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Jimxny Hagerty has been definitely seliected as Hock- Keys's first; opponent m New Zealand. „ ■ Les O'Donnell is determined that he. will not^ in future agree to make under 12.7, ,as ho found himself so strong at that -weight against Mansfield, and. was rather the opposite when he boxed Dave Smith at 12.2. Jim Sullivan and Pat Bradley meet at the Sydney, Stadium on July 5. This will be a glorious battle, for Sullivan is one of the cleverest middle-weights in' the whole world; and Pat's punch-^o you know about it. V Jack Griffin wired from Runanga," ■on Saturday last, that he was after; ' the - light-weight 'championship . He fis willing to meet Porter anywhere, for a" suitable purse and expenses, Jack incidentally mentions £25 as an inducement to make him go after 'the goose. , . ■. The Sydney Stadium fixture this (Saturday) evening is the return match between Herb McCoy and Joe Russell. Letter lost to the Victorian m Brisbane same time ago. "Also, the -fixture- indicates that Joe is now prepared to ' leave Brisbane, where, till McCoy knocked him, he was invincible. , The Queenslander, Joe Russell, beat Harry Stone on points after twenty rounds, at Snowy Baker's ; Stadium, at Brisbane, on Tuesday, morning, June 3. There was a big crowd. Duncan Parbury, the examateur champion, was referee, and there' was lots of dissatisfaction over ! the verdict. • Considering that Stono ! got Snowy Baker's decision over i Johnny Summers, the thing does work out strange. Bill Hud d has evidently been asleep. Writing from Sydney, on May, 29, liilliam Rudd mentions that he had i read m these columns how be was coming over from Sydney to Waihi to break things generally, and to do damage to strikers. It's such a very long time ago since anything like this appeared In these notes, that "The Second" can hardly recall the circumstances of that strike. Certainly there was some talk of Bill coming over, and it was also- mentioned that Mick Rudd, at Waihi, was Bill's papa. Bill strenuously denies the last assertion. Evidently Bill is a wise child. Anyhow, Bill has spoken.

'file return match -between Bottleoh Bill Long and Nutty Curran takes place at pie . Sydney Stadium on Wednesday evening next. . Attention i» directed by "The Second" to the . advertisement, on this page, of the Gisborne • Boxing Association, An offer is made to amateur heavy-weights -which • should appeal to the "hopes." "What, if it does not amount to the welter-weight championship of the world, is certainly for the welterweight championship of the Empire, is the Sydney Stadium contest next Saturday evening, between J ohnny Summers and Sid Bums. The principal bout at the Sydney, Stadium on. a recent Thursday afternoon, was the ten-rounds between the two Kcw Zcalamlers, Harry Marquet and Syd. FitzsinunonS, the brawny nephew of the world-famed Timaruvian, Bob Fitzsinimons, the greatest ring man of all the ages. It was a ; good, fast go all the way, and Marquet did not hang on as he did with Alec Ppoley. At the end of the ten rounds, Referee Marre gave the award to- Mar.q'uet, on points. Frank Ellis reports to "The Second" that his injured hand is now m good working order, and is willing to take on ■ the ""winner of ,the Kobinson- Johns : contest^ at Gisborne. ,-. .Naturally, -Frank,-. .wants another go' at Tommy Thompson. Frank also has designs on the feather-weight championship of New Zealand, and requests writer to suggest that the Hastings Association should match him with Jimmy Hagerty. Frank's sole stipulation is that thg weights bo declared s at 5 p.m. on the date of toe bout. Len Porter assured "The Second," on Saturday last, that, having regained his laurels, he intended resting on his oars a bit. Incidentally, .there is some talk of tho ■ Wangjanui Association making certain representations to tho^ Council anent k Let). Whether any action will be taken remains to be •" seen. It is to bo hoped, however, that now that Len has come into his' own again, that he will keep a still tongue, and a still tongue makes a wise head. The Wellington Association is 'likely to arrange a Porter-Hagerty match for August, possibly. ' . Jack Head is coming down. When he met Alf. Spenceley, the Englishman, at the Sydnoy Stadium on Saturday night week, the Englishman (who, a week or two previously, was punched to a standstill by Herb McCoy) put it all over. him. In fact/ Read was, made to look a cheap guy. "Boxer-Major," m the "Sydney Sportsman," says : — Jack Read long ago killed his aforetime popularity by contracting a bad case of caput inflammatis, and by adopting' Yankee methods m his combats, and never was defeat of a local man accepted with such a relish as was Read's by Alf. Spenceley. Alex Bain, the burly Scottish wrestler, sends along the following ; "Jimmy Esson, tnts, stalwart Scot-: tish athlete, is now on his way to these shores, and throws down the gauntlet to all and sundry. He is willing to meet New Zealand's best athletes m either catch-as-catch-can or Graeco-Roinan, and will consider handicap matches if tiio NfcW,Zealanders don't consider themselves equal to the task of ioe»?ting him level. Esson is also a boxer, and would like to meet any of the heavyweights of the Dominion. Jhnmy'3 dimensions are : Height Oft. R?in., weight 10 stone lOTb,, neck 38£in., chest 50in.. biceps ISin., forearm Is*in., thigh 30in.. .calf I7*in, age, twenty-six years. His outstanding record is his win of the British heavy-weight championship at tho National Sporting Club, London, m 1905." Alex also sends along some newspaper clippings, which rookr* it out that this Esson person is semething out of the ordinary.