The Washington times., 1934-11-30

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It doesn't make a great des
Of things, what Miller thinks
manipulate, nor even what th
is important is what the pub,
reaction is registered pretty
week in various ways from b
away from commission-super'
viSed shows in droveS.
The average attendance at
shows on the edge of Washing
ton was greater than shows here
under legal auspices.
A Self Opinion
And come to think Of it, I
don't think the public cares
much what Baby Face" thinks
of his own success as a boxing
Man Friday. What the public
would like to know is what some
of the three boxing commission.
ers think, the three gentlemen
who get paid nothing for saying
nothing and letting their loqua-
cious secretary reflect his views,
not theirs.
But there's an age-old theory
In human relations which says
that talkative people will sooner
or later out-talk themselves,
and in this respect Baby
Face" this week pulled the
prize crack, which even the
three silent commissioners can
hardly condone.
Miller says:
Taking Advantage
'T'd like to see one Of the local
promoters TAKE ADVANTAGE
of our boxing law here. This is
the one place in the country
where you can stage a fight to
the finish"
TAKE ADVANTAGE is right!
Yes, my friends, you can do
anything in the world you
want to in a fight way in
Washington except fight with
gloves less than 8 ounces in
weight, and incidentally, pretty
near anything that has been
desired by some, has been done,
including fracturing of the
handmade rules time upon
time and the twisting around
of them to suit individual pur.
poses.
And too, If q fight to the
finish were ever permitted
here, as Baby Face" pines for
and promises therefor the sup
port OF the commission, 1T
would be just another example
of TAKING ADVANTAGE of
our boxing law, which never in
tended any such deplorable
step backward in the ring sport
here.
OF his own proposal that to-
nights Impellettiere-G Gallagher
fight be to the finish, Miller is
quoted in another article:
81 will back Promoter Joe
Turner up If he wants the bat
tie to be staged under those
circumstances. He will have no
trouble getting the consent Of
the commission"
A Step Backward
Fights to the finish are relics
of the Sullivan-Kilrain days and
those barbarious times when
bare fists were used and any
type of protector or no protec-
tor at all were in vogue and
when boxing was a rowdy sport
dominated by heels and toughS
and bullies and Side-mouth
mugs.
Yet, "Baby Face Miller, with
his big blue, innocent eyes, is
for it and guarantees the sup
port of the commission for a
fight to the finish here If any
promoter will stage such.
Which brings up a hypotheti-
cal issue on which I have
touched before. to wit and viz:
Who's Who Around Here
"Who is running boxing in
Washington, the commission
secretary, who is quoted and
photographed and interviewed
on any provocation or no prov
ocation at all to the exclusion
of the three silent commission
ers composing the Alice in
Wonderland boxing board, with
. Little Lord Fauntleroy in sup
posed command, or the board
itSelf?"
1t is doubtful if even our lax
legislators, now in adjourn
ment, who granted too great
powers to our commissioner
and left them with too few
restrictions, many of which
have to do with common de.
cency, would long tolerate
fights to the finish in Wash
ington-despite the blood-lust
Of the honorable boxing Secre-
tary and his SNUG assurance he
can get the boxing board to go
for it.!