The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
BY FRANK G. MENKE.
(Copyrixht. 1922. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc)

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The at" in that par
ticular statement refers to
the fight game within New York
the same New York which has
rules and regulations which every
other State thinks so good tina:
it is copying them.
But New York isn't going to
serve as a model much longer.
For some of these nice days
the truth will come out concern
ing the inner doings of fisticuff-
ing-and, when il does, a sportive
nation will pinch together its
nostrils to keep out the stencil.
A band of "sure thing" gam
blers is said to have linked arms
quite some time ago with some of
the officials of boxing in New
York State, and the result has
been this:
W Tremendous clean.ups by
those gamblers.
C2) Weird decisions by ring
referees and judges i'm behalf of
fighters who were backed by the
wagers Of the clique.
1t may be recalled that Tom
Gibbons knocked out Billy Miske
in New YOrk-and yet lost on a
foul. 1t likewise may be recalled
that the gambling clique bet to its
limit on Miske.
YET GENARO COPIED.
Pancho Villa whipped frankie
Genaro in practically every round of
their fight in Brooklyn. But the
insiders" had bet on Genaro-and
Genaro got the decision.
Charlie White punched the wad-
ding out of Johnny Dundee for ten
rounds in one of their fights on
which the insiders had bet on Dun
dee to win. White won by a mile.
But the gambling crowd was saved
because the referee and judges called
it a draw
The decision in the Kid Wolfe
Moran fight was just as atrOciOuS
as was the Villa-Genaro thing.
Mike O'Dowd beat Johnny Wilson
in eleven out of fifteen rounds in Il
New York ring in their last cham
pionship battle. The smart money
was on Wilson. He got the decision.
When Pete Herman fought Johnny
Buff. the New Orleans boy seemed
an easy winner. But Buff, to the
amazement of most of the crowd,
was given the decision--and a world 5
championship Why? Well, that 5
the mystery. But there's no mys-
terry concerning the fact that the
clique bad bet on Buff.
SAVED THEIR WAGERS.
Jack Bernstein outpointed Elmo
Flores in the Garden the other
night-but the officials. who
couldn't, by any stretch of hon
ssty or dishonesty, give the YER
dict to Flores, called il a draw,
saving the wagers of the insiders" T"
One of the many, many rules of
the New York State Athletic Com
mission WHICH Is VIOLATED By
THE COMMISSION ITSELF has
10 do with the selection OF the ref
erees and the two judges That
law specifics that the officials are
not to be named until within a
very short time before the bout
starts. The idea of the late man,
ing presumably is to prevent any
possible collusion between gamblers
and ring judges or the referee.
But it's a known fact that the
officials who are to work know
about 1t a long. long time before
the bout begins. Here's the situa-
ton as explained bv one of the best
known ring experts in New York:
NEEDS But FAST WORK.
From what can be learned. the
various judges and referees are ad
vised of their selection several hours
earlier than generally believed
What is there to prevent fast work
in fixing at least two Of the par
ties?"
For quite a long time it's been
whispered. then spoken and now
shouted that IA reasonable sum OF
money can buy a favorable ring yer
dict" Whether that's true or moi
Is something the commission might
ascertain.
1t also, IL IL proceeds along inves
tigating lines, could run TO earth
the reports that $1,000 is the stand
ard fixing price-s5O0 for the go
between and $500 each for two of the
officials at the fight.
Is it any wonder that with such
rumors whiZZing and whirrins
around New York-and such afro
cious decisions fixed indelibly IL
memory-that certain champions
have become afraid to risk theil
riflaS in YOrko