Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-02
Giving Hahy Fiasto
To QuarIes Starts
Ring War Here
Referee Bowen Scored,
Judge Quits, Dundee
Removes Boxers
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

There was considerable sputter-
Ing, tuning and promiscuous pitch
ing of invectives in caulflower alley
today as another sad chapter was
scrawledtn the ledgers of the to-
boggaping local boxing industry,
which now interests only a. frag-
ment OF the populace.
From four fronts came discon-
tent, with the following results:
Cd Chris Dundee, pilot of Phil
FUR, NJ ment 'Quarles, Nick CANA
rata and Ken Overlin, among
others, has pulled stakes due to
anemic gate receipts here; CO Bob
Mulhall has rendered his resigna-
ton as judge t. the District Box
ing Commission; 90 Matchmaker
Goldie Ahearn is boiling because
the Quarles-W ally Hally bout last
night at Turner's Arena was
stopped, and 90 Referee Ray
Bowen is grieved because his de-
cision to halt the dull engagement
met disfavor in some quarters.
More Money Elsewhere.
Dundee, one Of f1stiana's fore
most managers, says his move Is
in justice to his fighters, any of
whom. he feels, could entice more
money elsewhere. Chris plucks
patches of kilograms from his
pocket requesting his fighters serv-
ices and emphasizes his point by
pointing to the crowd of only 6l2
at the Quarles-H ally bout. Taking
a percentage of a $785 gate isn't
his idea of making ends meet.
Mulhall, who threatened to re-
sign before when his work was
criticized and later withdrew when
the District Boxing Commission re-
quested him to reconsider. this time
says it is final. Mulhalls latest
decision was prompted by a tiff
over seats, which he objects pay
ing for. The two seats allotted him
by the commission, he says, entitle
him only to sit in the unreserved
section.
MulhalIs objection to paying for
seats apparently has struck a popu-
lar chord, for the attendance last
night skidded to depths equaled only
on rare occasions here. It wasn't
a new low, but Ahearn is positive
it is low enough.
Declared Kayoing Cripple.
Ahearn's caustic comments over
stopping the feature bout after /
minute 10 seconds of the sixth round
scorched the framework at Turner's
ticket Office. He feels such action
hurts the boxing game, which is
tantamount to saying Bowen kayoed
an already badly crippled sport.
After witnessing Quarles easily
outpoint Hally for the major portion
of six rounds, Bowen became ex-
tremely weary of proceedings and
proceeded to do something about it.
He raised Quarles' hand in token of
his technical knockout victory and
a handful Of fans raised a howl.
desiring, for some reason, to see
the bout travel the scheduled 10
rounds.
III Hally was sharp puncher I
would have let it continue" said
Bowen, defending his action, but
he hadn't laid a glove on Quarles to
that point. At the end of the fifth
round went to Hally's corner and
warned him to fight or would stop
the bout. His manager said Go
ahead and stop it. I think I did
the right thing" Frank Bachman,
Hally's manager. later denied he
told Bowen to stop the fight.
Calls Action Ridiculous.
Ahearn branded the action ridic-
ulous. "Hally is strong and was i'm
proving. He may have landed a
lucky punch and ended the fight.
They didn't stop the Montana-La
Mothe fight that early and that was
much more one-sided than this one
Jimmy Jones kayoed George Abrams
on a lucky punch and that Guild
have happened to Quarles. 1t wasn't
fair"
In other bouts, Tommy Ricco out
pointed Pancho Huerta, Mickey Du-
gan snatched the decision from Don
Rooms. Eddie Saugsted gained a
third round technical knockout over
Johnny Sullivan and Buddy Thomas
kayoed Ray Lewis in So seconds of
the third round.