The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-04
sILnR's RULING ON FOULS.
Ncfcrcc Of the Great Fight Tells
How lie VIII Act,


irg to rcferee tho championship battle IA
one OF the most interesting persons In the
State OF Nevada Just now, whdlc ho has
refrained from venturing an opinion ma
10 tho outcome OF the fight he PROPOSES to
exert every effort IN protecting both men
while they are In the ring so that tho WIN
her VIII have a clear title to the k,urela
mat come with q victory In other words
Sher ATTENDS to give his Views In black
anu white as TO his Interpretation of some
points IN the rules drafted by tina ,atc
marquis OF cucensbcrry. ana when Cor.
pet and FHzsimmons face each other on
81 htrick's day they viii have a
thorough knowledge OF what Silcr regards
as fair ftsht!ng. Stlcr has the following
TO say about the rules:
am pretty well satisfied that both
Sorbst and F!tzsimmons understand
Stocnspcriy rules. They are both grown
uf men and not schoolhoys I've seen a
Soon many nights IN my time, and. willis
out m,erdlns TO slrow bo3ueJs IN my own
ahout tho game myself, IL lid not
certainly would not have accepted the JOB.
~ tell You ore thing" he Went on to
say. " ~ not az easy as rolling of a log
to hold THIS Job down But. now that am
tahsled lp, intend to play the strns out,
70 speak eandidly | do not expect any
iouhns; but II my calculations upon ,hs
point happen to 10 wrong. | promise that
Ihe offender win be speedily punished.
NOR " II my intention 10 coax those men
y am stmny gong to have a thorough
Understandings with Them before the neht
heslhA and IN case there is amy monkey
business shall no, have tho slightest
hesitation In dialualifying the offender
But, of course. Corbett and Fiig know too
much 70 doianonately tske chances OF be-
ing set down. II Il should come to u dos
porate point with ithcr man. thore Nigh,
possibly bea chance Tor some dark work.
huh ! hardly think that any such tiing
WI happen. II they agree TO break away
clean. thon, of course, ! shall regard fou
any blows struck during clinch ON tho
other hand should they agree to decide
certainly see that they night II out along
that line II tt takes until WashinEton's
birthday next year.
As rude, when men agree to punch
under these lsst-nnmcd conditions the
spectators who generally consider that
they Know moro about the rules than airy
referee, aTe often most annoying, not only
to the mon In the rms, but 10 IN. persons
outside who are Interested In the Proceed
ihga aud understand what IS going on. For
instance. some fighters have n method or
sending In n right.hnnd body blow nj
close quarters" and sIlcr illustrated the
action q, he spoke. i've heard yclls or
during cllnch. but. II both men have
agreed 10 this sort of thing II Ia cerialn-
y no, foul. so far as l have been ohio
20 interpret the rules. ] can not soc any
thing that prohibits man from doing az
much damage ms he can white one OF his
sltlns Is disensagoi, providing OF course,
| when occasion offers. l DO NOT holleve that
v IL a referees place TO AXE hold OF the
,ncn while they are In The ring ~ they
| happen TO he slow In breaking away.
| III, however, az sometimes happens tho
men arc embraced In clinch. both hang
| ihg. on ho referee ~ forced TO take tho
| bun by The horns ana part the mon. In
| Englnd whore Tho referee performs the
| functions OF hts office on the outside OF
ire ring, he simply dirqualifies the man
who clinss on 10 hls opponent In u cllnch
en- the ground tina, the offender IL either
too far gone 10 fight free or IL cinohlug
70 avoid punishment, Take Fighter Ike
Just long enough alphabetically In London
| 10 make his first hold on an opponent who
ia puuahing him. He would then be for
eyr hislnh'iied. hut Boden Is an excep-
I'm a hot mlx.up with both mon going
at top ,sree.i, they might cllnc,h aud IT
would he fault OF one ns much ms tho
Other. In that case think IL comes
within purview OF the duties of n rcferon
to 20 between the men aud break them
| apart ir one Of the contestants persists in
| holding on, However. then, he certainly
| merits disqualification and need expect
nothing else from mo.
What nrc your views on dhe Wyatt
assFIy decision I" the Tl'a'"m0"'- sh'FA'y
I'm tell you in a very few words. was
5000 miles away from the scene Of the en-
counter and have not tho romotest idea
as to the justice or injustice OF the verdict
! never venture opinions upon fights tina.
! do not see with my own eyes. l have
heard some men say that Sharkey rot
the worst OF It. have hoard lots of
others who commended that irtzsImmons
WAS he sufferer by very large majority.
But this decision has no bearing upon tho
present case
well, how about pivot biowsY"
"Oh, you mean that old trick that La
Islanch successfully played on poor Demp-
soy. Wei, that went out of existence
with tbt tight. I don't think that either
Corbett or Ftzsimmons would entertain
the idea OF resoiting to such blow. 1t
Is dead, and should remain TO-"