Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-02-02 | Page 19 | Commissioner and Manager Hold Talk-Fest on Referee Question

Commissioner and Manager Hold Talk Fest on Referee Question I V Ne' Ne e York Feb 1 Boxing Boxing Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- abner ONell ONeIl and the well known fight manager manager William Gibson Gillson regaled d TheMan The Tho ThoMan Man Inn in the thc Crowd at a boxing show tho the other night with an argument over the advisability of allowing referees to give decisions in this state t dt 1 favor decision said ald O ONell ONeil be because bp because be- be cause the they would Increase the general Interest In boxing and also would prevent prevent pre pre- vent stalling t tactics If It Referee Joh had been allowed to give a n. ruling at atthe atthe atthe the end ernie of tho tha recent Gibbons ty tv bout bouti In tho the Garden Gaiden I believe that Gibbons rather than be declared a loser would have hac extended himself Ir to the limit As it was he knew that there would be he no decision and ami I if at ho lie could pIa Play It safe without receiving a black mark In his record I 1 do not a agree re with yOU ou it at all re replied replied re- re plied Gibson Decisions would promo promote to public betting and In the Ion long run boxIng box box- Ing log w wOuld dont don't be lie killed D Besides I believe there are more moro than half hilI a dOzen doxon dozen doz dOz- en on referees In hi the state stale capable of makIng making makIng mak mak- mak ing a fair decision I do not Ot say that there are few rew honest but It It Isa is isa isa a fact that a n lar large e e majority of them give Iyo satisfaction because they are not compelled to rule The most rompo- rompo om o- o tent Lent ring Judge in tho the world will maKe mac mistakes He cant can't help it 1 He lie ma may see sec a a. fight differently than a lL spectator spectator tor or he may be ba a C bit prejudiced ed But that thatis i is a poor excuse Let Le E a. a referee ree give a IL bad decision In a big bout here herc and there will be bo bean boan an outcry outer against th the sport that will cause no end of ot trouble That's why the Horton law was T re repealed rc- rc pealed decisions decision that prompted charges of ot crookedness You forget ct that when the Horton law was as in ert effect t there was no commission com corn comi i mission to Investigate fakes and punish crooked reler referees retorted If It a I referee under the the l Frawley law ian should give a 8 qu queer er ruling and there should bo evidence to I proVo ro that sharp practice bad had Influenced him tho the commission slon would take away way his license at once There Isn't fant any other sport In which official s. s are an not permitted Tho rho umpires rule rul b gares Th The refI ref ret I is Is' Is supreme In a gridiron contest The judges jUdge place the horses at the track So 89 wh why wouldn't It be a a. good goodplan goodplan plan to allow referees referee to name the winner win win- in nor ncr of a boxing boxing- bout f fAn An incompetent or dishonest t referee would put lut tho the club In a a. bad fix lx said Gibson A 4 few rew raw decisions would force foice the best club in th the state tate to close up As it Is now now a majority of the tho newspaper critics s agree upon a winner which relieves a club of ot all bIll I sa say let lel well enough alone and nd everybody e will be satisfied I J I