Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-20
RING BOUTS AND
WRESTLING WIN
HUNS APPROVAL
Sports introduced Since the
War Have Won Wide
Popularity; Men and Wo-
men Appear in Fashion.

Berlin, Dec. 19.-Professional
, prize fighting and wrestling. intro
duced into Germany since the war.
have won wide popularity and is
looked upon as social functions as
well as an amusement. Men and
| women who occupy the highest
priced seats appear in formal even
ing dress, although the manage
ment may not prescribe such at
| tire.
The development of the sport
| has been troubled with some per-
| picking Incidents. for the German
| public, unaccustomed to box
fighting" apparently has been un-
able to decide what its proper at
| titude should be on such occasions,
| Cheering, applauding with the
hands, or any roofing or rag
ging" is in high disfavor. At the
! first sign of approval from sup
porters of boxer. sections of the
audience rise and hiss the 'rooter'
down. The patrons insist every
thing shall be perfectly quiet.
Victor Is Applauded.
When a fighter is crowned with
a laurel wreath, or wreath of
roses, or presented with a big bou-
quet, and proclaimed a victor, it
is quite proper to applaud decor
| ously. Admirers of the winner
shower him with punches of flow
ers, and the referee makes speech
acclaiming the proves of the
fighter, as well as explaining just
how, he won the victory. An eff
fort is made to adhere TO the
American description of blows and
maneuvers. Frequently at the end
of round, when a boxer has got
in a telling stroke, the referee
harangues the audience with a de-
scription of the blow and what its
effect was intended to be.
A number of fairly well adver-
tised foreign fighters have appear
ed here. but these principal"
events are always preceded by pre-
liminaries between German boxers.
The Germans are not yet masters
of the technique of the game but.
their ability to take punishment is
beyond question. In one prelimi-
nary bout the correspondent saw
a German boxer knock down his
opponent twice in one round and
before the close of the round he
himself was twice floored. There
were seven knock downs in five
rounds in this contest. and both
fighters were badly battered.
Through the whole bout the crowd
was silent, but applauded the vic
tor, who. the referee announced,
had won on points. Each fighter
was presented with a big bunch of
roses.
Referee Stops Fight.
The principal event on this oc-
casion was a fight between an
English and Turkish heavyweight.
1t was announced the fight would
go fifteen rounds, but after a few
rounds the referee made a speech
to the fighters from the ring in
which he said in his opinion there
was too much jumping and dodg-
ing around and unless they got
down to fighting in earnest he
would stop the match. At the end
of the fourteenth round the ref
cree held a conference with the
promoters and officials of the Pro-
fessional Box-fighters' association
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to stop the fight. He said 1t mad
been agreed it was frameup, ana
that the boxers would be disquali-
fled from fighting again, would be
expelled from the association and |
would not be paid for this fight.
The crowd applauded and the |
boxers left the house.
Later one of the fighters brought
action against the boxing associa-
ton for damages and reinstate-
ment. His counsel. in a brief in
which he explained at length the
principles of prize fighting, de-
clared these men were both de
tensive" and not offensive fighters,
that each had awaited for the
other to take the offensive and
neither having done so there
wa su't much of a fight.