Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-02
NEW RING RULES MAY
BE MADE TOMORROW
Promoters OF Boxing in Philadelphia Are limited to
Conference for the Purpose OF Going Ouer the
Present Police Regulations
BY LOUIS II. JAFFE

PoxING in Philadelphia is to be
placed under new set of regula-
lions II such n move is found necessary
by Director of Public Safety James Il.
Cortelyou. Cause for such revision of
the present police rules was instigated
by Monday nights one sided bout at
the Olympia between Lew Tender and
Stanley Hincklc.
Promoters of the sport in this city
are to attend a conference. invitations
FOR which were received this morning,
In the Office OF Director Cortelyou to.
morrow afternoon. Harry ID. Edwards
and Leon l.. Rains will represent the
Olympia, Harry Donaghy the National.
Marcus Williams the Auditorium,
Johnny Burns the Cambria and Willie
Honck the Germantown A. A.
These men will have an opportunity
to make suggestions for changes in the
regulations if they SO see fit, and. pro
vlding they meet with the approval Of
Mr.. Cortelyou, revisions will be made
accordingly.
Others TO Attend
Several managers, referees and news.
paper men, together with Joseph X
Costello, of the city solicitors office.
and Superintendent of Police Mills also
Will be present at the session. Mr..
COSTELLO, former sports writer, will
De a valuable man at the conference.
Being uninterested in the sport. from
the standpoint of promoting matches
or managing boxers, Mr.. Costello will
be in position TO make some logical
suggestions. He knows the game in
Philadelphia backward from u to A,
having written on the sport for q mum
Der of years.
IL it is deemed necessary by Mr..
Cortelyou to draft a new set Of boxing
regulations, it is probable that the big
job will fall to Mr.. Costello. What the
changes will be is unknown at the pres
ent time. However. a number of new
rules will be added to those in order at
the present time, while some will be re-
vised.
Although set Of police regulations.
which are supposed to govern boxing
In Philadelphia have been in effect since
january 2, 1912, il would not be sur
prising ii 80 per cent Of the 10000 fans
who witness exhibitions here weekly do
not know or never knew the existing
Of such rules.
These regulations were created by
James Robinson, then superintendent
Of police. and approved by George D.
Porter, at that time director of public
safety. They were drafted following
the alleged frame up" of a bout by
Sam Langford. which resulted in the
Boston negro running out Of the match
and later being barred in Philadelphia.
Ten Rules In All
In all there are supposed to be ten
rules under which boxing is supervised
by the police. Several Of these rcgula
tions have been infringed upon time
and again during the last four or five
years and no effort has been made to
punish the offenders nor make them live
mp to rules.
For instance, Rule No. 3 states:
Contestants shall not be permitted to
have more thar three (3) attendants or
seconds. and these attendants must re-
frain from coaching the principals dur
Ing the progress Of the rounds.
This rule is broken at each and every
boxing club in the city. not so much as
to the number of seconds, but rather
the coaching by the attendants.