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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 58, 8 March 1913, Page 16

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Waldemar Holberg, the young Danish lightweight, has signed a contract to visit Australia for ifive matches at least, and will leave Europe some time in April. Jiolberg has only been boxing as a professional for a few years, but during that time has gained a fine reputation. It is pleasant news to hear ''Snowy" Baker has completed negotiations with "Georges" Carpentier, the outcome of which will 'be the appearance of the Gallic wonder in Sydney within the. next few moniths. With "Les" O'Donnell, "Reg" Midwood, ".Jack" Howard, "Bill" Rudd, ! "Bill" Souter, and others available. there will lie plenty of worthy opponents for t'-arpentioT, bnt the one battle that all Australasia will be looking forward to will be his meeting with "Dave" Smith. Here will be the ox-New Zealandcr's chance to rehabilitate" himself ■with critics in the Northern Hemisphere, and it is safe to say that, if the French champion performs at all well in Australia up to the time of their meeting, the match will attract the largest crowd seen at the Stadium since the Burns.lohnson affray. It is to be hoped that Mr Baker himself will referee the battle, for judging by the mixed reception that decisions h-ave- been meeting with lately in Australia, there are very few capable "third men in the ring" in those parts just now. .less Willard, the man who thinks he can beat -Luther MrCarty, was born in a little town in Ohio twenty-five years ago. His folks moved to Kansa6 and lived on a farm when dees was in the infant class. The place .where he was raised finally grew to be a town with a real railroad station and a post office. It's on the map, and the burg is Emmet, thirty miles from Topeka. Jcsb is an orphan. He has two brothers, who live in Kansas, and they buy and sell horses for a living. Willard is six feet six inches in height, and weighs something like 2.15 pounds. Contrary to the average opinion, it is said of Willard that he is symmetrically Imilt. and not at all the slim build that many people have imagined. Concerning Mcfarty, Willard says that he was not in the best of shape when he was accorded that newspaper decision over Luther in New Yorkcity. "Considering mv condition at that f'tne." he declares. "I know there isn't the slightest doubt in my mind as to what T could do to MeCartv if 1 met ■him over a long route and in ths best of shape."