The Washington times., 1938-06-25
WEIGH-IN RULE.
CHANGE ADOPTED.
BY RING SOLONS.
BY BOB ADDIE

The District Boxing CommlS
sion today took an important step
forward in eliminating silly squab'
bleS by announcing it had recon-
mended a change in the rules gov
erning re-weignings after bout
has been postponed.
The local commission decided
to emulate the New York solons
by writing into its rules clause
which makes re-weighingS and re-
examination compulsory when a
contest has been postponed for
more than "a hours from the
original date.
ABRAMS LOSES PLEA
At the same time, Major Ernest
w. Brown, chairman of the COM
mission, announced that George
Abrams would be required to
weigh-in agair Monday for his
postponed bout with Phil Furr at
Griffith Stadium. 1t was this
controversy that brought about
the Qualification Of the rules.
Sydney FiShel, Abrams man.
ager. had contended George would
not weigh in again because he had
to make 158 pounds. FiShel in
sisted Abrams had made the
weight last Monday and there was
no point in weighing in again,
Chris Dundee, Furr'S pilot,
pointed out the contract read
Abrams was to make the weight
"on the day of the contest" It
was this latter clause that brought
about the decision by the commits
sion that both boxers would be
compelled to weigh in again.
RULE WAS NEEDED
In announcing the rule change,
the local Solons pointed out that
the contract between the two
boxers is, in their opinions, "the
governing instrument. It seems
this was a grudging acquiescence
to the fact trat the local rules con-
tained a serious flaw when they
didn't cover such contingencies as
reWeighings after postponement.
The gap in the rule book was
first pointed out by The Washing
ton Times, although the commits
sion insisted the contract always
takes precedence over the local
boxing laws, provided, as a spokes-
man for the commission said,
the contract lives up to the box
ing law governing the District" ;"
Even so, as we have maintained
all this time, the commission
should have a rule governing such
cases. For instance, if the fight
is again postponed Monday night,
it will be carried over until Tues
day. If it's postponed a second
time, it will be held on Wednes.
day. That would have meant
that Abrams would have been
compelled to weigh in each day
according to the contract. But
this will not be necessary under
the revision.
THREATENS INJUNCTION
Meanwhile, Matchmaker Goldie
Ahearn announced he would take
out an Injunction against Abrams
and Fishel if the pair tried to
run out" on Furr. Fishel had
said he would cancel the bout if
Abrams had to make weight again
and take George to San Francisco
where he has $4,000 offer to box
Young Corhett
I'm going to appeal to the
boxing commission, Ahearn
said, and ask for protection for
my investment. In all this argu-
ment, the promoter had been
overlooked. We've gone along
with all these fighters and have
taken a financial licking on a
lot of shows. It's about time we
tried to protect our own inter-
ests and those of the public,
who, after all, are interested
only in the fighting merits and
not debating talents of the
boxers"
Fur wound up his training to-
day and will arrive in Washington
tomorrow. Abrams also finished
his drill and will take only light
exercises tomorrow.