Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-11
PR0FITEERING BIG
FAULT IN BOXING
Money Is Root Of Evil in Ring,
Writes Wilmington
Fan
BY LOUIS II. JAFFE

DACk somewhere n thousand years
- ago some one twittcred that Money
Was the Root of All Evil" And he
uttered n whole mouthful. too--if he
were referring to boxing. Such are the
sentiments Of many people interested in
fisticuffs. both on the inside as wei
ms tho ordinary fan.
One follower of the sport. who has
taken lot Of pains. going into details
to show What Is the Trouble With
Boxing?' de.vcs In length. lie is Bcr-
ME Dane. of Wilmington, and pens as
follows:
WHAT Is THE TROUBLE WITH RoXISG'
treated lightly by American writer's has
suddenly looTed up In the spnr,ins world as
instance from the Sunday Sportaman OF
ond9n EnsapH wS rS"d "S a 50 ssv4r" Gondsm
,:Atter calling this function a wsshou,
certificates to incompetcnts. the article ter
mina!ss in this tenor:
the game would seem to he progressing back
Again. a New York sporting scribe Of no
litt'e ,lmpor,ance pipes this comment The
competent referees Is the game going t?
;s,mithereens for the want OF brains and
From these sentiments 1t became pretty
appsr"nt TO me that there was !: black eye
his enigma that L. Ike, o. Henry. in hi.
'Voic" Of the CITY. packed up my nfty.three
nd eHs assnmad tho saS s ana II or: snT
! INVESTIGATOR. Somehow | felt that the BOX
ns m2. ns5.n, "Ta PUNK lsu
sought was the fundamental fault
sT my n.s spsosd sI .mSnr Tnn
rassed by failure that decided to hit tho
TO ANOTHER, come mere. Tel me de true;
nE SS SS' vi arS HH Gg"' 'NSS"' Si d. % So@ is
suckers gnd ,SnSsb Cub for all Of d" m9HeS
tho forSSncr's idea ',hc, f9iloW has Wi.
,!ns,y rS:asnizel the greatest cvii in the
Financial boxers and managers, by sheer
profteerlng and fyorbitant prices. have be-
' ms the % goose tha, lays " the SaIden esss ss'
Think OF the outraseous guarantees and per
ufstSsS Hf4 so " r.dcuous and out Of
the question, when considered that many a
q s"a % them T@S have
pushed AGAINST the rocks and forced into
PHTHs 'n2m msn % n aeoG 10 aHs
with Tho sky the limit 70 SEQ a CHAMPION
mand na anywhere iron, 1900 10 $500, 900
! 20 risk a title motch.-nsht"rs who viii meyer
| Fitzsimmons Benny Leonard being excepted.
- In those lays echoed an oIdtimcr. "a
pUSic 0f csIief him 70 pn pHs S Hu' today S The The
word boxer seems to he synonym for
''Now, here's the dope The war gave
boxing its impetus and placed g IN tho
asers Secdms meg SSSs al" IN ,R"
Sus iSe to ues he
price Ot admission and cater to tho pcopl"
n1ss w0YSs I are Ss gonS , to n,qre TGr TGG
going to lose public confidence and support,
en4 E."P thnS nmS ar S1rTss tna ny mT IHS
their avaraCousness Is going to s!ve TO the
extreme and prud!sh reform societies their
greatest argument for Il total abolition OF
the sport.
An2ihor evil ,wh:c. has leGon. manttos,
an9 Wm%h m'T D. eTmn,ra"h sni ny the prnHr
SONS and referees TOO many frame-ups and
fake hsh,s ocGqr may o & srnns% e,
realize that every time hone - pulled OF
Just that much more do they compromise the
Now. whiic this evil cannot be absolutely
eliminated stu! . progrcss'v" step might he
part Of tho contestants APPEAR Pretty well
'Rert Co!Iyer, an aN,around sport critic
: has yo"ed tho solution have IN mind anc
Peat pc hts rpT rap a, the prof1ssonal Eng T!ng Gowns
who would make the game Il farce:
. " Professional boxing might well take p
leaf from tho collegiate ring performer Ir
the intercollegiate" Association clinChing Is
barred and contestants must break and steI
against them in the nnal decision
'Th" result Is sad to b? wonderful !,
speeding up Of bouts, Professional boxini
these days Certa' My needs "A lot OF speedini
up. and II the abolition Of clinchins will &C
,, There is nothing more disgusting than t.
watch p COupl. Of ablo-bOd"d athlets hang
5 ing to each other as II they needed SUP
port and embracing as II they were appear
Ing in an :Nnur GlHn act,
, all the stallng but 1t would mako stallin'
{ All the mare fragrant, The od rules suricet
a when real fighting men were in the arena
= but in this err OF powder-- -pWned and money
G puhel hsuC exhibitions cathartic measure
\ Visions might stimulate the game
] Some logical facts are revealed II
the foregoing letter by Mr.. Dane, ant
local referees would win themselves inlC
n the good graces of the fans if more
e bouts were stopped and boxers disQuai,
e fed for not giving their best efforts
Director CortelyOu has the authority tt
set down boxers for not adhcring Il
> rules Of the Police Department, undc,
r which jurisdiction the sport is promoted
4 and better matches would be in order
: as soon as several examples wer,
!. made.