Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-08

,ColuSu W me py Lave Barry, Une
referee in Chicago
The world knows that Barry accord
ed Tunney long count and thus
probably saved Tunney his title as
champion of the world But other
things happened during that fight
which were helpful to Tunney-with
Barry as the helper-which the public
did not see or actually understand
All through that fight, Barry kept
kissing warnings at me, almost always
without provocation. Almost every time
1 landed body blow, no matter if it
was six inches above the belt, or IL
or 18 inches, Barry would get close to
me and snarl:
Keep your punches up or I'll dis
qualify YOU
On several occasions in which Tun-
ney and I got in close and attempted
to put my head against his chest so
that / could whale away against his
body, Barry promptly would break us,
although we we're not in clinch and
generally would warn me stop but
ting, or I'll disqualify you"
During the fight, 1 cuffed Tunney
on the back of the head Barry claSsi-
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stantly warned me that he'd disqualify
me if didn't stop using that punch.
The blows I landed on Tunney's
neck and the back of his head, were
NOT rabbit punches" They merely
were cutting blows dealt with the flat
part of the fist chat is the part in
the region of the thumb and the
clenched index region).
For Barrys benefit-and also for
Tunney's, who speaks of my use of the
rabbit punch'-I'd like to explain
what is rabbit punch" and why it
is so called.
In the rabbit" industry the animals
are killed by men who stick their fin
gers straight out, make the hand rigid
and then chop down on the neck of
a rabbit, using the hand as hatchet
is used The part they strike with is
the BOTTOM of the meaning
the part that extends from the tip of
the little finger in straight line tol
the wrist
"A real rabbit punch" therefore, is a
blow delivered with a DOWNWARD
CHOPPING STROKE, and with the
bottom of the hand-or fist-as the
striking weapon.
My blows to Tunney's neck were
cutting punches, delivered with the in
side of my fist-the thumb and index
finger region. They were NOT "RAB-
BIT PUNCHES and it was only
Barry's misunderstanding as to theI
difference between G U FLING and
CHOPPING punches that caused him
to label every punch to the neck "a
rabbit punch"
Barry never gave me a square deal
when he broke us from the clinclles.
If anyone doubts this, such persons cam
take look at the moving pictures OF
the fight.
In the eighth round, when Tunney
clipped me on the chin with right
hand punch, it was while Barry was
breaking us. Before could recover
balance and get out of range, Tunney
hit me on the chin with his right hand.
When I went down in the eighth,
what did Barry do?
Did he chase Tunney to neutral
corner before he started count as
he had done in my case? The world
knows he DID NOT!
1t knows that even as was Hopping
to the floor Barry, seemingly feartul
that I might get the advantage of
even so much as one extra second,
fairly leaped to get over me and start
the count
Tunney was almost alongside him
and no more than an arms length or
SO away from me- But Barry, who
stalled his count over Tunney while
he was escorting me around the cor
ners, let Tunney stay where he was
and raised his arm to count over me.
Was Barry in there to enforce one
sort Of rule upon me-and not to en-
force it upon Tunney?
Early in the fight, some persons in
the Tunney corner set up howl that
my seconds were putting grease on my
, face. No such thinfs was happening.
All Barry needed to do was to come
over and take a good look at my face
and reassure himself that it was not
being creased Barry should then have
gone to Tunney's corner and ordered
them to stop yelling at my corner.
But Barry came over to my corner,
grabbed towel and rubbed. my face
as though he were wiping off grease,
even though there was no grease on it.
(The Fifth Chapter appears in this
column tomorrow.