The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-15
By Tad


his seconds We're grooming him for
the fourteenth round.
There was a similar occurranLo In
the Charley Ariller-Jm Flynn bout.
Both men were IN lighting attitude
when the gong sisnalcd The end OF
the fifteenth round.
On hearin,; the bell they dropped
their arms and went to their cor
ners. Miller then complained OF
broken rib and few seconds later
Referee Spider Kelly went over TO
Flynn's corner and hoistcd Flynns
t-sodden gloves alofi. the orilo-
doT manner OF denotIng the winner.
There was heavy betting that Mill
Ter would ''stay-" sfteen rounds and
tine fellows who wagered that way
clamored for their money
The sporting authorities here were
almost unit In declaring that Miller
had Issteh the full fifteen rounds. hut
there were other angles 10 the BET
ting.
Some of the ftfteen-round bets read
''F1ynn TO win In fifteen rounds and
the remainder miller TO stay fifteen
rounds" and those who wagered on
Flynn TO win In fifteen rounds ella lined
that they must have Won because
there was no sixteenth round.
ii Is said that one old sport on be-
Ing asked for an opinion as 10 the
merits OF the controversy declared
that while those who backed Miller
TO last fifteen rounds were undoubt-
lie felt that those who had oet OF,
Flynn to swim In Fifteen rounds" also
had won
Isn't that Il nice kettle OF fish?
How In the name OF all that IS rca-
sonable could there be two winners.
Ii Miller stayed-or avertcd defeat
for fifteen rounds, surely Flynn could
not have won in fifteen rounds.
He must have Won after fifteen
rounds.
The pool sellers wrisglcd out Of
a tight corner by rofundins all the
fifteen round money To The original
pleeers and the Miller-6lypn fifteen
round incident may DO considered
closed
But when the New York boxing
commission, or whoever it may be.
appoints 3 committee 10 frame up
to-dste boxing rules 1t seems 10 me
that the following should be inserted
somewhere.
Rule = When from any cause IL
shall lie made 10 appear between
rounds that a boNor Is unable to con-
tInue the referee shall await tho
ell Eoly
round. Then II either boxer falls
to toe the scratch he shall he ad-
judged loser.
1t may be worded more gracefully
and with more regard TO euphony
end construction, but the idea is
there. Tho thing is 10 do away with
a boxer winning or losing between
rounds
Kaufman Still Popular.
Flynn. by the way is considered
by San Francisco sports TO be much
improved boxer. Seeing the cold
blooded. heady way be watched for
all opening when fighting big Miller, it
is hard to understand why he seemed
TO get ratified and resort to buttins Ia
hIs affair with Jack johnson.
Another match between Flynn and
AL Kaufman may form one OF Corr
roth's fall cards. It Is strange how
Kaunann maintains his grip on the
regard OF western fight followers. NO
matter how poorly big Al performs
there Is always some ono TO demand
that he be given another chance.
His personal popularity. no dount'
has lnuch 70 do With tine desire TO
see him In action '.ust once more
In the case Of Flynn and Kaufunann
tho argument Is used that since each
man has a victory over the othsr TO
bis credit is Is only fair that they
he sent together an q dee'oin& Doos