The sun., 1916-10-18
NO INTERFERENCE
BY BOXING BOARD
Commission VIII Permit Wcis-
mantcl to Stage Mccoy
Dillon Bout.
OTHER TIMELY GOSSIP

The announcement that Al Mccoy.
who technically holds the middleweieht
title. md Jack Dillon. the Hoosicr Hear
cat, would meet at the broadway Sport.
ing Gu In the ncar future In a ten
round bout caused a ripple or merriment
among the patrons Of boxing. The con-
sensus OF opinion Is that the bout will
he n very one sided one and that II
Dillon Is up to form Mccoy will get a
terrific beating.
John weismantcl. manager OF the
broadway sporting Club. called at the
Boxing Commission yesterday to inquire
II there would be any act. on against the
proposed bout. az IL had been reported
that the commission would prohibit the
bout on the ground that 1t was one
sided. Chairman Wcnck declared that
the commission could not take n ac-
ton. although he added hat 1t was a
bout that should not be permitted to
proceed.
Mr.. wenck said n recently proposed
an amendment to the issiou rules
by which one sided bouts or matches
that tended to lower the standard Of
the sport could he prohibited. But the
upstate members OF the commission de-
clined to consider the amendment and
there was nothing to prevent Dillon and
Mccoy going into the ring. In view
Of the fact hat Mccoy not long ago re-
fused to box Moha, his taking on Dillon.
a bigger man. is regarded as singular to
say the least.
Written complaints were received yes
terday at the office OF the Boxing Com
mission to the effect that the Pierce
Beecher bout at the broadway Sporting
Gu last saturday night was a frame
up. The complaints were written by
several persons who attended the con-
test.
VIII le Promoter Welsmantel was In
the office OF the commission he was
asked about the contest. lie admitted
the bcut looked bad. and said his ref
cree, Johnny liaukop. advised him never
TO give either OF the men another match
When asked why he had not had the
boxers put out Of the ring he said tina
under commission rules he would have
had to pay them the amounts agreed
upon. and he thought they might as well
work the ten rounds
To THE SIN representative who wa
present at the bout Beecher looked e
be ent rely out Of condition. lie pu-
up the worst bout he ever had shown in
New York and was apparently on III.
verge OF n knockout several times
Pierce is always slow IN his movements
but he was hitting with customary fore.
and staggered Ececher 4 number o,
times, The failure Of the bou, was
seemingly due entirely to Beecher's pooi
condition.
"unhoat smith. who was threatened wit,
hloni poisoning In his right arm. liz re
.9Netlhg from a successful operation, bu
VIII not be able to box FOR a long time.
Kid wiliiamss crown IL jus, a. .ecur,
a. u ever Was The bantam champion
Fought Al shuenrt. New Bedford, six sig
x,inE round at the olympia Athletic cub
IA. tt'lphla, Monday night and won b,
= fait.N large margin though Al gave hin
N" hest hatt'A staged there his season
>huhsrt landed quite n few blows. and hs
have done some damage.
b."k lo1dnsn gave Eddie O'Keefe o
nm al" phia IN" most severe heating IN,
after has received In his young NE AT Al
balghe. Baltimore, on Monday night.
II - charged 1oadman could hav
stpppei IN" bout any time after the nftl
round, but allowed Il % so the whole dis
lance, fit-en Found.