The evening world., 1914-04-21
Sydney Club First on Record to
Virtually Reverse Decision Of
Ito Referee.
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lished Immediately after the
recent JeR Smith Eddie Nc.
0oorty nsht at Sydney tell Of Q very
unusual occurrence. Il seems to have
oeen the opinion Of all mon outside
~ ring that JEFF Smith Of New Jer-
~ was entitled to the verdict which
The referee gave to Mc0oorty.
In spite OF the fact that four
times tho usual Stadium prices were
charged" says an account, - great
, crowd Of 1900 people attended.
EDDIE Mc0oorty ruled - favorfte
q 81. TIE battle was . great one.
Smith proved himself one Of the best.
bravsst and most rssourcsfM boxers
Oveg ssen IN Australia.
Probably because 10 rseosnissd
Ac0oorty's knockout reputation JsfR
Smith began on the defensive. Once
In many tries Eddie would hit him;
and whenever hs hit him no left
trouble behind. At the end Of three
rounds Jef had his right eye almost
@hed and his mouth and nose were
bleeding. At that point rineslders
were beginning 70 caiculats how long
T. would BE- before the newcomer
vs. knocked cut By the thumpins
Ao0oorty. But smith began 30 I'm
Sg0vA He fought bach, oalssd sud
lea opportunities' oe himself making
frem the fourth 70 the tenth. when
SMITHS lsft would shoot painfully
into Ac0ooFty's faoA Ac0oortys
foeaaiettng 0WinD nearly alwayo hit
~ ar. - Jsfrs docking was cal.
oulAtod With uneyF1ng accuracy.
Prom the twelfth On. rushing JET
ooored points. Actsoorty's uppercuts
v1Drs ofteu stopped on his Lloves. ex-
eopt whsn theS went % low that the
roeeeee' cautioned him. Jeff Hanged
left and right with such eject that
y partly closed Dddis's left eye and
epapsd his left cheek.
I'm about the fifteenth round Nc.
ooorty. after some heavy body blows.
lropped biz hands and rolled on his
y.t to JED. 'i but Ss aiau ss,i 0i IL a.
ence. Perhaps he feared. the other
1oaow waS playing 'possum.' Smith
bounced on him . moment later. and
The WwinD Nc0oorty offered in de-
tense were feet away from his oppo.
demonstrating the last two rounds
lGc0oorty Wa hopeieasiy behind on
potutA Realizing that . knockout
vas his only chance. he bullocked In
- try 70 Anish the Tight. He pushed
omitA about but did not hit him,
end W. repaid In body blows.
AT the last gong 10000 people were
alreAdy cheering Smith for what they
eon6idsred . gallant victory. Then
Arthur Scott, the referee, laid his
. sceAs Of widest uproaF all over the
each other In amusement
Before . single Newspaper report
~ appeared the Stadium acted.
~ general manager announced that
~ management had agreed to accept
smith - virtual winner. Mr.. Harold
Baker was appointed referee In place
Of Nh Scott. JEFF Smith was guaran-
ted the fruits Of his real victory.
1As srrangements had been made TOT
Clabby for the worlds championship.
That battle will now be given to Je6
Smith, who by such bad luck and bad
error was stopped on his road to the
worlds championship.
THERE 10 no other case on rec
ord, that I remember. whore a
boxing club has virtually re.
versed the decision OF Its referee.
The result places Smith among the
championship contenders, at any
rate. He has since beaten Pat Brad
Icy In Australia, while McGoorty 10
on the way to England TO marry an
II Al Mccoy II 90 anxious TO fight
every one. he could get pot Of money
~ Australia fighting tho winner OF
the yeff 6mith-Clabby bout. That
would settle many disputes. and Nc.
'0oorty could be attended to later.
YoHN L. HERGEr Of San Fran
cisco, once famous a. "Ysuns
= MITCHELL" wires me that Jack
Davies IL quite . fighter. Here's
Hergst's telegram:
"Jack Davies. heavyweight from
here. is on his way TO your city pre-
pared to meet any heavyweight there
ON arrival. He weighs 1876, STANDS
[, feet inches. age 70. Believe him
hest white hope I've ever seen. Sam
Fttspatrick viii care for him. lie has
lots Of experience. John l.. Herget."
TT ERE's q gentleman who wants
to make trouble. He believes
that fighters should DO CON-
pelled to fight under their own names
Instead of using such ring aliases Al
Kelly. Sullivan. Mccoy, etc.
says he: THE Boxing Commission
should pass q rule to force all boxers
within their Jurisdiction to use thei'
own names. II can do no harm to the
pugilists AID will not mislead the
public. Jeffries. sullivan. Fitxsim'
mons. Sharkey and nearly all the
great fighters OF decade ago were
rot ashamed to use their own names
Why should modern boxers be al
lowed 10 use aliases?"
One reaSon probably IL that the
: fighter Thinks It would be much easier
~ the spectators to cry 'Oh. yot
Ke,iv" than ''Comspn. xorgauoRSky.
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