The New York herald., 1922-04-23
P|NEEY MITCHELL'S
ALIbI INGENIOUS
Declares Referees Arm Ceased
to Wave Before Ten
Were Counted.
CoRBETT IN FAST COUNT
Fitz Claimed Police Discrim-
mated Against Him During
His Fight With Choynski.
ny CHARLES r. MATHIsoN.

fighters who thought they had scored
knockouts have registered vigorous
complaints as to slow counts.
Jim Corhett insisted that the count
was too rapid at Carson in 1897 and
that he was not out. James was so
infuriated by the incident that he did
some of the most vigorous fighting of
the day after he had been counted out.
Peter Maher claimed that thee
was scandalously slow when he had
Fitz on the carpet at New Orleans, and
declared that had the count been in
accordance with accepted methods he
and not Fitz would have been in line
for a title bout with Corbett.
Oscar Gardner, the Omaha Kid, was
positive that the referee must have
used an hour glass in counting over
Terry McGovern when the bantam
champion was on the floor of the
Broadway A. c. Gardner asserted
when he was down the count was
rapid.
Fitz complained that the police in
ttIleleQ do SOOli co llC hiiOOhCA SAOy
ski down in Boston, but when he was
fioored by Choynski the police stood in
quiet enjoyment of the incident.
Other complaints more or less
amusing have been made from time to
time. Steve O'Donnell. with an injured
air and jaw. declared Peter Maher did
not give him chance to get started"
ha l. xyaG rarfCfQrad in flirtV
seconds of the opening round.
1t remained for Billy Mitchell, man
ager of Pinkey Mitchell, who may at
tempt to fight Leonard July 4, to offer
an ingenious excuse for the failure OF
Pinkey to get on his feet before ten
had been counted. Mitchell was In the
ring with Dave Shade. probably the best
welter in the country to-day. and had
been knocked fiat Referee Holehen
counted Mitchell out, whereupon Man
ager Mitchell sprang to the rescue of
his brother in this style:
when a referee counts he raises his
arm and counts one and tolls or the
second with his arm, like the pendulum
of a clock. Houlehcn counted in that
manner until he reached the ten mark.
He counted ten, but kept his arm at the
top of his stroke and never carried 1t
through Pink was waiting for the arm
as 1t did not come, he Immediately
arose, but Houlehen informed him 1t
was too late.
again, it was expressly agreed by
the boxers and the referee previous to
the match that In case of q knockdown
the boxer scoring the same was to re.
tire to the farthest corner. When Shade
knocked Pink down he went and stood IN
his own corner, which was the nearest
fyrllv fuctifpd in
stopping the count and ordering Shade
to go to the opposite side of the ring"
IT may be the custom in the West
to count as Mitchell says, out In the
East, the referee raises his arm as
coon as the knockdown Is effected and
counts one by bringing the arm down
10 horizontal position. He continues
in that manner to the close OF the
count.
incidentally II Pinkey Mitchell was
waiting for the referee to count ten
before starting to get on his feet. ne
certainly was taking desperate chances.
In this neck of woods a boxer on the
floor. but unhurt, gets up at "eight,"
and unless a man begins to rise at
mine" he Is quite certain to be de-
clared out.
Unconsciously, Mitchell furnishes evil
dence that his brother was down FOR
more than ten seconds. He admits that
the referee stopped TO count In order
TO order Shade to move further away
from the fallen man.
Pinkey Mitchell II said to demand
another match with Shade. II the
younger OF the Mitchells~is wise he Will
keep away from Dave Shade. who can
defeat any welter in the country. In
cluding our own champion, Jack Brit
ton. He will do better to make a match
with Leonard. for the lightweight
champion may treat him with leniency,
while Shade is apt to maltreat the Mil
waukeean IL there Is another meeting.
Trcmaine Real Fighter.
IT seldom happens that the panegyrics
of boxers penned by their doting man
ayers are deserving of anything except
a place I'm the nearest waste paper bas-
ket. An exception must be made In the
case of Carl Tremaine, the Cleveland
bantam, who startled large and critical
audience in Madison Square Garden a
few months ago by stopping so clever
bantam az Harold Farese In Jig time.
No such cyclonic fighting as that shown
BY Tremaine in that contest had been
seen In this vicinity since the early
days OF Terry McGovern. = wSdition
TO being a heavy puncher and n rusher
Tremaine is a boxer OF more than or
dinarv skill
Shortly AFTER his victory over Farese.
Tremaine injured leg in training and
has been on the hospital list a~sr since.
His manager. Jimmy Dunn. announces
that Tremaine Is now completely re-
covered and seeks action with Buff
Herman. Lynch or any of the topnotch-
ers in the bantam class. Dunn In COM
menting on the Cleveland lis FOUNDER
makes this comment. which is not over
drawn:
"Tremaine Is the only bantamweight
who has knocked out frankie Mason,
Terry McHugh. Roy Moore and Harold
Farese. He Is yer yanxious TO box Joe
Lynch or Johnny Buff, and isn't bit
particular whether it's In New York or
Cleveland, as the new Cleveland Au-
ditorium will comfortably seat $4,000
psonje. and any time Tremaine starts he
rs bound TO draw, as he Is one of the
best drawing cards In the ring. Tre-
maine Is a big favorite in New York.
Philadelphia and IN fact every place
he ever boxed. for he fights from bell
70 bell. and keeps his opponent on the
20 every minute he is in the ring. He
Is good mixer and keeps right on
tearing In and isn't afraid of a punch.
and the harder they hit him the harder
he fights.
= IF there is n bantamwcight in the
Hring to-day who is deserving Of chance