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HOPPE LOSES HIS TITLE TO SUTTON THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK MAROE: 16, 1912, 4 GIANTS PLAY AT GAL VESTON TO-DA¥ New Rules to Bring About Needed Reforms in Boxing Contests MARQUIS OF QUEENSBERRY | RING LAW DOESNT FILL ~ MODERN REQUIREMENTS ———— «4. - Below Are Printed Suggestions for| _ Code That Should Satisfy Demands of Present Conditions of the Sport. Copyright, 1912, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World) | Tou has been much discussion of late about boxing rules, referees, diaqualifications, and so on The sport today isn't in the old knock-downendcarry-out stage. It has become replete with angles and | twists and complicationa The sim- ple old Queensberry rales are archaic. What we need ts a set of rules tha will cover modern conditions. In making out the rules printed on this page I considerel many things that perhaps escape the eye of the average spectator. In the firm rule I euggest a one Inch felt ring covering. Some club managers say that this will make heavy going. | think not. In any case, practically all ring accidenta are caused by falls on an insufficiently padded floor. Better make the boxing clubs spend a few extra dollars for good padding than risk a fatality. I suggest different gloves for big and little men, because ft Is obvious- ly absurd to have featherweights and heavyweights box with the same fist covering. Properly wound bandages protect the hands and do no harm to any one. T see no renson why decisions given by two competent judges and in case of disagreement checked up by the referee should be undesirable, even im New York State and under the Frawley law. As for the seconds, very often they, Roferes Bucklay out of his way in his Are peste and a stench in the nostrils |oagerness to finish u helpless man. — | Of decent spectators, and they should! Pho only fair blow te the blow struck | Be ejected from the tub. A rule to, with the knuckles, This is the objec-| @evern their actions has become al tion to the much talked of “Widney | q Mecemity. Perhaps a muzzle anda gag! punch." It is generally struck with the | % end a pair of handcuffs for h second | wrist or forearm or the wide of flet, and ¥ Would be an iinprovement on the rule, [1s foul. The “break” question has al Boxing Rute $ covers a recent dev : eaused Aiscussion. This suggestion of |opment. Boxers to-day think they | Mine seems to cover the cane. | getting away with something when they rule that @ boxer |hold and hit. Tommy Murphy, for In- stance, foulx continually in thin way Hogan fouled in this way with Cross. ‘The more clever ones Jerk thelr oppo- nent’s head forward with one hand and so thelr grip just as they start a punch with the other, This has the st as the openly foul hold and down may occur in that very corner. | Moreover, the rule har become a dead | Jeter, If a boxer will retire ten feet fmstead of standing ready to nail hi Man the insiant he leaves the floor, it | will do well eacugh. Forcing the man swho {9 up to wait for the referee's sig- | Ral will prevent such things as occurred | in the massacre of Mesherry by Sailor | Burke, when Hurke literally elbowed reminiscent ok, and hte Ing the body" Is recent Abe Attell ty ting while offering to shake hands is a ch Cross, Boxing Is of without these stunts much better Suggestions tor Boxing Rules \ platform during the ‘ee minute in; 4 ; The Ring. (terval, or within the ropes at any thmé uy 2. The ring is to be a square board | from the beginning of the first’ round Platform, over which 1s laid a felt mat- to the end of the bout, Qing not less than one inch in thickners; 3. Seconds cannot advise or render a when packed down, with a Ughtly jany other assistance of any kind what- | atfetched canvas covering securely fas-|ever to their principal during boxing tened at the edge: intervals, At cach corner shall be a metal! 4. Infractions of these rules by the eet, three ropes forming the ring |xeconds ty suffictent cause for disquali- enolosure being’ attached to these ports |featinn of their principal, fm such a manner that the posts stand . { SE deast one foot outside of the ropes. Boxing. ) —- The edges of the platform must exten Nee : not less than two feet beyond the line {towed wrestling or holding is to be al : of the ropes, s &. The ring inclosure shall not 3 ‘more than “4 or less than 18 feet square. must step buck at) Hleast one pace before atriking another The Gloves. Diow, but either boxer may hit while as When ordered to “break” from a} Pee peers 2m contests etween boxers not| treating without ‘the referee's order. | ‘TTY Himself Out in East- va. Paul Sikora, ton rounds s eign ng over the middlewelght limit | Is during @ contest | Fi ont. Brown Gymnasium A, A.— © each glove shall welgh not jess than neconda in which | ; iw Reotor va, P five ounces. to rise wawintance, and. if} em Bout First, i} Soneds. RMON ten ¥ 2 In contests hetween Weht-heavy> fails or ret to rls ae a \} At Olympic A. C.—Frank Lough- | weight and between heavyweight box- onda the re shall Renny Franklin, ton rounds, Eerseach glove shalt weigh not less than cision in favor of hls opponent BY JOHN POLLOCK. one Acre A. A.—Tommy Houck right ounc 4. If & boxer Koes down without being D WGIGAST | oA 8 pre, ten rounds, * —New glover shall be used in all! nit, and for the evident purp AIAGT is once moro in they At Sharkey A. C.—Mike Malia va, MIG ‘Whe raforee shall examine ali |avoiding the contest, the reteree Aeld looking for matches to de-|] Joe Daw. ten rounds gloves and reject any In which the pad. | stop the bout and declare him the lower, fend his title, ‘The ttle cham- At Royale A. C., Brooklyn—Johnne Ging is not evenly distributed over the ‘The same ruling applies to any boxer | Piva iwade the announcement to-day |] Dundee va, Young” Brown, knuckles, or in which the padding may | who falls to leave his corner within ten\in San Francisco that he is ready to[} rounds. i protrude through the covering of soft go. ponds after the beginning of any|take on any opponent who might be al] 4) rep A. os Staten Tatand . youn drawing card with the public, Wolgast {Py ju, ve Jimmy Jary i ounds, ‘ Bandages. oA boxe ts down when he te t has set no definite date for his comes At Gowanus A, C., Brook; Ki 4 Phe boxers may wear ight bandages ¢ Hoon with any part of his person | vack in the ring, but Judging from the|] die Powers va. Willie sexe ee By of soft tape on their Bands, there ben Pepi Boeitiag _ ar uh tg 4 spirit that he displayed he will be in] > rounds. , not to cover the knuckles, ‘The )'"/P'* oie pes in hel tke roped arena battling away in two At Standard A. (., Gree Basin ts ve ant jutae ct tr Ainens |Mtter instance it in ¢ * duty ths. Just who will be hie frat op-{f dimmy Flynn ve, Marty Brome er the bandages, and he may order them | !° etiately notity his ent PH rounds am ton Secaved fin his opinion “they do met | When one boxer ts down th must | Ponent te hard to say, Ad figures that PMS ay tice: em thie cele. retire to a distance of at I » feot | he may try himself out Ina short bout [I my ataluney ae, Ge eeokln—Tom- Se and’ Timing ana remain away until the referee or= in the Hast against some. third-rater. || rounds. orme Alger, pe Judgi iar fic a [dere that the bout continue, which shail if tie stands thas all right he wit wo ji fen sitting on opposite on 80¢ as the fallen boxe: up and), le the vu cus! of the ring shall decide upon winner)! 4 defensive position To . ‘Tones a ed eye eanenee Mae\diqrick for twenty rounda at y an dese jaa ; : | S Should a boxer be track while! froth, ‘and It THOUMDE UHOt he ie | bee engaged ies te fii Mirae! la Bho! e judges disugree, the ref-\ down the one » strikes all be dis. anni lo use mt ——e 2 orge, anal give the dectaton. qualified for fouling, and shail lose the | traction’ on the, Poucte nt drat nih Kritton. the lightweight of coe In deciding the inden and referee | tot. said (hat Mate Wells, the English cham, Pinkie Ny hy > hall consider boxing #ktll on offen. 7, Any blow that is not struck fatrly has been \dered us an of Gnd defense, ageronsivencsy and effect=| with the knuckles, hut with the i ness. }of the hand f the Aun 4. The referee shall he sole judge of |the wrist orf Bow un ae uk # teasuund fouls, and may immediately Ataquallty | er or head, 4 & boxer if in iis opinon the fouling i#| 5 4 |, Of @ nature serious enough to affect the| hoidin + Gutcome of the contest, Otherwise he| pie ith the other Is foal and ae shall warn the offender, and on the| i) “M008 Seth une hand immediately third warning disqualify and order him i er holding or pulling an opp to leave the rin orward wich the other te foul, 1 Each round all consist of thr % No greasing of the body or otn tes of boxing, followed by a one| fair practice shail be allowed ute rest. The official timekeeper | #tNKe while offering to shake }y shail ring the wong at the beginning and herwise take unfair 4 ending of eaho three minute boxing in- | *Port f strack with ene hand whee! ch moat | deve two, BETTER MAKE BOXING CLUBS SPEND A FEW DoLLARS FOR GooD: PADDING THAN RISK A FATALITY oe Fou “way op vee & “RIDNGY | PUNCH": WORSE THAN PESTS = We NEED Some Seconos Ane ALRULE To Mu2ZL8 Them with, Law of the Ring as Laid Down by the Marquis of Queensberry jULE 1—To be a fair, ring, or as near that sise ae practicable, RULE 9—No wrestling or augeing BULE 3—The rounds to be of three minutes’ duration and one minute time between rounds. BULE 4—If either man fall, through weakness or otherwise, he must get up unassisted, ten seconds to be allowed him to do so, the Other man meanwhile to return to his corner, and when the fallen man is om his lege the round ie to be resumed and continued until the three If one man fails to come to the scratch in the ten seconds allowed it shall be in the power of the referee to give his minutes hat expired. award in favor of the other man. Ee a can centae on ine seven i © Botaions wtate, ‘with his toes of the ground, shall be considered 4: RULE (-—No second: Oe any other man ¥0 be cllowed tm the sing during the rounds. RULD 7~—hould the contest be stopped by any unavoidable inter- ference the referee to nauie time and place, as soon as possible, for contest; so that the match must be wom and lost unless of both men agree to draw the stakes. RULE 0—The gloves to be fair-sized boxing gloves of the best finishing t! the baoke: quailty and new. RULE 9—Should a the referee's RULE 10—A man om one knee is considered down, and if etruck ts satisfaction. entitled to the stakes. RULE 11—o shoes or boots with springs allowed. RULE 12—The contest in all other revised rules of the London prise ring. the ost walters! "The next my fights. Rroson will ¢ tin curt ois, Mal burst or come off it must be replaced to Lightweight Champion May me hy this ueimlty, in San betweea, lon. of ferval. An automatic timing cl Bent, Son op a ng clock may | cualification by the referee tight thew 0, Should any condition not cover 5 fry these rules arise the referee oki 2 ‘ RY J. Fach boxer Js t0 be allowed no more have power to make ihe necessas tems |i a wens roid i oe be Be eg EOL Wolgast, on Warpath, May Fight Wells July 4 —— BOXING SHOWS TO-NIGHT, At Fairmont A, C,—Freddie Duty stand-up boxing match in & twenty-four-foot Teepects to be governed by the us| Moan’ and Gram. Some Boxers Banoace THEIR HANDS UNTIL THEY HAVE FISTS LIKE ‘The Fain" tioney™ New York Not Yet in U. S. League COBBLE STONES WHILE OFFERING To SHARE HANDS A Foun, wuncn” Tt fe expected that eome time to-day the New York the new United Stat League, will decide whether or not he can carry out his plans and build @ If New York tan't able to come into the league, Chicago Charlie White, who bh franchise in park in Manhattan. will take its place. Club owners of the Imperial Hotel last night. ‘The schedule calls for 12% games, and on will open on May 1, and will the close some time in September. Pr dent Whitman of the managers nam the teams in battle this season, list follows: Deacon Philippe, Pitts! Browne, Washington; Cincinnati; Leo Groom, ure; manager is still in doubt, SCHOOLBOY NINES TRAIN |x snccira.tuye, 0 tl LIKE THE BIG LEAGUERS 3 —>—_ High School Teams Preparing for Opening Games in Two Weeks. OCAL high achool nines are rapidly @dvancing in their baseball prep- tions and expect to open thelr) ‘The season two weeks from to-day, high echool season the past few weeks, ton High this year, hundred ‘boys working out in the school gymnasium, and the material is excep- Of Jast year's nine there pt. tonadly fine. are Shea, a pitcher; Ca Angeli, Stumpf, Ha Moore and Ike Telfer. that ha’ old ‘Townsend Harris men. Betach, who was Townsend's mainstay Many fine & good season is expected. old college ball player, candidates. Rutgers Prep. Coach Grant is fast ro wame with Hackensack men that have reported Archibald are Waterous, Hart and cell ret, Manning, Hardy, Blodgett, the football » pitcher and will etafl, He hi Mr. Grant probably a great buih! fo! is wi lever ‘ospects Tamm, left Meld; Lindner, Euiffe, right field; Reld, phird Schaeffer, shortstop; Slater, second Rhode, first base: Bartle, pitoher, Roesser, catcher, O'Toole, tar’, the United States League had their schedule meeting in announced the ‘ho will lead The Jack O'Connor, Cleveland; George Marty Hogan, Reading; Am- brose Hussey jr., Brooklyn; E. C, Land- graf, Richmond. The New York team's ts so short that everything depends upon the ability of coaches to yound the nines into shape right at the tart of the seasbn, and the embryo baseballers have been working han in the gymnasiums for before in the history of baveball at De Witt Clin- have the pr champlonstip nine been so bright Coach Wright has over one for a as Roselle, De Christgau, he new men e shown up best to date are all ‘They are ball players have reported | to Capt, Tamm at Stuyvesant High and | Mr. Doyle, an i# coaching the ‘The team will probably tin up as follows in thelr firet game aga two weeks from to-day centre teld; base; base: || Yay Sane ete a) and iT tate nrg | b00,,"s1. ding the Com: Merce candidates Into shape for their Among the old to Capt. Bob Jar ts out for sake the ONS Common WAY OF HOLDING AND . WETTING. Tecnucauin’ tows? WHI HELPLESS ON THE Roves, a3 Goole” HANLON: Was in Hid) \ PONT wrTH MtGovERtiD A BOKR 1S DOWN WHEN AIS HAND 15 ON THE FLooR. |Giants Line Up Against Galveston Prog beter down here have never m one of them { bi all If 5 ty mata: Will Take | ad the chet was auite 5 cre aaa ‘Matheweon says that his arm has not First Fling i in Box in had the slightest touch of soreness and To-Day’s Game. Chris His {oat he is strong enough to pitch at least three innings without doing him- self any damage In fact, he is eager |to get in the game and he asked Mc- Graw to allow him to take @ tur in| |the outfield for the Colts, | Before leaving Marlin McGraw had another tong talk allings, | BY BOZEMMY BULGER. H Galveston, Tax., March 16. IT": complete regular team of the | Giants arrived here this morning ready to do battle with Galveston foam | Evening World’s Headpin Tourney in the first ame of the year in which the ful atrength of the New York team 1g appeared. Pitchers Mathewson, | Wiltse, Marquard, Cranda!! and Ames | were brought along and will be given their first turn in the box this seagon, To-morrow they will play in Houston. After that the team returns to the training grounds, for the last week of limbering up before beginning to work their way northward. While the weather Last Night’s Results, | rede Motaughlan, 89; Gras, #2: Prie, 92;/ Ralston, 84 30. Total i ater, 6 Crcaueed, 19; ‘Total, 408, ‘Times, Ne i if i io, as, TB: Merce, Font 2. has been very Meyer, much against the veterans, they are in | 7: Courter, 62; iiobenon, 94. fot fairly good condition, and thelr eyes | mie ae hee, so ten oge have become ao sharpened and tried to curve ball pitching thi&t they greable to give an account of themselves !n any kind of going. ‘The Colts were dropped off at Hous- ton at an early hour this morning, and they will play there this afternoon. To- morrow they come nere to take the place of the regulars. MATHEWSON EAGER TO GET IN-| | Central, TO THE GAME. ut Christy Mathewson will nave his 1912 ebut this afternoon, and tho people of Galveston who have never seen him tn action are very much worked up over the affair, A big crowd met the team at the station and a string of young boys followed at the heels of the great pitcher all the way to the hotel. The big Indian ie ready to go in and catch regularly now, and he was brought along to ‘handle his old battery mate, Though Indians are not uncommon in Devoe—Sheeler, 74; Mi Mak, Sts Davis 70 ovtnty ti: Stefha, D Oy hte Oise, 40) Blorakyy Gregor, Martioek, 821 Kilo, 10. otal ate, Hackensack Wheelmen—Griete, 90; Woa'erro! 62; G, Mackay, 108; Bloomer, 54; R. Ma ‘a 102, Total, 416, soky,~ 8°; Ww eticoac, 104, To. 100 br. ete Wol A Al bien ae Rakes, 7 A: 71; Conk eo * al 318, eva. 80; Burt) Tab . iaine, feat Night Fob Winners. | bered, developed Erhardt, who !s now signed up with the Highlanders. Healy, Freer, Kear, Stevenson, Foley and Billy Moore are all promiging candidates and will give the veterans a hard fight for thelr position: send Harrie Hall nate beat Sager Tk, a the along: Paldte and variche. ‘The Curtis nin omives ke ble fc waa ra, i : will cross Is eeanon wi Hi oo March (80, "Th ID the team, Capt. Gol Berosteln, ‘Kirby. xing, iy, “ost, “ils, "Sherwood ball | candidates Mackensi wil probably Se ‘picked . Behwartz, 7. a iets, ‘White, | Broadway Arcade, with S31, High Individual Score. ut rt ; ‘Sto ‘consis bowled’ and’ i76'fote were’ won, ‘About 1 Starkey, end Copelar Coach 40th at [EMPIRE Pe goo hae ea MRS. “FISKE’ ti ee iy Shearer figures on @ strous nine to re ako tls rear, The follow ry a wal are. ote By x Bway, ‘Thur, ‘Rat. Arthur faa ie Bip at AMUSE! ENTS. bitty Wlfisne i rth ee oe ave in the box: Resnick, their old third CASINO# wey, & 20th 97. Ey baseman; Haker and dears, ‘The team |) WIENEY BARON ” T opens up ita season with a game againet | oe | the Riverside A, C. on Mareh 80, BLOU"™. eke eh ee | Bier Couey THE TRUTH WAGON Ah, bees eeelere Mateied.w dat" otis SKINNER | eee, i | [eee ae sie oi tis a bah THE int | landers, eS la is Sete ceatt jane he ACADEMY _tust Like They Did Against Ath Athletics New York x Colts Not With Regulars, but Are Playing at Houston. manager of the Buffalo team, in regard to a oguple of games between the Giants and Buffalo at Athens, Ge., while the New Yorkers are on the way East. The chances are that the games will be played. I asked Stallings about his chances of getting a young player or two from McGraw and he frankly admitted that he wanted Groh. STALLINGS THINKS GROH A WONDER, “I don't think there 1s a chance of me Getting Groh, Stock or Bues, however said the former manager of the High- ‘McGraw 1s not going to turn loose men lke that, and if he did they | would be gratibed by big league = | before we minors t a chance a: m. Groh played for me a while last fe mer, and I think him a wonder. Parlor, # Wvhite Elephant, Bopling Alters &Tohy ara ic pest erly st, News Theatre) [Phone i inte TA we egining ‘Tues, Mar, pecial Mi Foe excet Haturdays. at Rann, Kenned; es Woman's Industrial Exhibiti HMustratiog srery | bran Wark in touatry History of Dress, wD Fashion, | Mis Witiam and doa * DeWoit’s 2-11 Room, S .25,50,76¢.81. Daily M ‘Visions Beary. 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