Evening star., 1914-08-01
BY T. S. ANDREWS.
esDnndence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
MILWAUKEE,. Wis. August Ira
Gunboat Smith, the American whi1s
champion. been compelled
to observe the rules as laid down by the
MARQUIS of Queensbery in his fight with
Georges Carpenter in London last week
the chances are he would be recognized
TODAY as the worlds champion Wnlte
heavyweight. According to all reports
received from the scene OF. the pattie
and also according to the pictures taken
of the fight there is no doubt that smith
hit CARPENTER when he was down. or
rather on one knee. The rules state
very plainly that the moment one poker
scores a knockdown that he shall retire
to his corner; or. if the knockdown oc-
ours in his corner, then he shall retire
to the opposite corner OF the rlng' OF
to a neutral corner. An incident of this
kind occurred recently at Hudson, WIS.,
and dwelt upon the rules in these col
umns at the time. 1t no" appiies ~
aunboat Smith.
There was no excuse for Smith stand
Ing so near his fallen opponent that
ne should lose his head and denver
blow while the man was down Smlth
should have retired to his corner the
it was the duty of the referee to see
that he did retire. OF course, II Is a
hard matter for referee to watch both
men 1T the same tilne, that is, to stand
over one man and count and watch the
other TO see that he does not commit g
foul. There should be a clause whereby
i referee could penalize boxer for vio-
ating this rule.
1t could easily be fixed SO that if a
boxer, after scoring a knockdoWn. failed
IN 90 n hic the referee cOlllG
stop counting long enough to send the
man to his corner and thus he would
lose the count from where the referee
stopped and started again. which might
cost him the battle by a knockdown.
The referee should be more particular
in giving instructions. TO the boxers and
take particular pains to warn them
about violation of this very point.
Smith has no one to blame but him
self in this instance, as he should know
the rules thoroughly.
According to the accounts, Carpen-
tiers seconds also committed foul in
entering the ring while their man was
down. Referee Corri has stated that
ring until after he had awarded the
fight to Carpenter on Il foul, but that
had he seen them he would have dis
qualified Carpenter just as quickly as
he did Smith.
The adherents of Carpenter claim
that Smith was down for thirteen sec
onds in the fourth round and their con-
tention is upheld by the timekeeper,
Mr.. Hulls, who said that he called the
attention of the referee to the fact that
seconds. However, the referee took his
own count, which in this case appeared
to be slower than the watch.
Ii these deductions are correct, then
it appears that Carpenter was entitled
to the verdict, for he really scored a
knockdown in the fourth round, but
did not come into his own until awarded
the fight on foul in the sixth. Smith
and his manager, Mr.. Buckley, have also
claimed that they were deprived of a
sure victory, alleging that Carpenter
was on the point of being knocked out
when the decision was given against
them, on a foul. From an outside
standpoint it appears that both sides
are to blame to certain extent and the
excitement prevailing at the time was
responsible for this.
The fight certainly stirred up the fol-
lowers of the game throughout Europe
and while the ending was uns2tlsfac-
tory, still it will be the means Of boost
ing the boxing game to considerable
extent. 1t will mean another match be-
tween the two men during the coming
fall, after which the Frenchman will. no
doubt, be obliged to quit the ring for
a time and join the army, which is
compulsory in France.
Jim Dougherty, who has beer. mixed
nm with boxers for a number or years
and who makes his home at Crum
LYNNE. Pa, thinks he has developed a
Young fellow who will prove himself
the best of all light heavyweights or
middleweight in the business. The boy
referred to is Willie Adams. He Is only
a youngster, but scales around l5S or
100 pounds, and, judging from the con-
tests he has been putting up against
such men as Knockout Baker of Phlia-
delphia, Johnny Howard of Brooklyn
and Jim Williams, he has right to fg-
ure himself among the real good men in
that class. Adams recently fought
Baker, who is considered very tough
proposition. in Philadelphia and, ac-
cording to good judges of boxing, he
made the Quaker look like a novice.
Adams had a straight left jab that
travelled with such speed that Baker
could not get away from it. He ap-
pears to have all the science necessary
and he hits as hard as a heavyweight.
The chances are that he will not long
remain middleweight, as he is young
and growing.
Dougherty, who knows all the tricks
of the trade, thinks that Adams with a
little more experience will be able to
beat Billy Murray, AL Mccoy and such
men without any trouble. If Adams