The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-28

wild wrestling bout in which Null
doon's skill gave him an easy vic
tory. After that Muldoon made
Sullivan wrestle. every day, and
every time Sullivan was thrown
some of his conceit evsporated.
Willy as well as masterful, Null
doom talked to the fighter day after
dey about what Johns future would
be II Kilrain whipped him. Eventu-
ally he took Sullivan down to Mis-
sissippi in fine condition. and Sulli-
van won the fight and the undis-
puted right to call himself cham
pionA
IfWouId Have Been a Battle.
Muldoon dropped Sullivan after
that battle. and aever again gave
his attention to conditioning a prize
fighter. He and Sullivan had found
reason for a quarrel, and It was
characteristic of Muldoon that he
criticized Sullivan sharply. and
when John l.. threatened him, boldly
went out of his way to meet Sulli-
van and invite him to give the
promised thrashing or accept the
consequences If he wasn't able to.
ptNltI vi H. W.
was well advised. and there was no
fight.
/ like to talk with Muldoon. He's
full of ideas about right living. and
argues from his long experience
Recently we wers talking about
schoolboy athletics-a great thing
nowadays. Muldoon said:
Our system of schoolboy ath-
letics is absolutely wrong Young
sters ehould not be allowed to so
through the strain and excitement
of competition
This idea seems exactly in line
with the notions of Jim Rice. %
lumbia coach, astoutlined in an in-
terview last week with Will Alb
bolt.
AS chairman Of the commission IN
control of New York boxing and
wrestling, Mr.. Muldoon has origi-
mated a novel set of rules desicned
to put these sports on a better
plane and protect the contestant
as welh as the public. 1t was MuI-
doom who decided that wrestlers
would find it unsafe and difficult 10
fake IL they were first required 10
sign an affidavit that they'd do
their best to win. If flying or roll
ing falls were counted and no sim
glefall matches allowed
He invented the scheme of maxi
Ing promoters give percentages and
prohibiting gparantees-a PROPOSE
ton so fair to all concerned that it's
wonder no commission ever did
II before.
He also planned to protect small
preliminary boxers by fixing a GER
tain remuneration per round. This
rule caused some confusion. promo
tiers paying boxers who were
stopped" just in py ,portior 70 the
number of rounds iney lasIed-evi-
IDENTIFY an unfair method where there
is no winners and losers end
as in the old days.
Another rule fixes the limit Of the
entire share of the gate receipts.
that can be paid to boxers to so
per cent, and this is quite possibly
understandable Interference with
the business affairs of the promo
ter. Still another fixes the share
of the boxers manager al IS per
cent,,-an awful blow to managers
who have had habit of taking out
so per cent and then deducting ex-
penses from the boxers bit
Some of Mr. Muldoon's theories
may need to be tried out IN prac-
tice before the rules become perma-
nent. But whatever changes may
become necessary. no one can deny
that the present commission, under
his direction. is making deter
mined and honest effort to remove
the abuses that have marred two
good sports. and that boxing never
was so well regulated in New York
state before, Id that wrestling
was never before this time removed
from the status of profitable