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...Henry Lamar, University Boxing Coach since 1931 and present Boxing Commissioner of Massachusetts, yesterday pointed out that "there just weren't any more teams in our league left to play. Everyone was giving it up." This story, he added, might explain why these colleges were no longer interested in the sport...
...other sports, Lamar said, the temptation for colleges to import highly-trained amateur boxers was too great and teams such as Virginia, Syracuse, and Penn State each year included several A.A.U. champions...
Positive that this custom was the primary cause of boxing's early death in the College, Lamar, in 1939, proposed a ruling which prohibited anyone who had boxed in a public contest after the age of sixteen from competing in intercollegiate boxing--amateurs cannot box officially until seventeen. The N.C.A.A. turned down this proposal, however, until 1948 when the last of the big Eastern schools gave up the sport...
Recent changes have moved the age limit to eighteen, however, and Lamar is again petitioning the Rules Committee for a regulation which he feels will insure a future for intercollegiate boxing in the Ivy league if the sport should be revived...
...earning power is limited to a comparatively short time. If Helfand's views are upheld, a fighter could be put out of business during the most productive years of his ring career. Some boxers know little else besides how to fight and can be exploited by unscrupulous managers, Lamar claims...