The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
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JOHN A. CLUNEY

would have been to aGaln sustain the third man from Brockton {. However, the cold fistic facts pre- sented before our eyes, outweigh ed for that evening personal tn- clination and friendship We credited the New Yorker with but three clean, clear rounds though several of the other stanzaS looked fairly close"
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 Dave Egan Says:
 The Boston City council has made it's bid for immortality by petition ing the governor to halt all further boxing matches in Boston until competent and impartial officials are appointed, and this is where we came in.
 You may recall that we had few kindly words to say on the subject of boxing judges in this space year ago. You may recall that we joined forces with the two best box ing promoters in the Commonwealth of MasSachusetts-Eddie Mack and Homer Rainault-and fought good fight to abolish judges. The legis- lative committee which heard the evidence and studied the bill re- turned favorable report, but it was defeated on the floor of the house by political panhandlers and pot wallopers among whom were Box ing Commissioners Smith and Wadsworth.
 Many men who make living out of boxing appeared before the com- mittee and recorded themselves against boxing judges. Only two men in the commonwealth openly opposed the bill.
 No Axe to Grind?
 One was gentleman from Fall River who judges boxing bouts and hence was not exactly disinterested.
 The other was a former boxing judge named Billy McMenimen who wished to tell the gentlemen that he had no axes to grind, that he had no financial interest at stake, that he was just 8 former boxing judge who in his years of experience never had been approached to bag fight, and that he favored the retention of judges for the good of the sport which he so dearly loved.
 A week after the bill was defeated he niraculously emerged as a box ing judge once again, as payment Tor services rendered.
 'r1 last week he was one of the judges who voted for Ralph Zanelh against Izzy JanazZo in a decision which has been compared by con- noiSseurs on the matter with the frowsiest decisions of recent years. The Messrs. Smith and Wadsworth paid of a political debt by reap pointing McMeni,nen, and now they are reaping what they then sowed.
 We do not know where Councillor Joseph Scannell, who introduced this resolution, and the fellow coun- cilors who passed 1t, were when the fight was being fought. And, since they are showing this sudden in terest in sports, we do not known where they stand on such an impor- tant civic project as Q proposed municipal stadium.
 But we should like to inform these gentlemen, who propose to halt all further boxing matches in Boston until capable of1cials are appointed, that they are slightly of the beam. They would punish the wrong par ties. They would penalize the box ing clubs, the boxers, the managers, he seconds, the promoters and the fans for something over which they have not the slightest jurisdiction or control. while the parties respon- sible for the YmeSs-to wit, the Messrs. Smith and Wadswoytlf- would continue drawing down hand some salaries.
 They would penalize Eddie Mack and Jack OBrien of the Callahan A. C., who have fought against the commission which has caused this situation. Maybe 1t is against the rules for the politicians in the city hall to attack the politicians in the state house, but we can inform the sntlemen of the city council that political appointments by political hacks of political parasites have 'een responsible for this outcry. We should like to remind them that every beef is a beef about the oficiating; that the officials are appointed by their political breth- ren of the boxing commission; and that If they wish to aim their guns at the responsible parties, they will point them at the heads of Smith and Wadsworth.