The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-09-15
Inauguration Of Fifteen-Round
Decision Boxing on Friday
Night Is Now Assured.
Corgrig4t, 1920. ty the Prsns Publishing 90.
lThe New Yorh EFenipE World.

ccggrig14, 1920. b the Prys PIblishing 90.
Che New YORK EvenipE World.
TT - now assured that Friday night |
will mark the Inauguration Of
fifteen-round decision boxing un- |
der the terms and provision Of the |
Walker law. The first show will be |
held under ideal conditions. Just as Il |
should be. at Madison Square Garden.
and big crowd OF fans Is likely to
turn out to properly celebrate the oc-
casion. Up to now there has been |
some fear that the bouts would not
come off as scheduled, but Promoter
Tex Richard guarantees that they
will, and when Tex guarantees any
thing you can go to sleep on II.
Johnny Dundee and Joe weIling
viii have the honor OF starting the
popular game Off under brand-new
conditions, and a better pair OF fisti-
ruffers could not have been secured
for the occasion. Dundee is always de-
Dendable. Whenever he Is in the ring
che fans see plenty OF action. Johnny
himself deplores the fact that there
have been so many stallers in the
game of late. He believes the public
So entitled to It's moneys worth, and
they usually get It when he IL one OF
the principals.
IN meeting yelling Johnny Is going
against a stir proposition, con-
sidering that q decision is to be
rendered. unless a knockout automat-
ically decides the contest. Dundee ad-
mittedly Is the speed of the bout,
but, as they say in racing circles,
- -.
OF an Exterminator. He isn't quite so
hashy in action as Dundee, being of
the old, straight up style, with a
punch that has direction and power
behind Il. For the old eight OF ten
round thing, Dundee might be able
10 hop around elusively, but with flf-
teen rounds 70 20 and yelling in re-
lentless pursuit, little Johnny will
probably have to stand a long drive
70 win.
Pete Hartley and Joe Benjamin. a
clever young man from the Coast, will
furnish another contest, Benjamin lie
the Championship prospects Of Billy
Gibson for Leonard's shoes wher
Benny either retires or Jumps q notch
into the welterweight class,
THE talk of not permitting q
heavyweight bout hereaboutf
until after election, which would
mean the postponing of the Dempsey
Brennan bout scheduled for Oct 1
sounds ridiculous. How can the Box
ing Commission consistently permit
a Carpentier-Levinsly bout before
Election Day and hold up a Dempsey
Brennan contest? What has Election
Day to do with boxing?
Is the commission afraid OF offend
lng some of the goody- goodies2 Ism
boxing a legahzed institution l
every move In administering tn
Walker law is to be made only afte
consideration OF a certain element o
20 placate somebody, why was tn
law put on the statute booksI !
Dempsey Brennan bout is Just a
legal an affair as a Carpentier-Le
whisky go, so why discriminate2
~ HARGES OF mismanagemen'
jealousies between contestin
nations. Lack OF general interes
and disappointing crowds character
lied the renewal Of the Olympi
,xames in Antwerp. Complaint Is sti
heard about mishandling OF the Amer
acan team, but this Is something TO b
corrected here. The chief reason e
criticism at Antwerp was caused be
cause the games were held too 500
after the close OF the world war.
War transforms the human raC
and petty jealousies between con
peting athletes were greatly magn
fied at Antwerp because the worl
mad not yet settled down 20 pre- we
standards. Small crowds were eaIii
attributed to the difficulties OF Eur
pean travel, where every one mu
secure a passport TO travel almost
mile.
THIS year has been notable for IA
spread OF sports and the d
velopment Of great champion
William TIlden achieved what no OF
else ever did-win both the Englil
and American tennis titles. Chi
Evans, in a wonderful information
field, showed that the worlds leadil
amateur golfer comes from Chical
on the race track Man o. War has r
Deatedly stepped over records.
In baseball-well, who doesn't knC
about Babe Ruth and his BATH
sfeats7 The season has not Just be
one Of specialbes-every sport h
contributed ats share Of record brea
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