The New York herald., 1921-04-08
GOV. MILLER GETS
EXPERT VIEWS ON
Il SPORTS CONTROL
Executive Listens to Opin-
ions of Writers on Lead
ing Pastimes.
RACING WE'LL HANDLED
Baseball Immune, Boxing Com
mission Likely to Be
Reorganized.
RACING WELL HANDLED
ny CHARLES f. MATHIsoN.


AS result of discussion at Albany
yesterday between Gov. Miller and a
number of writer's on sporting mat
ters with reference to racing, base
sonably certain that the Chief Execu-
tive of the State will not put into force
his proposed plan of one commission
to control all of those branches OF
sport. The Governors comments also
led to the belief that he considers
racing and baseball officials competent
TO govern their pastimes. and that he
will not interfere with them.
Judging from inquiries made by the
Governor of Senator Simpson and AS
semblyman Brundage, who have drawn
bills to legislate the present commits
sion out of office and pave the way
for the appointment of successors,
those measures are likely to be passed
before the close of the session two
weeks hence and will receive the Cub
ernatorial approval.
Wrestling is likely to be put in control
OF the Boxing Commission.
The preponderance of sentiment of the
speakers who addressed the Governor
was opposed to commission to govern
all sports and also against State control
of racing and baseball
The Governor asked why a general
commission would not be a good thing
and 1t was pointed out to him that it
would be a difficult matter to find three
men sufficiently conversant with all
branches of sport to act judicially on
important questions.
Assemblyman Brundage then said that
the bill drawn by Senator Simpson and
himself put wrestling under control of
the Boxing Commission.
Doubtful About Boxing.
Gov. Miller asked the Assemblyman
II his bill provided for non-salaried
commission and the reply was in the
affirmative. After hearing the state
ment that baseball was able to regulate
itself the Governor said
Il am frank to say that, while
many people think otherwise. i do
not think that the State ought to at
tempt to regulate people who can
regulate themselves. We have got
enough to do to look after the things
that need regulating"
The Governor, In reply to assertions
that boxing was being conducted i'm 1.
commendable way. said he had read Of
bouts in New York that looked to him
as il the game was not being run as 1t
ought to be.
The question as to the conduct oF the
present commission came up and one OF
the upstate speakeres declared that the
commission might have made mistakes,
but that the members were conscientious
and in the main had made good record
The point was made that the appoint
ment OF non-salaried Commissioners was
unnecessary. as the salaried deputies
would do the work. To this the Gov
ernor replied:
II suppose the theory Is that If you
make the responsible head non-sala-
ried. and get men who are interested
in the sport as such sufficiently so
that they would serve on such a
commission because OF their in
teres. and not have a salary. you
would be more likely to have the
sport conducted as a sport, cleanly,
y instead OF. as Is claimed in many
quarters, as a purely commercial en-
terprise.'
Gov Miller denied that he had au-
thorized the drawing of bill to group
racing. baseball and boxing under one
commission, and he did not know II
such a measure had been prepared by
any one. He added shat he was too busy
in the executive department 70 keep
track OF the legislative calendar.
One OF the speakers made a vitriollic
attack on wrestling. which he claimed
was huge hippodromc. and a Troy
delegate complained that all boxing
bouts held In that city were fakes" He
WAS asked why he did not have the
matchmakers indicted.