El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-10
DELEGATES In
17STATESPLAN
FEDERATION
New York City Is Scene of
Gathering of Representatives
From All Over Country.
GIGANTIC UNION
PLAN CONSIDERED

the game is leEalized are here to
DAY 70 form national body 70 con
troll the sport
The convention and the plan for
national controlling body for boLin;
is the idea OF the international sport
ing club and the officers OF the army
navy and civilian board OF boNinl
control and Il looks like a step il
the right direction.
Uniform rules for boxing bouts,
Uniform weight scale, the abolition o.
TOD heavy purses, steps to compe
champions in the various classes q
defend their titles at certain inter
walls or forfeit them. and other re-
forms Of constructive nature wiz b
taken up at the session here. which Il
70 last through Wednesday.
Prom Many States.
me men who are In session are
official representatives Of the states
rom which they nan, having been
appointed by the various governors
20 attend the conclave-
The states represented are New
York, Reunsglva MIA Ohio Connect
cut Wisconsin. Minnesota Oklahoma,
west Virginia Florida. New Jersey.
Massachusetts, Missouri. Colorado,
Montana, oregon, Louisiana, Wash
tngton and Tennessee.
In all OF these states boxing Is
controlled under a state law.
Most Of these states have boxing
there f. a feeling that the only
way In which the game can be
elevated Is through the medium
Of e controlling body that viii be
national in scope and ali pow
erfu1 In dictutinE in fhe best IN
ferests OF the sport.
In addition TO forming q national
1odT the convention viii take steps
toward affiliatlou with boxing bodies
Of other nations, so that the game
world with rules and regulations that
win be recognized everywhere
Time after time in recent years
steps in this direction have been ad-
rocated. but until today no concerted
movement has ever been taken. Box
iuE is gaining q hold in this coun-
Try since the war that has en-
couraged the far sighted men be-
hind the game 10 take immediate
steps to safeguard the ground gained
so far as possible. Under conditions
that have prevailed In the past re-
formers have been able to attack box
ing and have laws passed prohibiting
10, OF otherwise, put the game in bad
repute without as much as a come
back
The boxers themselves can go from
place TO place and exhibit their
wares, but the boxing public IN any
given locality must bear the burden
OF being denied the chance OF en-
1
the reIormers put across a coup With
q national boxing body IN control OF
the sport, moves on the part OF the
re1ormers-nure cran-s who attack
boxing for want OF something better
10 dO-Wiu be foreseens and efforts
made TO forestau them By the con-
troliag body
Widespread Popularity.
The appeal OF boxing is not limited
10 any state or locality The fans
in California love boxing as well as
they ever did
The New York nubIie dotes on
boxing, and IN philadelphia, hos
ton and other Cities large and
snail there are leEfonE OF boxing
fans In Chicago where boxing
has been under the ban for years,
there r. a Terituble army OF box
ing fnuE who have to 80 TO NIL
Waulzee CT some outside city TO
witness bouts. II the officials Of
the city OF Chicago Cook county
or the state Of illinois really /
doubt that Chicago and other
cities In the Sucker Etuten want
boxing 1e1 them try f. out with
number Of exhibition bouts.
Trial bouts would sweep away all
doubt.
me move on the part Of the men 4
gathered here 20 eliminate the Gus
tom Of giving fabulous purses 10
boxers, champions or otherwise is
reasonable Purses hung
up By promoters today for cham
bouts are altogether out OF
20 what a boxer or any
other public performer IS entitled 20,
and the HbiE purse craze" should be
laid by the heels Unreasonahly large
purses hung up within the last few
years have done more to harm box
ing than 20 help 81, and the boxers
themselves should be able 70 see this.
-aturally enough the average boxer
who can command a big purse is out
TO get the velvet while the getting
.s good" and 10 IS not his fauit that
he market for bouts OF title caliber
Is 50 lucrative That must be laid at
he doors Of the promoters
With the president OF the United
states drawing a salary Of $4,000 a
year. 10 is ridiculous when boxer
paid 100000 for a performance !
8stinE less than an hour in six
zen foot ring
and right here Is where the public
.omes in 1t stands 20 reason that
he disproportionata purses being paid
.oEers these days are responsible for
he aEorbitant prices charged for
icEets 20 boxing shows This freight
ne public must pay. Hence the moves
icing made by the men who are IN
'assion here today are bound to meet 4
9Th popular public approval