The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-23
REFEREE GAVE
DAKOTA BOXER
THE DECISION
Billy Now in Minneapolis
Preparing For Third En-
counter With Spug Myers
HURLEY TELLS THE TALE
George b. Underwood of New
York Telegram Pans Off
Gals Ways and Means

Billy Pctrolle, the Fargo Express,
who is now in Minneapolis training
for his third meeting with Spug My
ers in the Minneapolis auditorium
on March 20, was evidently another
victim Of the perverted judgment of
New York Judges" in his fight
with Bruce Flowers one week ago.
Bruce Flowers takes decision
from Billy Pctrolle after ten rounds
Of sensational milling. That was
the gist Of the fight message carried
by the wires from Gotham the morn
ing after Bill had headlined a great
card.
Immediately the hot stove league
swung into action and criticized
Jack Hurley for allowing North Da-
kota's pride to meet the black boy
or stated that Bill was on the down
grade and never would have chance
at the championship.
Listen to this!
Referee Jack Dorman gave Pc
trolle the verdict over Flowers but
the two judges decided in favor Of
Flowers!
The majority Of fight critics at
ringsides gave the Fargo boy the
nod!
Leading sports editors Of the east
gave Petrolle the victor's gage!
Hurley Speaks
Jack Hurley in Duluth after the
fight said, blowers is not pleas
ing fighter. For two minutes and a
half of each round he backs away in
a shell. The last 30 seconds Of each
round he comes out of his shell and
fights. If Petrolle never has any
tougher boys than Flowers to whip
he will be lightweight champion of
the world"
Petrolle's manager was not talk
ing through his derby when he made
the above statements. He is corrob-
Grated by no less an authority than
George b. Underwood Of the New
York Telegram.
with a Witness that would
have charmed the birds from off
the bushes and does credit to
Machiavelli, Pctrolle's esteemed
compatri0t, Flowers, for eight
rounds let Petrollc do all the
work and he himself get all the
credit.
'Hc did it by coasting through
the first two minutes Of each
round and then cutting loose
with such a wild one minute
finishing burst that he appar-
emily made the judges forget all
about the points PetrOlle had
piled up during the other two
thirds of the round.
Such barefaced trickery often
fools the uninitiated, but it
couldn't fool experienced ring
officials. No one keeping close
tab on everything that happens
from bell to bell should be SO
bamboozled.
From the first through the
eighth round Flowers crowded
al Of his fighting into the last
minute of each spasm. Perhaps
in some Of the rounds Flowers
really did score as many points
in the last One-third as PetrOlle
did in each two-thirds. But If
the rounds won rule of the
state athletic commission had
been strictly adhered to PetrOlle
would have had to be awarded
the decision.
Flowers is 4 great boxer,
about ~ classy a man as there
is in the lightweight division.
and when he cut loose at the
start of the ninth round and
fought straight through the full
three minutes he gave PetrOlle
an artistic lacing. Bruce fought
all the way in the 10th round,
too. and took that round by q
clear margin"
Has Happened Before
This isn't the first occasion on
which Billy has been Judged out
Of D just verdict. It isn't the first
occasion when his followers have
shook their heads the morning after
the night before.
Against Sid ferris and Sammy
vogel, Billy looked coming champ.
That is what the majority of New
York newspaper and tabloid critics
said the next day. Yet the Judges"
gave his opponent the best of it.
, It looks as though Billy just can't
win in New York as long as he halls
from the "sticks" and has a chick
manager. But Sticks and Hicks do
pretty we'll in the fight game and
one Of these mornings Little Old
New York will awake to The fact
that there can be champions from
other woods.
So far we haven't heard a word
from Manager Eddie Kane, Sammy
Mandell's pilot, or from Jim Mullen,
Chicago promoter, about canceling
the Petrolle- Mandell fight Of June
81. Evidently they are satisfied
that Bill is still quite drawing card