The Washington herald., 1920-09-06
At Last, a Referee.

Jim DouEherty, Of Philadelphia.
will referee the ten-round no de-
cision clash And thereby hangs a
tale.
Some weeks ago Jack Kesrns ana
Jack Reddy. rival pilots. agreed
upon Dougherty. And Fitzsimmons
approved him. So IT was though
that everything was set All that
was needed was the final sanction
OF the Michigan State Boxing Com
mission Tom Bigger. chairman OF
the outfit, arrived Friday afternoon
and shortly afterwsrd the word was
passed that Bigger had placed the
o. X. on Dougherty.
All seemed serene.
But about p. m. Saturday Big
ger issued forth and said:
"DOughcrty can't referee. NOBODY
can referee in this State who has
no license. DouEherty hasn't got
one and it's too late now 10 gran
il to him"
In rebuttsl Kearns declared:
"Dougherty referees or theroW be
no fight"
That complicated things.
Kearns Displays Ire.
Bigger, the other members Of the
State boxing commission who were
in town. Fitzsimmons and Reddy.
called a hurried pow-wow. They
invited kesrns to join them. Tbs
Dempsey boss retorted with d re-
mark that contained the expression
Go to hell" The conferees. how
ever. did not act upon kearns' in
TngHazI
conference.
Al Day. OF Detroit. will referee
this match-and no one else" was
Bigger's remark.
Reddy said he was agreeable and
so was Fitzsimmons The Bigger
attitude was transmitted TO EearnS.
who replied: It's Dougherty-Or
thereW be no fight"
All through the Silly night ami
into the wee hours OF the gentle
morning the confsb continued anG
arrived nowhere. Bigger stood pat
on Day and hcsrns, tClephonically.
Clung 10 DOUEherty.
Day withdraw Name.
Just before the breakfast EonEs
tinkled in these Michigan parts,
and the deadlock seemed impossible
Of breaking. Bigger said TO Day:
Al III hold out 10 the finish for
you II you want the job II you
say you want to referee they'll take
you or they can 90 through with
their threat to pack up and beat i.
from town. How about it?"
Day answered:
III withdraw rather than cause
the fight to be called Of"
have agreed TO permit DoUghcrty to
referee. and will issue the necessary
/ license"
There's a commission Of $4,000
I to be laid on Dempsey to win and
believe that Miske will wln-h--
they don't think so enough TO back
/ it UP with cash. And so Jan Lsmp-
sey money. being offered al - and
5 10 l. goes begging.
Several small bets have been laid
at six to five and seven 10 five tha'
Dempsey will land a knockout in
I five rounds.
1t looks like a sI5O.oOo gate and
crowd Of $1,000.
Dempseys weight this morning
was around 19l: Miske scaled lS2.
The champion made no public sp-
! pearance Sunday. He limbered up
his muscles with a mild turn on
I the road. He divided the balance
Of the day between sleeping and
/ shaking the loose change out OF
! his sparring partners playing
rhummy.
/ Miske disported briefly at his
camp and a sizeable crowd paid IS
cents each to see him do it
Miske Figures IL All Out.
, Miske outlined his plan OF battle,
towit:
I'm going out TO box Dempsey
/ for the first six or seven rounds
J and carry him along at the fastest
pace ] can. BY then. l think, Tll
have him pretty well tired out
Z Then I'm going to slug it with him
i'm the hope I can bring him down
and so lift myself up to the TOP
OF the puSilistiC ladder"
Dempsey's battle program is as
follows:
I'm going to knock out Misk,
the first minute it's possible for me
TO do SO"