Show r Sports f Mirror By By By JOHN MOONEY Telegram Editor A. A i i i Sports L Nine times times out of f ten our athletic experts call them erectly in In their varied sports fields fields but but its it's always that e which makes the public wish the experts had hadon hadla la up on the rules a little better lIme Such uch an occasion happened in the Utah-Arizona Utah foot- foot ll Il c of last fall when Ike Armstrong Ute coach Idea ded the officials into 1 1 giving Utah the ball on Ari- Ari side side on-side off kick-off and 2 getting the play nullified LI called over after all the talking Now another such blooper has arisen although it itt fo t make any difference but just the same were we're an- an ring ering the question here today to settle the issue in the of the boxing fans the referees and any scribes who have been wrong S i t The question arose in the press row d during ring th the r recent ent AA AAU U ing tournament at the Elks club when Joe of Murray b ten via the t. t k o. o route by Gordon Lytle of Dixie junior col- col the junior division of the pound class The referee stopped the fight between the second and third and awarded the fight to Lytle but the argument arose over harmless harmless matter of d deciding iding in which round the fight ended e eno rno DO one could agree on whether Lytle should receive credit a Second or third round t. t k o. o Roy y Bubbles Cahoon veteran Utah official and sports fol- fol ver vcr and yours truly held the opinion that the t. t k o. o reverted c to the previous round but with the exception of one sports I 1 iii hi the last row we seemed to be quite alone in the argument i However I am in receipt of an air mail letter from Nat ischer publisher of Ring magazine and treasurer secretary-treasurer of Boxing B xing Writers' Writers association of New York and his opinion apr ap- ap r settles the issue I reprint his letter solely with the idea of settling r arguments may have arisen following this inear in- in nt S Dear ear John Rega Regarding ding your query here are the thes s celli Fp to a month ago in New York and New Jersey n fight ended between rounds the decision was renS renas ren- ren S as of the round that had just been completed Thus 1 the e case of the Dempsey Willard-Dempsey fight in which Wil- Wil called ailed over Referee Referee- Ollie and told him that w uld Guld be unable to continue any longer the finish t ntO to the record as a three-round three kayo liThe The same has been the issue in use all the time but the commission of New York and New Jersey id that no battle could end between rounds When fight is halted by either the referee or the fighter him- him rounds the referee must await the gong ing the next round and then count the man out I However in your case it is different My decision is a kayo second round and heres here's my reason why A round accord accord- the Marquis of Queen berry rules rule a and d all modern rules rule of ng consists of three minutes of fighting and a rest period est period belongs to the round just ended and the new round t t start until the bell rings for the next round Therefore when halted between rounds the kayo or t. t k o. o ea ed as coming in the round in which the fighting righting just wound up second round in your case We had a discussion in the Box- Box association and pr precedents and rules support my ruling is lS case Sincerely Nat Fleischer f I So that's that and it should silence those pro and con who've been keeping the office phone busy with their ions of the affair But it takes two horses to make a race and ande e who missed on this ruling can gain solace by real- real that several veteran referees and boxing authorities were as asig ng ig as they were Sure and that Thomas McHugh is a fine broth of a starting arting out his first week as touring professional with rish sweepstakes at Forest Dale and on no other day dayt Eft t Patricks Patrick's day too Song Tom officially approved by the Salt Lake City I ion Thursday to handle handie the pro duties at Forest and Nibley park will revive the II i I sweepstakes Monday even though the lanky Irish- Irish will be unable to compete himself since hes he's still re- re rg from the flu S M I McHugh will be at Forest Dale Monday to lend an atmos- atmos 5 f the ouid sod to the festivities and it i nO not t too far fetched agine the jovial Tom once again wielding a with his ii igo t in pursuit of wandering golf balls While hes he's getting too far along in years to play every day ugh still holds the respect of the golfing fraternity for his vay exploits of years back I well remember almost falling for one of McHughs McHugh's pet gags i l just a newcomer fresh from Chicago Long Tom was visit- visit the office trying to arouse enough interest among all coned con conS ed to promote a golf match when I innocently mentioned that hit Int played for several ye years rs and ought to be rusty lit c With fth th just the proper amount of hesitancy Long Tom I I sted st d that since I probably wasn't at my best hes he's a ane I ne with the Irish tongue too hed he'd even the score laying the entire round using just a putter while I Il the clubs in the bag big I almost fell for the ruse ank K Baker then sports editor of The Telegram time off that for some years McHugh had made playing suckers for just such a set fact In-fact ii fact McHugh was very good at keeping them themI I nhe he middle Ah yes hes he's a fine lad and Salt Lake City is to be bet t on signing such a personable chap even h many golfers still hold the opinion that next year ity should return to the old up set-up of hiring a pro at ati of the three municipal courses i 1 Ecker promoter and manager of the local basket basketball all quintet I. I bears ears sars his name announced Thursday that Rome Rollie Jensen s conference ill football star Stan Nielsen Thelsen B BY Y U guard this and ald Roland Reading Utah Aggie basketball captain wouldn would the n Ecker ker roster when the Salt Lakers invade Denver for ther the theal al A A U hoo hoop tourney next week r S 5 |