The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-15
BOXING Goes on
N CALIFORNIA
DESPITE STATUTE
Professional Four. Round
Matches Continue in Face OF
Newly Enacted Prohibitory
Measures.
tBy Evening Herald Lcs.ed wircl

San Francisco. Jan. i5.-Notwith-
standing the fart that the voters of
California expressed their disnppro,al
OF professional boxing and voted II
out OF existence at ~ Ieccu, election,
the professional four-round promoters
are disrcgarding the law and continue
TO stage The four-iouud affairs lust as
OF gore without any apparent disposi-
ton ON the part ul the authurii.cs To
Interfere.
out and out professionals such ~
Willie Me.han. Wiliis Hoppe. LEO
johnson charlie Miller. Pob McAllis-
ter. Frankie Jones. and othcrs have
been seen in action at the regular
weekly bouts when are staged every
Friday night II bona nde anatcuto
have boxed Ia shoWs at which these
men ave appeared, the Pacific a's"-
citation of the Amateur Athletic Union
has a big house cleaning on its hands
and IN. ilnction Of thus orgnn AatIou
In regard To- the matter has been the
source of no little criticism.
IL L. the general opinion that In
view of the favor with which boxing
Is held by a large number ot ring EN-
thusiasts, the authorities are allow
ing It To proceed ns ioug as Ia, public
Is willing to allow II to continue.
In the face OF unprecedented pupu-
lar.ty OF the American CoiieTlat"
game of football during the past sea
son all over the cou1try. according To-
the statistics compiled hy such nation.
ally known experts and authorities as
parke H. Davis and walter Camp.
followers OF the game here were sur
priscd AZ the opinion 81 the members
OF the stanford alumni committee I,
the effect that Il was Their unanimous
belief that ultimately rugbt ana assoc
cation football viii be the only styles
played In America.
This unofficial committee" composed
II sin alumni. acting AZ III" invitation
of the student body. drew q report or
the conditions under which rridiron
peace might be acceptable, to both
stanford u tho University of CALI
fornia. The comment referee to was
included IN this report.
Atm years trial has been given the
Rugby game OF the pncihU coast aud.
with the exception of Stanford a1d
the University of santa Cara. all the
large institutions OF lcarninr ADD n
majority Of IN" preparatory schools.
haY returned to- the american ode
The stanford cluhs of Loo Angeles ana
Portland recently practically unani-
muusly voted resolutions tor the nba1-
donmcrt of i,ugby N favor of the
American game.
The Olympic club OF san FranciHrn.
definitely has decided to- send IT, M
limited basketball team. when won
The Championship o. thr United States
during the exposition Tournament iaet
year. To defend IT, ii0nois ~ whatever
eastern point may l1icr De decided on
for the holding uf IA, Utulir event.
Thc team has been prictlcing reg
ularly COR the last twu months and Is
yaid TO ave rounded .nto a form
which shows more speed aud accur-
acy han that shown when the pre-
mior honurs were gained. officials
~ the club declare that 4 b. the
strongest aggregation OF players that
ever has represented tn. WINGED o.
organization. Every member ~ last
years team is playing again while
several new men have added mato'lal-
" to the strength uf tho combination
Confidence il expressed bf thu CLUB
membership that the local Clubmch
viii repeat their victory.