Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-02-04 | Page 8 | Decision on Bets

1 i DECISION ON BES BETS BETSi I II Salt Lake Herald Herld To settle sette a bet made I on the fight In Los Ls Ange Angeles Angeles les on Feb 2 will you ou kindly let me mc have wi your opinion on the following bet betA betA betA A bets bet that Welsh would win the fight f ht B U contends that Inasmuch as a It I was a decision fight and both men were on their feet and fighting at the end of the ten te rounds that the bet bt should be b called cale off 0 B further contends that for A to win wn It I would be necessary for Welsh to knock out or for seconds to throw up the sponge Who o wins Re Respectfully yours your F C C C C The bet is off oft The Te referee did not make a decision and the fight will Wi go on record as a affair The referee is the only person who would W uld have author authority peron ity to give a decision acceptable to the general Iy public In order for A to win the bet under these conditions it I would have been necessary for Welsh to stop This he could do by b a knockout seconds throwing up the sponge quitting either through inability to con continue continue accident or any an other reason As A Abet Abt Abet bet bt Welsh would win B naturally bet would win arid and as neither man received the referees decision or won by byone byone byone one of the contestants being bing stopped stopped the bet is off offIt or offIt It is customary in betting on Los Ls Ange Angeles Angele Angeles les le I fights fight before club where the law does not allow the referee to make a decision to leave Ilave bets of this kind to toone toone toone one of the sporting editors edlon of Los Ls Angeles Angels who is present at the fight Of course coure it itis I itIs is I taken for granted in the above case that this was not done In case bets are are to be he decided this way Wa the sporting editor should be named as a different sporting snorting editors present b at the fight might give different opinions opinion Wh Where re no special provisions ge are ar armade made as to who will wl decide the bet as a It Itis ItIs is 15 presumed presume there were wert not in the above ease case you must go by the referee re ree who in inthis Inthis inthIs this case did not give a decision