REFEREES AND UMPIRES
PROTECTION IN ITALY AN OFFICIAL DECREE ROME. Dec. 20. * According to a decree, sports referees and umpires are declared to be " public officials," and are entitled to the greatest respect under a penalty of imprisonment. The boxer Rafaele Celli was sent to gaol for six months for knocking out a referee who had given a decision against him.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23689, 22 December 1938, Page 10
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61REFEREES AND UMPIRES Otago Daily Times, Issue 23689, 22 December 1938, Page 10
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