The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
Germans Shower
 Flowers On The Winning Fighter
Crowds Attending These Shows Remain Silent
 Till the Close

Berlin, Dec. 21-Professional prize fighting and wrestling, introduced into Germany since the war, have won wide popularity and are looked upon as social functions as well as an amusement Men and women who oc- ccDy the hishest-priced seats appear in formal evening dress, although the management may not prescribe such attire. tr@s
 The development of the sport has incidents, for the German public, un- accustomed 10 .'box-aghting" appa- rentl3- las been unable to decide what it's proper attitude should be on such occasions. Cheering, applaudfng with tEe hands, or any roofing or rag ging'' is in high disfa-ror. At the first sign. Of approval from supporters of a boxer, sections of the audience rise and hiss the ttrooter'' down. The pa irons insist everything shall be per fectIy quiet.
 When a fighter is crowned with a laurel wreath, or a wreath of roses, or presented with big bouquet, and proclaimed al victor, it is quite proper to applaud, decorousiy. Admirers Of the winner shower him with punches Of flowers and the referee makes a speech acclaiming the prowess Of the fighter, as we'll as explaining just how he won the victory. An effort is made to adhere to the American description of blows and maneuvers. Freuuently at the end of a round, when a. boxer l has got in a telling stroke, the referee harangues the audience with a des- eription of the blow and what its ef4s | feet was intended to be.
 A number of fairly well advertised foreign fighters have appeared here, but these principal events are all ! ways preceded by preliminaries be- l tween German boxers. The Germans l are not yet haters of the technique of | the game, but their ability to take
 punishment is beyond question. In. 1 dent saw a German boxer knock down, | his opponent twice in one round and l before the close of the round he him. l self was twice floored: There were | several knock-downS in five rounds in
 this contest, and both fighters were badly battered Through the wnele | bout the crowd was silent, but ap4 plauded the victor who, the referee I fighter was presented with a big bunch of roses.
 The principal se&vaa on this occa- sion was a fight Between an English announced the fight would go fifteen
 rounds, but after few rounds the referee made a, speech to the fight
 CTS from the ring in which he said
 in his opinion there was too much
 jumping and lodging around, and un-
 less they got down to fighting in
 earnest he would stop the match. At
 the end of the fourteenth round the
 referee held a, conference with the
 promoters and officials of the Pros
 fessional BoN-Fighters Associations
 and announced it had been decided
 to stop the fight. He said it had been
 agreed it was a frame-up, and thai
 the boxers would be disqualified from \ fighting again, would be expelled } from 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. association
 for damages and reinstatement. His counsel in a brief in which he exs plained at length the principles ol
 prize-fghting, declared these men
 were both defensive" and not of-
 fensive fighters, that each had await ; ed for the other to take the offensive ' and neither having done so there was not much of a. fight ss se