Evening star., 1938-07-27
USE
HERE PREDICTED
System Used as Reid Beats
Lee Lauded by Ring Fans
and Officials Alike.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

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Striking a responsive and enthusi-
astic chord with ringworms, the plan
to reveal official progress of bouts to
spectators here through illumination
appeared headed for success today,
with several authorities suggesting
minor alterations to oil the mechanics
of the system.
Transferring the experimental sta
ton to Griffith Stadium next week,
where the system will be tested fur
ther in the Ivan Nedomatsky-Steve
Mamakos feature bout and possibly
the semi-flnal, Maj. Ernest w. Brown,
chairman of the District Boxing Com
mission, plans to explore the idea
more fully.
Employed for the first time last
night at Turner's Arena as AL Reid
carved out unanimous eight-round
decision over Paul Lee, the system
clicked. even in fight which was so
one-sided, as Lee captured only one
round, although remaining something
of threat throughout.
The only possible point on which
the system could be rejected as 1t
worked out last night was the fact
many customers started to vacate
the anemic arena in the last round.
That, however. has happened on nu-
merous occasions in one-sided scraps
here when fans felt the trailing fighter
could win only by registering
knockout. Since Lees steam had van
! ished by that time the fans tendency
to leave hardly was surprising.
Clamor Early for Lights.
On the other hand, there were poig-
nant illustrations the system may prove
extremely popular. Fans sporadically
were clamoring for the lights even in
the preliminaries. There was consid-
cradle glee when the green bulb
cleaned over Lees corner at the end
Of the first round, and more cheering
when both lights flashed at the end
were even over the route to that point.
When the light switched from Lee,
crowd favorite, to Reir, at the end Of
the third round, there was booing, but
it was brief. From that point the
crowd saw Lee clearly was being out
pointed and accepted the fact sporting
ly. There was no more booing.
Claude w. Owen, who formulated
the plan used In the Reid-Iee en-
gagement after the suggestion to reveal
the official progress Of bouts to spec
tators first appeared in The Star in
dorsed the idea after viewing it in
action. Il think the reaction was
very favorable and was impressed with
the behavior of the crowd"
Charley Reynolds, who operated the
switch flawlessly in his role of referee,
said, Il thin kit went of very smooth
ly. There certainly was evidence Of
great interest"
Arch Mcdonald, radio sports an
nouncer, offered: The scheme has
great possibilities I would suggest,
however, that officials write on slips
of paper the initial of the fighter ahead
on their respective cards instead of
pointing to the leader"
Referees. Officials Like 1t.
Eddie La Fond, referee and Catholic
University boxing coach, commented:
Il think the knowledge Lee was be-
hind made him try that much harder,
even though he didn't have the equip
ment to stop Reid. The only recon-
mendation would make is the one Joe
Turner offered in which the light in
the corner Of the leading fighter would
be flicked several times in the event
his opponent won the previous round"
Ray Bowen, another referee, Endorsed
the idea. feeling that McDonald's sug-
gestion has merit.
Reynolds and Judges Col. Joe Fegan
and DR.. o. U. Singer, all gave the first
round to Lee and the following seven
to Reid, AL winning by margin of
IS points on Reynolds card and IA
points on each of the judges score
sheets.
Col. Harvey L. Miller, secretary of
! the District Boxing Commission and
University of Maryland ring coach,
said, Il thought the new system was
completely successful, and I see no
reason why it shouldn't be continued"
~ Will COlltlIluSu OIl oil ehpeTl.
mental basis and the outlook is rosy
for its adoption.
AL Mancine kayoed Augie Kroll,
Baltimore featherweight, after 2 min
utes seconds of the fourth round in
the semi-f1nal, but received a broken
rib before landing his persuader
Amanda Stella outpointed Benny
Piazzo in a six-rounder, while other
bouts saw Angelo Puglisi dispose of
Rusty Baker in ! minute 48 seconds
of the first round and Billy Banks
chill Peewee Lewis in 2 minutes II
seconds of the second session.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
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