Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-28
rc FoHM ASSOCIATION
 TO GOVERN BOXING

New York, Dec. 2i.--Formatior of national body to govern and conf Fl pro- fessionzl boxing will be undertaken in this city next month. Delegates appointed by the governors of Is states will convene at the Headquarters of the International Sporting club on Jan. 1o,- II and 12
 The new association which Kill absorb the army, navy and civilian board of box ing control, of which it is really a devel- opment will be formed by carefully. ss- Elected and officially appointed sdelegat tes. from the following states;:, New York, Ohic,S Pennsylvania Massachusetts, Mary land, New Jersey, Connecticut, Colorado i Wisconsin, Montana, Minnesota, Oregon, West Virginia. Louisiana. Washington, Florida, Tennessee and Oklahoma. This group represents almost all of the states where ,boxtngs.is legali4ed; The conference isiAhe continuation of more than six months of ccrrespondenee and ir some cases, personal conferences between the officials of the International fSpcrting club and the governors of the states which will delegate representatives l to the meeting
 Each delegate will have the written
 authority to represent his state in the
 conference and to act in the formation of
 the organization. The delegates will re-
 turn to. their respective states after the conference with the idea of having the
 necessary changes made so that all will 1 govern boxing under the rules to be ladcpted fby the new association
 Discussing the project with The Asso-
 ciated Press, William A. Gavin, managing director of the international Sporting Eclub, stated today that it was the inten- ttion of the delegates to standardize the boxing rules for each and every state fs. o1 kS idelinquert ofzoffending boxer in all states
 if suspended by the national association, and to compel champions to defend their titles at reasonabiessfixed intervals or for felt the title. It is also the intention of tthoso interested to advocate the abolition of the huge purses which have recently
 been offered for boxing matches as Il dis.
 crediting boxing, and to work for reason.
 able admission prices at all ma atches as ie
 the case in baseball, football and other
 sports of national character. It is fur
 ther proposed to stop the filming of box
 Ing bouts as harmful to the sport The new organization also will cooperate with
 the national boxing bodies of other na. lions with the idea of having one interna- fiona code for the governing of boxers ir
 order to make the sport clean. wholesome
 humane and to elevate 1t to, the plane en. joyed bys other sports and pastimes.
 , A man of national Reputation and ar
 outstanding figure. in sport probably will be selected for president of the body Tex ORourke at present matchmaker for
 the International Sporting club, will be I the secretary of the oTganiza tion. It is
 expected that the formation of a national governing body for boxing will lift the sport to a high and permanent plane and . find favor with the, newly elected sover.
 nors Of such states as do not now have
 a boxing law or who are inclined to froxu upon the sport due to unsatisfactory con.
 ditions which surround the game at thi. time