New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
SCOTT WINS
 HOLLOW VICTORY
Y0n POTat Loses Decision on
 Foul il Second Round

New York, Dec. 10 P-Phil Scott, the gamglins British heavy weight champion, today was the posscssor of ring decision that proved nothing much Of anything,
 ShuftIm' Phil with an ugonizcd lun@e that seemed prompted somc- What hy second thought fell 10 the canvas in tho second round of lis bout with thc black -ttlatchod Nor Wcgiau. Otto Non Porat. last night. after being hit low by q left hook. After considerable hesitation and R good deal Of reluctance on inc part Of he referee. none other than Jack Dempsey. Scott was awarded the verdict on a louI to th" accompaui- uscnt of q tremendous roar of dis approval from the crowd of some l5.onu fans
 Thus. what was 10 have been the star i9-round attraction of the much haliy-hoocd Christmas fund show, the heavyweight battle to help determine a logical opponent for Jack Sharkcy in q final champion elusive and thoroughly unsatsfac- tory finish.
 scott unquoslionHllv Was hit low, at lea&, six inches below the belt, by sweeping loft that Won rorat started from somewhere near the poo,- trn tl,, ,,,u iorit,- n ' ,,i iDrrei,]o oh servers as well as 10 Dempsey, il also appeared that Scott was not badly hurt in fact Dempsey seemed to think the fight should so on and made some futile gesture to bring this about.
 Scott Meanwhile WaS WrithinG in apparent agony on the floor. The seconds jumped in from both cor ners. rushing the fighters as well as 1 Dempsey. If it had been prcarranG- cd. thcrc hardly could have been any more chaos than existed for | fully q minute. NoWspapprmeu lcap- cd mp to demand 70 know the de cision. The judges sat somewhat dumbfOUnded while Dempsey in inc ring as an act Of good will sudden / ly found himself in the midst of q { situation as p"rplcNing HS anything | he ever was involved in as a fighter. 1 Perhaps for the moment Dempsey sympathizcd with tho difficulties Of | Dave Barry who gave Gene Tuuncy 1 the celebrated long-count at Chi- cago to tho Uudoiu% Of the former : champion himself.
 While the role reversed and the
 decision forced upon himself, Dcmp- 1 scy displayed an uncertainty that hc never would have exhibited with the gloves on. After q nasty but in "H'octHal effort to convince Scott jt WOuld bp worthwhile to continue ! fighting. Dempsey rendered the yer
 diet that gave victory to the British
 CT. Thcrcupon he stepped from the
 ring to be greeted by the booes of a ! crowd that only a few minutes pre-
 viously had given him a sensational
 ovation. Scott, after being admins
 tered to in his corner, also was
 booed lustily as he climbed from
 the ring.
 The crowd seemed to feel that ii | had been cheated of the evening $
 entertainment, regardless of the merit of the decision.
 The outcome of the latest heavy
 weight Gasco leaves Scott in posses
 sion of the victory. vet with nc 1 more substantial claim 10 rccogni. tion than Non Porat. For the three minutes and , seconds of actual ! iisticuf,ng, it was dcmonst atcd
 merely that Non Porat was the moro dangerous punchcr, Scott the better boxer but this was well known pre-
 yously. The logical result may be tc force return match. in fact, if last nights proceedings had been arrang- ed with that in view, they could not have been better staged. Perhaps Ithc palms of Florida gre destined tC