Show DOUBLE KNOCKOUT IS A DEAD HEAT Discussion has been raised rallied In London as to what a 1 referee ought to do in tho the case of a ft double knockout This al almost almost almost al- al most happened the other day In a n c con contest cOma cOma- nt n- n t test st between and Meekins Th They both landed at tho the same flame time each man going down Jon There Thero Evern- Evern den stayed Meekins managed to crawl awl up onto his legs when the referee e had counted as far as eight and of course gained tho the award But Dut what would have hwe happened someone wants to know kno If If neither had been able ablo to get up before the ten seconds had hall elapsed 1 One Ono commentator Is of oC tho the opinion that tho contest could not have been given as 81 a draw bec because use both bolh men had been knocked out and consequently beaten beat beat- en en and md there seems to be bo some who maintain that such a J. J tight fight could only count as' as a suspended contest which would have to bo be resumed at al a later laler pe pe- pe- pe nod It Il ml might ht of or course cours bo be argued that a n aman man should not bc be- adjudged a n winner when he Is lying senseless on the floor That sounds plausible enough But there Is another vI view ow of tho the situation If A Is knocked out so 80 is R. R A knocked him out moreover and having done so so 80 It would be bo equally absurd to tony ny say that he lao was Voas the tho loser The Tho same applies applies ap ap- ap- ap plies to B B. B has knocked out A A A. arid nd why should It not be said that he had Imad won Both In Indeed have Won on L' L and a draw Is surely the tho just conclusion It Is equivalent to a dead heat |