The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-24
DON'T KNOW IT ALL
Many Experienced Referees Show
Ignorance of Rules of Pugil'
ism, Says Omaha Kid.
siler Wrong in Stopping Jeffries-
sharkey Bout When Jeff
Lost His Glove.

"It is funny how many of the finer
points of the rules Of pugilisan are I'M
known to some referees, said oscar
Gardner the Omaha Kid" recently.
do not mean novices, but men who nave
had experience in deciding bouts ana
whom you would expect to be fully up IN
the business.
Now, recall the Jeffries-Sharkey bout
at Conev Island about four years ago
when Jeffries lost his glove. ana George
Siler, one of the best referees, IN tue
country, stopped the round 10 let nun
regain the nlitt. Siler made a. pct vi
81 600 with Honest John Kelly that his
ruling was right on that polnt er ana INC 'n axs
. left it to me to decide. AS soon as l ex-
planned the matter Siler agreed that ne
had lost Here is the point:
When fighter loses his glove ne
must be allowed to go on hsht1ns WIN
his bare hands. The reason is this: Each
mans second is supposed to tie on the
Stoves Of his opponent. and he is sup
nose6 to make sure that they are tied
securely, Then If the glove comes united
It is the fault Of the other mans second.
and he must suffer for 1t. AS soon as d
fighter drops a glove the rereree shoulo
pick it up and ascertain whether the
strings have been cut. If they nave not
but have come united. the fight must go
on. one man fighting bare handed
Here is another point. which is seldom
observed: One second for each fighter Is
supposed to stand in the corner or MS
opponent all during the fight. He Is not
to leave the corner. because then ne
would carry tips to his own principal ou'
he stays there until the fight IS over. 10
see that there is no crooked work, suoh
as untying a glove. or anything OF that
sort"
Corbett Still After Jeffries.
Tn England no champion pugilist can
retain his title without defending it with
in a. reasonable time of receiving a chal-
lenge from any fighter whose record en-
titles him to serious consideration. There
is no such thing waiting two years to
arrange match. to allow the champion
to finish theatrical engagement. If tho
holder of the title fails to come to the
scratch the belt goes by default.
Things are different in America. as
everyone knows. That is why two spec
tacles are just now occupying the atten-
ton of the fighting world 1t is cues
tion which is the more amusing. Corbett' $
frantic efforts to get on a match with
Jeftries or the wild attempts of Young
Corbett and McGovern to find a PLACE
where they can dispute the title and the
long end Of a S. 900 purse.
Jeffries' latest communication says tina
he is making big money on his tour will
Fitz: that he can see no reason why he
l
that he does not think the public expects
1t of him 60 5'1"
Correct in One Point.
What the public expects, Of course, ant
what it wants. are two different things
Jeffries Is probably correct in his dag
nosis of what is expected of him. He has
shown so plainly during the last few
) weeks that he does not want to fight any
body, that there Is only ground for one
kind Of speculation. There is no doubt
however, that there are many person!
; who would like to see Jeffries and Cor
" bett come together Two or three gooc
heavyweight contests year are none to-
many and the only show for f1rst-clas:
I hill is to get Corbett and Jeffries together
; Corbett couldn't knock the boilermake
; out in a. thousand years. but he woult
! stand good show of getting a decision
] and would make things lively for Jeff al
! long as he kept away from the champion
/ punch.
1 Moreover. Corbett is Just now the onl,
i worthy opponent for Jeffres, unless
Z third bout with Fitzsimmons should b
j arranged, and that, IN all proba blity
Z would not prove a good drawing card
! In view of Jeff's two Victories of tn
/ story Of fake following their last meet
ing, and Of the fact Of their combnatio
: on this last barn -storning tour McCo
1 probably would keep clear Of Jeffries; non
i OF the light heavyweights appear to wan
/ any Of the cham pon's game. Rubin an
6harkey are dead ones. and Jack Mum
roe. who would prove a good DRAWN
! card isn't ready to fight yet. STILL a
: long as Jeff keeps making money o
the road. theirs isn't much chance of get
I ting him into the ring again.
/ Munroe 10 Well Advertised.
This same Munroe, by the way. is get
Eang an immense amount of free adver
tising in New York, and he certa inl
]. ought to be worth $1,000 a week to tn
! Road to Ruin company, or any other the
etrical venture. Perhaps it would be bet
. ter to say that Clark Ball is worth the
much, for it Is easy to see Balls fin
italian hand behind the press notices Nun
!. roe has been getting.
Some Of the New York dailies, not cor
tent with publishing Munroe's face. HI
4 full figure. his different punches, and va
+ rtous boxing attitudes. have split til
8 physiognomy Of the miner into sections
and published learned dissertations upo
b the physical and mental qualities show
+ by his eyes. nose. mouth, etc. each dis
sertation accompanied by a cut OF tt
particular feature mentioned. They hay
q dictation Of Munroe's own story of h
fight with Jeffries, and lengthy biogra
81 plies (probably written by Ball, but signe