The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-27
REST PERIOD AND
 4TH ROUND TOO LONG TESTS SHOW
Knockout Should Have Been in Fifth Round or
 Later, Engineers Says
BY HENRY McLEMORE United Press Stan Correspondent. Copyright 1885 by United Press)

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 New York, Sept. 27.-(UP)- Either a temekeeper's error or a faulty stop-watch gave Joe Louis his sensational 4th round knock out victory over Max Baer, it was disclosed to the United Press to- day.
 The rules say the rounds of a prize fight should be of three minutes each. The fourth round ofY the Louis -Baer fight should have ended at the instant the knockout timekeeper reached four. Instead of three minutes, the round actually lasted three min utes and nine and one-half sec- onds. When Louis hand was raised in triumph, Baer had every right to be in his own corner re- cuperating for the beginning of the fifth round.
 This, and one other serious er- TOT in timing. was disclosed in the sound laboratories of B. A. ,Rractor & Co.,, one of the larG- est and best known firms of its kind in the country, which spe- cializes in sound productions, par ticularly from radio broadcasts.
 The error had it not been made would have postponed Baer's knockout until the fifth or later round as experts agreed that he was hopelessly beaten by the lightning fast, hard punching De- troit negro. But it was of grave consequence to thousands who had made bets on the specific round in which they believed the fight would end. Those who bet on the fifth round have won instead of losing, and those who bet on still later rounds might have had a chance.
 With highly technical appara- tus, the company made a perfect reproduction off the radio broad cast of the fight. With the first word of the announcer from Yan- kee Stadium Tuesday night, pre- else instruments automatically were switched on and took an ex- act record. ss;
 Two company, engineers and this correspondent timed the rounds with newly adjusted stop watches and an electric telechron clock. The timing was by the &C., tual bell-the bell rung by the timekeeper. The announcers count was not used because of the possibility that he might be slow or fast. ......
 The first three rounds were timed perfectly as were the first two rest periods between rounds. Then came the first discrepancy. All three stop watches were pressed when the bell sounded ending the third round. Seventy-four seconds later the bell rang for the begin ming of the fourth round. Instead of the 60 seconds stipulated by the rules, Baer had received "A sec onds in which to recover from be- inR knocked down twice in the third round.
 At the bell for the beginning Of the fourth round, the three stop watches were pressed again. Three minutes, nine and a half seconds later, the bell sounded. Baer al- ready had been counted out, and, according to ringside timing, 10 seconds still remained of the round after he had been counted out. which would have made the round 19 second too long.
 This correspondent personally, with the aid of stop-watches, timed the rounds three times to elimin- ate any possibility of error. The engineers timed and re-timed it for an hour and a half last night. The results always were the same.
 The apparatus according to en- gineers, employees a scientific syn chronization that is fool proof.