIR. Palmer replied.
At this point, Mr.. Reisner who Is re-
fired minister and something OF an attn
lete. took the floor to say that ne raw
ored clean sports and would like TO hmi'
> the present conditions. He felt that TINS
Nebraska law against prize nghtins
not enforced and he thought that II th'
athletic commission bill would put ooxins
contests under the regulation and pro
hibit brutality and other objeetionaoi'
features it would be better 70 pass tn
bill
Mr.. Hoffmeister jumped all over tn
bill. saying it was not the action OF th'
better class OF people in the state ant
that the question was simply whether o
not prize fighting should be leagiized.
Youth IL Forgotten.
Mr. Lanigan said that in all the Euro
pean countries boxing and wrestling ar
ENCOURAGED as a means of physical de
Vehement and that under this bill TN
farmer boys of Nebraska would have
chance to see something once In while
Referring to Mr.. Hoffmeister and other
he said that the old men in the house ha'
forgotten that they were once hoys
Down here in this sanctimonous oil
town OF Lincoln-this cemetery OF