Show 1 I KAUFMANN SHOULD BE GIVEN A KNOCKOUT A stakeholder writes to know what he I shall shan do with a bet made on a knockout in the Berger Kaufmann bout A bet B that Kaufmann would win by b a inside of fifteen rounds Both bettors claim the and the stake stakeholder stakeholder stakeholder I holder is Inclined to consider it a draw This question has come up frequently In the past notably in the McGovern cGovern Dixon bout at the Broadway club NewYork New NewYork NewYork York when Tom wanting to save George the humiliation of or a knock knockout out omit threw up UI ii the sponge Considerable money mone was bet on Terry lerry winning by hy a knockout and it was the consensus of sporting opinion that bets should be paid off orr that way wa It stands to common commonsense commonsense commonsense sense that a bettor should not be de deprived deprived I of the chance to win his money mon y yby by the action of anyone an one in the corner of oC the man against whom he is betting I The stakeholder should pay payoff off just as though a knockout had occurred It Il would be a Il wise precaution though h in incases incases incases cases where bets are laid on knockouts for Cor the stakeholder to stipulate that in inthe Inthe inthe the event of the seconds of one of the principals throwing up UI iii the sponge such action would be considered equivalent to a knockout or better till still Instead i of wagering on knockouts wager on winning Inside of 20 rounds which would cover cov r everything eve thing save Interference Int by the tue authorities in which event of I course nil all bets would be b off |