Evening star., 1915-10-17
TOO MUCH GYMNASIUM WORK
FOR: YOUNG BOXERS NOWADAYS
Slugging Matches in Practice Take All the
Fight Out of Kids and Unfit
y Them for Ring Careers.
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

by u. y, ANOIkE w D.
Special Correspondence of The Star
MILWAUKEE,. October 16.-Boxers
nowadays. especially the younger ones,
do great deal of gymnasium work
before they ever get started in the
ring The fact is most of them do al
together too much gymnasium work
and not enough outdoor exercise. Ihey
also try to knock the block off of every
young boxer in the gymnasium before
they get into a real contest, and the
result is that many of them. are bat
tered up before they ever experience
the thrills of an encounter inside of a
twenty-foot ring.
In talk with Tom Larkin. athletic
instructor of the Milwaukee Athletic
Club. the other day. he said that most
of the boys who were learning to BOX
In his own gymnasium either had
caulifiower ears or were marked up in
some respect to show that they had
been doing great deal of boxing.
There is no reason whatever" said
Instructor Larkfn, why any boy should
be battered up while learning now 10
box in a gymnasium The trouble is
that many of them are advised by out
siders to go in and slug one another as
the only means of learning how to
fight. That is all wrong. l have tried
TO impress upon Inc boys III lily place
the necessity of going through a regu-
lar course of instruction, and then fol-
low 1t up by boxing with one another
lightly, and to always use protectors
when they want to do any rough work.
I have seen some of them smuggling in
the gymnasium in manner that would
drive a crowd crazy art boxing snow.
These same boys would make great
hit We're 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
Then, again, there ire some of the pro-
fessional boxers who use youngsters to
batter around in their training stunts.
1t is all wrong. Professionals should
have enough sense to know that
youngster who is just learning the
game is not able to protect himself
against an experienced ringster, and
for that reason they should know bet
ter than to try and take advantage OF
boys in that manner. Whenever L
catch any of the professionals trying
to take advantage of smaller fellows. |
give them a piece of my mind. and also
that they cannot work in the gym
nasium. l think if the boxers would do
a little more outdoor work it would
help them in many ways. and they
could do their Ii ght training along with
the gymnasium work It is usually
boys who do not know the real rudi-
ments of boxing who begin swinging
wild and cause so many caulifiower
ears If the youngsters would pay
more attention to straight sparring and
learn how to hit properly they would
save themselves lots of knocks during
their career in the ring"
There has been a great deal of con-
troversy over the contest at Iulsa,
Okla. between Carl Morris, the giant
heavyweight, and Tony Ross, the New
Castle, Pa, italian heavyweight. The
men were scheduled to battle ten
rounds. but it seems that in the fourth
l. %I< by-an l.
away. which had been barred and Tony
claimed to have been fouled. There
was great excitement during this time
and the referee was little puzzled
what to do. After considering the mat
ter for time he finally gave the YER
dict to Morris on what he termed
technical knockout. In order to get
sportine editor Of the world at Tulsa
give me his version, and this Is what
he sends me:
The referees decision was announced
fifteen minutes after the end of the
fourth round, and 1t was to the effect
that Morris won on a knockout The
fighters agreed to break clean at the
round. while the referee was breaking
the fighters. Morris struck Ross, who
went to the floor. The referee helped
Ross to his corner. but did not count.
was cleared the referee announced his
(signed) SPORTING EDITOR.
THE World"
linn Dime manager of Ross, claimed
that the referee first gave the decision
to Ross on a foul. and that some time
afterward he changed and gave 1t to
Morris on a knockout However. 1t
seems that every one was more or less
excited, and the referee was not any
different from the rest. 'Under the con-
ditions. the referees decision will stand
and Morris will receive credit of win
op n technical knockout.
lightweight, has been training hard
the past ten days. Joe AZevedo, the
Mexican who will meet Mitchell In a
ten-round wfnd-up before the Cream
torium, October is. has been fighting in
the east and meeting some tough boys.
Besides defeating frankie Callahan in
Brooklyn, the Mexican fought Sammy
Robideau in Philadelphia and gave MIN
whipping. The next night he de-
feated Walter Mohr. a tough New York
lightweight, in ten rounds, at Brook
lyn Azevedo had Mohr ,outpointed up
to the tenth round, when the latter is
alleged to have fouled him. The Mexi-
can has been fighting much better than
he did when he fought Charlie White
at Racine, Wis, and the indications are
he will give the Milwaukee boy the
hardest battle of his career. Should
Mitchell be returned winner he Will
get a chance against either Freddy
Welsh or Charlie White.
Too bad that Cen Villas brother or
some of the other Mexicans around
Juarez could not break into the pro-
noting game in the states and give
some Of the managers Of boxers lessons
IN hnancei Talk about Yankees having