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From the pages of the Monday morning Detroit Tribune...Stories circulate that Phineas P. Milquetoast the California representative of the International Boxing Union ordered Referee Hiram Cook to stop the Jackson-Chuvalo fight because too much blood shed was bad for the sport's image...Referee Cook denied he was influenced by Mr. Milquetoast and had given Chuvalo plenty of opportunity to get the job done without bias towards the champion....In a related story Donnie "Schemer" Stump manager of John L Sullivan apparently wined and dined two IBU officials in New York with the aim of getting his boy a shot at Peter Jackson's title...IBU spokesman Arnold Rothstein admitted the attempt was made but no assurances were given to Sullivan or his manager...
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