Evening star., 1920-01-03
BOXING IS GAINING !
COLLEGE SUPPORT:
Championship Journeys Un-
der Revised Ring Rules
Near Future Possibility.

| NEW YORK. January 2-Boxina as
an intercollegiate sport is rapidly gain
! ing Supporters at a number Of COL
| leges and universities in all parts of
the COUNTRY, and championship tour
nainents under revised ring rules are
not at all unlikely. within, the next
/ few years. Intervarsity bouts between
tpicked boxing teams representing OK
ford and Cambridge universities have
been part of the annual English sport
schedule tor many years, and similar
contests are not entirely unknown in
the United States.
1t is expected that, such meetings
VIII become more frequent as the
boom In boxing gathers strength The
tendency in this direction is shown Dy
number of recent reports of boxing
activity among the collegians. Word
comes from Peoria, ILL.,. that the
Little conference" has included box
ing in its list of major sports and that
championship tournament would be
held next spring.
Penn Leading Advocate.
In the east the University of Penn
SSiNanla has long been an ardent ad-
Vocate of boxing for the college ath-
lete and has several times suggested
the formation of ;m intercollegiate
boxing league. At the present time
both Pennsylvania and Penn State
college have the largest squads of
boNerS trying for the teams in the
history of the sport Both squads are
under the instruction of competent
coaches and there & will be a dual tour
nament early irf the spring between
the two lnstitu1 ions. as was the case in
1919. Dartmouth and other colleges
in the east have engaged boxing
coaches and 'flan intramural tourna-
mems, with the possibility of broader
activity within year or two.
The plan .Or a set of international
boxing rules to supersede the anti
quated Marquis of Queensberry code
promises tD be a subject of consid-
cradle controversy. during the COM
ing mont S. The Army, Navy and ci-
william bobrd of boxing control in this
country recently sent representa-
tive abroad with the outline for new
regulat ions. Later it was learned that
the In ternational Boxing Federation.
a Eur spean organization, was also at
work on such a set of rules. 1t was
further learned that there was wide
gulf between the proposed codes and
that $50 far as the European authorl-
ties Were concerned there was little
inclination to adopt the American
idTas.
'fhe Amateur Athletic Union also
h as issued q notice to all candldateS
for places on the American Olympic.
Eames boxing team that the contests
at Antwerp next summer viii be con-.
idueted under the English amateur
boxing rules and that they must fa--Ts
m iliarize themselves with. this eoaef
/ if theyrsexpect to make the team
/ These rules differ 10 a number OF re-,
aspects from the United States reguiaT
.stions and point winner under the
+ latter, might. easily be declared the.
loser in bout fought at Antwerp
Favor Scientific Boxing.
In this connection a portion of the
report of the manager OF the A. "a. y;
team of boxers. who recently returned
from tournament trip through
Scandinavia is enlightening. All the
bouts were tonight under Engllsh
anfa teur. rules. Ths.- -Ipanag sta ssssEa IFS,
America LEARNED a--fesson from The
tour which will Ire of great-yaId IN
prsparing asss5lS.npIoIship -, egnse,nss'' g a,ss'
rules under which the Americans
| competed in Denmark and Sweden
are the rules which will govern the.
boxing contests at the Olympic
games, namely. the English amateur
boxing rules. 49, -
'sThe judging and scoring of points
under the EngHshsrules greatly faNors
the scientific boxer and no credit IS
given for -agsressiveness. g..
The American boxers will have to.
change their tactics if they hope to,
VIII DIT eHS OlS iHpiS SainS. iS $50
| mer, and the American Olympicscom =
mittee and those responsible for af,ia-.
teur boxing should take advantage
of the lesson learned on this tour and
/ endeavor to change the styles ofssome
of our best amateurs.
"Unfa mill liarity with the boxing
rules in the Scandinavian countries
was big handicap to the Yankees.
but. despite this. the trio was very
successful winning thirteen of the
seventeen contests in which they par
ticipated