The New York herald., 1921-04-27
Regulations We're Inc0rp0r-
ated i'm Original Articles
of Agreement.
ny CHARLES r. MATHIsoN.

The staging OF the Dempsey -Carpen-
tier battle in New Jersey makes 1t neces-
sary for the boxers to conform to the
rules Of the Hurley law governing box
ing In that State. AS there will be no
decision on points. judges will be unnec-
essary and the referee win have nothing
OF Importance to distract his attention
unless there is a knockdown or a knock
out. In the event Of either OF the above
named Incidents the referee will be
called upon to prove that he is capable
of counting up to ten.
BY the terms OF the original contract
the boxers agreed to abide by certain
rules drawn up for their especial guild
ance. as follows:
Each Of the boxers shall protect himself
at all times and break clean at the order OF
the referee.
"In case of a knock down the boxer scoring
the knock down shall retire three PAGES while
the count is being registered.
The bnndages that the boxers shall wear
shall be In conformity with the laws Of tho
State or country where the said boxing match
shall take place. In case the boxing laws OF
the State or place where the said exhibition
shall take place shall not provide for the
typo or hand bandages which are worn by
boxers participating In contests OF this char
acter. the boxers may wear such bandases
as shall be mutually agreed upon between
the contestants or their respective managers.
In case the said contestants or their respec-
tive managers cannot agree upon the ban
dages the referee shall have ths final deci-
sion.
1T is understood that the boxing gloves
and bandages to be used shall be submitted to
the contestants or their managers one hour
before the time of the contest
THE bandages which the boxers shall use
shall be handed TO each boxer by a repre-
sentative OF the club under the auspices OF
which the eaid boxing match shall take
place. and the adjustment OF said bandages
by each of the boxers shall be in the pres
ence OF and subject to the inspection OF a
representative OF the opposing boxer.
1.-THE weight OF the gloves 10 ne used by
the boxers shall be in conformity with the
laws OF the State or country where the said
boxing match shall take place.. and in case
any dispute shall arise to the weight or
condition of the gloves submitted, that tho
said dispute shall be decided by the con-
testants, or by their respective representa-
tives, and IN case they cannot agree. the
question shall be submitted to the referee,
whose decision shall be binding upon all OF
the parties.
.'The dimensions Of the ring shall be no
less than eighteen feet square nor more than
twenty-four feet square"
The above rules conflict with the regu
Iations Of the Walker law, but the
Hurley enactment Is more elastic. and
as the above agreement IL fair to both
contestants there Is no reason why 1t
should not be lived up to-
The rule regarding bandages will pre-
clude the possibility OF either man wear
ing brass knuckles or other destructive
n ateral In his gloves.
The men eligible % act as referee
are Bill Brown. .-ames J. Corbett. James
j. JefYries James T. Dougherty. Otto
F'loto and Robert Edgren.
Johnny Buff Will defend his American
iyweight title against Eddie O'Dowd of
Columbus. Ohio, in one OF the four
twelve FOUNDERS at Madison Square Car
den next Monday night. ODowd has
como here with q good reputation and
Is confident Of checking Bluffs winning
streak Buff has ecored Ave knockouts
In succession since the inception Of the
Walker law. the most noteworthy being
over Abe Goldstein in a round and a
lalf. O'Dowd got the chance with Buff
because of a victory over Frankie
Mason. They will weigh in at i12
pounds at o'clock.