Evening star., 1938-07-25
FANS KEPT W|SED
0NPO|NT SCORING
Will Know How Foes Stand
at End of Each Round.
Al 8.5 Favorite,
BY BURTON HAWKINS.


With AL Reid and Paul Lee, crowd
catering featherweights, serving as
guinea pigs for an electrical expert
ment which may revolutionize the
boxing industry. spectators tonight at
Grifnth Stadium will witness the in
novation Of system whereby the
leading fighter is revealed at the end
OF every round
Originated by The Star and peared
by Claude w. Owen. member Of the
District Boxing Commission. into the
most feasible plan of its kind ever
attempted, the progressive idea will
be adopted permanently providing it
clicks with customers and officials.
Referee Charley Reynolds, who will
work the main event, will be entrusted
with signaling spectators. through the
medium OF red light in one corner
and blue light in the other, which
fighter is leading on points over the
entire route at the various stages of
the scrap.
System Is Explained.
Announcer Jimmy Lake will sx-
plain the system to the crowd prior
to the scrap to eliminate any possi-
BILE confusion which might arise due
to unfamiliarity with the scoring
system employed here. The flicker.
ing bulb will not reveal the winner
Of the previous round, but will show
uhA q.
points over the distance after every
round.
Should Reid win the first round,
for instance. by a 1916 score on each
Of the three official sheets the light
will gleam in AIS conner following
that heat. II Lee rallies to take the
second session by 10-7 margain on
the trio Of slips the bulb still will
shine in Reid's corner because he still
is leading over the entire distance.
1t is possible, therefore, that the
light will flash In one corner for
seven rounds, only to have the de-
cision go to the other corner, thus
retaining the thrill of the final de.
cision. Should Reid. for example,
win the first four rounds, the light
would burn in his corner following
each Of those rounds. Lee may rally
10 take the next three rounds, but
still trail Reid by slight gap on at
least two of the three cards.
Both Lights Signifies Draw.
The light, in that case, would shine
in Reid's corner at the end of every
round because he would be ahead on
points for the whole scrap at each Of
those stages Lee then could capture
the final round impressively. offset
Reids slim margin and take the de.
cision.
If the light flickers simultaneously
| in both corners at the end of a round,
that will indicate the fighters are even
to that point on at least two Of the
three cards.
The two judges will signal Referee
Reynolds by pointing to the corner Of
the fighter they have ahead at pro-
gressive stages Of the bout. Reynolds
will include the gladiator leading on
his slip at that point and switch on
the light lowering over the corner OF
the leading scrapper.
Boxers Kept in Doubt.
The leading larruper may be ahead
on only two of the three score sheets.
The beauty Of the system Is in the
fact that neither fighter knows how
much he is ahead or behind, nor do
the judges know by how much of a
margin other officials give any round
to one Of the contestants
Appearing here for the first time
since he spanked Tony Dupre at
| Turner's Arena in January. Reid will
enter the ring an s-5 favorite to
trounce the colorful Lee in the g.
rounder.
AL Mancine will mix with Augie
Kroll in the S-round semi-final. while
6-rounders will find Amanda Stella
humping into George Carlo and An
eelo Puglisi facing Rusty Baker. A
4-rounder involving Billy Banks and
Peewee Lewis, local colored feather
weights, will launch the show at $50
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