New Britain herald., 1920-01-27

 
DXING COMMISSION GIVES HEARING
 ON WALTZ-LAHN BOXING FlASCO
verybooy But Leo Flynn, Manager of Lahn, Agrees That Exhibition Last Thursday Night Was OH
 r. Color-Decs on Is Reserved.

GO r. Flynn. manager of Battling n who was ono of the contestants pn allescd "fakc" boxing CNhihi-
 staged at Eardcck $ hail last k, was given Il hearing last night b joint mecting of the common Hch HpcnSc committee and the au- Pry boring com mission. To "iV" kh RortN. mana ser Of SitmN Waltz. other boxer. an opportunity to Xseut written report relative 10 exhibition. and. while the report |ld not te obtained for publication. Is ccrtaiI: that both boxers h;lN" fn branded "lallirs, Members of comm ssIon present. with thc CN- tiou of Commissioner Timothy way. orenlA tNprcs Scd their opin- that box boNcrs wet" implicated. hway felt Waltz was 1nuoccnt and cd tlt&t Rorty b" heard.
 rhc Meeting.
 Present at last nights sSion wcrn &irman Angelo Paoncs9it of he li- se con1nIiIl"". Chairman Miuhaei hey of tkc boxing commission, AL men Spencer ';,nG Curtis. CouHcil- D DGhm and t\CrWin. Referee John lis. Frank Moran. Philip bratton. iothN Conway. Arthur rilz and hes W;,lSh. As Chairman PaoncS- was obliged 10 leave tho meeting. tnciiman Dchm presided during discussiou of last weeks cXhibi- hIirman- Suurcy WAS first heard |n the matter. He. with other nbers of tho commission. attend l,e fight From the angle at which SleWcd the rcht il w;l8 in,rossibl" m to say with | degree of ccr- It's. Nnctler Lahn was hit before fcii the first time. II" said. The pnd and third falls to thc floor |e nos Drought about hy ;hc at1ir-
 Of his oppcnrnt in tn" ring. |ncr assured tn" meeting. as both 1s fell short of their mark. inI- liatsly after inc thinc had been pped. Comm .ssionrt* SouncN and an stepped into th" ring and ap- Ftci1cd Lahu.
 Where did he hit you"'. Souncy Ed.
 |al,n r, piled: "t;osh don't know.
 first thin" knew | was on tho IT.
 Iouney says ha then turned 10 Leo nn and asked where the man had n struck, and instead of answer
 Flynn turned away. Following r investigation they decided to | up the mor"y and it was Soun-
 Conviction !;,@t night that both wcrc implicated and were en- d to no money.
 fhc speaker told "r' Tom Cummings
 tc li:3 home Thursday afternoon ] the warning tllut the bout was ed" AS th comm iHsioner was ,re that both Lahn and Waltz had
 trouble with Cunning hc placed Q crcdencc in tn" story that Hart II Sam hlcrs were tu profit by the tch. Canning haH~ since requested t ha b2 GiNcu :e hcarin:s by the ing commission 10 prove inc tin or his assertions. but has TO ed to iIvuIsc the nature of his in matiou in other :4esajor&.
 Promoter Gives views. When Souncy lad couclllGcd luis; parks. Pren' ot@r James Walsh was len an opl,, rlunity to speak. He Xk exception to the remark of Gun g that tue match had been fixed LOT ln- hCptlIi Vl tiiCINl'lN Sdhl . rs. SayinS:
 Any man wlo says fEc match WIS de rur any gamblers is "a far, and m rcadl to prove it..
 Roth In It-Noran.
 .omrn issioucr Moran did not be te that the fighter had been hit al st; pe il, the bout hard enough for Knockout. IL was his belief that h men were implicated l1 Waltz. len he saw I.ahn stan'lin@ after hiH "divc' failed |" put 1croSS H N although he fully realized that
 opponent stood 'r%uard"d. "A V on both sides" was his charac- iZatiun Of the affair.
 Jack Nuli>' Views.
 Referee John Willis said Lahn was hfch hcrGic he fell the first time. a"t hard crnugh to be hurt: the ord tianc he w;t, missed hy six in es and the thjrd tim" the blow .zeG his body. rh" rcrcrc" wouId ." ,Ioppci ;b' I"ttlc after the first second blows but hr thought hn ua... i.ia4 .n.S rb~ ''@,,.N carn"'' h,~ ..,.u Surr, S~ruiIH tried ou1 in nN hic huu'~ I!" r':Il lnat th" n2@rr~ of orh u<n wri" not who'll c1rur Gf hl..:r" ru" t1I' incident.
 .hu Poor Fai>ir.
 Lahu i> tNc poorest actor in Sta"-
 q kuuvkuuG have ever seen in
 long experience. llr was little ter ir th" other bout. would
 down both men a< 'fakers,'" WIS
 wty Commissioner Erntton "N- sscG himself. E"Htton scored tho nagcment for 'to unccntlcn'snIH y members of lh" boxing commits n wcrn treated :lu1 r"'JuoHlnd tha' bnaotcrs he wor" "on@jdcral" Wh"I la things occur.
 Fl -waa a 'ruk". III say *" am
 whole hous" will say so." .Arliru, z stated.
 Mr. Walsh. lh" promoter. adn,ittce
 contest to have had all the ear .ks cr a "fxrd" afraig but h.