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The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
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Illinois athletic commission sustains referee Benny Yanger's verdict giving middleweight title to Mickey Walker over Tiger Flowers, finding no foul play. New two-judge boxing decision system adopted. Return bout eyed for March 3 in New York.
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DECISION OF BENNY YANGER IS SUSTAINED
Commission Decides There Was No Crookedness in Walker-Flowers Verdict
Chicago, Dec. 8.--Illinois today joined New York, Pennsylvania, and other states in providing for boxing decisions by two judges, with the referee's help if they disagree.
The state athletic commission decided on this method after it had voted to uphold referee Benny Yanger's decision awarding the middleweight title to Mickey Walker in his 10-round match last Friday with Tiger Flowers.
Flowers' manager, Walk Miller, stayed here for the commission's decision and then set out for New York in pursuit of the return match which he declared would return the crown to the Georgia Deacon. March 3, in Madison Square Garden, New York, is the probable date of the return match, Miller said.
"Titles are won and lost in the ring," the commission decided. "and the judgment of the referee is almost universally considered as final. The commission is of the opinion that referee Benny Yanger gave his decision as he saw it and that there was no collusion or crookedness on the part of the referee."
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The Illinois state athletic commission upholds referee Benny Yanger's decision awarding the middleweight boxing title to Mickey Walker in his 10-round match against Tiger Flowers, ruling there was no crookedness. The commission adopts a new method for boxing decisions using two judges and a referee. Flowers' manager plans a return match on March 3 in New York.