The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-17
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By HENRY McLEMORE

Limited Press Stan Correspondent)
 New York, Oct t7-{UP)-Gen- eral John J.EPhelan, who learned about boxing as president of a brassiere company, and D. Walker Wear, who gained his knowledge of things fistic as head of a boot cry, are just q couple of old bust uppers. s%
 They busted up the only sensi- ble suggestion to come out of the New York boxing commission since Jim Farley thought up the no-foul business, when they said ixnay to Bill Browns plan to junk the ex- istent system of scoring brawls in favor of method calculated to make fighters fight.
 Brown, who som chow managed to- get place on the commission despite the fact that he knows something about boxing. thinks the und-by-round method of judging a fight is absurd. He fails to see the sense of a method whereby smart fighters can sit and pat and pirouette to win six rounds, get their heads knocked off in the last four, and still get the decision.
 ''It doesn't read nor rhyme, this business of giving fellow fight just because be butterfly kisses his opponent hither and yon for six rounds" Bill told the general and Brother Wear. "The way it is now Q man who wins a round by one left jab, gets just as much credit as the guy who wins a round by flooring his man with left hook. It's my argument that there is difference between rounds"
 But the general couldn't see it that way. Neither could Brother Wear.
 One boxing. writer suggested that perhaps the reason he couldn't see it was because Brown was re- publican. But he was only testing, for like the rest of us he knew the reason the general and Brother Wear said no was because the thing made sense.
 Sensible things, items that add up, plans with all 52 cards in the deck, haven't prayer with the commission. Had Brown suggested that fighters be required to carry raihed umbrellas in the ring, he probably wouldn't have heard q dissenting vote. The chances are he would have gained unanimous approval of a rule prohibiting wrestlers from cutting their own hair and eating corn on the cob with an east to west motion. No- body would have questioned his right to require referees to wear lemon meringue pies as watch ,fobs.
 But when he tried to put over n plan whereby fights are so judged as to place premium on wallops instead of waltzes, the commission put its foot down. After all, it has a reputation to maintain. 3
 To round out a perfect afternoon the commission followed it's veto of the Brown plan with an an- nouncement of a heavyweight elimination contest for the pur- pose of producing a suitable chal- iengcr for Merry Mox. The par ticipants in the elimination will be Steve Hanlas, Art Lasky, Max Schmeling and Primo Camera. Ac- cording to the commission, a per- feet opener for the tournament would be Hamas against either Lasky or Schmeling.
 When member of ~ Hamas' stable rose and reminded the con- mission that his man already has eliminated Schmeling ana Lasky, the. commission said that. didn't count; that this was a brand new, very fresh, just matched this morning tournament. And if Ha- mas didn't like it. Hamas could very well cinsider himself elimi- mated. 7
 The Hamas mans mouth flew open for a reply. but the general remembered he had a 4 o'clock ap- pointment and scrammed.