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Chicago, San Francisco, New
Haven, Dallas, Memphis. New
Orleans. Milwaukee. Denver,
Cincinnati and scores of other
cities throughout the United
States were swamped by calls.
Many newspapers had to shut
off calls to their sports depart
ments.
Frederick c. Hailer, jr., Boston
city councillor said the fight
was "a show of barbarism" and
said he will ask the State Box
ing Commission to make an in
vestigation.
ITO let a boy with Collins
courage get killed isn't the sport
Of boxing" Halter declared
angrily. "The Boxing Commits
sion should be made to answer
for this. It could have been a
tragedy"
Other Boston fans predicted an
end to boxing in the city. Its
finished-but good" one said.
Referee Explains.
mo blow that knocked Collins
down was a flush punch. He was
knocked down every time by
'feel-out' punches" Rawson ex-
planned.
II never felt at any time that
Collins was in danger of being
hurt. While wiping off his gloves
after the first nine knockdowns,
I yelled in his ear, Can you con-
tinue?' Each time he replied,
Eyes, I'm fine"
Rawson finally stopped the
tragically-uneven contest when
one of Collins seconds, Google"
Mcfarland. brother of Boxing
Commissioner Tommy McFar-
land, rushed into the ring after
the challenger toppled for the
10th time.
1T was a championship fight"
Rawson added. II though it my
duty to have it end in the most
possible decisive fashion. But
when Collins second came into
the ring I was counting over him.
The Massachusetts Boxing
CommiSSion's regulations forced
me to stop it"
It is likely that many in the
Nationwide television audience
would have been amazed if they
had been able to view Collins
in his dressing room. Less than
five minutes after he had been
guided from the ring. Collins
had showered without assistance
and was able to discuss the
wrecking of his championship
hopes in lucid fashion.
Collins Battered.
But his face was battered and
his left eye almost closed.
Neither of the State boxing
commissioners in attendance,
newly-appointed Henry Lamar.
a Harvard sports coach and for
mer heavyweight boxer. and Nc
Farland. also an oldtime boxer,
would comment in any fashion
about the one sided battle that
ehocked tho Nation
Lamar was high school ath-
lete at Western High in Wash
ington before attending Harvard,
and later he had brief fling at
professional fighting around
Washington.
IT have no comment and I
won't have anything to say to-
night" Lamar said as his as
sociate nodded agreement.
Although the ill-fated Collins
ruled as Boston's current fistic
idol. his most rabid supporters
agreed he had to deliver an early
knockout to dethrone the highly
competent Carter. Carter
weighed 134la and Collins
13334.
Champ 2-tO-1 FavOrite.
AS a result, the champion was
a top-heavy 2-to-1 favorite when
he entered the ring before a
12,477 crowd. And. from the very
first flstic exchange. Carter dem
onstrated his superiority in de-
cisive fashion.
The battlers spent the first
round feeling each other out and.
apparently, Carter learned all he
wanted to know during the first
three minutes.
AS soon as the second session
opened. Carter pounded Collins
with his two-fisted attack to the
head and body. He put the BoS-
tonian down seven times in the
third round and three times more
before Rawson interviewed at 2:28
in the fourth.
The bouts first financial re-
port. subject to revision, assured
Collins of his richest purse, 22h
per cent of both the net receipts
of $123.577 and the $50, 900 tele-
vision fee. Carter's was STA per
eent-the champions customary
Share-N the combined revenue