A BOXING BUDGET.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 84, 15 May 1914, Page 2

A BOXING BUDGET.

EVENTS AT ; HOME AND ABROAp. * Arraignments are progressing :j, wefl for the Sports Club-^totter ney on June 2. Barney Ireland, middleweight ex-ebampion of the Domjnio&y tlilfere shoiuMsbe something doing when these two boxers get into the ring. 3:t is reported that Devitt has started training. When in good fettle Devitt-is ail excellent boxer, but lie is, a poor fijghter wben' k< V ; tV CURIOUS, . INCIDENTS. f Two very unusual, incidents marked the fifth (evening Cof the New South "Wales amateur boxing and wrestling championships tournamenjt, nbw in projgress. Intone, featherweights B. Bush and H..,lvf£]ner eaeh swung the (right to the' head simultaneously. Milne*' hipped!' j ßush staggered: momentarily, anxtjkben he fell. Milner tried to rise at ' K but sprawled on top &f Bush, »ftd~the- i ' count, went- on. ever, each?? of them,managed to his feet befbye the second eoul<| < be called. nejJt and last round w&s battled well, and Bush won, <m may out that been knocked out oisly the verdict —assuming thai?! the. referee knew his business—would ; iia\dfe s -gone to the man who" had- most points ' to his eredit. - i The other curious incident .occ^rr©^. when jone middle-weight' coinpcjtitoSj sent another half-way fcopefe in such i; a manner '..that - he: balanced! head hanging - over, but, not the off jffpejjjside, and-{with: his hifels i"a w tKe afr%Si the other side-y* he-was knocked * wj W .. J TOO" IMPETUOUS. *., Chal'lie Horn.'"" tlie San Francisobj heav;f wB •to Australian und«r' enga#meu't 'i *,tOv the ■ management—rnow: : incorporated' witli' the Stadium Oonf; - k pany—-has lost? a'nothet' fight iu Sydnefe through; -hisf impetuosity, - iAt. Nepwiowte sOlympia - the other, night he ' met, Eft ■ : 'Doyle,'' Wiiin>tfr'' o bf" '{lie neavy-wciglij£ : ''divfeio'n * k b'f ' recent £6OO .there* ,Fo»fcwo;and*a half-zounds Doyle "got all qxmi ..ißut-Doylfr ber-j came careless, and a right • crosS; knocked 'him - fch& ring - tO".the him uirtiP- he, hitting*'" *Ei ttie" centre v _ of tHe xinjgi again the liad 'Doyle almost; dropping when the bell sounded* th& the v Oayners!'' le-- fwosjied his hands: ■ v to jHis sides iSCftd to go AMJie hitri a he&vy hook toHhe j|hd so he-was;' ; disqualified IE; foul blow. -V/ JERRY JEROME'S SAD LUCK. Eddie M'Goorty had some troub.Je i|u defeating' Jerry Jerome in Brisbane ting • other day. Although ,he won ii| seS rounds,„ it, r „Ttas..not J&pough, his wgoo|| work. The > pair fought - at eatelp heavier than the Queensland aboriginal. Here is the Sydney "Sun's*' accountof .the affair:-^ - The first roimd^aß/f airly: quiet, tkeA,mencaHf doing, all .the forcing, and tha> aboriginal) taking most ofrthe blows" on.: his,'gloves.; iiM?Goorty>. -missed -badly with two. tqri'ific/, swings in the second - round. <>,They*sailedi over: heajd<i harmlessly,'; Towards' vtbe • close >oft- the' rounds 'Jei-ty- ihooked- American 'be-' hind the ear. Tlie> third - round .was »■ even, M'Ooorty .'forcing and • Jerry - watching for an opening: A red .patch" show r ed <o\r,er M ? Goorty»'s right eye, as the result of Jerry's attentions The'* American shot out'.some light~"lefts.. Inf ■' the fourth round, Jerry-forced matters, got M'Ooorty corner, and pa&fced him,-good and hard, the American hangi ■ ing on all he knew, with?blood stream-*'' -iiig down his face.. The interval was very welcome to Hopping abdut 'like a kangaroo, Jerome tKeVfiftli tbwards the'end ,o^, it' sniashed'a hard 'left t;o the"'Aaneri-, can's body, at the same time making ;a >grimace' as tViough Hf pain. The sixth. ."ron'ml 11 opened iiuspiclbasV for- Jerome?,'. who miet Ariierican liaird on the jaw witfr'a: left 'swing. M'Goorty tried'for/, his'falfeo'us hook, 1 but the aboriginal was too elusive,''and - liojiped about like a crleket J ■" iJferry was thrown down at tbe ■ end o£ 'th"e' roxiiid," but rose at three, when corners sounded: The towel tjhen came in from Jerly ?s corner. It afterwards" transpired that in the previous -found he had brolceii bone aWle ' tlie right wrist, and'was absolutely helpless. Jerry had been ' doing well up to'J then, and'' lobked r ' '* like - extending" M'Goorty, who at times was clearly puzzled' '• by the black 's crude style. 'Goorty several' times hooked while holding, and was guilty of Avrestlinjg ' and 1 hitting in flinches. > | ' TAPPED INTO DESPAIR.

Here-is -a description, 1 by the London' correspondent of an. Australian paper, of one of the latest vagaries of Bom--"bardier Wells:— - Wells gave another of his bewilder-'' ing displays sit the Canterbury Musie Hall on Thursday -evening. : He was Aatched with," Lurie, the official heavyweight champion of France. Prom the opening round it was obvious that ~ the visitor had not the ghost of a hope with tihq Bombardier, yet the- fight went seveii'rounds. "Wells appeared afraid to go in and sent Lurie to sleeg. "The Frenchman hasn't the slightest pretence .to. being, a, bpxer. At. his . yery,. best lie is only a second-rate . slugging fighter. , Weils instead ' of hit'tiug. He tapped, lie flipped/ahd' he flicked, and* lie swept the pergjiira- i; tion off Lurie's face, but he never hit " him Jiard. His gloves must haye/ felt ? to the Frenchman like a swarm of gnat», buzzixig round liis worrying him, -- ;with dtingpi .that did'not harm, ■'.'but after a while commenced to hurt; Or perhaps he felt more as if he were' 'being' 1 a" hail of soft blows causing no* immediate rpain,- but delivered' •without intermission,, creating intolerable anguish. At any rate, in the seventh rou.nd, when Wells brought; a. light, straight left to the jaw, -he fell 1 'on his-left knee,-and. all the Gallic volu-- •>. bility of his, seconds .failed to -induce hini , ; to rise before. th« ten had' "been counted. Lurie had had enough of the merciless of-soft hitting; • Snowy,-Baker, refereed -'the contest; 'in what " was described as 4 ' Australian style." ' This meant that he remained in the, ring throughout the light. Weill*

.was' guilty of -tucking Lui'ie's- right arm vinder his' own deft aim, and Baker 1 promptly; called him t.o'; order. ' . Bis •omirionsense,."unostentatious and; -feffeciiye methods«. evqlted a- chorus- of apjpiitisd 1 f ftom the, Loiidon press on the following!, morning,- * ''The Times ' ' reuiaiSking, '' M? Baker -should be- engag-ed-to lecture on; refereeing at the National Sporting- Club j ' lie is a true artist.-" - *• ■ - '■" .Now we are told that Bombardier Wells is-scul ling ;witlr .Ernest Barry, in the hope of recovering his - lost punch. Apparently he., reckons he; has ldst:it in the Thames. A search for some fighting spmt-would be more profitable to Bom-' bardier Billy Wells. GLOVE TAPS. \ iTaclc Blackburn, one of the great col; -Ojireit 'boxers known, tp the' .ring, is back in " the game, after an enforced, retirement" of five years. . . . . ' 3'at. Bradley is on his way. back .to Ainerica for about three or four months, intends to return to Sydney., He. is still under contract with, the ,Sydney Stadium management for three fights. '.'Georges Carpen tier,, the famous French boxer, nipt with., last week which, may canie.thc postponement tit' his ( contest with bunbpat Smith. Jlc caughtr one of his between his mqtor car and the kerb of the sidewalk,, and!.injured the tendons. e Way, it appears now -that there was ' * a lady in the case.'.' of, Carpejitier.'s withdrawal from his .promise . .to visit Aiiptiialia. . .. , . .

Pelkcy, the, big Canadian who was recently defeated'' by Bill, Liang,! will, Gordon Caghill, former heavy.". Weight amateur champion of Australasia, in Sydney next Tuesday evening. World's championship conditions will govern the contest. between crack middleweights, Jeff Sniith and Jimmy Clabby, at ithe Sydney Stadium on May 2:». The men have agreed to weigh in at list 41b, ringside.