New Britain herald., 1927-09-02
GIVING THE GATE TO \. Y. ATHLETIC COMMISSION

\. \. ATHLETIC COMMISSION
 Twenty-four states including onnecticut-against New York, is the lineup in the boxing situation, and We rather think New York will find itself badly trimmed. II should be- The New York State Athletic Commission, which Is not affiliated with the National Boxing Associa- ton representing the A states, IS an arbitrary body which has been try ing to boss the national cauliflowrr industry and has made SO many conflicting and ridiculous rulings that it isn't fit to survive. AS q board purporting 10 control prize fighters it is like a drunken driver at the wheel Of an automobile.
 What can be more ridiculous, for instance, than its ruling in relation to who is the light heavyweight champion. As all followers of fisti- cuffs know, Jimmy Slattery. the punch artist from Buffalo, thrashed Maxie Rosenbloom in Hartford the other day, thereby succeeding to the championship relinquished by Jack Delaney. This was q fight for the crown, and there was no other scrap for it listed anywhere else. Logic would have it that ii any ambitious ring performer wish to contest the title with Slattery the way to do it is to step up and engage in a fracas along the lines laid down for the determination of ring battles. Slattery is recognized as the new light heavyweight chief by the Ma tional Boxing Association represent ing 24 states and four foreign coun- tries.
 But the New York state Athletic Commission says nay. This high hat assortment of "we-are-it' gentlemen prefer to recognize" Mike McTigue as the champion although Mike has not done any jaw smashing to earn 1t. The result, under the present dis pensation, is that two light heavy weight champions are before the public, the real one and the New York counterfeit.
 The many foolish decisions that have been made by the New York commission are too numerous to mention.' But those in connection with the heavyweight fracas are well worth analysis. More than 3 year ago it issued ukase that Jack Dempsey must fight Harry Wills, d colored man. After Dempsey's man. agers arranged a bout with Wills the commission reversed itself and claimed no mixed fight" could take place in New York and refused Dempsey permission to fight Wills. As q result of this dlly- dallying the subsequent fight between Dempsey and Tunney was held in Philadel- phia. The next Dempsey fight, that with Sharkey, was allowed to be fought in New York because Demp- sey had been returned to the status of contender, but the battle with Tunney this month is being held in Chicago in order to avoid the sma,. aleck business Of the New York mission.
 The National Boxing Association will hold a meeting in Toledo on October 14, called by Commissioner Thomas Donohue of Connecticut as president. The plan is to break all relations with the New York State Athletic Commission. which would make outlaws of the Empire State boxing "regulators.' The result would be an eventual development of a national commission which would regulate the cauliflower in- dustry throughout the entire nation with the state boxing commissions cooperating. The New York com mission would have to jump off its high horse or cease to be regarded as existing, Its rulings would be sniff ed at even more than they are to- day. The industry would avoid New York like the plague. Boxing fans down there, noting the terrible state of affairs, would soon demand q change in local tactics and the poll licians eager 10 placate them would make some changes.
 
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