The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-29

Without being unduly pessimistic It
* necessary TO warn those who are
friendly 10 boxing that the grave or
that game In New York has been dug
deep and that they are getting ready
10 roll the carcass OF the sport into 1t.
Tue combine of insiders which has
usurped control OF the sport under the
new nonsaiaried Boxing Commission is
wrecklnE the sport. Unless conditions
ore changed radically and Immediately
the sport will not survive the winter.
The attention of. the Boxing Commits
sion should be called TO one OF Its rules
which Mas passed to safeguard the
sport. This ruling Is that no match
maker for any club mi also be mana
ger o. lighters.
1t will not require any deep tnvestiga-
tiun to md that q number OF the match
makers d. control boxers. act as their
managers and collect the dough. Nell
tArr will il take much effort to discover
that q combine exists between some OF
these matchmaking managers. or that
outsiders have difficult time getting
matches at all.
The commission also might look into
the charges OF some boxers that they
are required to give over part OF their
share OF purses to others IN order to
get matches al all. The commission
strove to limit the amount OF toll the
promoters. matchmakers. managers and
grafters might take from the boxers.
II might be a good Idea TO call the boys
into the stand and clean the augean sta
bles OF the sport before K Is cleaned for
them.
Three shades from California
George, B1lly and DSvs-Ars boxing
around New York. The only shadss
which Essm aired are black and
Colorado madur0.
The futIlIty OF trying TO decide the
championship football team OF the Unit
ed States this yea= Is sufficiently shown
10y the fact that six teams are claimin
tho title. When six claim anything II
Is useless To- argue. J'esides that, II
only serves 70 stir up more
so far as the Big Three is concerned
tho all seem 81 tisicd excepting Yale.
and even in that case the consolation
OF beating Princeton acts as a salve to
the ounds inflicted by Harvard. SO
far "a Harvard Is concerned nothing
matters to Harvard excepting 70 beat
Yale. and II Is perfectly willing TO sacri-
Ace everything else in order 10 win that
game.
With the big chances that have como
over football the old system Of prep
ping teams for just one game must Go.
u Is all right. OF curse. for Harvard
and Yale and Princeton 10 consider their
games ail-important. but the other
.chools nave few such traditions. nor d.
their games odd the same import In
public opinion. Even in the case OF the
Big Three there are many who think
they may lose much IL their prestige by
considering other games as mere prac-
lice for tho big ones. II the smaller
institutions continue TO advRnce in foot.
ball as they have done there Is danger
that thew may steal some OF the popl.
IarIty OF the Rig Three. The public
may come 20 take the view OF the eX,
perts that there are better teams play,
ing better games. Not. however. until
thoy build stadlums 70 hold crowds thai
Will rival in color and noise those oil
the Big Three.
wnlio Sh2psgpsars may have been
eorrsot when no made that famous In
aulry a. . what In In . name, bus
Won WIN obssrvs that Ehe Geezof1
brothers won the great handicap
walking match In Brooklyn-
There have been so many charges ant
rumors concerning the purity Of th'
Lafayette team IN an amateur way thR'
I spent considerable time before ano
after tho LehiBh-Lafayette contest delv