The New York herald., 1922-10-16
WILL NOT REPEAL
THE WALKERL
States Chief Entirely Salts
fled With the Way the
Sport Is Conducted.
MANAGERS MAKETROUBLE
Boxers Now Best Behaved Ath-
letes in History Of Ring,
Says MuldOOn.
BY CHARLES r. MATHIsoN.

Reports to the effect that Gov
Miller contemplated action in the d
rection of the repeal of the Walker
law were yesterday brought to the at
tention of William Muldoon, chairman
of the New York State Athletic Com
mission.
There is no more truth in that
rumor than i'm the canard about me re-
signing said Mr.. Muldoon. Far from
having any intention of bringing about
the repeal of the present boxing law,
Gov Miller has assured me he is en-
tirely satisfied with the way in which
the commission has oncducted the
sport and that he will sustain the COM
mission in it's effort to raise the stand
ard of boxing When the commission
took office Gov Miller told me that If
any changes in the law would tend to
better conditions, he stood ready to
help. / replied that the law as it stood
seemed adequate, and that we would go
forward on existing conditions. In
fact. the commission has had the con-
stant support of the Governor in it's
efforts to conduct boxing in a manner
to meet the approval of the public.
while there have been some un-
pleasant events in boxing, I think the
same is true of nearly every branch of
~ 'itSSioudl oppli. II NY opiilloH
that the boxers of the present day are
the best behaved athletes in the his
tory of the ring. Their condition physi-
cally is better and their conduct in and
out of the ring is an improvement over
that of their predecessors. The boxers
have not made any considerable amount
of trouble for the commission, but the
managers have been and are now an
obstacle to progress in the sport These
Il y,rNf t<s..r
bring the sport into disrepute, and they
apparently would be willing to wreck
the entire boxing structure if it would
accrue to their financial advantage.
am determined to teach these men that
they must walk a straight line in the
business of boxing, and those who are
Slow to understand my attitude will
learn through bitter experience.
Taken as whole. boxing never was
in more favorable position than it is
at present. and l intend to keep 1T
there"
Tf Mickey Walker, the Jersey welter,
retains his original stamina and COM
bativeness he should make it interesting
for Champion Jack Britton when they
meet at the Garden on November 1.
Sam Fitzpatrick, who's managed Kid
Iavigne and took the saginaw boy to
England to win the worlds lightweight
title from Dick Burge and who also
ploted Jack johnson to the match with
Tommy Burns that gave the negro the
worlds title, is seriously i'll of cirrhosis
Of the liver in the Post Graduate Hospi-
tai. Friends of Fitzpatrick have ar
ranged for his comfort
Fitzpatrick was member of the Peter
Jackson troupe that made a tour of
america i'm the late eighties Fitzpatrick
was boxer in the welter class i'm those
days and was known as the australian
Comet"
Jack Johnson called at the hospital
yesterday and asked Fitzpatrick to for
give him for unjust treatment after the
bout with Burns. Although Fitzpatrick
was responsible for the match with
Burns he was deserted by Johnson as
soon as the latter won the bout.
The Pioneer Sporting Club will stage
a heavyweight tourney tomorrow night,
with Wolf Larsen and Billy Shade in
the chief event
Judging from ringside reports of the
Shade-Shevlin contest in Boston Shevln
was the victor by very light shade