Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-11
j. {. REFEREES
CIVENPANNINC
Phil Scott Objects To
Decisions; Mo. Val
ley Dope
~ NORMAN Z RRnMN

Phil Scott. British heavyweight
hope. after 4 short but illuminat-
ing invasion Of the United States in
quest Of honors, is back in his ma
tive land. lie expresses himself
frankly regarding ring conditions in
the land Of the free. lie praises the
craftsmanship OF the fans but does
MT include the referees in his lauda-
tory remarks.
The only way TO win in the Unit
ed States is b. a knockout" says
the Britisher.
Scott was credited with winning
one fight and losing two while in
this country. Judging from his work
in and the outcome Of the only
fight in which ! saw him work he is
absolutely right IN his denuncia-
ton Of the referees.
| saw him mix IL with Johnny
Risko, Cleveland slugger and m of
the growing corps Of contenders for
the heavyweight title.
Risko is a ~slugger. pure and sim
pie. Short-armed, stocky in build
the typical slugger type-Risko de-
votes most Of his energies toward
boring in-breaking through the
other fellows guard. and seeking
him. While doing this he grunts
and puffs in an awe inspiring man
nor which creates the impression in
the minds OF some Of the fans that
he is doing tremendous damage.
Scott is a calm. quiet, heady fight
er. He stands erect, as a long
armed clever goxer should.
He is not a first-class fighter. He
has raY~h a. laurn he huu gIa Ffr=f
requisite Of a good man. however. a
beautiful left-which he can jab ef-
fectively into the face Of an oppon-
ent and hold him at arms length
most Of the time.
He is hesitant about using his
right-lacks the experience in fol
lowing up the advantages often
opened By that left jab Of his.
But he ~outsmarted Risko all the
way IN their fight. He took all Of
Risko's body punching real and the
grunting. Risko's bull-like rushes
gave him his only chances az SCOTS
body.
Scott was floored for an instant in
the early going but the blow did not
hurt HIM. fe seemed off balance
when the blow landed. The home
town fans tthe bout was staged in
Risko's own cityl made much Of the
incident. Apparently the referee
was impressed with il and Risko's
gruntlng.
The referees decision, given 70
Risko at the close Of the bout, did
not please many Of the fans. Scott
was given a rousing cheer as he left
the ring-wlth a sardonIc smile on
his face.
This attitude az officials toward
visiting ~fighters-for the English
visitors arc not alone iii their COM
plaints-is a poor one. In the inter
eTta Of the game these foreign lads
should be cncouraged-at least by
square dealing-in their efforts 10
get some place in the fistic sun.
Georges Carpenter helped give the
game its first Battle OF the Cen
fury.
Athletic officials at the University
or Kansas have Just issued some in
tcresting records anent the history
ot the football teams in the Missouri
Valley conference. These records
show. among other things, that
.NtNAachd has HtAtl Up Aht bNcS
average in games won and lost IN
the ~ years the conference has been
i'm existence.
The Nebraska elcvens have won
81 games and lost but q. Seven
games IN which they have partici-
patcd have ended In ties.
Missouri. ranked for years along
with Kansas as one Of the most for
midablc contenderS for the annual
title ranks fifth in percentage Of
victories. Iowa State ranks second,
Kansas third and oklahoma fourth.
The order in which the other mem
bers rank is as follows: Drake, KAN
sas State Agricultural College. Grin
nell. Oklahoma a. and NJ, and Wash
ington.