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Ch. 30. No. 12.] Boxing Control.

during such stoppage the contestant or contestants standing in the
ring do so without any support whatsoever;

(c) order, by the command “ Break,” the contestants to separate
when in a “clinch ”’ and, at his discretion, to separate them himself
should they fail to obey promptly;

(f) regard as an acknowledgment of defcat a contestant’s inability
to resume boxing at the timekeeper’s signal;

(g) stop a contest and order the retirement of a second for the
remainder of a contest in the event of that sccond's misbehaviour;

(i) stop a contest if he considers it to be one-sided and award the
decision to the better man;

(*) stop a contest if a contestant is accidentally disabled or is
unable to defend himself and award the decision to his opponent;

(7) stop a contest in the event of a contestant being “ Down” and,
immediately start announcing audibly the number of each second of
time as it passes. He shall count up to ten seconds and indicate
the end of the contest by the word ‘ Out and award the decision
to the opponent if by that time the ‘' Down ” contestant has not
arisen ;

(4) stop a contest for the commission by a contestant of any one of
the acts hereinunder classed as a “‘ Class B Foul’ and warn such
contestant that further commissions of such foul would result in
disqualification and the decision being given to his opponent;

() stop a contest and disqualify without warning a contestant who
commits any one of the acts hereinunder classed as a ‘‘ Class A Foul,”
and award the decision to his opponent;

(m) stop a contest if he considers the contestants are not in earnest,
in which case he must disqualify one or both of them;

(n) decide (1) the interpretation of any one of these rules or all of
them, and (2) any questions not provided for in these rules. (The
Board shall, however, decide these matters at all other times.)

After a contest he shall—

(e) send immediately to the Board his own and the judge’s scoring
tablets;

(fp) report in writing to the Board within 48 hours of their
happening all cases of disqualification under clauses (/) and (m)
above as well as any case of a contestant retiring from a contest
without sufficient cause, all three of which acts render contestants
found guilty thercof liable to forfeiture of their prize money.

Judges.

The judges shall be stationed on two sides of the ring opposite each other
apart from the referee or timekeeper. Independently they shall assign
marks to the contestants and be ready at all times to assist when requested
by the referee to decide whether any foul has been committed. They may