The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-30
KNOCKED OUT ' AND YET WINS

Can q boxer be knocked out and yet ke declared the winner of the battle on points7
 He can be. and it was so decided by cre Of the best-versed referees off ciating in the roped arena today. A dczen years or so ago George Siler, i the man who refereed the Bat Nelson Owen Moran battle several months ago, made the decision. That decision caused a vast amount of discussion and debating at the time, but, all considered, it was later generally ac- ] knowledged that old George judged the verdict properly The fight in which Siler gave his decision was fought in the middle west between two battlers of little or no fame and whose names have long been forgotten by those who saw the fight .7a1 3eE3 Es sc
 But. to be exact the batt1ers in that bout. were Frank Bartley, of Birming ham. Ala, and Shorty Ahearn, a color ed boxer of the Walcott pattern. For five rounds and two. minutes of the sixth session Bartley had the negro on the run most of the time. The white man beat the other unmercifully, but was not able to put him on the canvas for the. count eEyeryy one of the rounds was lopsided as far as the fight ing was concerned. It was Bartley from the tap of the bell that started each round until its clang ended the session. Lefts and rights were show cred upon the face of the short negro but not enough to flatten him. It was a massacre. s7F@e -rta'=s
 At the beginning of the last round the crowd was wild with excitement and was yelling for Bartley. The white man tried to answer the call, and started off the session in whirlwind fashion. He rained blow after blow upon the little ebony fighter. He show cred the wallops so fast that the color ed man appeared to be giving up all hope Of ever landing again on the white man, when just seven second before the bell was going to ring and end the battle the spectators saw a boxing glove pushed into the air by a stubby brown arm. The boxing glove was pushed out by Ahearn and it took an upward course as far as the chin of Bartley. Then something hap pened. There was a heavy, dull thud.
 Bartley had been toppled over by the man he hap whipped unmerci- fully for nearly, six rounds. Bartley went down with a crash with his eyes closed and his. arms outflung. Ahearn by one beautifully placed. uppercut, had knocked him cold. EG,
 As Referee Siler was counting him out, the gong rang at the stroke of seven. George immediately bent down, grabbing the limp arm of the befallen boxer, lifted it into the air and pro- claimed him. the finner of the bout. There was riot. -
 The Ahearn packers were out in force for Siler, and it was necessary for the referee to be given police pro- lection.
 After the jam had cleared away, Siler was asked to give his reason for making such a decision and the old referee gave the following exp1an- ation: This bout was for six rounds only. Bartley outpointed Ahearn so far that one knockdown at the close could not offset the margin. Had been able to count ten over Bartley, Ahearn would have won by a knock out
 "As the gong rang, ending not only the round but the fight, as I was counting seven, that knockdown can count for no more than any other knockdown which does not end in a count of ten. Consequently, as that gong ended the battle. and as Bartley's margin could not be equalled by one kncckdown, Bartley is the winner on poiutS''