The Washington herald., 1922-03-11


York wrestling bouts, designed by
the. State athletic, commission / = put
wrestling "on the level : IS doing
more than that. It's. putting the
dear old graphing game in the
ashcan.
Wrestling without the pin fail
isn't wrestling. The crow1 feels
that it has been robbed of part
of the spectacle. A wrestler never
has been considered down until put
on his back and held there, The
idea OF wrestling Il get an oppo-
nent- into a helpless position. and a
man surely isn't helpless when he's
rolling swiftly over to escape 4
hold. even IL his shoulders do touch
Tie mat on the way.
Might just as well say that a
fctnt wins a boxing contest.
Mike McGlue and Tony Sparrio
get into the ring and listen to the
referees instructions. The bell
rings. Both warriors advance eau
tiously. Mike lifts his hands. but
before he can Start a polthogue
Tony feints at him. and the match
is over. Tony wins. It's so deci-
sive that the referee doesn't have
to count. McGlue. taken by sur
prise by Tony's feint. and bewil-
dered by. the commissions new rul-
ing making a feint score as
knockout. has to be led to his cor
ner. He didn't understand the rules.
He thought a guy had to faint"
to win;
At that we aren't losing any
sleep worrying over what happens
I to the wrestlers. Whatever il is
they had it coming.
Gene Tunney says that Georges
Carpenter wants Tunney. Gibbons
| and Greb. to fight a preliminary
tournament between themselves to
rick an American light heavyweight
champion-after which Georges will
consider taking on the winner.
Probably Georges will keep on
considering until Gibbons. Tunney
and Greb all have long white
whiskers. over in Europe tina,
light heavyweight title accumulated
by Georges when he knocked out
old Bat Levinsky looks almost as
| good as the heavyweight crown.
Georges can go along boxing as
light heavyweight champion in Eu-
rope for several years. IL he wants
10. with little danger of losing. And
he won't have to pay American
taxes as we'll as French taxes or
his ring earnings. Foreign boxers
VINO hight here have a big tax as
sessed' against their earnings in
America and have to pay it before
they leave the country The taxes
tHa
That deep silence around these
parts comes from the English syn
dictate that Offered" Dempsey $780,
900 as his end to fight Carmen
tier again. in England Not a peep
out of the syndicate since the origi-
nal offer"
Either the. supposed syndicate
was some jovial Englishman's prac-
ttcal joke in the first place. or 1t
learned something about conditions
and quietly dropped out Of sight.
The English boxing fans would
very much like to sec Dempsey, but
not against Carpenter. score or
SO of the best known sporting
writers in England came TO America
TO see the Carpentier-D bout
last year. and &c a man they OK
pected to see Carpenter win. But
that was before they ever cIapped
eyes on the champion. Dempsey's
ring ability surprised them, but
they went home and told the plain
truth about the ight-which was
that the great French boxer was
outcfassed in everything except
skill and courage and was rather
easily beaten by a much more pow
L. 10.
favorite in England. and there is no
desire to see him knocked out. So
a Carpentier-Demps bout would
be poor draw. and wouldn't take
in at the gate any such crazy purse
as the two fought for in Jersey
City.
Benny Leonard can outlook Rocky
Kansas any time. and may be able
to put him on the floor once in a
while with a single punch. But
Rocky is too tough to be knocked
out. He'll probably stick around
until Leonard gives him another
Chance"
BEING given another chance"
with Leonard is like putting another
finger near a buzz saw.
The U. s. Golf Association plans
greatly to reduce the list of COM
;petitors for the national amateur
championship at Brookline next
September. So many people are
playing golf now that there would |
not be trains enough running into
Boston to carry the crowds IL the |
entry lists were wide open. The
BroOkltne course wauld lo,,t lika
the field at the English derby, or
the approaches t. Yale Bowl just |
before a le-Princeton game.
But something. in the lire of
Junior championships is needed to
bring young players along. The
tennis authorities realized this
years ago. and built an effective or
ganization that encouraged junior
championship and many playground
championship tournaments through
out the country.
This developed increased interest
y. te-~ssN q-d now the number of