The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-20
KNOCKOUT BROWN WAS NOT D|SGRACED One Round Hogan Simply
 Solved Him DECISION QUESTION Leaving Boxing Decisions to the Sporting Writers Has Become
 a Regular Nuisance in
 New York

| New York, November 19.-(Special.)- | Although Knockout Brown was decisive ly defeated by One Round Hogan at the
 Madison Athletic club. Friday night. he
 was by no means disgraced. Danny Nor
 gan's Dutchman was belting away furi-
 ously at all stages. trying his best to
 hit the mark with his famous left up to l the finish. Brown was the same stub | born one handed fighter against Hogan l that he has been ever since he started in | the game. There was not sign of in1- provement in his fighting. He was going all the time in his own peculiar and de- termined way, but failed to accomplish | anything worth while.
 Hogan, on the other hand, displayed a
 dazzling turn of speed. He had solved
 Browns style and knew exactly what to
 do and when to do it. He timed his man | to the fraction of a second and seldom | failed to snap wicked right to Brown s jaw as he came laundering in. It is to be regretted that the boxing commission. at its regular weekly meet ing Wednesday, could not see its way clear to issue an order directing ref
 erees of boxing contests to render de- | cisions. When the matter was brought up
 Commissioner O'NeiL favored the propo- sition and voted for it, but Major Dixon, | the other commissioner. cast his vote against it. leaving the question where it was
 There is no good reason why referees should not decide contests in which they are the arbiters.
 Leaving boxing contests to be decided by sporting writers has proved to be a. positive nuisance in this city. In almost every important contest which takes. place the sporting writers differ in their opinion as to the result Rarely, if ever, do they all reach the same opinion. So far as the referees decision making it possible for frame ups between fighters to be pulled off is concerned, such a thing would not
 happen once in 100 times. It is indeed much more likely to occur when the de- cision is left to the sporting writers.
 Freddie Welsh has objected to Jack Welch refereeing his battle with Cham pion Wolgast at Los Angeles on Thanks giving Day. Why Freddie should object to Welch is not easily understood in sporting circles Jack Welch has of- ficiated as an arbiter in some of the most important battles fought in this country. ana ntltiler HIS judgment nor HIS integrity has ever been questioned
 He is thoroughly fearless, as we'll as being eminently qualified for the position, and unless the Englishman has some per- scnal reason for doing as he has, he'll hardly add to his popularity by persist ing in his present attitude toward Welch
 When the match between Wolgast and Packey Mcfarland, which was scheduled for Milwaukee some time ago, through official interference, had to be called off
 Welch was selected to referee the battle
 He was so well thought of by principals and by the sporting fraternity through out the middle west that he was readily accepted for the place.
 If the Engiishman holds out in his ob-
 iection to Welch there are a great many followers of the sport in this country who
 will perforce believe that it is not so much Jack Welcb that he's afraid of as 1t Is Wolgast. So far as can be learned the erstwhile English lightweight cham pion has no personal reason for objecting to the Californian, which adds to the fnys- tery.
 He is simply doing it, so he is reported to have said, because Wolgast was the first to name Welch. That's not a very good reason. and if it's Freddie's only one he couldn't do a better thing right now than back pedal on the proposition and agree to Welch without further bick- ering.