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Show BOXING NOT A BRUM SPORT Most Knockouts on Paper is Testimony of Referee of Willard-Young Fight. Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 0 Virtu ally all of the so-called knockouts arc on paper; prize fighting or boxing is not a brutal sport, Charles Eyton referee of the Jess WillardV'Bull' Young match in which the latter met his death, testified yesterday in the trial of Willard and nine others on a charge of prize fighting in violation of the laws of California. Eyton testified that boxers did not always try to knock out their opponents, oppo-nents, and said Packey McFarland was an example of a man who seldom won by the knockout route When the prosecution read a li6t of men whom McFarland was reputed to have knocked out, defending counsel coun-sel conferred with Harry (Mlmore once manager for McFarland. and then announced that Gllmore had just told him that he had Invented most of Mr Garland's record of knockouts to make if look formidable and to make the boxer a drawing card Eytcn described the fight by round? saying that he, as well as the spectators, spec-tators, considered It a farce until the eighth round, when Young became the iiggressor. The blow which knocked out Young, he said, did not trnvel more than six inches and came as a surprise to the spectators. The Marquis Mar-quis of Queensbury rules were introduced intro-duced as evidence as the rules governing gov-erning these contests. McCarey testified that before any right wa3 started in the Vernon arena are-na the text of a decision by Superior Judge Frank R. Willis was read to Hie principals. This decision is the principal hope of the defense, as It holds that Ad Wolgast and Georce Memsie, In their meeting here two years ago took part in a "boxing con test" and not in a prize battle . rr |