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Show AUSTRALIA FORBIDS THROWING OF TOWEL Fighter's Seoond Cannot Offer Token of Defeat. Contended' That When Boxers An Fljhtlng Referee Is Wholly Competent Com-petent to Judge of Condition of Each Scrapper. It Is learned from Australian pa. pers that a fighter's second has n right to toss a towel Into tho ring a a tokon of defeat for his man. This happened when Charles, the French middleweight, lost to Billy Shade. W. F. Corbett, In the Sldnoy Rcforee, has this to say regarding tho manipulation manipula-tion of tho laundry: "Tho throwing In of tho towel from tho French anglo recently caused a great deal ot talk. In my report ot tho contest I referred to a stadium rulo which debarred seconds from Interfering. In-terfering. Tho reforoo only was allowed al-lowed to stop a bnttlc. For soma tune this provision was rigidly insisted on, but after a whilo It becamo moro noticed no-ticed ln tho breach than Uio observance observ-ance Tho management has now decided de-cided to prevent an occurrence slmilai to that of tho other night taking placo ln tho future. They will not interfere in-terfere with tho throwing up of the wipe while th boxer concerned is ln his corner for the minute's spell unless un-less It appears to them that citing so ls unwarranted. But no second shall bo permitted to declare his principal beaten whllo a round Is ln progross. It is contended, and correctly, that when boxers nro fighting tho referee sees as much ns tho seconds nnd ls equally, or more, competent to form nn opinion as to whether ono or tho other man Is In such a condition that ho should not bo allowed to continue." |