New-York tribune., 1918-03-14
Governor Ducks
Boxing Cohort,
First Advance
Friends of Sport, Howev..
Somewhat Reassured b.
Reason of Visit
By Fred Hawtborn.

accidental that train carrv;na purely ~
ernor Whitman was flying towara Nov W
YORK City this morning, passing ponss asS
keepsie at about mile a MINT. 'ssn' ss'
just at the moment that ths y. 'a'e'
State Express, northbound to this s;,0 1S,,'
rushed past the same town bs.s, wy
heroic little group of boxing nroa. lug
and newspaper men, all Intent ''s'' wei
urging the passage of the boxing 'Sya S;u
fathered by Assemblyman M,r.;s aiil
Cue, OF New York. ''A'' martin Nc.
When the pilgrims arrived :.
Capitol and discovered that ~ AZ > The
ernor had shaken the mud os s"e svy- Sey-
off his boots a couple of hon.. ~. Albany
t they SET SET root IN the legislative 'S,Ils Asus
tnoy dld not despair, but startaa asis, Is
make their fight to get the boxirsa bxiesa 10 10
reported rep out OF the judiciary Comm;.1ll Com D;1l
McCue's measure has lain do,...
and almost lifeless within tbo ooSmant
tee Tor more than two weeks 'Ou,mt-
bills previously have ended ,ba;. many
IN Just such manner; but .i+s ai.a osys S
McCue, Assemblyman Thon',ss sisef q Mr..
ley, Peter Brady and James p Hn,,sf' q, Nuf-
president of the State Federa.;uhd ,..E;.lahd.
LABOR among others, had addrasssosi " vi
1;,, lnH c9mmittee %. IN behalf of the bosina siou
blll' the general feeling was this 'sS,,ls sn.a
ing mat when the committee sakes ,en- ~
the matter tomorrow mornino to IL ,.:I, ap
be voted out of the "morcue5 ana ".lI III
to the Legislature for debate anu 90
Governor Still Opposes Bin
1t was rumored around the egs,at;v.
chamber, even before the adberams' s,S,s''vs
the bill went into executive sass sass: VI
with the members of the JrJ;s:0h srssl0h
Committee, that Governor WV. WvIG,s.a.v
before he left for New York had SS'',.aa, ,naa
it known that he was lust as" as fn'aa naIe
opposed as ever TO the passaoa ~ Mialy .I
new boxing law. VI 'hs
1t is believed. however, that sbopu
lhe measure succeed in passing ba,s
houses OF the Legislature, the Goyerr.. rr,.
eail1iot lall to take note of the attitns.
mus adopted, and its full sjgnifcsn.s'
IN "hich event he may not appear sn.s
a determined opponent of boxing as s1Sa -
AAsA.. pSSH Ill the past.
Certainly, few measures haye ho.u
more ably and eloquently presented
under discouraging circumstances 't,su tbsu
was McCue's bill this afternoon '"ra u
was only after a long day of wranons y,
over Such wcighty matters as annra'
prlatlons for the little red scbooihrarrs. irr,s.
on the hill" the most sssI econom;csI
od OF Transporting the lowly no.sto
and the luscious tomato from the farm.
ers, fields to the freight cars. and fl.
problem of adding one and sevan.l.
elght ounces TO the limit weight Of ns,.
eel post packages in the rural distrirt.
mat the judiciary Committee rolled m
It's sleeves in an extra session and
tackled McCue's bill. '-S
Anything Ominous in Thirteen,
Chairman Charles Pratt. Of Washing.
ton County. called together the thir.
teen members OF his committee herdes
them into the judiciary committed
private chambers and announced ths.
they would do a little more than th,
regular legislators union hours
schedule Of work.
ne law makers who sat about theE
long table were .Assemblvmeu Pratt,
Martin, McNab, Bourke. Crane, Piercs
Rowe, Lown, Tuckerman, Snyder, Goldl
berg, Bloch, O'Hare and David Gilmore
the clerk. Assem- blyman McCue stood
at the other end of the board, facing
ms lnquisitors, hanked on his left by|
Cnarles "Brush' Harvey, Leo H. Heay,
OF the Public Service Reserve, devoted
70 training camp activities; James ri
holland and half a dozen sporting WRIT
ers from New York City newspapers I
McCre started the orators barking, I
"hilc the members of the committee
questioned each speaker on the var.
lous points in the bill. During the !
prelimlnary skirmishes, it was notices 4
anle that several members Of the com. B
mlttee were openly against the pas. !
sage of the bill, but after McCue had B
opened fire with mis- greatest flights
OF oratory, and was followed by Har.
vey,' Healy, Holland. Curley and half Z
a dozen other advocates of the meas
ure, this hostility gradually disap a
peared, until at the end there did naE IS
seem to be single member CT the
committee hostile to McCue's measurs
1t was pointed out by the speakers
for the bill that the value of boxing ta
the proper physical development Of tn
thousands of soldiers was thoroughg
appreciated by the government, whta|
considered boxing legal, ard that thsrs,
iore 1t should not be considered illegs'I
outside OF government districts
another convincing argument IN p'
half of the measure was advanced w&
Mr.. Healy, who declared that I'D
motives IN coming to Albany wels#
purely mercenary," in the name
charity, and that the war tax of ~ 9eI
cent of the gross receipts provided ls'
in the bill would he of ineacalsnss:
benefit in helping the boys in knss
VINO are fighting the nations oshlS
overseas. For the sake Of that ~
alone, if for no other reasons, deea'ea
Healy. he and The thousands Of mel, =
uniform wanted to see the bill pasS1
McCue Scores Strong Point
McCue silenced the objections Of o.
tain members OF thc committee Y.
thought that the payment Of none :
see professional bouts would be pug
1ul by saying: How would any
fiourish-~footbali. baseball, hockey
game-where there were no gaze
celpts? More men have been kll!easa Il s.
injured IN some OF those sports
ever We're in boxing, which | cohsr
the cleanest, finest, noblest game u
the world"
From Chairman Pratt down 81
members Of the committee apNs
deeply impressed by the forcefui.ns.s. 81
the arguments advanced by aaas'Ji
OF the bill. and il is believed 1hA
Cues measure Will so into the Asss'
Chamber for further action.