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Show DISPUTES OVER RULES OF BOXING (By W. W. Naughton.) San FranclBCo, Sept, 24. It would provo difficult, no doubt, to frnmo a act of boxing rules that would cover every point that was likely to crop ui't but it certainh looks as though tho time Is ripe for making the attempt. at-tempt. Tho initiative In a movoment of that kind ohould be taken by some official body that Is far removed from the petty jealousies of the game pugilistic pu-gilistic and It appears to the wrltor that the New York boxing commission commis-sion just about fills the bill. It would be tho oasiest matter possible pos-sible for the commission to designate a few eastern experts and entrust to them the task of devising a manual l that would be a guide to rlngmcn and referco ad would win tho ap- preciation of the public. I Some years ago Jack O'Brien and Dob FiUbimmons boxed In San Fran-I Fran-I Cisco and Fitz collapsed in his corner during the resting spell which fol-I fol-I lowed the thirteenth round Caused Confusion. As It was evident the Cornishruan was past continuing the referee declared de-clared in favor of O'Brien 3nd then confusion arose. Some- one wanted to know if O'Brien bad won in thirteen rounds and Fltz's backers answered "decid-j edly 110L" "Fltzsltnmons did not come up for tho fourteenth round," argued tho O'Brien crowd. "But FiU'slramons went to his cor-ncr cor-ncr an undefeated man at the end of tho thirteenth round.-' retorted the Fitzslmmons followors. The question was never settled satisfactorily sat-isfactorily and oven now the record hooks credit O'Brien with a victory in thirteen rounds without carrying I any foot note to explain that Fitz-'snimon8 Fitz-'snimon8 really went to pieces while his seconds wero grooming him for the fourteenth round. There Tas a similar occurrence In the Charlov Mlllcr-Jlm Flynn bout. Both men were In fighting attitude when the gong signalled the end of the -fifteenth round. On hearing the bell they dropped their arms and went to their corners. Miller then complained of a broken rib and a few seconds later Referee Spider Kelly went ovor to Flynn's corner and hoisted Flynn's sweat-aodden sweat-aodden glovos aloW, tho orthodox manner of denoting the winner. There was heavy betting that Miller Mil-ler would "stay" fifteen rounds and the fellows who wagered that way clamored, for their money. The sporting authorities hero w-ere almost a unit in declaring that Miller had lasted the full fifteen minutes but there were other angles to the betting. bet-ting. Some of the fiflcon-round bets read "Flynn to win In fifteen rounds" and tho remainder "JMillcr to stay fifteen rounds." and those who wagered on Flynn to wju In fifteen rounds claimed I that they must have won because there was no sixteenth round. Old Sport's Opinion. It is said that one old sport on being be-ing asked for an opinion as to the niorits of tho controversy declared that while those who backed Miller to last fifteen rounds were undoubtedly undoubt-edly entitled to the money wagered he felt that those who had bet on Flynn to "win" in fifteen rounds 3lso had won Isn't that a nice kettle of fish? IIo.w In tho name of all that is reasonable rea-sonable could there be two winners If .Miller stayed or averted defeat de-feat for fifteen rounds, surely Flynn could not have won in fifteen rounds. Ie must have won after fifteen rounds. The pool sellers wriggled out of a fight corner by refunding all tho fifteen-round money to the original placers an the Aliller-Flynn fifteen-round fifteen-round Incident may bo' considered , closed. But when the New York boxing commission, or whoever it may bo, appoints a committee to frame up-to-date boxing rules It sees to me that tho following Bhquld bo Inserted somewhere: Rule When from any causo It shall ho mado to appear betwoen rounds that a boxer Is uuable to con- , I Unite the referee shall await the sig- K nal for starting the following round. V Then if either boxer fails to toe the H scratch he shall be adjudged loser. jJ ' It may be worded more gracefully B) land with more regard to euphony anil H; constructlon but the Idea is there. m Tho thing Is to do away with a boxer Hi winning or losing "between rounds." E1 Flyuii by the way is considered by H San Francisco sports to be a much H improved boxer. Seeing the cold JH blooded, heady way bo watched for H: an opening when fighting big Miller, IV it ' Is hard lo undcrdstnnd why ho B seemed to get rattled aud resort to H butting in his affair with Jack John- H' son. IHl Anothcr'match between Flynn and iH; Al Kaufman may form one of Cof- B; froth's fall cards. It is strango how H' Kaufman maintains his grip on tho jB' regard of western fight followers. No iV matter how poorly big Al performs iK: there is nlways some one to demand ' l that ho he given another chnnco 'jH His personal popularity, no doubt, T.H has much lo do with the "desire to see ('IS him in action "Just once more " H In tho case of Flynn and Kaufman 'H the argument la used that since each ' H, man has a victory over the other to m his credit It Is only fair that they bo , B sent together In a deciding bout. B' |