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how to score fights under new U.S. system by Abe J. Greene National Commitsionar National Boxing Assoc. S OMETHING in the nature of a miracle is brewing in boxing, and incredible as it may seem, millions of television fight experts will now be able to tell the winner by a uniform score card. The National Boxing Association has made one scoring system out of approximately 15, to which the be¬ fuddled and bewildered armchair viewer will say a hearty “Amen.” Beginning Jan. 1, boxing commis¬ sions generally will adopt what is known as the “10-point must” system. This is a process whereby the winner of a round is credited with an auto¬ matic 10 points, while the loser may be awarded anywhere from 1 to 9. Credits are given, as under any scor¬ ing system in the past, for clean hit¬ ting, aggressiveness, ring generalship and sportsmanship. Conversely, points are subtracted for knockdowns and for fouls—one point for a minor foul, two for a major one that registers with seeming effect. This phase is a radical change from present scoring methods, which pro¬ vide, in the main, that a boxer who commits a foul automatically loses the round. Again, currently, many states provide that a knockdown costs the victim the round. Under 10-point must, two points are scor^ against the l^xer who is knocked down. To simplify application of the new scoring system, NBA will distribute a uniform score card to every com¬ mission in the country, so diat of¬ ficials and TV viewers in Pawtucket will be able to tally identically with the ringsiders in Los Angeles. Decision on the 10-must system came the hard way. Before TV, how any referee or judge scored was each commission’s own business. Televi¬ sion, however, made a joke out of the patchwork methods, and left a trail of bewilderment which harassed commissions and newspapermen the country over after every disputed de¬ cision. “How did they score that fight?” was the inevitable query by the thousands. Truth is, few knew. There are now about 15 systems, including split 10; split 11 to avoid draws; split 20; 0 to 4 points; the round system; decision by referee alone, and decision by three judges alone. It took years of argument to melt fixed opinions into this final one of 10-must, and it took TV to do it when the commissions were worn down by television fans’ querying: “What is the system?” Now boxing will have a system. So will TV. Now all we have to do is to make sxire referees and judges can add by tens, and keep adding and subtracting for possibly 15 rounds. Or they could hire accountants or beauticians. They’re good at .figures. 23