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B—14 * SPORTS. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 16, 1934—PART ONE. SPORTS Hunt Club Presents Hot Heavy Battle : Fight Critics Hit Scoring System OFFERS CLIMBERS INEVERETT, DUDAS Face Tomorrow—McCadon, Ex-Golden Gloves Champ, Big Test for Furr. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. ITH Washington's hottest heavyweight scrap of the year in prospect, young Buck Everett of Gary, Ind, and the even younger Steve Dudas of New Jersey, hung up their training mitts yesterday and em- barked on a 52-hour wait before ring time, each confident of victory in their scheduled 10-round fight to- morrow night at the Riding and Hunt Club, Former golden gloves champions, both Everett and Dudas wound up training in a local gym, Buck taper- ing off against Marty Gallagher and Dudas against Natie Brown, while ring dopesters intently looked on. Both appeared in shape, with Dudas scaling a few more pounds than when last he appeared here to flatten Wid Matthews of Baltimore in two heats last Summer. Their scrap, the first of the heavy- weight variety to be staged in the Hunt Club, will open an attractive week of fisticuffing in this village, which also will watch its favorite fistic son, Phil Furr, tackle the most for- midable foe of his brief career néxt Wednesday in Jay MeCadon of New Jersey. Both on Way Up. HE Iinterest of local ringworms ?’l who have had good reason to become apathetic toward heavy- weights, has been aroused for the Everett-Dudas go. Rare are Wash- ington fights between two youngsters on the way up, or seemingly so. Dudas, Jjust turned 21, is regarded as one of the best prospects in the country, and certainly the best in the East. Everett, 24 years old, and with a little more experience than Dudas, is not touted quite so highly as Steve, but he is regarded as a nose-banger who is likely to improve. Both boys have flailing, forward styles which promise to make the scrap a larger edition of those Frankie Covelli-Pete De Grasse affairs—that is, if the heavies run true to the form they’ve shown in previous bouts here. Dudas mopped up George Pavlick, Les Kennedy and kayoed Matthews in three local appearances, while also turning in victories over Stanley Po- reda (kayo), Arthur Huttick and sev- eral other foes in out-of-town rings. In his trio of performances here Dudas looked the part of another Dempsey, with a crouching, two- fisted style featured by a terrific short right hand punch to the body. Made Tow Step Lively. VERETT has done even better than Dudas here as a showman. Actually he made a fight with Bob Tow interesting. Buck and the lanky, phlegmatic Alexandrian met several weeks ago at the Washington Auditorium, Everett winning the fight, but Tow getting a decision that has singworms still talking to themselves. Both boys carved brillilant amateur careers. Dudas climaxed his Simon- pure campaigning by winning the New York golden gloves championship, while Everett won a similar title in Chicago. The prelims follow: Sylvan Bass, Baltimore, vs. Petey Mike, Long Island, six rounds, middleweights; Sam Finazzo, Baltimore, vs. Johnny Stein, Norfolk, middleweights, six rounds; Henry Irving, Washington, vs. Jake Hudson, Baltimore, middle- weights, six rounds; Joey Greb, nee Grecco, New York, vs. Jimmy Reed, ‘Washington, six rounds. Phil Furr on Trial. EMPERMENTAL Phil Furr, cur- rent local drawing card, is un- dergoing something of a trial against MeCadon Wednesday in the feature of Promoter Joe Turner’s 32- round fistic show at the Washington Auditorium. Furr, after only 17 pro fights, is the king of the local welters with no further competition. He is clamoring for formidable outside com- petition—opponents with “names.” And Phil is a natural drawing card if he can step into the ring with the best of 'em and put up a scrap. Whether he is that good may be determined against MeCadon.. A sturdy, if not flashy, ringster, Me- Cadon whipped Bob Wilson more de- cisively than Furr decisioned the red- head. If Phil can hurdle Jay, he may be near a match that will draw down some real do-re-me. The prelims line up like this: Bob Lowry, Washington, vs. Jimmy Brady, Newark, welterweights, six rounds; O. Reiley, Washington, vs. Mickey Flannigan, welterweights, six rounds; Joe Rivers, California, vs. LeRoy Dougan, featherweights, six rounds; one four-rounder to be announced, AMBERS STEPS OUT ON FULLER BATTLE Abandons Bout After He Sees Sammy Beat Cool—Dublinsky May Substitute. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, December 15.—Jimmy Johnston, boxing promoter for Madison Square Garden, today announced that a proposed match be- tween Sammy Fuller of Boston and Lou Ambers of Herkimer, N. Y., listed as the leading lightweight contender by the New York State Athletic Com- mission, had been abandoned. “Ambers’ manager agreed to the fight Thursday night on terms suit- able to all of us,” Johnston said, “but after seeing Sammy lick Eddie Cool last night he came in today and de- manded 5 per cent more of the gate. “That would put the price too high and I've called off the match. It is my opinion that Ambers’ manager has decided Fuller is too good for his al- leged leading lightweight contender.” Johnston said he planned now to match Fuller and Harry Dublinsky for December 28, the date originally set for the Ambers-Fuller bout. CHANGES GRID SCHEDULE. LEXINGTON, Ky., December 15 (#).—Changes in the Kentucky 1935 foot ball schedule, including the drop- ping of Washington and Lee and the addition of Ohio State, were an- nounced here today. The game with Xavier of Cincinnati has been moved up to September 28 and Ohio State will be played at Columbus October 5. [} <* of first and second places in class 1 of the CENTURI Here is another of a series of articles depicting the great fights and fighters of the days when pugilism was young. BY TOM HENRY. 'OMAN prize fighters were not uncommon in England during the last years of the eighteenth century. It long has been the practice—to the amazement of foreign visitors— for women of the London gutters to settle their quarrels in the same way as did their husbands and brothers. They would fight it out with their fists—with seconds and bottle holders and sometimes considerable betting. The first girl prize fighters are in- troduced in the Sporting Journal for February, 1794: on Monday near the elm tree leading to the barracks. The battle having been agreed upon a few days pre- vious, it became generally known and a number of persons, anong them several well known amateurs, attended. dealt blows. closed.” The eyes of one were Police and Girls Scrap. HE police broke up the match and arrested one of the combatants. “Although she was endowed with the nimbleness of a bird, they se- cured and caged her. The other, by some secret means, made her escape.” On June 5, 1795, the Sporting Mag- azine records: “A most severe pugilistic contest en- sued between two heroic females, Mary Ann Fielding of Whitechapel and e noted Jewess of Wentworth street, in a large field near the New Road for two guineas a side. The battle began soon after the necessary arrangements and was continued for some time with great intrepidity, each exhibiting many maneuvres relating to the art of boxing. * “After much alternate dexterity the scene changed in favor of Fielding, who fought with great coolness and knocked down her adversary not less than 70 times. This battle lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes when victory was declared in favor of Fielding.” “Mendoza (Daniel Mendoza, at that time the champion of England) was second to the Jewess and Jackson K.| (also a prominent fighter) to Field- Ing, and they had two of their own sex as bottle holders. A vast con- course of people assembled to see this rare and unrivaled circumstance.” In July, 1800, the Sporting Maga- | zine reports: “A very severe and scien- | tific set-to took place a few evenings since in the coffee room of the opera | house between rival queens of the fruit basket who disputed about the excellence of a bottle of Grafton | cherries, and agreed, after many flow- ery arguments on both sides, to box it out for two guineas. A ring im- mediately was formed and the fair chemps fought a considerable time with such dubious success that it was at length agreed to make a drawn battle and spend the money in jolli- fication. Too much praise cannot be given to Sully, who acted as umpire, for his impartiality, nor can we with- hold our commendation from Mrs. Crouch who arrived just in time to be bottle holder and who executed her part with such spirit as to appear quite at home.” Girls Get Really Rough. * A ND a few months later the maga- zine records: “A very severe and scientific set-to lately took place in the Broadway near St. Clement’s Church between two of the fair in- habitants of the softer sex. After a contest of 10 minutes one of the Amazons thought proper to give in and the conqueress behaved so gen- erously on the occasion that she not only exchanged fists in token of amity, but treated in a very handsome libation of that fashionable liquor called flashes of lightning.” The Sporting Magazine quoted from a Dublin paper: “Yesterday morning two of the fair sex in the occupation of carrying baskets had a misunder- standing in Pill lane, opposite the fish market. They engaged in a twink- BATTLES There were several well- | ling, beak and claws. One of them bit a piece completely out of the cheek of her antagonist, while the other re- turned the compliment by tearing out an eye of her devourer.” Girls fought and were fought for. Thus the Sporting Magazine records: “A pugilistic contest took place last Juniors Hold Sway at Riding and Hunt Club Show mUGHRAN IS SEEN Youngest riders in show holding consultation after receiving ribbons. They are, left to right: Chinkey Arnold, Ann Segal and George Pulver. The first two are 6 years of age and the last named is 7. <& Mary Elizabeth Miles (left) and Elizabeth Ann Sherman, winners for best riders 10 years and under. 7—Woman Prize Fighters Once Common ES week in a field near the town of Billingsborough in Lincoln. The bet was a guinea and a girl and the con- test was between a shepherd of Bil- lingsborough and a tailor named Herb- ling. They met pursuant to a pub- lished advertisement and the combi- nation which constituted the wager was deemed so well worthy of at- tendance that the surrounding vil- lages were all awaiting the issue. After many severe rounds and a long run- ning fight, the shepherd gained the victory and carried off his fair prize in triumph.” in England Women Act as Seconds. OMEN not only fought in the W ring themselves, but acted as seconds for their fighting hus- bands, as in the “battle fought in a field near Islington between John Ca- rey, a costermonger, and Tom Hedge, | t finder, well “A female boxing match took phce‘ be noted dog L iweltiknown by the appelation of ‘Old Bleedy Head.’ The quarrel originated from a dispute concerning the best method of dress- ir;s sprats at a public house the pre- ceding evening. Hedge's wife offici- ated as his bottle holder. The battle was as desperate as it was singular from the mode in which it was man- aged, for Black Fanny, a fishwoman, was bottle holder for Carey. The bat- tle lasted 35 minutes. Hedge had his cheek laid open and his antagonist lost three teeth.” Once, at least, there was a man- woman prizefight. At Leicester, on April 12, 1794, the Sporting Maga- zine's correspondent reported “a trial of pugilism at the Queen's Head be- tween Hannah Elliot and a noted bruiser. After a hard-fought contest of two hours it was terminated in favor of the female.” (Copyright. 1934. by North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) SCORE AT WATER POLO. In second-round matches in the water polo competition of the boys’ department of the Central Y. M. C. A., the King Guzzels, led by Brown, downed the Sweet Peas, pilcted by C. Engelhardt, 23-11. The Goons, cap- tained by Kinsella, lost a hard-fought battle to the Wimpys, led by Schultz, by 15-20. OLD NEBRASKA IDOL RETURNS TO COACH :Roy Lyman, Veteran of 286 Pro | and College Games, Will Be Line Assistant. By the Assoclated Press, INCOLN, Nebr., December 15— Roy “Link” Lyman, one of the greatest linemen ever to wear the University of Nebraska colors and an outstanding tackle in professional foot ball ranks, has been signed as an assistant foot ball coach at the Cornhusker institution, D. X. Bible, athletic director, announced tonight. Lyman, who will assist in coaching Nebraska linemer, will joint the Corn- huskers during Spring practice. For two years Bible, head Nebraska coach, has had Lyman in mind for a place on his staff and has been watch- ing reports of his performances. Lyman, who is 36 years old, is a veteran in professional foot ball ranks, having started with the Canton, Ohio, Bulldogs in 1922. Later he played with the Cleveland team before join- ing the Chicago Bears. For eight years he has played with the Bears and has been listed on many All- America professional foot ball teams as a tackle. While at Nebraska Lyman was a star line performer on 1918, 1919 and 1921 Cornhusker elevens and is re- garded here as having contributed materially to the only victory the Cornhuskers ever scored over Pitts- burgh. In 1921 the Huskers downed | the Panthers, 10 to 0, when Pitt was coached by “Pop” Warner. His foot ball career continued and he has played in 286 college and pro- fessional games. He came to Nebraska without foot ball experience. .. TAK-SILS ARE DEFEATED Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md,, December 15.— Mount St. Joseph's College admin- istered the first defeat of the season to Takoma-Silver Spring High School of Washington here today, 37 to 26. After the Tak-Sils had taken a 7- to-6 lead at the end of the first quar- ter, Mount St. Joseph’s rallied to as- sume a commanding lead at half, 21 to 10. The second half was about evenly fought. Mt St. J. (3 (28) G F. Pis 511 —Star Staff Photo. BIG SEASON AHEAD FOR MIDDY BOXERS Virginia, Syracuse, Only Schools Ever to Outpunch Navy, Are on Schedule. NNAPOLIS, December 15.—Navy, one of the unusual pioneers in intercollegiate boxing, is prepar- ing for a season of unusual interest, high points being the matches with Syracuse and Virginia, the only teams which have registered victories against the Navy in this sport, and Pennsyl- vania State, ring. As usual, a big squad is working under Spike Webb, who has coached this sport at the Navy since it entered competitive boxing. The team has a nucleus of veterans in Slade Cutter, unlimited weight; Capt. George Lambert, light-heavy, and Jack Blitch, 135 pounder. At 165 pounds, one of the finest competitions in any class is offered by Jack Lofland, Marc Peppard, Fred Michael, Bill Mason and Gil Short. At 155 pounds, George Armijo, a hard-hitter from the plebe team of last year, is in the lead, and at 145 pounds, Clff Hocker, also from the plebes, and George Conkey appear evenly matched. Gil Slonim and Dave Richardson are putting up a real battle at 125 pounds, and Fred Matthews leads a particularly strong field of 115 pounders. The schedule: January 26, Western Maryland. February 2, University of Rich- mond. February 9. University of Virginia. February 16, Pennsylvania State College. February Hampshire. March 2, Syracuse. March 9, University of Pittsburgh, at Pittsburgh, 23, University of New TECH TAKES ANOTHER Assumes Early Lead in Beating Colonial Frosh, 29-26. Tech High basketers marked up their second win in as many starts, both over college freshman teams, when they conquered the George ‘Washington yearlings, 29-26, last night 9 {in the Colonial gym in the preliminary BOY TOSSERS NEED FOE. Georgetown Boys’ Club basketers are after a game for Tuesday with a 100 or 115 pound team. The Boys’ Club quint has a gym. Call West 1127-J, tomorrow or Tuesday. Youthful New Jersey heavyweight, who boxes Buck Everett of Gary, Ind,, tomorrow in the 10-round feature of the weekly Riding and Hunt Club fistic show for a Christmas toy ment. Dudas, gltyun ;ld', l:; w the East's most promising heavyweight prospect, but man; tched Everett fight Bob Tow here a few weeks back will string along with the Indiana cloutes. ‘. 1 to the G. W. varsity-Randolph-Macon - | match. Gaining an early lead, Tech was in the van at the half, 18-12. Red (Fran- cis) Daly, forward, with 12 points, again was Tech’s high scorer, but Lid- dicort, the losers’ center, with 13, took top honors. Summary: G. W. Frosh (26) GFPts OBrien. f. .4 1 % Cumb’land.f 0 0 0 Swanson. £.. 0 0 0 Liddicort. ¢. Marshall. §. Stapleton. ¢. 1 Tech (29). GF. Daly. . Lomax. Farrell Billings. Rea. ¢ FILIPINOS \.NIN STAKES Americans Get Small Part of Race Lottery in )(Anill‘. MANILA, December 15 (#).—Thirty Americans, including soldiers and sailors, shared minor prizes as the distribution of a total of $870,000 of the charity sweepstakes was decided today. Victory of the horse Kabaritan over a field of 13 at the San Lazaro track enriched three Filipinos $100,000 each. | p. They were Melchor De Lara, small pro- = prietor; Generoso Velasquez, pharma- cist, and Maxima Caballes, housewife. A total of 2,751 prizes with a mini- mum of $50 were offered with approxi- mately 2,000,000 tickets sold at a dol- lar each under Philippine Government auspices. . ‘The proceeds are to go to charity. TEMPLE TAKES DAY OFF PHILADELPHIA, December 15 (#). —Glen (Pop) Warner today gave his | %, M Temple foot ballers a day off from practice for the Sugar Bowl game with Tulane on New Year day at New Orleans, but the, Owl gridmen still must study new plays the cagy men- tor has given them. ‘With another holiday tomorrow, the squad won't resume practice until Monday. It leaves for the South Thursday, training for a week at Baton Rouge, La., before going to New Orleans. Warner has been rehearsing the squad in several new plays for the Sugar Bowl battle. MILLER its oldest rival in the| ¢ -AS PITIFUL FIGURE ;Belabored by Youths Who Formerly Couldn’t Have Mussed His Hair. BY SPARROW McGANN. EW YORK, December 15— Tommy Loughran is in far- off South America, gathering what few purses a man of his former greatness can command. Tommy has had to fight big fel- lows who know little, but swing them from the floor, and if you ask any good boxer he will tell you that type is the most dangerous to fight. It would not be surprising if a cable dispatch conveys the news that a round-house haymaker settled on Tom's chin and put him down for the count. Tommy is not as spry as he used to be, and he must perforce absorb a certain amount of punish- ment as he goes along. Loughran will not hang up his gloves. He persists in the thought that his superior knowledge of the fine points is sufficient to pull him through. It is a pity to see him, a shadow of his old self, belabored by youths who could not touch him with a handful of gloves when he was in his prime. HAS THREE SEXTETS St. Mary’s Academy Divides Court Squad Into Sections. LEONARDTOWN, Md., December 15.—Basket ball players of the St. Mary's Academy of this city have been divided into three teams this season, as follows: First team—Centers, Janice Hamil- ton and Nellie Guy; forwards, Mary Ellen Mann and Elizabeth Bailey; guards, Mary Elizabeth Greenwell and Wilhelmina Hayden. Second team—Centers, Mary Irene Howell and Margaret Reilly, Wash- ington; forwards, Mary Rita Daly and Laura Guy; guards, Nellie Sterling and Mildred Duley. Third team—Centers, Wilhelmina Woodburn and Cecelia Hamilton; for- wards, Pauline Abell and Catherine Russell; guards, Jeanette Burkhart and Mary Frances La Manca. - INTERCITY SOCCER Balti- more Kickers at Benning. German-American soccerists of this | city will meet the formidable Stone- German-Americans Meet timore today at 2:30 o'clock on the | Benning Field, in a Southeastern League game. The Stonewalls are in the semi- finals of the Eastern Division of the National Challenge Cup. STAGG ELEVEN AHEAD \ | College of Pacific Trims Marine | Team, 21-6, for Charity. SAN DIEGO, Calif, December 15 (#)—The college of Pacific Tigers, coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg, | thumped the San Diego Marines, 21 to 6, in a charity foot ball game to- day. All the scoring except Pacific's first touchdown was confined to a | | spectacular final! period. Frat League Team Standings. W. L A T K. Alpha. 24 12 Phi_Sigma Chi.. 33 A I K_ Beta. appa_Phi.. "’ Alpha Kappa Phi Gamma_Beta . .. 3 547 1400 480-20 7 26 505 1.454 462-35 al Averages. (10 games or more.) . Hollway. GAMMA BETA. . Schlosser.. 36 113-6 hambora .10 11 8332858 Miracle Ride New 1935 STUDEBAKER Champions ALBER & McNEIL Incorporated 1418 P ST. N.W. Open Evenings, DE. 1447 wall Democratic Club kickers of Bal- | B, @ Vote Ross Most Popular Fighter ARNEY ROSS has been voted the most popular fighter of all classes who performed during 1934, Barney’s astounding victories over ‘Tony Canzoneri and Billy Petrolle established his right to be classed among the best lightweights of the game. He went further than this when he outpaced ahd won the welter- weight crown from Jimmy McLar- nin and fought the latter a close fight in a return meeting. Barney lost the title but he stood toe to toe with the hardest hitter the 147-pound class has produced in some time. PECK SCORES, 50-40 OVER ST. JOHN’S FIVE Win in Georgetown Church Loop First in Two Years Over 01d Foe—Arlington Victor. ECK MEMORIAL basketers con- P quered the St. John's Episcopal team, 50-40, last night in a Georgetown Church Basket Ball League senior division game to register their first win over their old foe in two years. Arlington Presbyterians won their first league game, conquer- 1 ing Georgetown Lutherans, 20-19, in the junior division. West Washington Baptist defeated Peck Memorial, 39-33, in the junior division, and West Washington Baptist downed Georgetown Presbyterian, 44- 23, in a senior tilt match. Summaries: Senior W.W.B. (44) G.F.Pts, B. Haycock.! 8 0 16 T. Haycock:{ 0 0 0 B Pickett.f. 17 Class. Geo. P. Wells.{ « Prince.{. 117 Collins.c 0 0 Buckler.g 1 5 Whellers. . 3 8 0 0 odge: 13 Fullington., Totals.. & 0 i 0 1 0 3 00 4344 Touls....» 523 Peck M. (50) G.F. ool Pts. St.J E. (40) G.F Pts Emery.f . . 0 0 0 Harding.{ 012 Mosteller.f 1 1 5 curtinc 214 Edwards.e 2 Savlors...l H b 30’6 5 Totals.... 2 Totals... 18 4 40 Junior Class. W.W.B. (39) G.F.Pts. Peck M. (33) G P.Pts T. Haycock.t 0 0 O E Dinsmore.f 3 Murphy.f . 0 Herndon f... 7 B.Haycock.f 10 Brown.c. . 1 Game...... 1 3 W.Dins'ores 1 Fullington.c. 0 Clementsong 0 Sransone . 2 5 0 00 Kelly.g 39 Totals... 15 333 Pettis.g . Malcolm'& Totals. TEAM STANDING, Senior Class. W, L W. W Bap_... 5 1 Peck Mem..... St. John's E... 4 2 Geo. Pres.... . Junior Class. W. L W. W._ Bap. O Arlington Pres.. Peck Mem. 2 Geo. Luth.. COURT RESULTS Loral Teams. George Washington, 49; Randolph- Macon, 14. Carnegie Teca, 43; Georgetown, 31. | St. Thomas, 34; Catholic U., 33. Roosevelt, 21; Alexandria High, 20. ‘Tech High, 29: George Washington Frosh, 26 Other Scores. Yale, 23; Fordham, 22. West Virginia, 51; West Virginia Wesleyan, 28. Temple, 47; Johns Hopkins, 26. Pennsylvania, 26; Harvard, 16. St. John's (Annapolis), 37; Hamp- den-Sydney, 33. Michigan, 31, Michigan State, 25. Pittsburgh, 38; Iowa, 36. Cincinnati, 50 Wilmington, 18. Depauw, 31; Indiana. 24 Ohio State, 24; Carleton. 13. Kent State, 25; Toledo U., 24. Xavier, 38; Centre, 29. Wisconsin, 29; Marquette, 20. zsRlver Falls Teachers, 35; St. Thomas, Armour Tech, 34; Chicago, 27. Western State Teachers, 40; Ham- line, 19. 3M.im:eso'-l, 42; North Dakota State, 13. Duluth State Teachers, 36; St. Olaf (Northfield, Minn.), 27. Parsons, 32; Kirksville Osteopaths, | 30. Lacrosse Teachers, 32; MacAlester (St. Paul), 26. Northern State Teachers (De Kalb, 1), 42; Wheaton, 31. Loyola (Chicago), 37; Ripon, 28. Western Union, 33; Eastern State Normal (Madison, S. Dak.), 32 (over- time). De Paul, 52; Kalamazoo College, 14. Grinnell, 33; Coe, 32. "Bndgewnter, 32; Wilson Teachers, 3 | Levinsky-Lasky battle, WORK OF JUDGES GENERALLY POOR |Referee Regarded Enough to Decide Bouts—Many Rulings Protested. BY SPARROW McGANN. EW YORK, December 15.—The New York Boxing Commis- sion practically fired Referee Danny Ridge and Judge Ha- rold Barnes for the decision they ren- dered in the young Peter Jackson- Sammy Fuller fight recently, They were suspended indefinitely. Ridge and Barnes took the com- mission to task for hampering them with so many rules that they were unable to exercise their own judg- ment. They were forced to see the fight from an unnatural angle so that the loser was adjudged the winner. Ridge is an old-time fighter. Thera was nothing classy about him. H» took his punishment with a grin and |tore in. He absorbed not only the | punishing angle of the game but the fine points as well. Barnes is an optician, with a keen, piercing eye for what goes on in the ring. He is the gentleman who de- tected the low blow committed by Jack Sharkey on the person of Max Schmeling, despite the fact that Schmeling’s back was turned to him. This writer sat two seats away from Barnes and was unable to detect the low blow. Referee Held Enough. ETTING back to the rules, as or- dered by various boxing com- missions, it is well to advocate the abolition of judges and place the responsibility on the one man who is > | in a position to know what goes on at close quarters. Leave the decision to the referee. Nothing could be fairer. It was the rule from the inception of boxing and worked out well until | somebody took a notion to have three | men, Considering the way our fighters tug and maul in close, a third man is necessary to part them and make them fight. This was proved when Referee Kid McPartland, obeying a new rule “not to lay hands on the principals,” since rescinded, permitted one fighter to grab and hold through- out the best part of 10 rounds. Ad- mirers of the fighter who was cheated out of a possible knockout nearly mobbed McPartland because he did not separate the contestants. In England the referee sits outside | the ring. He merely cautions an of- fending boxer for holding. Two such warnings result in disqualification, and so far no one has found fault with that system. The British system of scoring is somewhat different from the systems employed over here. They go in for fractions. Willie Ritchie lost his lightweight title to Freddie Welsh by a half point. Just try that over here, Chicago System Mysterious. 'O ONE tries to explain the man- N ner in which Chicago judges arrive at their score. Take the which was called a draw. One judge scored 49 points for Levinsky and 51 for Lasky. The other judge had it the other way around. And lo and behold, the ref- eree scored it 50-50. When three men can draw it to such a fine point, they must have a system unknown to the fans who are trying to dope out how points are scored for clever blocking, clean blows and knockdowns. The present set of judges were not | around when Sammy Mandell took the lightweight crown from Rocky Kansas, or when Mickey Walker was declared the winner over Tiger Flow- ers for the middleweight title. Both were hairline decisions and created no 'end of discussion for months, The two fights between Jimmy Mc- ‘Larmn and Barney Ross could have been called either way. As the title was passed back and forth, no one was really hurt in the long run and the fans were satisfied that they got 2 run for their money. Bill Brown, local commissioner, in- sists on returning to the old way of having the referee render the deci- Sion. By putting it up to one man, he figures there will be fewer excuses for rotten decisions, and in that way will weed out the incompetents. It is a good idea, and if it works out here it will be adopted all over the country. BATTLE ON GRIDIRON. Alcova A. C. gridders will meet the Southwest A. C. eleven on the Arling- jton (Va.) Field today at 2:30 o'clock. | Southwest players are to report at Sixth and G streets southwest at 1:30. BOAT & MARINE SUPPLIE: 903-WATER ST. S.W. ELECTRICAL oPOWER APPARATUSe SPECIALISTS PERFECT S REPAIRS We use the finest grade of insulating materials, with the best equipped shop in the South; expert factory-trained mechanics. 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