The Washington times., 1938-04-01
Officials Plan
To Eliminate
LucNK.
ASK l2-OZ. GLOVE
New Equipment Used
Successfully at
U. of Virginia
ASK 12-0z. GLOVE
BY BOB ADDIE


CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, April
1.-Spurred on by three injuries
which occurred in the preliminary
rounds of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association boxing tour.
nament, coaches and officials to-
day fought for the adoption Of
new specifications for q "fool.
proof" boxing glove. The new
glove undoubtedly will be adopted
before the end of the present ses-
sion Of the rules committee.
Headed by DR.. Carl P. Schott,
dean Of physical education school
at Penn STATE, members Of the
NCAA have sought for, some time
to have the new glove, which
weighs IL ounces as against the
present one of 10 ounces, Off
cially accepted. Their action
was given new impetus when it
was learned that John Simpson,
Of Virginia; Joe Golsan, of Lou
isiana State, and Nicholas Glenn,
Of Temple, were in the university
hospital.
X. O'D IN FIRST
Simpson fought Ralph Dorand,
of Pittsburgh, in the 115-pound
class and was knocked out in the
first round, after having the Pitts
burgher on the floor twice, Simp-
son, q native of Washington, D. c.,
was hit with a righthand punch
and lay flat on his back. A pre-
liminary examination at the hospi-
tai revealed he had a slight con-
cussion. However, he was in no
danger.
Golsan lost the decision to
Fred Slant, Of Catholic u, and
was on the floor three times. He
was reported to have broken
jaw, although hospital authorities
were reluctant to discuss his case.
BROKEN NOSE
Glenn was knocked out by
Sevele Whitney, of Loyola. and
suffered a broken nose.
A consensus Of NCAA officials
revealed that they would press
their fight for the new glove. It
is entirely of goat hair, instead Of
half kopak and half horsehair, to
give it more resiliency. The glove
eliminates injury to the thumb
because there is a leather web
drawing the thumb closer to the
glove and making the fist more
compact when closed.
Comdr. O. o. KeSSing, OF the
United States Naval Academy and
a member Of the medical commit
tee of this tournament, said the
new glove would bring college
boxing to the level Of real sport.
ELIMINATE X. O'S
Commander Kessing decried the
many knockoutS in college boxing
and said they were defeating the
very purpose of the sport. He was
joined in this by I. F. Toomey, OF
the California Aggies, a member
Of the rules and judges commit
tees, who said the adoption Of the
new glove would eliminate many
knockoutS and bring back the ele-
ment of competition which seems
to have been lost in the desire for
winning teams"
The glove has been used success
fully at the University Of Virginia
here and was used in the Eastern
intercollegiate tournament. DR..
Schott said supporters of the new
glove anticipated little difficulty
in having the specifications
adopted since the glove was "safer
and designed to promote more
even competition for which col
lege boxing was intended"
LUCKY PUNCH"
1.-THE lucky punch will prac.
tically be eliminated" said DR..
schott. "A boy may get a hard
punch, but his head will be only
cloudy and he'll have a better
chance to come back. We've
had knockoutS since we've used
the new gloves-but they've all
been of the technical variety
and no boy has been knocked
unconscious"
It is believed that the agitation
over safety methods for college
boxers is motivated primarily by
the recollection of the Virginia
Military Institute boxer who died
following bout with q University
Of Marvland hnxy Iark Tyaov.