The Washington times., 1922-12-31

cannot De SlXty-1OrCy, SeVen-
five-twenty-five, or winner take
all.
If apy lady is reading this
she will be mystified by the
language employed. Let her
consult her husband or her
brother. They will explain.
THE old Marquis Of Queens
i berry, an English lord, who
was wasting time he might bet
ter have employed in other
ways, wrote the rules that gov
ern professional boxing.
He set down in great detail
many things that constitute
foul fighting.
Watching a boxing contest
you have often seen these rules
violated accidentally. You have
seen the boxer who committed
the violation promptly extend
his glove in apology.
The other boxer in nine cases
out of ten accepts the apology
by touching the proffered glove
with his own. The contest goes
on. No boxer with an iota of
sporting instinct wishes to win
or lose fight on a foul.
In matrimony, unintentional
fouls sometimes occur through
thoughtlessness or accident.
A quick apology will cause
the foul to be forgotten unless
one or the other plays the crv-
baby, az we saw a boxer do at
Madison Square Garden not
long ago.
This boxer was fouled by his
opponent. It was clearly an ac-
cident. The blow was light. 1t
could not have caused much
injury.
II was such a blow that in
nine cases out of ten would have
been passed off with an apol-
ogy. This boxer was the tenth
case. He doubled up. squeak
ing, feigning great pain, trying
to enlist the sympathy of the
spectators.
KOW then, a referee is sup
IN posed to disqualify a boxer
for foul, unintentional or
otherwise.
As you know, however, unin-
territorial fouls are generally
overlooked by the referee un-
less the man who is fouled is
clearly incapacitated.
This is especially true il the
man fouled offers no claim Of
foul and manifests a disposi-
tion to accept the others apol-
ogy. In the case in point, the
boxer made such q to-do that
: che referee disqualified his op-
ponent.
Much unhappiness is caused
by victims of accidental marital
fouls, refusing apology, cring-
ing and crying and exaggerat-
ing their hurts.
The wife runs home to her
family with her tale Of woe,
the husband looks up his friends,
spectators Of his matrimonial
adventure and seeks to enlist
their sympathy by exploiting
his wounds.
COMETIMES boxers, lacking
- courage, make claims Of
foul when there is no basis in
fact for the claim. They do
not wish to 60 on with the
fight. . -,
married men complaining that.
! their wives have not treated
them fairly, or married women
complaining similarly of their
Husbands.
More often than not the COM
plaints are unfounded, are due
entirely to faint -heartedness in
the face of responsibility.
DETWEEN boxers you, as a
ID spectator, have seen inten-
tional fouls that escaped the
notice Of the referee-"heeling,"
butting, sneaky low punches.
aHeeiing" is using the lower
mart or "heel" Of the PALM"
The- sheel" is not protected by
Glove padding. 1t is possible to
deal a wicked blow IN this way.
Butting means using the head
like q billy goat. Many fight
ers owe smashed noses and dam
aged eyesight to vicious butts
from an opponents head.
Intentional fouls are common
to the matrimonial game. Of
which the referee Il CON-
SCIENCE. 49,.
Every participant in this
game knows at the end Of the
struggle whether at any time