Evening star., 1938-07-12
BOUT SHOWSFANS
NEEDROUNDSCORE
Puzzled by Opening Session
Incident as Archibald
Defeats BeIIoiSe.
By BURTON HAWKINS.

by BUXTON HAWKINS.
Col. Harvey L. (Heinie) Miller, Sec
retary Of the District Boxing Commits
sion and veteran Of more than 80
years In the boxing business, today in
dorsed the progressive proposal to an
nounce omcial scoring Of bouts after
every round.
Miller, chairman Of the National
Boxing Association Ratings Commit
tee. has run the gamut Of the hstic In
dustry as a fighter. second, referee,
manager, matchmaker and promoter
and generally is recognized Is the
foremost ring authority in this sector.
1T Is q very progressive and COM
mendable idea," remarked Miller. and
1T should help considerably in giving
fans q true picture of radio broad
casts. know it would have helped the
radio audience tremendously in such
instances as the Sharkey -Stribling and
second Sharkey- -Schmeling fights, when
the broadcaster announced it one way
and the decision went the other way
both times.
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Should the idea be adopted, and
see no reason why it shouldn't be, An
electric scoreboard could be installed
over the ring and spectators would
have the scorecards Of the two judges
and referee before them. I'm all for It."
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, chairman Of
the District Boxing Commission, also
Is inclined to favor the idea, but sus-
gested the announcement of the total
score of the judges and referee after
each round instead Of revealing indi.
vidual scores
The matter will be discussed thor
oughly at meeting of the commits
sion later this week. The first reac-
ton of Fred Buchholz, member of
the commission, was that it frequently
would cause booing of officials, but
he and Claude Owen. remaining men,
Der OF the body. both will enter the
confab with open minds.
Should the commission decide to
experiment with the idea it will be
employed in next weeks fight involv-
ing Tony Dupre and Pete scalzo.
Promoter Joe Turner, incidentally,
feels the plan is q forward step and
should tend to discourage gambling.
Most gamblers place their bet be-
fore q bout" offered Turner, but
there are those who gamble on their
personal opinion after the bout gets
under way and the plan should curb
much Of that. After all, q fellow
isn't going to back up his opinion Of
how the fight is going If he has evi-
derice before him that he's wrong"
Radio Announcer Tony Wakeman
added his approval of the plan, see.
ing great possibilities" in the scheme.
while John Ryerson, plucked from the
crowd last night at Grifith Stadium
Tor the viewpoint of the spectator,
also urged it be given a trial.
"As an average fan who doesn't
know too much about the technicali.
ties OF boxing I certainly would appre-
ciate announcement Of the running
score" said Ryerson. Not only would
1t whet my interest considerably, but
I feel 1t also would give 10 separate
thrills, say, in the case Of 4 1o-round
bout. instead Of the customary an.
nouncement at the end of the bout"
Gene Tunney. former world heavy
weight champion, deviated from
fistiana's set course last night in ref
ereeing bout at New Haven, Conn.
After awarding a decision to George
Fitch over Steve Carr. Tunney talked
to the crowd Of $500 for two minutes,
explaining his verdict.
That the boxing public Is willing to
be enlightened was mirrored in the
enthusiastic reception accorded Tun-
ney following his brief informative
talk. Boxing remains the only sport
which fails to reveal the score until
the event is over and that hardly con-
stitutes its charm.
Bout Here Case in Point.
joey Archibald's 10-round decision
victory over Mike Belloise last night
at Griffith Stadium would have pro-
vided a perfect setting for a trial Of
the plan. As early Is the first round
Referee Charley Reynolds deducted 2
points from Joey's score for foulinR.
It might have been of interest to
spectators to have been told that. in
stead Of guessing who had hit low.
who was being penalized and how
much when Reynolds informed the
judges to slice Joeys score.
Manager Al WE'LL now is eager for
Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn to obtain
Sixto Escobar, bantamweight cham
plon. for title fight here in Septem-
Der. Archibald will rise to nth rank
ing in the N. B. A. featherweight list
by his triumph over Belloise, but WE'LL
says joey easily can trim down to the
bantamweight limit OF 1l8 pounds.
The scrap was hectic and close
throughout. The decision, however,
was unanimous, with Judge Bob Null
hall giving Archy a 1892 edge, Ref
cree Charley Reynolds increasing the
gap to 92-87 and Judge DR.. o. U.
Singer viewing joey ahead by q $3.50
score.
Two Streaks Remain Intact.
Thus the local streaks of Archibald