New Britain herald., 1930-02-28

ANL W ] of his apparent show Of gameness in deciding to continue in the third round after q claim of foul. Re- 1 gardless Of the questionable blows | struck or the merits of the referees | action, Scott put up performance 1 that served only to emphasize his | reputation for claiming disputed | fouls.
 Argument to Continue
 The argument as to whether or not Scott was fouled whethe.' it has any ultimate importance or not, may go on for some time to come without being settled. Ev- perts at the ringside differed sharp ly on the question. some maintaih- ing that Scott was hit low at least six times and that Sharkey should have been disqualified; others, equally as emphatic in asserting that while the American hit low several times on Scott's thigh, he did not deliver any directly foul punches. ANSi'' NN -h'te lioAld' NtCl aIi " York ring arbiter and the sole rul- ing official of the bout, declared he saw no low punches but after he fight. examination of Scott showed a lump on the right leg, several inches below the waist line. An eX- amining physician described the ill. jury as traumatic SCiatica, produc- i,1o ti,l tributed to Scotts apparent collapse and the limping manner in which he went out to resume fighting. Tn the ring. however, at the height Of the confusion and during the min- ute's armistice that Magnolia de clared to make his examination beth the referee and the official box ing commission physician decid .1 Scott was neither foulcd nor hurt.
 Tried to Avoid SNuawk
 Magnolia explained that his &X- traordinary action m stopping the fight for q full minute was prompt cd by a desire to avoid any possible "squawk' or charge of unfair de d. ing. The referee, in the opinion os some observers, indicated at first a motion to disqualify Sharkey but Magnolia denied he ever entertain cd this idea. The somewhat gen. eral view, however. was that Mag nolia, instead of playing safe eithe, should have counted Scott out as he went down and rolled over on his back, manifesting agony. or imme- diately disqualified Sharkey.
 The opinion as to where Sharkey'S blows landed differed. according to the ringside viewpoint. Even Mag nolia admitted he did not have an unobstructed view at all the queS- tionable punches. The blow which sent Scott down. claiming foul, wBs curiously similar to the one struck by Otto Von Porat against the Brit on in Madison Square Garden some months ago and which resulted m the disqualification of the Norw:- gian. As on that occasion, however. Scott acted somewhat uncertain as to just what to do until finally sink ing to the canvas. The Englisl man. after the minutes respite, was .r 10 mood to continue and did so only after the ultimatum Of the referee 10 go on or be declared the loser, It took Scott not much longer to decide he had had enough for th: evening, as he slumped against the ropes from q vicious left hook to thc stomach. There was no question O, hp roir ~
 On Floor Three Times
 The third round lasted three min utes and 34 seconds, including the minute devoted to debate and rest. All told, Scott was on the foo. three times for a count. once in the second round after being rushed to his corner and dipped by a left to the head He took a count of SIN and lasted out the round without much trouble. Another wild rush hS Sharkey, early in the third rounI, 1 put Scott down for a count of three down for another count of six b. fore the blow that aroused the big controversy.
 British sports writers at the ring side gave it as their opinion that Sharkey used unnecessarily unfair tactics and struck Scott more thar a few obviously foul punches. They | believed that after the bout was stopped, Sharkey deserved disquali- | tication but that the final blow to the stomach was fair. They were | as disappointed in the unsatisfac- tory outcome as American critics l and conceded Sharkey had his op- ponent beaten without questionable | blows being necessary.
 To sum it up, Scott refused to fight and Sharkey failed to fight al least in a manner calculated to en- nance his championship prospect | The Boston sailor was extremely wild | in his over-anXiety 10 land kill ing punch, fairly raging as he came | out of his corner. He was outboxed l and out smarted by Scott in q good | portion of the first two rounds | though there was never any question | of which was the harder hitter. | Scott's only advantage was in weight l He sealed 205 to Sharkey's 197.
 Semi-linal a Draw
 The result of the semi- final be- l tween Johnny Risko of Cleveland | and Victoria Campolo of the Argen- tine, declared a draw by Referee l Kid McPhartland of New York, also l was unsatisfactory to the majority of Crh ct cred Risko held a winning edge. |