Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-02
ARMYS SUCCESS
CHANGES OPINION
-
People Now Want Same Kind
Of Sport With Proper
Safeguards.
PROPOSED MEASURE RIGHT
Clean Boxing for All Is
Keynote; New Law
imperative.
PROPOSED MEASURE RIGHT
Il, CllNIlLEs J. UUllI

puhlI, sentiment IL going To make
,,.slhle tho passage of law giving
hoylng a legal status In oklahoma
.pd placing n under the control ~ a
self. supporting commission
Il IN "A strange thing, this public
senim,ut iur public Hcniimeut two
,ear. tgn defeated practically the
same hill which now II desires to see
enacted into law Yet after all "
WAS merely the ignorance OF the
masses concerning boxing that raised
Inc hntrier. for when throughout che
medium - the army. navy aud ma
finss the public learned that prop
crly regulated boxing not only Was
an acceptable. but very desirable
sport II suffered complete change
Of heart which caused n universal
cry Tor civilian perpe etuHtion of the
,p0ri which had done more than any
other 10 build up the manh"Hd ana
phynlquo ~ Americas victorious
forces
>cw law imperative,
when people began considering
hoN boxing could he cs,a bllsh.d on
permanent basis In oklahoma, they
discovered that new law was abso.
mlrly imperative
In the first place, oklahoma NJ
prescn, Is cursed with "A law which
specifically states that II shall he un-
.vful for any one to engage IN
, any prcmedltated personal encounter
whatsoever Not onl, dOc- this pro-
hlb,i professional ip>ing, lut u pm
hlbiis amateur b'Sing. even wrt'~t-
ling matches have rcn stopped ns
'prcncsiiiai,yi personal cnsOuntcr~"
Rnd one attempt was made to bHn
faotball. the armament b'ing made
that ~rtmmagc~ were -rrmcSiitntcd
personal encounters"
In the second place, unless boxing
II placed under the control Of "a
commission of men of intelligence.
character and determination. the
same evils which brought the game
into disrcpuie previously again viii
undermine itS usefulness and popu-
Nf'y ana again turn public scntl-
mtnt against n. and when thumbs
are turned down on boxing the NEXT
time. the game Is doomed To eternal
Oblivion
What Proposed Law pro,idr-.
RoNlng for all N the keynote OF
the proposed law white Il recog.
nlres the necessity OF encouraging
professional as well NJ amateur hoN-
bill That is why sliding scale Of
lrensr fees ls provided. for Il II
hoped that boxing clubs will be or
ganirci an over the state. In cities
large ana small 80 that those who
lkr 10 box and see boxing can enjoy
these privileges without going To "A
large city
The various rules which will gov
ern hoNiBg will be drawn nv the
comm ssiou hut To insure the public
against fraud and abuse of the
sport enough provisions are written
into the face NJ the measure for pro-
tcuun
t,crvbpi, for mn
Ns tNr as the legislature itself was
eonc"rned tho hill would have
PASSED two years age but for tho
sentiment NJ their back home"
folks whom they did not believe
Nefe In favor ~ hoNlnF MANY who
voted against the hlll two wears ago
admitted that personally they be-
NeNed boxing To h~ "a very desirable
snort ana one which could he regu-
lated IN such q way ~ to eliminate
al Objectionable features They
stf they had been against boxing
httor" " vas brought 10 their a'tcn-
lun ~ study In connection with the
h'' simply because they udld not
kuoN ANYTHING about the game AZ.
l'f 'hcv had studied II they snld they
hhi h"com" convinced of i,s desirn-
h,l'N hut dared not vote for /, hc-
'aus" their constituents who had
no' hid chance 10 know boxing at
N'N hant did not approve of ~
N"w tho situation N completely re
''''"d The legislators are hearing
rom Ne folks back home and they
~" wNing FIX II 40 we eau have
moving. hut throw regulations about
,he Gnm" which viii forever ellmi-
ha'e ''s evil features" And that N