The Washington times., 1930-03-18
PHIL STOOD
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BY JACK DEMPSEY

NY regret now is that ]
couldn't get down to Miami for
the affair between Sharkey and
Scott. So long as they had 70
have confusion and a lot Of ex-
citement, I'm sorry I wasn't near
but not in-the ring, as I was
that night last December when
I called that Won Porat foul in
his bout with Scott at the New
York Garden.
I've been trying to figure out
what it was all about anyway.
My information comes from the
newspapers. And the boys them
selves seem a bit mixed up.
Meanwhile Jimmy Johnston yells
to the highest heavens that Scott
was robbed" .Sharkey had a
crying spell but nobody can figure
out what caused it outside of
nerves." and Magnolia, the
referee offers to bet anybody
$4,000 that he good old Lone
Punch Lou") can knock Scott
stiff.
Sharkey, who was tagged
~ being in marvellous condi-
tiOn and who was supposed
to have a Sucker" i'm front
Of him, now is being teased
quite a lot for his wild swing
ing.
The chin Of Scott, which all
the lads insisted was as brittle
as glass, took all that Sharkey
could slam against 1t-and moth.
ing happened. Fair punches that
went into Scott's so-called weak
body" didn't seem to hurt him.
The low ones brought him down.
I say "low ones" because 1 am
taking the newspaper mems
word for it. Magnolia says he
saw no low punches. If he didn't
see any low punches then, Of
ficiallN there we're no low
punches. That being the case,
why did he let Scott go to his
corner and take a rest?
Have we reached a point where
fighters, s1nacked in the body, are
to be permitted to do a little rest
ing in their chairs?
The fight ended with every
body in a daZe. Scott was
taken to his dressing room
and examined by q surgeon
connected with the United
States government. He found
paralysis of a leg, due to a
low punch.
Johnston Immediately an
nounced that he was going to
file a protest with the Miami
Boxing Commission. His conten:
tion was that low punch had
para1yzed Phil's leg and that
when Scott went out to meet
Sharkey he didn't quit cold,
that his paralyzed leg buckled
under him. It strikes me that
Johnston had some basis for
lodging a protest against the
decision.
The commission's chairman,
however, promptly announced
that he would back UP Magnolia S
decision that Scott was techni-
cally knocked out because he fell
without being hit. Magnolia re-
plies to the situation by boasting
that he once had Johnston barred
from seconding for 90 days and
that he's liable to do it again, and
then wildly yellS around that he
wants to bet $1,000 he can knock
out Scott.
Personally, 1 think Scott is
q sucker for not accepting,
but, perhaps, his rigid Eng
lish teaching prohibits him
from taking a poke at a
referee, even for $4,000.
All in all, IT must have been
quite a night and also quite a bit
exciting for a day or so after.
I'm sorry I missed it. I'm keen
about excitement, especially when
I'm Just an onlooker and not one
Of the principals. Yes, the mix
I'D of Miami" must have been
quite a thriller. They should
film it in the movies and climax
it with Scott brawling with Mag
nona. I'd pay plenty to see that
one, el1 what?
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