Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-22
MAY STOP CL|NcAES
Novel Suggestion for Boxers
Made by Boston Referee.
WANTS TIME TAKEN OUT
BY T. s. ANDREWS.

referee. While in Boston recently MT.
| Sheehan expressed tho belief that
! fighters could be compelled to cut out
| their clinching tactics without resort
| ing to the present method Of having
the referee join In the tangle and pry
them apart every time they clinch.
Just arrange with your timers to
clock the fighters every time they
clinch," said Mr.. sheehan. land have
the time taken out. For instance, II
clinches for FIVE minutes all told dur
round would be eight minutes. You
know most fighters like to hear the
bell, and if they were forced to realize
that time would be taken out for all
clinches. why. they would mighty soon
stop it and would be only too glad to
break at the command Of the referee.
1t is worth trying. to my way Of think
ing. and would benefit the game. The
fans do not like boxers who continual
ly clinch. and the system would be q
commissions controlling the sport in
various states can we'll afford to give
1t trial.
George Lawrence. the former Aus
tralian promoter. now Of New York and
manager of Bob Devere and Sam Nc
Yea, has been having a hard time Of It
! In South America. George took his
tournament to be held in Buenos
Aires which had been planned by a sup
posed wealthy planter of the south.
The whole affair proved fizzle and the
fighters got practically nothing. Joe
Woodman, with his great colored star
/ Sam Langford-got enough money 70
! get back with Benny Murphy, Charley
Johnston Ted Lewis, Badoud and 9TH
ers, but Lawrence and his two mon,
who had gone to Santiago, Chile, to
take part in a twenty-round battle,
, did not get back in time and missed
the boat. have just received a letter
from Mr.. Lawrence. who is in Chile,
and he says he will make it hot for
some of them when he gets back to
New York, as the contracts were not
| return by way of Cuba and will stop
off at Havana a few days to try and
| arrange a battle there for his men.
/ 1t was Lawrence who was instrumental
, in getting the commission in New York
| to permit contests between blacks and
whites. but he lost his chance by go
ing south. McVea would have been -
great card in New York with some OF
| the stars.
There should be some way of getting
after managers Of fighters who contin-
| ually are sending in false reports to
the sporting departments OF news
papers regarding the outcome of con-
tests in which their battlers take part.
| OF late it seems to be case of which
one beats the other fellow to the
wire" A week or more ago Milburn
Saylor, the Indianapolis lightweight,
fought Shamus OBrlen twelve rounds
at Youngstown, Ohio, and the reports
flashed out the next morning would in
dictate that Saylor had received ter
rife beating and was At for the hos
pital. The real facts. as printed in
| Youngstown papers, were that Saylor
had won the fight by a fair margin. and
| 1t was Saylor who scored clean
the same o'Brien fought Richie Mitch
i ell in Milwaukee and was given an ar
| tistic trimming by the Milwaukee
\ lightweight. There was no chances for
argument Of any kind The next day
| some Of the eastern papers had ac-
| counts Of how Shamus had beaten
| Mitchell, etc. Later Mitchell boxed Ed
| die McAndrews in Philadelphia and
won fairly In six rounds. having easily
| had Ave out Of six rounds to his credit.
and reports were sent out to that eff
| feet, but other papers of the Quaker
| city gave Mitchell the verdict with
out hesitation. The writer was pres.
toned that only two sport writer's Of
Philadelphia were there to see FOL
themselves They did not favor an out.
| slider. but just the same gave Mitchell
the decision and said he had outclasset
McAndrews. At that. the latter is 8
great little fighter and will yet b
heard from II he continues. for he /.
only twenty years OF age. saw Gu'
Christie give George Ashe ,sever'
beating and still there were report
sent out that Ashe had won. The SAM
] thing happens nearly every week.
10 an Injustice to the boxer who Is OF
the square.
half a dozen times the past six month
I-betwen Mike Gibbons and Jack Dil
lon-is once more on the tapis-tnl
time for keeps. Harry Sherman. VIII
the boxing clubs In Minneapolis an
st. Paul. states that he has signed tn
two stars for ten-round, no-decisio
contest at St Paul. some date betwee
be 161 at 8 o'clock on the day of tn
match. which will give the Hoosie
champion an advantage OF about seve
lpounds as Mike will. no doubt. go l
I | Dillon is to receive $500 for his end
!, while Gibbons will work on a percent
age basis with the promoter. The ba
against outside referees will be LITE
for this match and Ed Smith Of Chicag
will act as third man in the ring.
will hardly be possible for the promo
ters TO charge more than $40 for tn
ring seats, and at this rate the hous
will seat enough to bring the total u
TO about $4,000. Whether they wi
draw a capacity house remains to b
: seen. No doubt IT would have draw
much more In New York at Madiso
Square Garden. or at the Auditoriu,
: In Milwaukee. az Chicago and Indian
l apolis fans would have turned out
! big numbers for the match in MI.
waukee.
In order to stimulate interest in til
match Mr.. Sherman has offered a be
. nus of $1,000 to Dillon II he knock
Gibbons out, but the offer Is not ir
cluded In the articles of agreement. 9
: II would be a direct violation of tn
state law. AS to the fight itself
r should prove a most interesting on
erness, but that will be easily offset b
tho HOLSTERS ability to punch. JAG
can punch good and hard II he SO de
sires and he Is not slow. either, whe
. he wants to tear into a man. Tho tai
! about the weight hurting him is ,bosl
! Dillon could make 1853 II he cared I
I work hard and in systematic wa.
! | for l have seen him at tho notch With
! tho past year or two. He should be 6
r his best making 81 at 3. as It will Il
him come in at 1853 or 1874. Thei
{ will be little chance Of a knockout o
either side: II Gibbons should /
T pushed hard. II is good gamble this
!. he would play safe and work on II
. defensive, and there are few who ca
}. play the clever work better than Mix
= II a Knockout should occur It woul
no doubt. be from Dillon's mauier. f
;. Jack can take all kinds Of punish
= ment and still be there at the bell. {
i. he has demonstrated SO many times
late against heavyweights. II tt
men go to II. and there Ia no reaso