The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-02-25
CRIES
T. NOT TOBE
Needed
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN

BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN
{. MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 25.-The cry,
stop the fight" may be raised
by the cash customers when Jack
Sharkey and Phil Scott are in
there throwing punches Thurs
day night, and if it is, Jimmy
Johnston, the gabby and resource
full manager of the British boxer,
insists he will have a say in the
matter. providing my Phil" as
he calls him, happens to be the
fighter in distress.
A great hullabaloo has been
raised over this question. It was
so important to johnson that he
grated for SO minutes almost
without interruption before the
Miami Boxing Commission.
Jimmy lost his plea for the
right to throw in. the towel, if
such contingency becomes
necessary, but he won the prom
Use that the referee would con-
suit with him between rounds in
the event he intended to stop
the fight to save Mr.. Scott from
humiliation. The commission as
sured Mr.. Johnston that the
referee would do that.
"I'n stop the fight any
time I think either man is
Uu~n@Sk a. - nAHA Mo-
nOlia. II will do my own
thinking. alone will have
the say when the fight will
be stopped if 1t becomes
necessary to stop 1t. Nobody
is going to uSurp my powers
while I am referee"
Johnston and a number Of the
boxing writer's, particularly the
British correspondents, were under
the impression that Magnolia
could not halt the bout should
Scott be in distress without first
getting the ok" Of the English
fighters manager.
II won't go through with this
nght it Magnolia sticks to his de
eision to use his own Judgment in
stopping the fight" Johnston
Indignantly declared when in
formed of Magnolia'S statement.
''He has got to be first assured
BY me that Scott Is incapable OF
proceeding"
Johnston and the British writ
ers predicated their assumption
that Magnolia would first have
to get Johnston's "OK" to stop
the bout on the statement made
at the commission meeting by
Chairman Louis MacReynoldS Of
the Miami Boxing Commission
that the commission would ask
MAGNOLIA Ito do all that Is
humanely possible to see that the
fight is not ended on q techni-
cality." That was JohnSton's chief
worry, that Phil might lose on a
technicality.
"The only technically I
am afraid Of" INTERCEPTED
Johnny Buckley, manager Of
Sharkey. lis that Scott will
20 down from an invisible
punch and hOller foul. The
rules are all right with u.s.
| Magnolia agreed before the
commission that he would confer
with Johnston or Buckley, as well
as the physician at the ringSide,
should either fighter seem to be
in a helplesSly beaten condition.
But the referee explained today
that by no stretch of the imagi-
nation did the commission mean
that he was to halt the fight in
the middle of a round to consult
Johnston. That struck the ex-
perienced Magnolia as ridiculous.
II want my fighter knocked
out" Johnston shouted. THE
gamblers are laying heavy dough
on this fight and they are even
calling the round. I don't want
the fight stopped on a technical
. ity. If my Phil is bleeding and
the crowd cries stop it. as they
often do in fights, I don't want
Magnolia to jump in and give the
fight to Sharkey. If Scott Is to
lose he's got to be knocked OUT.
IF there Is a knockdown," he
said, II will first see that the
other man retires to a neutral
corner will then pick up the
timekeeper'S count over the boxer
who is down but if the other man
does not remain in his corner /
will halt the count until he
obeys instructions, resuming then
where I stopped the count.
Suppose I pick up the count
at 4 and at the upright boxer
starts to come out Of a neutral
corner. I will then instruct the
timekeeper to cease counting
until the other man returns to
his corner. Then I will order the
count resumed but it viii start
again at six. There win be no
atArting the count all over again"