The Washington times., 1929-12-18
AGED GAR
KEPT CANT:
CLEAN
By JACK DEMPsEY

O@|n HB
Is by JACK DEMPSEY
There are countless tens Of
thousands who regard William A.
Muldoon as the foundation upon
which the boxing game has rested
and prospered- through the
last 40 years. Had 1t not been
FOR his love for the game, his
rugged honesty, his eternal vigil
ance and his iron win that en-
forced rules upon EVERYBODY,
the sport might have crumpled
into the cutters Of New York.
But Mudoon kept 1t clean and
honorable, he and his associates
made rules that were fair TO all.
they disciplined when discipline
was necesSary-and so the sport
grew from a mere revival Of 10
years to the majestic heights that
It reached In prosperity and pop
ularity since then.
Because Muldoon and the other
men who were fellow commits
GiOners through the years showed
that boxing was a clean sport,
and could be kept that Way. leg
islatures throughout the nation
lifted the ban on Ii In one State
after the other.
And now the sport is legal
In 81 States whereas it was
permitted in only . few prior
Co the creation Of the New
York State Athletic Commits
sion which MuldOOn since has
seemed to dominate.
Muldoon is a glorious example
Of what can be accomplished by
8 man who lives q clean life, gets
q normal amount Of exercise each
day, watches his diet, never goes
10 exceSseS and tries his best to
heed the don't worry" if1junC-
tion at all times and under all
conditions.
.Muldoon Is 85 now. And he
still is q physical marvel. This
Is q tribute to the care he has
taken Of his body through the
years. He always has regarded
IL as q mighty, yet delicate, en-
cine which viii go wrong, Il
neglected, but will function per.
fectly through the years Il
ordinary common sense is used IN
taking care OF 1t.
The message that he delivered
IN his speech that night IS one
that should make plenty OF
Tniddle-aged men feel q bit more
cheerful in their outlook on life.
He said q man was still very
Young &c 4O'' and that, at 50. q
man should be only reaching the
Ioegia1nir1g Of The most useful ana
rVnnderflIl years Of his life.
when he was rs Or 80. he
was eiyen the Job Of chair
,,ann Of new boxing commits.
zion, which was 70 have ysIrer-
vision over 3 sport Just re-
turned % state from which
II had been barred for years
because It had been befouled.
some 81 the very same men
whose acts had killed the game
n earlier years were back IN II
when It was restored under the
walker boxing law. They heard
soTmething about MuldOoa and
fais determination 10 keep the
eport clean BY driving out the
Fats \ They merely laughed. u
was d great Joke, this stern Ian
gtiage from IAN old man Ike
Muldoorl.' 3
Pew figured that he would last
more than b year as member Of
lie commission. And those who
Slid allow him two or three years
~ their calculations assumed that
he would Just be - dOddering
member
they long since have changed
Rneir ideas. Mt1ldOoll has kept
pyery vow and he has kept the
eport clean. Together with his
associates he has been 100 per
cent fair at all times. But like
wise. at all times, the commits
sion has been alert and strict. as
Tie situation warrants, the rats"
have been driven out, and the
ganae has flOurished through the
reiqn of William Al. Muldoon ii d
Way that astonishes every human
Who thinks hack over the years.
"A mighty man William al.
MuldoOn. And SO far as the good
of the sport is concerned, he has
been the niightiest in all its his
tCopyriEht 1923, King Esatures