That would make my belief wrong as well.
Actually, the one who was truly wrong was Barney Fife, as I merely quoted his own report verbatim.
I guess I am glad I asked the question to begin with! The reason I asked the question is I heard this statement made in a casual conversation, and I thought there would be more hooplah surrounding a brother to Yellow losing to Buck, and so made this post. I then came upon Barney Fife's submitted letter/report, and it is written plain as day that "JR lost to Buck," so it looks like Barney Fife is ultimately responsible for the misinformation.
So I retract my statements to Sonny as well ... looks like his information was, in fact, correct
Jack