Evening star., 1940-01-29
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La Fond Declares He
Isn't Perturbed by
MiIIer's Protest

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Maryland and Catholic University
appear certain to go right along
with their annual boxing feud
despite the upheaval caused last
Saturday night when It. Col. Harvey
L. Miller, coach of the Terps, openly
expressed dissatisfaction over the
rulings that gave the Cards a 412-to-
31a triumph.
Miller, who also is president of the
National Boxing Association and
secretary of the District Boxing
Commission, still doesn't think he
got the right kind of deal from the
arbiter, but neither he nor the Mary
land athletic officials place any
blame on Catholic U. and talk of a
break in relations is regarded as
foolish.
The Cards, in the natural course
of their rivalry, are due to travel to
College Park next winter and it is
pretty safe to wager that the Terps
will be back in the Brookland gym
in 1912.
Miller hasn't changed his mind
about the work of Referee Elder
Craft Of Portsmouth, Va. The
time flyweight, bantamweight
and lightweight champion of Uncle
Sans Pacific Fleet thought that his
Johnny Harm defeated c. us Ted
Mandris instead Of losing a decision;
that his Norman Hathaway de-
cisioned c. us Bob Viner instead
of being charged with defeat, that
his Newton Cox licked Gerry Strang
instead of holding the c. U. middle
weight to a draw. and that Josh
Hughes, rookie Maryland heavy
weight, deserved more than a loss
to the Cards Julius STANCES.
Sick Headache for Heinie.
After Crafts decision in favor
of Catholic University gave the
Cards their third victory in six
years against Maryland, Miller, fire
in his eyes, walked over to the press
bench and declared:
That was terrible judging. We
are charged with four defeats and
actually we lost only one bout. !
never want to come back here &C.
US gymnasium again. This is
enough"
Miller. prominently mentioned as
a candidate for boxing's "czar," in
case boxing ever asks for a "czar.
was not readily available to sift the
backwash of the dual meeting. AT
his home he was described as being
Gin bed with a sick headache"
I'm Prejudiced," La Fond Says.
Eddie La Fond thought that Cath
olic University won and deserved
victory. Eddie is the Cardinal coach
Also he is employed by the District
Boxing Commission, which Miller
runs, as referee.
I'm sorry to hear of all the
rumpus," La Fond said today. Per
sonally, I think it is caused chiefly
by people who are not connected
with either school The fan who
walked up to the window and bought
a straight ticket is the fellow who
made it a little nasty. We can't
help that. can we?"
La Fond said that he had talked
with Miller after the matches
"Heinie's attitude?" he said. We'll
when people get excited as they were
Saturday night they sometimes say
things they shouldn't. I told Heinie
this:
"'When I see my boys fight I'm
prejudiced. You only see what you
want to see, anyway. When one OF
my kids gets slapped on the lug
I'm not likely to see it. I close my
eyes to it,
Sure, I thought we won the
match. I didn't know Craft at all
I had seen him work twice a couple
of years ago. Last year he was
Maryland's choice as a referee at
College Park. We were held to a
draw This year we were supposed
to have Charley Short of Baltimore
referee, but Short couldn't make 1t
and we (Miller) mutually agreed OH
Craft again.
C. U. Not Lucky, He Adds.
II suppose that out on the Mary
land campus the idea is that Heinie's
boxers were rocked. I know that on
our campus, for instance, the fel-
lows feel that Strang should have
won instead of drawn with Cox, be-
cause Strang scored a nine-count
knockdown in the first round
I'm not taking any pot shots at
Heinie Miller" cautioned La Fond
"He taught me what I know and
I'm grateful. But I still think that
we won and I can't see where we
were particularly lucky.
For instance I had counted upon
Strang to win his bout in the 165-
pound class and Lenny Baritone to
win over Bob Bradley. Neither of
them won. Strang was held to a
draw and Bradley was too good for
Baritone, who licked the same boy
year ago. I've got to give Heinie
credit for bringing Bradley and Cox
along, but at the same time I'd
counted on beating them. When
didn't it was q blow"
La Fond was delighted with the
performances of his four rockies,
Mandris in the 100, John Tedder in
the 1876, Viner in the 155 and Carrig
in the 175-pound classes. All except
Tedder, who lost to Nathan Askin,
won their bouts.
Carrig Was Meets Hero.
'Mandris was beaten until the last
30 seconds or so," La Fond said.
Even if he was knocked down I
(See TERRAPINS, Page A-l5.)
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