New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-03
MULV|H|LL QUITS
PROMOTING BOXING
Elm City Fight Mogul Disguised
With Tendler-JaCkSOn Outcome

New Haven. May 3.-Joe Mulvi-
hill, the man who attempted to
bring the Willard-F Fulton scrap to
New Haven, and who later was the
matchmaker of the Temple A. c.,
who staged the recent Tendler-Jack-
son fight, yesterday authorized a To-
cal morning paper to publish the an
nouncement that he has left the box
ing game fiat MulvihilI stated that
he is now satisfied to let others have
the field to themselves and that he
will devote his future time to his
first Notwithstanding
Mulvihill, coincident with his an
nounced retirement, seriously and
truthfully criticised boxing conditions
in this city as revealed through his
own experiences. He expressed the
opinion that conditions as they now
exist are absolutely rotten" and he
cid not refrain from stating who was
the responsible party. Mulvihill ac-
cuses the sporting editor of an aft
ernoOn publication who, he claims,
kas done more to harm the sport in
this city than any other individual.
IN have to admit" declared Null
vihill, that Doc Bagley and his
crowd slipped over something on the
public and the club when they intro
duced eight-ounce gloves into the
battle. Naturally, it caused a lot of
suspicion over Messrs. O'Donneu,
Nalloy and myself, but I'd swear I'M
Gel oath that he had no finger in the
pie. We had all the reason in the
world to believe that the scrap would
be fought on it's merits, and I think
it was except for the glove end of it.
How are we to prove otherwise?
II was greatly surprised to pick
Up an afternoon publication the day
after the fight and read that the box
ers had pulled their punches. It
seems funny to me that the writer Of
the article, who, by the way, is very
much interested in the promotion of
bouts in tbs city. should ever have
made such a crack. He was the
only sporting writer Of the 81 kres-
ent to make the charge. -~.
81 formed my opinion of this
writer" continued Mulvihill, lat the
time the bout was arranged. I had
been previously warned to look out
for him as he had been pointed out
to me as one who has attempted, and,
to a certain extent succeeded, in
having boxing affairs run to suit
himself He doesn't like to see rival
promoters in the field.
His first attempt to toss cold
water on me came at the time when
/ secured Tender to fill Cline's place.
He seemed very much disturbed over
the substitution and had the nerve to
beg me to call it off. He later eX-
planned that his own club had Tend
Ter matched to box Hartley here and
that T was intruding. I asked him
to prove to me where he had Tend
Ter matched, but he couldn't
''This incident is only one of the
various reasons why the game is a
tough thing to encounter. Just as
soon as you get rid Of the 'one-man
rule or dictation, as he is called, box
ing affairs in this city will be diff
ferent. His ASSOCIATION with a boxing
club, together with his hostility to-
wards rival promoters, has caused
suspicion of his fairness in dealing
with the game. All the sports tell
you the same. Promoting boxing
shows should not be practiced by
a sporting editor unless he can OBJ
serve the golden rule"
The general opinion about town Is
that Mulvihil1 is right. The sporting
editor is no man to promote fights
or to be connected with them in any
way. The opinion is that Chief Smith
should see that this condition is rem
edied, as there is rumor about town
now that someone higher Up is get
ting q rake-Of.