The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-03
by AA4S S:SM.&e~

boys train for matches as Il for ere"
race Or chamrionshjp boxing contest.
Leonard Makes Friends
Benny Leonard has made himself
70; Of friends by this frank and open
, statement concerning boxing N Ne"
York STATE" he gave Jimmy Sinnott
one % the hest and most comprehensive
interviews ever given Vui--and n"
talked straight from the shoulder, as
no hits. and ne carried Knockout
punch N every paragraph.
lie 'nard explains that he Will not ooN
in New York because OF the system Of
judging bouts and giving decisions. lie
Simply refuses Ia place HIS til" N lcop-
urdy by permitting Judges VII" - N
, experienced or worse TO decide ma Gca
! He SAYS that tha New YORK system %
, DECISIONS Is all wrong. Also II" takes
smash At the gambling evil which
has grown 10 be such 4 menace 10 IN"
sport lie says that frequently 70 |
IS offered On nights that should be even
none affairs. and that the betting se'-
dom goes wrong.
He simply states what every follower
Of boxing IN New York knows: that
10, Of ROACH stun has been pulled AMI
il being pulled and that the system! or
selecting Judges makes these sure thing
rlean-ups possible. lie probably VIII
got himself in bad with the New YORK
Athletic Conmiss.nn--hut perhaps he
already was in that condition. anu
doesn't care. At any rate. ii few more
OF the leading boxers would talk r.ghi
out az Leonard and Mike Gibbons do.
tho powers that are getting away w!;h
the rough stuff would lose out and the
Spor, be savcl from them.
II Is a rather odd thing that New
York should have so much S"anda! ana
trouble over boxing and Wisconsin lie n
such good condition. The New York
s,aw. on the surface. - az good or bet
ter than that OF Wisconsin. and in part
il was copied after the Wisconsin law
The difference seems 10 b" that in WIS
consln they have a commission that en-
forces The law and eNfnrccs tts own
rulings. GuXerS and managers EG""
this. They don't monkey with ne WIS
rnnsln cornm!SSiOn---an at tho same
time they make monkeys out OF the
New YORK aud N"r jersey commissions
As to stan zbyszfo
S.arislauS Xhys1ko. the veteran Polish
. wrestler announces lis intention OF re-
, ;.ring from ;hc ring at the end of TINS
I. season. Nearly nifty years ot age. THIS
physical marvel who was fat and "Et ~
I condition. worked himself back to thu
= ;op after two years OF as desperate et
! fort as ever 4 man put through
=. He never was popular In this c"untr!
I and never VIII he but H. is tremen
Z dously powerful fellow. clever III "a
p US. OF arms. saving Of strength, an'
with "a consumuate skill in making hi
tremendous weight do the work for him
lie Is not Snowy. conServes his strcngn
and his SKI! and cunning consist OF N
crafty use OF weight {" aid his strength
and o. saving his reserve power for IN
= maj effort.
We have had Ia, OF scandalous tall
v about "cruokcdress" in wrestling. bd
4, think OF II this way: Here Is ma
,, who has wrestlcd 942 times IN his IL:
and never lost hut once. II there |
u, ANYTHING moro coasisten: than ina
, where Is y;
The rumor persists and refuses I
: down that Miller HuggnS ~ done an
! that A new manager Will lead the cha nj
pion Yankees next spring. II Is Nhn"
that there has been mach dissatlsfi
1 ton In the cub and among the owner
Q over Huggins' management OF the team
y and that the. climax was reached '"'
= Inst scnxOn Also. Z - certain tina
d Iluggins was aided Gy an advisory boar
during the last fortnight OF the seas"'
While we have "a tines taken oCrASIO
IN criticize sore Of llugKirs t1Et"s.
II only fair to state that he Is deSerN
;, ing o, much sympathy. and that IT u
r,inor that he Is 10 20 ana 10 hcr"'"
- part owner OF 4 Pacific coast team
=. true II Is due in part At least TO MS !
- health During the time last seas"
:, when the critics We're assa!!InE nh
=, most savaGe,v he was Il very SICK ma
- He was suffering from an ailm"nt whl'
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