Evening star., 1935-06-11

dime a dozen, so that pro-
moters prof1tably could Of
Ger dollar ring shows, Washington
might become firSt-rate fight center.
Certainly it never will be that If
nothing better can be put on at
$3.50 tops than the Canzoneri-Klick
fiasco that high-spotted the Shrine
fistic fete last night at Griffith Sta
dunn.
That blatantly ballyhooed bout, that
"battle of champions proved no more
Interesting than a cuftlng match be-
tween playful kittens. AS 1t went
along it was boresome and the de-
cision given Canzoneri after the dozen
drab rounds did not serve to make
the patrons think any better OF the
dreary affair.
That "battle of champions" which
was anything but that, gave boxing
In Washington a staggering sock, II
comment among the Capitals fight
minded today is a true indication
of sentiment. The boys, and the
gals, too, are shaking their heads and
saying never again"
They got an eyeful Of champions
at the bail yard last night, did the
fans, and the ears of Tony Canzoneri
lightweight champion of the world
and frankie Klck, holder Of the
Junior lightweight title, must be burn
ing today. The little men may be
champions to the rest of the fight
world, but the crowd here thinks
there is a mistake somewhere.
No FaVors for Dempsey.
THE ring champions are not the only
/ L ones who were involved in the
jousting last night being verbally
lambaSted here today. The diSguSted
fans are not overlooking Jack Demp-
sey as they sound the razzberry. They
admire the old ManaSsa Mauler for
what he did in his heydey in the
squared circle, but are convinced he
Is not qualified to serve as referee.
Dempsey is getting his word laShing
because it was his vote for Canzoner
that took away from Klick victory 9
vast majority of the onlookers at Grif-
fifth Stadium believed the San Fran
cisco boy fully deserved.
Frank Schuyler, one Of the judges
for the District Boxing Commission
had given Klick the edge. Bob Eller
the other, had voted in favor of Can
Zoneri. But the booing which greeted
the announcement Of EIler's vote wal
mild in comparison to that follow
ing the announcement Of Dempsey!
choice.
In justice TO EIler and Dempsey, Il
must be written that the point scoring
by the judges made the fight much
nearer even than the onlookers seemed
to figure. Perhaps swayed by senti-
ment into roofing strongly for Klick
striving to score over a man who had
beaten him twice, the greater number
of those at the f1stic show apparently
were sure their choice had won by 4
wide margin. But the two judges
made it a close fight.
Ex-Champ Odd Scorer.
CCHUYLER'S point score gave Klick
~ 48 and Canzoneri 44.5, while
Eller's gave Canzoneri At and Klick A
Schuyler, however, credited Klick with
winning six rounds and Canzoneri
only two. Eller noted that Canzoneri
had won five rounds and Klick three
Dempsey, despite perusal of the Dis
trict Boxing Commission rules and
regulations sent him last week, still die
not know how to keep score accord
ing to the Washington code. That pro-
vides 5 points must be given the win
ner of a round, with the loser to gel
anything from 4.9 points down TO zero
according to the Judgment Of the
scorer. Even rounds must be scored
rs points for each fighter. Dempsey
scored on q APPOINT maximum basis
per round and in even rounds he gave
each fighter points.
Jacks card showed As points fol
Canzoneri and 81 for Klick. He gave
Canzoneri seven rounds, Klick three
and called two even. Dempsey was
the most pro- -Canzoneri scorer In the
house. Along the press row scoring
generally favored Klick and most oil
the out-of- town experts wrote some
unpleasant things about the decision
in the pieces to their papers.
The Stars score card showed Klick
outpointing Canzoneri, Al to A, and
taking five rounds against three for
the little New Orleans Italian. -Four
rounds we're scored as even. Klics
looked the winner to many in the Sec
ond, third, sixth, ninth and tenth
rounds. Canzoneri was on top appar-
emily in the fifth, eighth and elev-
enth.