New Britain herald., 1918-01-17
NO ROUND LIMIT
 IN M'CUE'S BILL
Championship Bouts Possible
 With Passage Of Proposed LsE

Albany, Jan. blyman Martin G. McCuc's bill to legalize box ing in New York state now is in form ! Of 8 rough draft, and after it has been submitted to a committee of experts | for suggested amendments will be in- tfoduced in the legislature. ~s
 The main points of the measUaN as alfeady set forth are a single heaA cd. ] commission, a flat license fee for club, N percentage of all receipts to be deA voted to military camp training activi-e ties, and the placing of the boxing game on footing in harmony with the military spirit of the times. 4
 Additional features contained in the draft limit the clubs to seven ins greater New York with a bat license { fee of 5000, while other cities iM ttss state will be restricted to three clubs with a license fee of $2,500 each
 The most striking clause of the bill is that in which the commissioner is empowered to use his discretion as2 to the number of rounds that may be boxed. If this provision were to \ become a law the commission could } sanction any number Of rounds he saw fit, and there would be nothing to prevent the staging of a twentyssround | bout to decision between the title holder of a class and a challenger F. The Fra wiley law specified a limit of 10 rounds, although in many other i'm portant matters the commissioners had arbitrary powers.
 To Aid Soldier Athletics.
 The proposed bill provides that the receipts received from license fee%sSess taxes on clubs shall be devoted to en-
 couraging athletics, and that dur ing the war and for six months there | after the money so obtained, minus i the expenses of the commission, shall y be turned over to the government anS
 be used for the purchase of athletic apparatus for training camps where New York soldiers are located, ateAome ! or abroad. After the war the money, is to be devoted to public gymnasiums
 and the promotion of athletics. The commissioner under the terms U of the bill is to have a salary of $7,- 900, is to be appointed for a term of two years and is to have a secretary at $2,500. !
 A deputy commission is to be ap- pointed in each county where there is r a boxing club, and one for WEerv borough of Greater New York It shall be the duty of the deputies to ! attend all contests and report to the { commissioner. The deputies will not have power to revoke licenses Or to : interfere with contests.
 As a check on the commissioned any club whose license has been re voked may appeal to the courts S1@ certiorari. According to the draft there wM be no reference in the bill to the number of rounds that may be boxed or the i ;rrlo+ of+ fI, E missioner would have the responsibil ity of deciding these important ques-2 tions. Nothing Against Decisions.
 The bill also will contain no pro- vision as to decisions, and the com r. missioner can decide that point. The F'rawley law did not prohibit decisions by referees, but the original commits sion made a rule forbidding any rul- k ings by the referees. The commis
 sioner is directed to license contest E ants as well as clubs, and no h5xer& will be asked to compete for less than& : $20, which will be welcomed by the preliminary boys. In addition to the!A license fee and tax of 20 per cent,
 each club will be required to furnish
 a bond of $10,000 in order to guaran , tee the fulfilment of all obligations. During the war and for six month afterward the tax is to be 20 per cens of the gross receipts. and after the war it will be reduced to 10 perscentU of the gross.
 The license fee must be in tn F. hands of the state commissioner be < fore the issuance of a, license and the comptroller must have the state A share of the receipts twenty-fouJ
 
 McCue last night expressed th5 opinion that there is sufficient faYo able sentiment in the legislature. to in- sure the passage of his bill, and that it will be signed by Gov Whitman.