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NZ Truth, 15 March 1924, Page 11

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The Wanganui Association is at present a little on the wrong side of the ledger and m an endeavor to catch up the leeway and to get on to the credit side has decided to run an art union. Tickets are nowon the market, a shilling being the cost price. First prize is a gold specimen valued at £100, second a £50 specimen and third a £25 specimen. In addition there are seventeen pictures as prizes. Tickets may be obtained from Mr. A. G. Mackay, the Association's secretary at Wanganui. One important point m connection with the art union is that it is to be drawn on May 31 and that there will be no postponement m the date of drawing. The selection of the , clever Greymouth lightweight, Dick Pascoe, for inclusion m the proposed New Zealand team for the Olympic Games has given keen satisfaction to West Coasters. The. New Zealand Boxing Council evidently realises that Pascoe is one out of the box, but he has yet to show how good he really is. A cleverer boy never donned the mitts on the Coast, and the chief trouble of the Greymouth Association is to find an opponent capable of extending him. Should a New Zealand team leave for the Olympic Games— and every sport hopes that such an event will come to pass- — there is nothing surer than the fact that Pascoe will worthily uphold the claims of Maoriland to fistic honors. And a more clean-living, unassuming youngster never swung a glove. Boxers are funny people. Charlie Peoples is always singing out for engagements for his lad Harry May, but if all that a Southland fan has to say m a letter to the writer is true, Harry cannot be too keen on stoush. My correspondent says: "We thought we were going to have a scrap down here race week, but . May would not. agree to [ meet Volaire. He reckoned the purse [ was not big enough. The purse offered [ was £ 100, with £20 exes. What more ! does he want? I read m 'Truth' nearly [ every week' of Charlie Peoples singing ■ out about his boy not being able to get fights — that he is the Cinderella of the game m New Zealand. What has he to say about the above?" If things are as reported It would seem a3 if Charlie has taken a double somesault. George Richardson . desires to meet Eddie Parker for the middleweight title, and will deposit £25 as a side bet. He would also like to meet Jack Heeney, winner to take all. Tim Tracy's letter: "My two pupils, Martin Carroll and Chocolate Hobson, were successful m Blenheim. The following feathers from my' school are worth a spar at the next tourney: Pearce, Ratner, and Black. All are now m good condition. . Frank Keith, a bantam, is the hardest puncher with his right hand that I have seen for a long time." Alf. Lewis: Two letters for you at "Truth." / The Hawera Association has arrangements well m hand for its two amateur tourneys, which are to be held on March 20 and May 8. For the former Secretary Stevens has arranged a number of ; special bouts, among which will be some great attractions, notably that m which tho local welter, A. Duggan, is matched against McKnight, of Hamilton, while, another meeting between heavyweights Mills and Fitzsimmons is always welcome. For May 8, race night, fight fans are promised a treat, the tournament talcing the nature of a match m which the pick of Taranaki amateurs will be seen m action against the pick of Wellington amateurs. It is understood that the Wellington Association, m accordance with its policy of assisting the smaller associations m the centre, is paying some share of the expenses. , J. W. Turnbull, the first secretary of the Eltham Boxing Association, and a prominent member of the Hawera committee, has now removed to New Plymouth, where nb doubt he will throw In his lot with the Taranaki Association. Snowy Fielding is looking forward to a busy time at his ffym In New Plymouth this winter. ' Snowy already has a number of boys In hand, and expects a few more when he gets Into full swing. Snowy ls always ready to give a visiting boxer a friendly greeting and any possible assistance. Tommy Thompson, the well-known and popular lightweight, cannot keep out of the game. Tommy, who was greviously wounded during the war, has had one or two serious set-backs since his return. He is now feeling fairly well, though far from his old self. Noticing some promising boys m Inglewood, where he hangs out, he has offered his assistance m bringing them on. This has been accepted, and Tommy already feels much better at the prospect of again taking an interest m his favorite pastime. At St. Paul, Minn., on January 2C i Charles Harvey, manager of Bermondi sey Billy Wells, welterweight boxer of > London, England, was fined and three seconds were suspended for violating i | rules. Harvey was fined 25 dollars for coaching from his corner during the progress of the bout. Chadley McCarthy, one of Wells's seconds, was suspended for 30 days for a similar offence. Murray McLean drew 30 days nnd Ralph Colo 60 days for coaching Joe Burch, of St. Paul. In the main bout. Wells defeated Jimmy Jones, of Youngstown, 0.. m 10 rounds, according to sport writers. Jones's hangingon tactics throughout the fight were hooted by the crowd. Johnny Brown, bantamweight champion of Europe, has gone to New York L for the purpose of inducing Joe Lynch to give him a chance for the latter's { world's championship crown. Brown said he had cancelled three Important J matches m England and Europe ln , order to make the trip. i The French Boxing Federation on ■ January 22 officially declared Andre » Bonnel, light heavyweight champion ' of France. Bonnel will meet represent tntives of other European countries : before April 1 to determine the EuroI pean champion who will meet the 1 American tltleholdcr for the world's title, vncated by Bnttling Siki. Bonnel l was designated owing to the refusal . of Georges Carpentier to meet him In ? a contest to decide the French chami plonshlp. The official communique of 1 the federation says Carpentier declln--3 ed to meet Bonnel "owing to previously ) signed contracts necessitating Carpenf tier's presence m the United States ln t February and March to engage ln I __-_-_-__-__-_-