The St. Louis Republic., 1904-11-20

when Jack McCl"l!and pat him down?
nave been fOEled myself. ard ! know Rat
II Ia simply impossible ior 2 man 10 novc
when he is hit low. i IL simple torture
for him t" move 4 muscle. ard he hasn't
put UP.
Abe ciaIu'ed that Forbes fou.ei him in
their first bout. Harry waa at mis- host
then. l didn't see the licni. but Georsr.
Siler is generally considered one of ih..
best referees in the country. II no dc
ciGed that Forbes won and that the blow
! wasn't FOUL does 1t pu; any backing on
Abe's claim
Forbes. McCieIl.rd ard myself have
clean records in the ring. Are all of u
ing him? | tTink the average sporting
man VIII answer no. i,t We have 70
stand lot Of blame in some quarters. be
cause an opponent chooses 10 claim "A foul
on us.
DUTIES or REFEREE.
NOW. even assuming that the blows
which some men land are los'. think the
referee ought TO take conditions into con-
sIderation. don't think it, fair to dis
qualify a man when his punch lands low
Il the other man jumps into the air az the
which sent Ate To he floor. l:tEdj-! in the
fair region. but wou.d have gone IN two
inches higher II Abs h1dn't jumped into
the air IS ! seut fl 1on.. H saw he
was going to get il anyTay. ard made d
jump 10 get out OF the way. ,Sow. pre-
suInins ti:4y that pinch lad landed low.
was il ny faui; or his?
"A man VINO sees himself going dow 20
defeat caa easily p;.sh the better man 8
hand down i he wants TO. This Is another
way OF receiving foul hloT. BY putting
one leg i:tr ahead OF the other and hor iis
IN sideways. . beaten nan can always
catch = blow below the waist line. lie
can KNOCK his cppoE"nt's hands down
when the Other man leads. l. that the
fault OF the ounorent or of hiIuseif2
OBJECTS TO RULE
Il don't like this matter of having n
rule which says that every man who
lands low blow must be disqualified. 1
think referees should be instructed by the
clubs in which they serve to see whose
fault the low punch is before they dis
qualify fighter. At present, they haven't
any choice. They have TO rule a man off
II MS punch goes In bit low.
every referee ought 10 watch this thing
OF a man jumping into the air. It's too
good way to make ii appear as though
a man was fouled. In the last few years,
we've hearo z lot about men losing fights
1. on fouls. when they say their case was
hopeless. A lot OF scrappers appear TO
have chosen this way Of defeat rather
than go down to n straight Knockout.
Ihey can always claim. then, that the
5iow they landed was the on'y thing that
Kept them from winning. They can send
In low blow, get disqualified get the
losers end of the purse and still have n
chance left to complain about the referee
peralizing them unfairly
That's changed in some cases, nova
days: A fighter often sticks his thigh for
ward to catch the blow. and then delib-
erateiy tries to knock his opponents hand
down, or he jumps in the air and tries TO
get low blow. Either case is unfair to
the man who Is doing his best Yet. un-
der present rules. the referee can only
disqualify the. man who lands the low
blow.
II think the official ought TO hand down
the verdict only when the man delivering
the punch Is In fault. And the adoption
OF some such rule will cause better con-
ditions In the boxing game"