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From the sports section of The Los Angeles Herald August 1906...Plenty of controversy this week in boxing circles as two decisions in important contests are hotly debated...Referee Patsy Haley called the Luther McCarty-Joe Jeannette elimination fight a draw and was roundly booed by much of the paying customers at Newark City Stadium...A quick straw poll of reporters covering the bout had a clear majority calling it for McCarty, most had it six rounds for McCarty, four for Jeannette and two even...Joe was down for an eight count in round two and was in serious trouble in round 9...Rumours ran that the promoter had paid Haley to call it a draw so he could stage a lucrative rematch...The other bad call came in the Carl Morris-Jeff Clarke fight on Monday when referee Walter Kelly gave the verdict to Morris, despite the fact Clarke easily out landed him 2 to 1 and had him reeling like a drunkard in round 10...Kelly ruled a knockdown when Clarke clearly slipped in round 2...Kelly left the arena immediately after the verdict was announced amid a torrent of insults from those who had wagered on Clarke...In the main preliminary to the McCarty-Jeannette match, Jim Coffey (202) steam rolled Bill Brennan (204½) who must have left his fight in the gym, as he showed nothing...He suffered a cut in round 6 and another in round 8, and lost round five for an obvious low blow...At Clermont Avenue Rink in Brooklyn Fred Fulton was unimpressive taking a 4-3 decision over Boston's Bartley Madden with three rounds scored even...Fred seemed to lose heart when he couldn't put Madden away in the first four rounds...Fulton weighed 210¼, Madden 189...At Cleveland's Arena big Jess Willard put Alf Langford on the canvas three times in round two to secure the win, and over in New Orleans, young Harry Wills knocked out journeyman Tom Riley inside two rounds...A promoter there wants to match Wills and Willard, but may have to wait in line as promoter Sunny Jim Coffroth wants Willard to meet Tom Cowler here in Los Angeles...In an unusual turn of events the IBU has debuted Harry Wills at No.11 in their world rankings, seemingly on the basis of his 15-0 record since December of 1901...At Tattersall's in Chicago Billy Miske fulfilled a contract in stopping Oakland's Dave Mills in six rounds and expects to head north to meet Canada's Charlie Robinson at Winnipeg...