The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-08-28
BOXING BOARD ASKS
PROMOTERS TO HALT
No More Matches to Be Made
Till LaIO IS Operative.

The recently appointed members OF
she Boxing Commission and License
Committee, who will supervise the, sport
Ia this State under the Walker law, held
their first formal meeting yesterday af-
ternoOn at 2S6 Fourth avenue, and pro-
ceedcd TO serve notice on promoters that
they were going too fast in Announcing
the appointments OF officials previous to
the time the commission legally began
Its functions At the conclusion OF their
deliberations the Commissioners issued
/ this statement:
! "The provisions OF the law which Il IL
proposed literally and rigidly to enforce
q 10 not permit our starting UP over night.
as we must confer with the Attorney
General Of the State for construction OF
leases upon premises to be occupied for
boxing contests and with the State Treas
/ nrer and State Comptroller In setting up
the machinery for collecting the States
share OF the gate receipts.
ut must be said. therefore, that tho
! fixing Of dates and the announcing of Of
fcials by promoters Is without authority
and the commission trusts that no fur
! iher public announcements will be made
as 10 dates for holding contests or indl-
Niduals to ofilciate. It must be distinctly
Understood that no contest can be heli
nor can officials act until such time as
licenses and permits have been granted.
The License Committee may not be
pressed beyond orderly legal procedure.
The Boxing Commission and the
license committee are now legally in
being and will proceed with their or
. ha NF
+ law. The first and vital part OF the
work is to be done by the license COM
/ mlttee. 1t must give careful consid-
Grafton to the hundreds OF applications
I from corporations. deputies, judges, phy-
| sicians, referees. boxers, &c, The license
committee realizes that the success of
boxing under the Walker bill depends
upon the most careful selection Of this
! personnel. AS Senator Walker re-
marked; The license committee selects
the cast, The play wins or loses as the
cast is good or bad Upon those initial
steps almost solely depends the public
support Of boxing in this State"
| The commission is now seeking per-
manent offices in this city, the location
of which will be announced later,
The members win meet again next
Tuesday evening as guests of Commits
sloner MCGUIRE at the New York Ath-
letic Club.
1t was announced that Chairman Jo-
seph Johnson Of Manhattan had been
appointed for the longest term, explr.
ing January /, 1924. Walter G. Hooke
/ of Westchester will hold office until jan
uary /. 1923, and the term OF Edward
w. Ditmars OF Brooklyn will end Janu-
airy /. 1922. The members OF the license
committee - Chairman Laurence Nc
Guire, New York; Capt. d. Walker Wear,
! Binghamton, and Col. Charles Easton
! Walsh, Albany--are to retain their Of
fees until their successors are appointed.
/ Several bouts have already been an
| nounced by local promoters for the near
| future, and 1t is possible that the ma
! chinery of the Boxing Commission may
not be in full swing In time for the hold
| ing of these contests. Postponement OF
the bout between Benny Leonard, light
weight champion, and Eddie Fitzsim-
mons at Madison Square Garden from
| September II to September 27 was an
nounced yesterday. The reason given
was that Jewish holidays near the first
date might prevent some OF the title
holders admirers from attending. II
has been planned to open the Garden
with minor bouts early next month.
Another important bout is scheduled
for October IL between Georges Carpen
tier, European heavyweight champion
and Battling Levlnsky at Ebbets Field
home of the Brooklyn National Baseball
Club. Jack Dempsey. heavyweight cham
pion, Is scheduled to meet an opponent
yet to be chosen some time before Jahu
ary l. .. .