New Britain herald., 1930-03-27
MANAGERS HAVE A
 CURE FOR FOULS
Want Claimant to Be Immediate
 ly Counted Out in Ring


 New York, March c7 (P,-The ancient order of fight managers, the gray boards who should know, have a few thousand words to say on the subject of the foul plague that is tearing today at the throat of their favorte pastime.
 The cry for some action, some legislation that will definitely curb the foul evil, has reached such a pitch within the past few months that q half dozen boxing commits sions have increased penalties for low punching. Law makers are watching the political weathervane for the possibility of repeating the Walker boxing law in New York state. So far the fiStic profession it. self has had no opportunity to sug- Sest a cure.
 But the managers have cure. In fact they have three, all decisive. and strangely enough all far more drastic and severe than any penal ties put in force so far by state rul- ing bodies. No suggestion, however, will brook for an instant the idea that the wages of the gladiators in- volved in fouls should be withheld from them by anyone.
 The cure backed by majority of New York managers calls for the immediate counting out of a fighter who goes to the floor claiming foul. It would punish the scant minority of the innocent who really have been hit low with the great majority of the guilty who either are deliberate ly faking or arc taking advantage of a technicality
 This suggestion, backed by Leo P. Flynn, who managed Jack Demp- sey's last comeback; Dan Morgan. pilot of the former welterweight champion, Jack Britton; Frank Backman, mentor of Maxey Rosen- bloom; and many others, is built around the idea that no good fighter will stay on the floor, foul or no foul if he knows that the referee Is about to count him out. These managers believe that an incapacitating foul is the rarest thing in the boxing busi- ness. Minor fouls. they insist, arc just ordinary incidents in a game designed for rought and rugged he- men.
 Jimmy Bronson, chief second of Gene Tunney, adds one qualification to that plan. he would permit exam nation by a physician after the match and q reversal of the decision if the loser had been badly fouled. This was the rule in the A. E. F. boxing overseas during the World War. Jimmy refereed 1.O2O bouts overseas and not one ended in a foul. Jim said they fought for glory, not money. and never thought of fouls. The chief counter cure is offered by Jimmy Johnston. manager of | Phil Scott, whose claims of foul started most of the clamor. Jimmy insists that rules are rules and should be enforced, that most fouls start in fighters corner where sec onds encourage him to foul until warned, that more drastic penalties should be applied and include the | foul puncher's manager, seconds and even close relations. Jimmy planes referees for indecision and fighters at tunes for trying to save wagers by | 1oullng out when losing.
 The mildest reform comes from Ike Dorgan, former aide to Tex Rickard at Madison Square Garden. Ike would allow no disqualification for foul, give the claimant a five minute rest, punish the offender by taking points from him, but keep the boys at their tasks if it took all night.
 Joe Fight Fan, who week after week buys his balcony scat and pays the freight, could see no problem at all.
 Make them fight over again the next week as an added attraction be- lore you pay them and watch these eggs quit fouling,' he said.
 This suggestion positively mortified inc managers.