The Washington times., 1938-08-08

Bob Addie "ouAu Aa We
trouble outpointing his shadow
but that's not the thing that
makes my eyebrows jump al
most down my neck. am more
surprised than somewhat to see
that it is the District Boxing
Commission that Is promoting
the show and as I am the guy
that has more angles than a
circus thin man, I am confused,
amazed and other noises 1ndlca-
tive of bafflement.
Now" says to myself, "this
must be a pretty good commits
sion we have in Washington.
They have this boxing situation
SO well controlled that they can
take time out to promote a
show on the side. Maybe the
commission will change places
with Goldie Ahearn (who is q
promoter in a small way) ana
boy, would Goldie have fun"
What Possibilities!
Well, I am thinking in this
vein and am so intrigued that
I forget all about my ice cream
that is melting (at 20 cents per
plate). After all, I says, you
couldn't expect the commission
to give orders to itself, so maybe
Ahearn will be the commission
when this fight is put on.
So Goldie will tell the COM
mission that he has decided to
put pretty lights in each corner.
A referee hasn't much to do
when he's in there. He has a
swell place to see the fight and
he gets to know the fighters by
their first names. Outside OF
scoring a bout on a system he
hasn't clearly mastered; count
ing over a fallen fighter; watch
ing out for fouls, and seeing the
fans get action for their money,
the guy is practically on vaca-
ton. Anyway, Goldie will say
you boys must have lights in
each fighters corners and we'll
give the referee a private secre-
tary so he can get all his &C
counting done before the bout
ends.
Then Goldie will say that Of
course we could have an easier
system where the round is
Judged on a 10-point basis.
Under the 1910 method Of scor-
ing a guy can win six rounds
in an eight-round bout and yet
lose the fight. But Ahearn
won't want the total lO-point
system because that would be
too easy and if everybody under
stands it, and if it isn't compli-
Gated, it won't be much fun.
In case the commission wants
to call off it's bout when it looks
like rain, Goldie will tell the
boys they don't know what's
best. Its only your money"
Goldie will say.
Then maybe Goldie will as
sign a referee who always
thought a glove was something
to keep you warm. Who can
tell, if Ahearn was made the
one-man commission he may
say: Lets have q guy like
Muggsy Morris in there. What
ever happened to Muggsy, any
way? Maybe I should let the
fans decide if he should be back
on the staff. Maybe he got q
raw deal. There's a lot of talk
about it but the case has never
been cleared up. If he's a men
ace, I don't want him in there,
but it would be a pretty good
idea to find out"
When Goldie gets around to
the Judges, he'll have a lot of
fun. Maybe he can find some
guy who knows the score. May
be a man can Judge a fight with
out having been in the Navy or
the Marines. It's been done.
1t Isn't Nice
But the time will hang pretty
heavy on Goldie'S hands. After
all. these points are only minor
things. So Goldie, who is now
the commission, will be a match
maker and compete with the
commission which is now a
matchmaker. Of course, Goldie
might realize it isn't kosher to
try and take matches from
under a guys nose. You see,
Goldie wouldn't think it's nice
because a matchmaker has to
get the approval of the commits
sion before announcing a bout
Is signed.
The commission is in there
protecting the public and 1t
doesn't want any bouts that
would need a fumlgator 10 !OI-
low the main go. A match De-
tween Sarron and the Yucaton
Kid is all right if you're going to
hold the fight in phone BOOTH
but to put it on at Grlttlth
Stadium and tell the. fans It's an
outdoor attraction-well. that
isn't so good, Goldie might say.
Maybe Goldie, as the commits
sion, wouldn't do anything at
all. There are a lot Of bogey
men on Capitol Hill who'll Kill
boxing if you start blasting.
We're special people down here
that's what they say. Maybe
everything had better be kept
quiet.
It's a good thing the waiter
brought the check and Jared
me back to consciousness then,
because I don't know what