The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-06
.TW0-M|NUTE ROUND HAS
MANY MORE ADVANTAGES
A. II. F. and Found II Better Than
Present Three-Minute system.

Members of the various state Iegisla-
lures and the aldermen of the munich
palit!es who have in their hands the
making of boxing laws for the states
or cities could gain cons idcrable
knowledge Of proven valuable side OF
the glove game by thoroughly investi-
eating boxing as run by the United
States army over there" That the
sport In France and Germany was of
standard equal to the best shows in
this country will be vouched for by
every one Of the two million and more
doughboys who were there ane attend
ed the various boxing contests.
The A E, F, with the. assistance of
the Y NJ, c. A and other welfare or
ganizations, ran the boxing game
across the seas A special set of rules
vas adopted and enforced. the two out
standing factors OF these rules being
FIRST. clean breaks, and second, the
two minute round There were other
Innovations. but the success of boxing
in the A, Z. r. was principally due to
the two features mentioned.
The clean break" rule worked Itself
out and forced the men into a series
of clever fast boxing exhibitions which
at all times had the audiences at
khakiclad warriors on their toes. 1t
was, however. the two minute round
rule which made the overseas ring con-
tests splendidly conspicuous, and any
army officer with a knowledge of box
ing. or any doughboy similarly equip
ped viii tell any office holder anxious
to give the boxing. game a fair trial
that the tWo-minuto round will br!n &
about the regeneration of the sport In
this country.
The two-minute round furnishes the
utif n hos a N
heretofore. The boxer is better able
to go at his top speed through the two
minute round than the three minute
affair. This fact. coupled with the
possibility of giving the public a great
or number of rounds. in the time limit
now required for a very limited con-
tost also carries with 1t a tremendous
appeal to the advocates of better box
ing.
For example, In a state whore ten
rounds are allowed, each round to
last three minutes, there are thirty
minutes of actual boxing, The A e.
f. two minute plan would permit
fifteen rounds. Of two minutes each
and still there would be only thirty
minutes actual boxing for the con-
testants. Added 10 this Is the fact
that with rounds Of about two min
utes the boxer would benefit because
instead OF only nine minutes rest be-
tween rounds he gets fourteen min
utes reptile in the fifteen rounds
The two-minute round was suggest
ca by Jimmie Bronson 81 the Y. NJ
G. A. who is the manager today Of
Bob Martin, the A. L. F. and Inter-
Allied games heavyweight title hold
er. Bronson. who is promoter of
note in the far west saw the possi-
bilities of speeding up the fights by
the limited round and giving the
doughboy audiences plenty of action.
In many of his Y shows Bronson tried
out his scheme and 1t worked To such
good purpose that, after due invos-
tigation by Colonel McDermott, who
had charge Of boxing in the a. E f.
the rule was officially adopted, and all
contests, whether regular weekly
shows or championship. were con-
Quoted under this rule. The A. L.
F. titles and preceding them, com
pany. regimontal divisional and corps
championships. were fought in France
under the two minute rule. The eli
max can1e with lnter-Allied games
when boxing officials from every ma
ton saw the value OF the two IN mute
round and adopted 1t for the games
Further than this, France and other
European countries are To-Day ADOPT
Ing the two-nOute round as prefer
able both for the spectators and the
boxers.
Many Of our best boxers have COM
pcted under the shorter round limit
and are ready TO endorse it in this
country. O'Down. the wcltcrwcight
champion who was big card with
the doughboys over there" contest
cd under It. Other we!i-known pro-
boxers who performed under the rule
were. Sailor Protosky Augie Rather,
A! Norton, Benny McNclll, Bob Mar
tin ana others, Benny Leonard Is
also in favor of the shorter round
rule
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