Evening star., 1938-07-31
LIGHT TOFL|CKER
W|NNER0F ROUND
Bout Leader Also Will Be
Flashed During Boxing
Tomorrow Night.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

An improved lighting system. indi-
eating the winner of the previous
round as well as fighter leading on
points over the entire route, will be
employed in all bouts tomorrow night
at Griffith Stadium as the mazda
maneuvering enters the second week
OF Its experimental stage.
Designed to inform spectators more
fully OF the progress of bouts, the
suggestions of Promoter Joe Turner
and Arch Mcdonald. radio COM
mentator. have found favor with Mai,
Ernest w. Brown. chairman of the
District Boxing Commission. who has
requested the operation of the revised
system in every scrap on The card
headed by the 8-rounder involving
Ivan Nedomatsky and Steve Mamakos.
middleweights.
More Detail in Signals.
turner's amendment to the idea
originated by The Star and whipped
into more flexible form by Claude w.
Owen, member of the commission,
Will find the light being filcked four
or hVe times i'll the corner of the
tighter who won the previous round,
with the light remaining on in the
corner OF the fighter who is ahead ON
points over the entire route.
1he Mcdonald Suggestion, calCu-
lated to eliminate the remote possi-
bllty of officials being swayed in lt.eir
respective opinions, calls for the
referee to collect slips Of paper, indi-
eating the winner ot that round and
the leader on points, from each OF the
judges, include his own, and nanG
them to Announcer Jimmy Lake, who
will handle the light switch. This also
will remove the burden of operating
the lights from the referee
The revised system overcomes a flaw
detected in its initial trial last week
While one fighter may continue to
lead on points and thus have the
light hovering over his corner Though
out most of the bout. f1icking the
light in the corner of the fighter who
captures the previous round will midi
cate if the trailing puncher is closing
the gap.
NedO to Show New Punch.
Last week the system Was stamped
success, but it VIII be subjected to
a more thorough trial tomorrow night
Harry Volkman will referee the pre-
liminaries, with Edule La Fond ofhclat-
ing in the semi-fnal and main event
That main event looms as one of the
most attractive bits of biting SChed-
uled here this summer, with the au-
thor1tatlve punching NedomatSky
three-time Southern Conference cham
pion while swinging for the University
of Maryland, facing something Of
perpetual motion machine in the stub
born Mamakos.
Although Steve never has been ac-
cused of being a great fighter, he sheds
blows as though they were 50 many
feathers brushing against his bronzed
frame. NedomatSky never has faced
so persistent and crowding a fighter
as Mamakos, who, by the same token
never has encountered puncher with
1vans perSuaSiveneSS
NedomatSky. claiming he has dis
covered potent punch in left hook
delivered to the liver. has disposed of
two recent opponents rather rapidly.
He fattened Hunter CroStic with one
punch and Charley Thompson with
four WallopS, both serving to make
him a drawing card in Baltimore.
Mamakos Getting Along.
Mamakos also has progressed nicely,
spanking Battling Burroughs, Wickey
Harkins and Cal Caeney in recent ef-
fOrts. and is anxious to snatch a re-
match with George Abrams, who dealt
him one of his two defeats in year
OF professional campaigning.
Tommy Bland, Canadian welter-
weight champion, will collide with
Tony Ciacclo III all entlcing eight
round Semi-fnal with joey Green.
local featherweight who hitherto has
been on Matchmaker Goldle Ahearn's
black list, clashing with Johnny DUDE
OF New York in a SiX-rounder.
brace Of four-rOunders, the first
OF which will get under way at $3.50
O'Clock. lists Kid HOWE, local colored
featherwelght, humping into Billy
White OF Baltimore, and Johnny Te-
1erra OF Richmond toiling with
Frankie Martini, Baltimore welter-
weight.