Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1911 — COLLEGES TAKE UP BOXNG [ARTICLE]

COLLEGES TAKE UP BOXNG

Athletes May Battle for Honor In Ring aa Well In Various Other\ Sports. Athletes representing various colleges soon may battle for honors In the ring as well as on the diamond, gridiron and tennis court. Plans for a boxing league, long In contemplation, were aided when William J. Crombie, physical instructor in the University of Pennsylvania, sent letters to Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Cornell and Columbia suggesting the formation of an intercollegiate boxing association. Pennsylvania has already given attention to boxing. * Bouts at the various weights form a big feature of the May Day sports. The bouts are conducted - under the amatenr rales and never have been marked by one serious accident. Such clever men as Danny Hutchinson, Larry Miller, James Bklnner, Livingston Shilivan, T. D. Barclay and E. D. Roseberry competed In the bouts.