Show cat Driving Throwing in iii the Towel S. S FRANK K BAKER If you ou were second U to a fighter who WAS taking a bad beating would rou ou throw In the towel Perhaps it seems strange U to suggest that theres there's anything complicated complicated about to a u towel uVel Vel over the ropes but that's exactly what I propose Recently I 1 saw an amateur light fight in which one boy went down under undera a terrific wallop thAt left him cold as s the igloos in Commander Byrds Byrd's Little America away down near the South pole Ju Just t as the referee u tolled orf of six ix a towel came flying into the ring and the bout was auto auto- over Instead of a knockout the winner was to take a technical kayo kajo This practice ot of trading knockout defeats for technical Is poor sportsmanship Its It's like paying a man an honest honest hon hon- est debt and then tr trying to steal part of it back before you ou leave his presence Of course a knockout Is a defeat whether its it's or technical Many ambitious managers figure figurea a technical l knockout however howe doesn't look as bad on a fighters fighter's record as a straight kayo does The word vord technical suggests defeat by a number of f ill luck causes L The fighter may have broken his hand Maybe he injured by a fall against the ring posts pasts or through the rop ropes s. s Maybe the fighter was carrying on only U to have the referee stop the bout to prevent further unnecessary punIshment My M is that there IS a conventional lime to 10 loss Iosi ill the t i lowel but bill that thai it ii most certainly is ot i a I fighter fight r is taking dug a If a boxer floors his opponent be is el led i titled to knockout I IS a victor victory if his fo foe S cannot get up ore before the ten tell count is completed If the floored fighter is faking ta a severe beating and his bis defeat is ultimately certain elz he does totter Ic 10 his bis feet feel the in my O is the lime for the second to throw in ilz ic I towel aid concede the iDe bout boul That is s the intent of the symbol to unnecessary un- un necessary In this respect most fighters are better sports than their S seconds They realize reaUze they are in a game of give and amI take S That's why a little boxing js Is experience fine for every growIng growIng grow grow- Ing boy It teaches self reliance coolness under fire and good sportsmanship For the thc most part these boys bos who arc being counted out are embarrassed when their seconds throw in the towel The fighter knows hed he'd hate to be robbed of boxing's greatest great great- est cst triumph by such practice it if the other man were down Be wants his own seconds to recognize the same code It If he staggers to his feet and his seconds believe e It Is unwise for him to con continue then is the time to make malte the concession S Maybe Im I'm Newspaper a er work is no cinch E. E L. L Bourne edito of The Telegram told a group of Boy Scouts recently ii rg r g day three school of journalism for the hc boys go ill to the hc 11 11 less you Oil like hard hara work and arc smart S One lad spoke ii even to 10 b bc a s sports orts writer be as Now whose face is red |