Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-04
GREEDY PUG TO Be JOLTED
Boxing Commissions and Promoters
firing of Efforts to Gather
Golden Egg Without Labor.
ONLY CHAMPS LIKE TANGOEs

NEW YORK, April 3.-Those champions
of the fistic realm who are gathering
golden eggs by the bushel with no par
to get an awful Jolt ere long. All the great
boxing commissions and organizations OF
the world are to combine In an effort to
compel every worlds champion boxer to
defend his title In decision bout at least
once month.
Frank S. O'Neil Of the New York State
Athletic commission is the man who Is
fathering the idea He said
1--WE who have the interests of the
game at heart feel that the time has
come when something must be done to
keep up the interest in the manly art
Enthusiastically the game is being run
INTO the ground by several champions
whose only aim seems to be to collect
personally all the money in the world
without giving the man who shoves his
money through the box office window a
chance to see anything worth while.
II have been working on this plan to
compel champions to defend their titles
in a decision bout once in thirty days at
least and all of the boxing, organizations
are with me. / have communicated with
Paul Rousseau, president Of the National
Federation of Boxing Clubs of France
and he win back me up in my efforts to
make these men do something that Is
worthy of q champion. Rousseau is on
will swing that paper in line when It
comes to putting our efforts into effect
Victor Dryer Is with us too.
Eugene Corri Of the National Sporting
club of London will lend his aid also. He
is Engiand's first man in boxing. have
been in touch with him and he sgrees
that a man should risk his title in de-
cision bouts. Mr.. Baker Of Australia has
promised to join us in a worlds govern
ing body. The state commissioners OF
Wisconsin and Montana are strongly in
favor OF cur plan and will join us In an
endeavor to make boxing what It should
be. There isn't big promoter or a club
in the land that won't welcome this plan.
1--WE are not aiming at any particular
champion, but We all feel that the get
! rich-quick campaigns being conducted by
some Of our present day titieholders tend
to ruin the game because of the very ole-
ment OF eommerciallsm that surrounds
these campaigns. The least we can do
for the sake of boxing Is to try TO do
away with this golden no-decision idea
with which all our champions seem to be
obsessed."
When Willie Richie was told Of Mr..
O'Neirs plan to force champions TO box
decision bouts periodically he almost
jumped out of his shoes with JOY.
THAT sounds almost too good to be
true he said. do you think they can
force that fellow Welsh TO step out and
give me a chance to prove that they
robbed me OF my title2 1t should be done.
What does he care about the publlc2 Not
tinker's rap tap. tell you. He's money
mad transforming and doing everything
he can to ruin the game.
TITS the man with the little S. bill who
must be considered. When you drive him
into secluslon with these everlasting,
nothing-doing. bIoodless. STUPID, node
cislon bouts you kill the sport absolutely.
fought Joe Rivers, the toughest man
they could find for me, In my first bout
after winning the championship. We
we're on the floor half the time. It was
anybody's championship. That's what
/ they want, that's what stimulates boxing
and It's the only thing that VIII go to
save a great American institution"