The New York herald., 1922-07-24
Promoter Expresses Surprise
at Jersey City Mans Knowl-
edge Of Boxing Lore.
~ CHARLES r. MArHrsoN.

When Tex Rickard saw the remark
able statement by ellison. the Jersey City
lawyer who failed in an attempt to have
the Leonard Tender bout prohibited. to
the effect that the champions friends
werc Offering to that he would knock
out Tender. the promoter smiled grimly
and said:
rThe pitiful ignorance Of this man
ellison regarding all questions relating to
boxing is doubtful recommendation to
judges Whom he annoys with his vapid
accusations. Any man who would offer
to that one OF two well matched
boxers would knock out his opponent
would write himself down mental in
competent. AS a matter Of plain fact
the supporters Of Leonard who think
ne Will score knockout demand and
TO Tor their money. That Is to say
they Insist on odds In their favor. Can
YOU conceive of man putting up $1,000
against $500 on the proposition that the
champion Will stop Tender inside twelve
rounds? Yet this man ellison, with the
object OF convincing the court that the
bout between Leonard and Tender will
be a brutal fight, makes himself ridicu-
lous by quoting impossible odds on a
knockout.
What II there Is knockout? There
Is nothing in the New Jersey boxing law
that prohibits a knockout. There is
nothing in the boxing law of a score
OF States that declares there must not
be a Knockout. Therefore, even II there
was Knockout In the bout between
Leonard and Tender It would not be
violation Of the State law on boxing.
mo doubt Gibson and the clergymen
he represents think that POKER who is
To-. 4.
and is likely to die. On the contrary
the humane boxing rules Of the present
time provide that a boxer who is
knocked down cannot continue thes con-
test unless he reaches his feet before
the referee finishes the count of ten.
In many cases where a boxer does get
on his feet before the count of ten the
referee stops the contest to prevent any
further punishment TO the beaten man.
Humane Boxing Rules.
I'm how many other branches of snort
do you find such humane rules? Oars-
men cannot stop till the race is finished
ana few boat races finish without two
or three members Of the crews collapsing
In their seats.
In football man may be Knocked
out several times during a gace and
yet continue to play to the end The
same applies to, hockey. lacrosse and
other rough. vigorous sports Yet pro-
fessional reforiners like Gibson make
no outcry. They are afraid Of the
powerful interests behind those branches
Of sport. They attack boxing because
they think 1t has no one to fight for
1t. They are finding out their mistake.
In the matter of brutality boxing to-
day is less Objectionable than half a
dozen other branches Of rough sport
that never are interfered with"
A greater crowd than that in the
arena at Boyle's Thirty Acres next
Thursday night will hear verbal de-
scription OF the bout between Leonard
and Tender. Arrangements have been
made for the installation Of radio ap-
paratus by means of which thousands
of persons will be kept informed of
every move In the contest. The blow
by blow description of this match has
been arranged for in response to more
tisn q thousand written requests from
ar1reciative radio fans who. were
thrilled by the realism of the broad
casting Of the Britton-Leonard bout
few weeks ago. Upward OF q quarter
million persons composed that audience.
and every indication is that Thursday
nights listeners will be even stronger
numerically, for thousands are planning