The Washington times., 1935-01-28

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Kirk Miller sport has be
even old enough to protect
fathers.
But there were several things
the Probus Club was not told
in the bland manner of high
esteem in which its functions
are held by the local boxing
board, despite the obviously
miserable state of affairs here
which become worse and worse
and more ridiculous from week
to week.
For instance, the Probus Club
was not told how, defying its
own rule No. 80, the tWo-man
boxing commission last Monday
night accepted a contract Tor
the Phil Furr-Johnny Jadick
fight, the first paragraph OF
which declared that a $500 ad-
vancement had been given Furr
by the promoter. This contract
is, or should be, on file in the
records of the Boxing Comm1s-
sion at 462 Indiana Ave.
A Direct Violation
Now, according to the copy OF
the regulations which the COM
mission supplied this newspa-
per, Rule No. 80 says:
mo CONTESTANT SHALL
BE PAID FOR HIS SERVICES
BEFORE A CONTEST"
Furthermore, the Probus Club
was not told that the same con-
tract was signed by c. E. Fats"
Cronell, as promoter OF the
show: yet the boxing commits
sion records will show that c. e.
"Fats" Cronell holds no license
as a promoter; that Joe Turner
Is the promoter at the Washing
ton Auditorium where the con-
tracted-for fight was held.
Perhaps those things are no
business Of the ProbuS Club.
Perhaps they are no affair Of
the public. Possibly boxing is
being supervised here in Wash
ington for the aggrandizement
Of a few politically ambitious
folks who make their own laws
and then disregard them when
ever the occasion suits.
Goettling Unprotected
And while do not wish to
be forever harping on the weak.
nesSes of our boxing commits
Sioners, it is necessary to bring
out these particular facts to eX-
plain why the boxing commits
sion is not functioning as it
should when it refuses to take
any part in the Furr- -Goettling
squabble over purses of which
Goettling, Furr'S manager, de-
clares he has received no part
from Furr's recent fights.
The Furr-G Goettling contract,
on file in the commissions Of.
flee by its own orders and rules
as are the contracts of other
fights and managers here, spe-
officially says:
"The manager shall pay the
fighter 66 2-3 per cent of all
sums of money derived by him
from any service that the said
athlete shall render, after the
deduction Of training expenses
and transportation fares that
may be incurred by the athlete
in the performance of his
duties"
Now, of what interest is this
contract to the commission, and
why does it insist on having a
copy thereof, and why does it
charge a manager a fee for a
license If the commission isn't
going to see that the contract is
satisfied, without suggesting it.
self in a written memorandum
that the parties have the right
to go to court about (which
1t has done?
Some Free Advice
In the case of DR.. Goettling,
what does he get from the COM
mission for taking out a license?
So far he has gotten the advice
that he could go to court to col.
lect the purses he says he has
not received so that expenses
could be paid, the fighter paid
and his one-third retained.
Even those over whose eyes
the commission has pulled the
wool to date. must know that,
despite its elastic powers, its
lack of limitations in it's mock
conduct and procedure, the
right to permit suits to be filed
Tor fight moneys is one of the
privileges not prescribed to the
commissions granting.
II the commission had the
slightest conception of its re-
sponSibilities, it would have
made these decisions itself. It
would have insisted that the
terms of the Furr, ,Goettling con.
tract be lived up to in every
respect: that a contract be.