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Show BILL TO LEGALIZE BOXING IN NEBRASKA Kebrnska will be added to the list of states where boxing is permitted, if Gene Melady. the Omaha promoter, can work it this winter. Melad v already al-ready lias drafted the bill which ho will ask the sta te legislature to pass. Here are some of the salient points: Fifteen rounds to a referee's decision. de-cision. A decision must be given in every contest; no draws to lie permitted. t All guarantees to be eliminated, all contestants must appear on a percentage ba-sis and bo paid according ac-cording to their powers as drawing cards. Melady believes these f oal urcs will be a wonderful help to the game, and will appeal to the public in such a way that boxing in Nebraska will prove ; a great succen. At least they arc the most during t-that t-that have bye a proposed seriously iii - many a day." T |