Evening star., 1928-12-16

r,anship is evenly divided among the
two fighters. But the question and Its
answer permit the referee to assess
penalty against an unfair fighter by
totaling all Of his little acts OF unfair
ness.
Uses 10 for Unit.
Having judged round by answer
ing these three questions, score 1t by
taking 10 for q unit. If the round is
even I give each fighter five points.
Where there is slight shade I score
6 and 4, and so on, with the ratio
sometimes reaching 3 to /, but rarely
10. to 0.
Instead Of trying to arrive at ver-
dict by counting the. number OF indi-
vidual rounds won. reacn my oecl-
Sions by adding the points in all the
rounds. The grand total Is the de-
Gliding factor in arriving at my decision.
The score of the first round of the
Tunney- Dempsey fight was Tuney 8,
Dempsey 4. Tunney was given the
two point shade because he landed the
cleaner and more effective punches OF
the round. Dempsey was forcing but
was not, as many apparently believed,
leading. Sportsmanship was equal.
Round two was a repetition of the
first round, except that Dempsey be-
gan to use what some observers
termed the rabbit punch. Dempsey
DID NOT use the rabbit punch, a
blow which is struck with the outer
edge of the open hand. (The blow, in
cidentally, is called rabbit punch be-
cause of its similarity to the technique
used by Australian huntsmen in kill
ing rabbits caught in nets.) In Demp-
sey's case what was mistaken for the
rabbit punch was blow struck with
the thumb, heavily padded in box
ing glove.
On the Border Line.
1t is true that even this blow was
on the border line of foul and was
deemed sufficient cause for me to
warn Dempsey. If I had been as rab-
idly prejudiced against Dempsey as
many have claimed could have right
Iy disqualified him. 1t would have
been a strict enforcement of the rule.
This round also was scored Tunney D
Dempsey 4.
1t was after the second round that
I was called to Tunney's corner by
Jimmy Bronson. He seemed greatly
excited.
He shouted, Referee, they're putting
grease on him!" I turned and went
straight to Dempseys corner and there
saw Jerry Luvadis spreading what ap-
peared to be vaseline on Jacks face and
shoulders. (The purpose Of rubbing
vaseline on fighters face and body is
to cause an opponents blows to slide
and thus diminish the chance OF skin
tearing)
grabbed a towel from Jerrys shoul-
der and wiped off Jacks face and chest
just as the gong sounded for the third
round. No remonstrance was made.
In round three Dempsey made his
best showing up to that time. This
round was one of the two won by
Dempsey. I scored the round-Demp-
sew. s; Tunney, 4. Tunney immedi-
ateiy resumed the, lead in the fourth,
however. This round scored-Tun-
ney, z; Dempsey. 8.
Round f1ve found Tunney consider
ably farther in the lead than in any
Of the previous rounds. His one-twc
punches reached their mark with much
greater effectiveness. 1t was in this
round that Dempsey's left eyebrow was
cut and the cheek showed a decided
swelling. I scored this round-Tunney
Z; Dempsey, 3.
Gene Seemed the Master.
Tunney unquestionably was outlook
ing Dempsey, and thought to myself
that it was likely that the crowd was
going to witness very dull show from
this time on. Little did know of what
would transpire in the next few minutes
After the round had ended I jottec
down Tunny 6, Dempsey on my score
card. The heat from the tremendou:
lights hung over the ring was begin
ming to bring perspiration to my face
despite the chill Of the air.
Next Tuesday Dave Barry tells in de.
tail Of the famous knockdown in tht
seventh round and of how II saveC
Dempsey from himSelf.")
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