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Show Boxer's Father Sues Officials BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. S (IN8) An unprecedented 1100 000 damage dam-age suit for death of lS-ysar-old Andre Sheiaeff, welterweight boxing box-ing champion of th orient, who died December IS after a match the previous night with Georg Salva-tore, Salva-tore, was before federal district court today. Suea tmmlselon Th action waa brought by Hi Russian boxers father, Paul She-kteff, She-kteff, a clergyman in Manchukuo. Named defendants wars the five men who constituted the state athletic ath-letic commission at th time, Commission Com-mission Physician Dr. Robert Orove. Commission Inspector Donn Shields and th Disabled Amertesn Veteran, Vet-eran, which staged th card. Young Sheiaeff collapsed in his dressing room after the fight and died In a hospital at S a. m. th following morning. Cause of death waa announced at the time as a brain hetnex-rhage, probably brought on by old Injuries. "Examination Tee Earl The father's suit charge that the prise fighter was unknowingly suffering suf-fering from lobar pneumonia when he entered the ring, and that hli wsakened condition prevented him from properly defending himself. This. It was claimed further, caused the fatal hemorrhage. Dr. Groves, it was avsrrsd, made his physical examination at 1 p. m. on the afternoon prior to the bout, in violation of a regulation that the examination must bs made one hour before the fight begins. |