The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-09
Board Getting but Little En-
couragement in Arrang-
ing Bouts
BY ROBERT EDGREN

New York Boxing commission
seems 10 be playing a lone hand.
Commissions in other states refuse
TO recognize New York's claim that
champion Isn't a champion unless
he let's the commission run his bus!-
ness.
All this meddling with champions
and championships does no good
and causes confusion. For few
hundred years championships have
gone with the decision of the referee,
and no two or three individuals can
change a worldwide custom.
The commission has a clear right
TO decide how boxing matches shall
be run, but II has no more right TO
order boxers TO make certain
matches than II would have TO so
to Houdlni. for instance and say:
LOOK herel You intend to sign a
season contract at the Hippodrome.
Nothing doing! What do you mean
by trying to run your own business!
Huh? Now you go right down and
sign up with the X. Q. Jones cab
aret at Coney Island within twen-
ty-four hours or Wen take away
your right TO be called the handcuff
king in New York state. suspend
your license TO give public exhibit
tions and officially rule that you're
a second rater and only cheese
champ, and not even that, by heck!
Can't Make Matches.
One OF the weak points OF the
commissions attempt to dictate
matches to champions Is that II die
tates only meetings with boxers who
challenge in New York. 1t was silly
to try to make Harry Greb take a
match with Rosenberger. After see
ing what old Mike Gibbons did TO
Rosenberger last year I'll say 1t
was more than silly. II was almost
cruel.
The New York commission at
present Is composed of a pretty fair
lot OF citizens. But suppose the COM
mission was made up as one COM
mission was in the past-not many
years ago at that:
What wonderful chance for
graft would be opened by assuming
the right to dictate what matches
must be made by champions, and by
holding the threat OF annulling
championships over their heads. I've
seen one or two political gents who
would rather have the boxing COM
mission privilege" than own all the
bridges over Harlem river.
The present commission is on the
level, and is trying to figure out
some way TO prevent the holding
OF championships by takers who
dodge every dangerous challenger,
But there may be other commissions
later, and the gentlemen now in are
establishing II dangerous precedent,
Australian promoter comes out
with a liberal offer Of 100000 TO
Dempsey TO figh. WIS n 2O-round
bout In sydney. Austl lila isn't up to
date. over there they will dream
OF tho tremendous $4,000 purse
paid Tommy Burns for fightins
Johnson. Dempsey could get more
for fighting Wills in this country
even IL Il was only in a short no.
decision bout. And he wouldn't take
the risk OF being seasIck.
Les Darcy's sad Case.
Les Darcy told me, when he ar
rived from Australia, that his only
object in coming TO America was TO
earn some real money quickly and
send 10 TO his family so that they'd
he left IN comfort IL he was killed in
the war, as he intended TO enlist in
Canada after two or three fights.
Les said the Australian promoters
had paid him so lbtle for his many
great fights. and had iuggled tho
payments so skiltully. that he had