Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-14
ACTION PLA CHG AGE LIMIT ON
BOXERS IS RESENTED BY FANS
Edlct of New York State Boxing Commission Is Much
Discussed in Sporting Circles-Fighters Also
Pass Physical Examinations

NEW YORK. Aug. 1S--In boxing
H'rtIes the action of the state Ath-
ie'sG commission in sciting thirty
e'Eht years as tho dead line of box
ers Is being discussed. pro and con.
me general impression is that mas
much as the commission has rigid
Tn!cs regarding physical examination
there was no necessity of setting an
age limit. particularly one so low AS
thirty-eight
The fact that every boxer mus,
pass Il thorough physical cxamina
ton before he is given q license
makes the setting Of an age limit
redundant and unnecessary. II is un-
just 10 deprive q boxer from DartI,i
pating in boxing contests simply be-
cause he has reached the thirty
eight year mark
Sporting history is rcplctc with I'm =
cIoehts where men past thirtv-clrht
nave showed marked superiority 10
rivals ten years and more younger.
b"o Fltzsimmons was past IS when
ne knocked out Gus Rubin and Tom
Sharkcy, two OF the toughest heavy
weights that ever craw!cd throurh
the ropes. Al 10 FitZsimmons only.
mad one superior in the world. and
ne was ''im JefIries, conceded To he
me greatest heavyweight thar ever
u"hned the gloves. At 40 FitZs!m-
mons gave Jcnrics what the big fell
low himself declares the hardest G.rht
ne ever mad.
Starislaus Zbyszko. well past 40.
won tho heavyweight wrcs,Iin1.
championship OF the world.
william Muldoon. himself chair
man of the state Athletic Commits
SION was AT 3S years of age Il remark =
AMY fin" physical specimen and
weli-aualihed to test his wrestling
ability against any man in the world.
And wrestling is fully as strenuous
a sport as boxing
Tom kicly won the worlds all
around championship when he was
past IS.
Think what Nick Young was do
ing in the pitchers box when H. was
well past the 3S-ycar mark.
Joe Rnddy, well past 90 IS today
one of the Creates water polo play-
ers In the world. ana there isn't. q
more strenuous sport in the world
than water po'o.
AT 80 Aliic Shrubb. tho world 8
champion distance runner, could run
rings around his younger rivals
Jack Britton is sc and only recently
showed signs OF a letting up in phy
steal and ring powers. Eritton never
locked better In his life than he did
against Kid Lewis in the Garden last
winter. The fact that he made q
miserable showing III II bout in New
Jersey recently Is not due To any
icSseninG Of strength and ability
u rough age. hut simply because Brit
ION did not train fnr the one contest
THAT was shown by the ten pounds
Of excess weight Jack totcd into tho
ring
IL is true that tho average hoxcr
is past his prime at rs. but there
are exceptions 10 the rule, and AS
long as the commission has it's rigid
regulations regarding physical cyan
ination OF all applicants FOR II box
ing license and all contestants before
they enter the ring there was no
necessity Of setting a 3S-ycar age
limit
Many persons consider that the
commission set it's .S-ycar age limit
for the express purpose OF forceuard-
ing against any application for a
boxing license by Jack Johnson. II
that * so the commission chose
tho easiest way" not the right way.
Ii makes other men the goat"
II Ia within tho power OF the COM