The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-13
ANOTHER BLACK EYE
| FOR BOXING GAME:
Miske-Greb Contest in Penn
sylvania Shows the Need
for Decisions.
TAME BOUTS HURT SPORT
Boxers Loyalty League Praises
for Entertaining Wounded )
Heroes-Other Gossip.
~ CROSS COUNTER.

CooN hres
The bout between BILLY Misks and
Harry Greb, which resulted in the as
borment OF the st. Paul hsavywstShf
from further contests In Alleghany
county, Pennsylvania, furnishes an M
savory example OF the vicious influence
on boxing OF the stupid system OF deoi-
sionless encounters. Those who are ia
miliar with the capabilities OF the man
are aware that Greb, an awkward 170
FOUNDER, has little business in the same
ring with Miske, who Is n Formidable
heavyweight and now scales more thAn
1907 pounds. .r
probably never will be known, the ref
cree and rinsside spectators agree tAat
Miske was attempting to give the I'M
preston that Greb was a good natch
for him This carries with II tho In
evitable conclusion that Miste was box
ing under an agreement not to treat
Greb with roughhsss. It 10 impossible
to avoid this view of the case, for the
St. Paul scrapper would not handle an
opponent with gentleress unless oonvinc-
ing reasons for 80 doing had been sub
mitted to him.
Unfortunately for Miske the referee
happened to be n deputy sheriff cs Alfs-
ghany county, and he reported The mat
tel to the sheriff, with the result that
Miske will not be welcome In any boz
ing club there again, and they sport
has received another black eye.
Had the referee been authorised to
pick the winner at the close OF tho con-
test Miske would have seen to II that
there was no question as to the victor.
AS the case stands the unofficial YER
dict went to Greb and Miske will msrsly
smile and devote his activities to other
boxing centres.
Other Offenders.
Miske is by no means the only Of
fender in respect to not giving his 6est
efforts for the money taken in at the
box office. Nearly every boxer OF prom
| inence IN the country has been guilty OF
the same trick. So long as the records
do not charge them with a defeat they
are willing to permit an inferior opponent
| to take liberties with them, and At the
same time avoid the effort required In
, OF der to even outpoint an advsrsary.
There also Is the danger OF q boxer
hurting his hands II he puts forth his
best efforts, and that has been oondu-
| Give to tarne. spirttless bouts.
The fact that all three bills now b.
fore the Legislature provide for decl-
sions by the official referees indicates
that the public has a clear idea as 20 tne
extent Of the decisionless evil. ana u
| one of the measures becomes q law
/ the effect OF the CLAUSE ealing for . YER
dict in ach bout will do more to en-
liven contests than anything that osuld
be devised.
| Prominent boxers will not tausaly
submit TO be outpointed by inferior o.
poneDts when they realize that the &C.
lcisions OF the referees will become part
OF the records Of the game.
Boxers Loyalty League.
! Beyond doubt the Boxers Loyalty
/ League. which was organized by Dan
Morgan. and developed with the aid OF
Tom Cassidy, Ed Pollack. Billy Group.
Joe HUMPHREYS, Ed Harvey, Peter
Prunty and others. has done moro 10
entertain returned soldiers, especially
those who were wounded. than any other
agency. Morgan and his associates.
who realized that the selfish attitude OF
Willard and Dempsey during tho war
had belittled professional boxing in the
eyes of the public. decided that some
thing must be done to rehabilitats Ehe
sport Therefore they welded the boxers
of America into a league, the chief Oh
ject OF which was unseltish service IN
behalf of the heroic victims OF the strug-
gle in France.
| For nearly a year every member o.
the league. which includes nearly al
boxers of note IN the country. has an
swered the call of the league ofricfAia
and given his best service for the worthy
| cause.
As the wounded soldiers could not %
to boxing clubs, the boxers have gone O.
the hospitals. and fought with genuine
spirit to the hearty applause OF the de-
lighted convalescents. The offlcials and
the boxers have paid all their expenses
to and from the hospitals and many o.
the boxers have appeared in entertafnS
ments every night for weeks.
Their only reward has been the esn-
u,ne pleasure afforded TO the gallant
spectators, and the approval of their
own consciences. Many of the hardest
workers we're by no means topnotcher.
and they may never achieve fame or
wealth In the profession of boxing.
Others, more selfish. may In the fj-
ture reap the financial rewards and the
notorety, but to the modest fighters
who did their best with wounded soldiers
as the onlookers will go the sredit for
raising the standard OF professional box -
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