The evening world., 1912-05-10
Referee Haiey's Award Of Bout
to Stewart Over Smith In Ma.
ture Of Test Case.

crhs New Ycri Verdi.
nEFEREE PATSY HALEY caught
Jim Stewards arm and held u W.
This vas at the end Of Stew.
arts tsn.round bout with 0unboat
Smith last night al the National Q. c.
Haley was diving stewart ths ofhciai
dsolsioa.
4 VA the hrst decision rendered In Q
New York professional bout sinos the
yrawiey law came In.
each other. rs II . Ascistonf" Are
they giving decisions now" what NIL
the Boxing Commission dor
Pushed. they wset out slowly.
u the hall stood Tom O'Rourks iosh.
ias happy. y
WAS It . dsciston. Tomf"
Has the Boxing CommissiSn chanssA
the ruler
Everybody wanted to know ths mean.
ing Of the innovation.
And O'Rourke explained.
Yes" he said. Haley save ths Of.
AciAi decision. Before the bout began
Charlie Doesserick told him to. We In.
tsnA to have decisions after this. There's
- bD09s GU9oOu WY w 8uV0a0u n8vD
SsDasons. The commission has no legal
r1tht to discriminate and bar decisions
n professional bouts while Il aiiews
osessssas u amateur bouts. The TNw.
Nv law refers to these bouts a. con.
t6sts.' There Isn't such Z thiag - Q
contest N which thers caa't b Q win.
Nee ana Q loser. Wen take this - 70
~ Attornsy-0snerai Tomorrow z We
have To- ga hs'u decide h cur favor.
O'Nsii ukss the iasa Of hauas DE-
eao,ons."
1T IVES common talk IN The NAusuai
that Commissioners O'Nsii he'd bssa
= eoasultsd bseors the club dsolAs1
sosn swing dseistoas. end that ~ haA
~ made aSx very violent As6umepts
/. against the tosa- In fact. o'Nsi vast.
- 10 have eseasisas ious age. but was
ovesruled.
However that nay b. the ~ thss .
! 1sessien would bs givsn IN the stewart.
3 ouubost emith asht was quietly GROW
Z iassd twsnty.four hours Or 20 In ID
vases. A numbsr Of psspas connected
With the sport whispered tie news
about IN their own crowd sariy In the
,eveaing. Stewart ana Smith we're ash0l
heSors the bout II they had any eA1se.
) tlon 70 having . Aeolsloa r0dse01 ~
~ referee. an1 they had no objsctiou
- make. ,
- d~soisions ere gwen At the Ne
tieuai they viii b SVEN - svsry
= sisS. This arst sstsnpt 10 v IN
sators 81 Q test ~
hsl.svs that the Swing Of deslsioas
vul b. soel for the sport. A contest
without . winner aad . loser 70 HE
~ without . head or . tail. me CIV
~ Of decislons will make the boxer
- their best. IL . decision WAS to havt
besu rsadsrsd after that KAvs.Dtiios
aaair at the Garden II Wouldn't hsv,
h - such Q miserable staiing match
y Ne boxer objects 70 having ten rounds
he lscision." recorded to his credit %
pooits the name OF . CHAMPION or i,
.nsas-ehampion. But no toxsr cares 4
have o lost entered In the rscors
book.
Decisions win stop this staMins an
mAhs better boxing.
Z The only objection to the giving q
llsclsions v the claim that thsreu b
more betting in connection with nshts
and that crooked referees will fran
"eiean-ups'' with crooked decisions.
This 10 . mater that depends enttrel
upoa the Commissioa-
The Commission licenses the refsres
and can take any referees license AVA
Any dishonest referee can be barre
Z from ofAclating Ar any club In I'll
STATE.
30 everything viii depend upon II
makeup OF the Boxing Commission.
The Commissioners are crooked. Il
eport will be crooked. II the Commit
sjoasrs are honest. the sport viii I
keDt clean. decisions or no decisions.
WING decistons may havs one q
,rlous effect. TIL champions. wi
now regard New York a. q hap
hunting ground where they may sps.
~ almighty dollar without risk. ms
not " 20 anxious TO box here. It's
elnsh for . clever boxer to go throuI
tsa rounds--and then the only thing
record 10 the date OF the hxht. numb
I~ee reundA. mo d~eciAon." But " the
z happens to be a risk of losing q III
~ the decision OF the referee-that
- . different thing entirely. II will
"a guarantee OF one thing: That VIII,
~ : champions we'll see them 'tr
~" not "staliing through"
~ D for that Stewart-0unboat smi
~. hght-Gunboat gave James a ha
hght for three or four rounS
~ saved by the bell himself at /
! ~ Of the sixth. and before the ten
Was 10 had taken . severe bsatlu
G1owart deserved the decision. At tn,
- 11An't make n such showiaS
~ ~ IN the two fights against Morr
poG1bly owing to the fact that he d
toooted the middle finger Of his RIG
~ y the nrst round. putting 1
S.!c1as sst q Place BY hitting ouahs
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D. ~. 49, X||LA ..|. N|LI