El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-28

3 will never be known n he disre-
Earded Douglass claim for n
fOul-therel5y Indicating Gundy
had the right to deliver the
ed Gundy, thereby Indicating
that he had no right 10 strike
the blows. The conflict In his
actions further added 10 the con-
fusion
II is erroneous to believe that par
ticuiarly hard fought battles are
productive OF most fouls. The hard
/ est battles are generally between the
gamest boxers and fouls do not IN
tentionally occur between men Of
that kind This was well illustrated
in the recent Sudenberg-G George bat
tie, probably the hardest fought bout
by a wide margin staged hereabouts
in many moons.
Bout Was Good
More energy was expended by these
two battlers in five rounds than
sorbed more punishment in half doz-
en- rounds than most Is round battles
afford. let neither Of these men
during the IS rounds ever hit a foul
blow. The exchange Of blows at
close quarters was all for keeps
which cannot be said OF any other
bout Of recent date for the entire
route. The public likes clean bat
tiers and for this reason-together
with the fact that the George
SudenberE tattle stands unparalleled
for hard fighting these men will be
greeted with pleasure when they ap-
pear again Sept. 10.
L any case foul fighting
should not be lightly passed over
by either fans or the press Foul
ing T. phase that should be
eliminated PurrorS are paying
plenty TO see bouts here now. The
principals are receiving from 500
10 over , % for fort bouts and
that T. enough insure m hon
est fight. free of fouls. all the
way through.
Must Treat Fans Right.
Nor are fouls the onl disagreeable
and crooked phases that should be
eliminated Some promoters and
mana gers are more to blame for deg
relation Of the game than the prin-
cipals in the bouts It is not amiss
for fans TO discuss such matters
freely and when promoters and man
ayers by collision attempt to kill the
game through getting financial
corner on boxing in a community, 81
is time for the press 10 go into detail
and assist the public to eliminate
such promoters and managers.
War Helped the Pastime.
part OF the soldiers work at Bliss
Boxers developed fast under efficient
army instruction. The greatest era
IN boxing ever seen at the fort came
with the entry OF boxing into the
Field Day meets Fighting for their
regiments produced the hardest and
fastest battles ever seen at Bliss.
Since the armistice was signed in
struction at Bliss has not been con-
tinued on the same scale. The bat
tiers who fought with all their might
for nothing on field days and for al
most nothing at the Studorium shows
are now getting ten times as
much for their bouts-but there is
not ten times the amount Of steam
displayed by any means
In short the boxing game IS more
nearly approaching a commercial
basis. It is erroneous to believe that
the soldiers get all the gate receipts
or that II all goes to the benefit Of
the athletic fund others get quite
2 chunk OF the gate receipts.
The public for whit they nre
paying are entitled to fast bouts
not occasionally n IN the
GeorEe-SudenberE bout hut
right along. Nor is this hard to
do II the soldiers md the public
are not sacrificed to the finan-
cial Interests OF promoters and
manager