El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-16

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II younger ones, do great deal OF
gymnasium work before they
ever get started in the ring. The fact
is most of them do altogether too
much gymnasium work and not enough
outdoor exercise They also try TO
knock the block off Of every young
boxer in the gymnasium before they
get into a real contest, and the re-
tered up before they ever experience
the thrills of an encounter inside Of
20-fOot ring.
In a talk with Tom Larkin, ath-
letic instructor Of the Milwaukee Ath-
letic club the other day, he said that
most Of the boys who were learning
TO box in his own gymnasium. either
had cauliflOwer ears or were marked
up in some respect TO show that they
had been doing a great deal of boxing.
Wrong Way TO Fight.
There is no reason whatever" said
Instructor Larkin. why any boy
should be battered Up while learning
how TO box in a gymnasium. The
trouble is that many of them are ad-
vised by outsiders TO go in and slug
one another as the only means Of
learning how to fight That is all
wrong. I have tried to impress upon
the boys in my place, the necessity Of
going through a regular course Of in
structiOn and then follow it up by box
ing with one another lightly, and to
always use protectors when they want
TO do any rough work
4 have seen some of them slugging
in the gymnasium in a manner that
would drive a crowd crazy at a box
ing show These same boys would
make a great hit were they to box the
same way at an entertainment, but
many Of them have the fight taken
out Of them before they ever get ,
Started professionally
Professionals Are Responsible.
Then again, there are some Of the
professional boxers who use young
sters to batter around in their train
ing stunts. 1t is all wrong Profess
SIGNALS should have enough sense TO
know that a yOungster who IS just learn
ing the game, is not able to protect
himself against an experienced ring
ster, and for that reason they should
know better than TO try and take ad-
vantage Of boys in that manner.
Whenever catch any Of the pro-
fessionals trying to take advantage OF
the smaller fellows, give them piece
Of my mind and also warn them that .
a repetition will mean that they can
not work in the gymnasium think /
II the boxers would do a little more {
outdoor work, il would help them in (
many ways and they could do their Z
light sparring along with the sym {
nasium work It IS usually the boys +
who do not know the real rudiments 4
and cause so many cauliflower ears
II the youngsters would pay more at
tention to straight sparring and learn
how TO hit properly, they would save
themselves lots Of knocks during their
career in the ring
UprOar Follows Decision
There has been a great deal Of con-
troversy over the contest at Tulsa,
Okla. between Carl Morris, the giant
and Tony Ross, the Ital-
ian heavyweight Of New Castle. Pa
The men were scheduled TO battle ten
rounds, but it seems that in the fourth
round Morris hit Ross IN the break
away. which had been barred, and
Tony claimed to have been fOuled-
There was great excitement during
this time and the referee was 1T
tie puzzled what to do. After constd-
ering the matter for a time, he finally
gave the verdict to Norris on what he
to get the facts Of the case L had the
editor OF the World, at Tulsa,
give me his version, and this is what |
he sends me:
The referees decision was an Z
nounced Is minutes after the end OF
the fourth round and it was TO the
effect that Norris won on knockout
The fighters agreed to break clean al
The referees command. and in the I
fourth round, while the referee was I
breaking the fighters, Norris struck
Ross, who went to the floor The ref /
cree helped Ross TO his corner. but did
not count An uprOar followed and
when the house was cleared, the ref
cree announced his decision as stated ,
above"
Norris Gets Credit.
Jim Dime, manager Of Ross, claimed
hat the referee first gave the decision !
% Ross on a foul and that some time a