BOXING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 238, 22 July 1935, Page 3

BOXING.

THE RAKAIA ASSOCIATION. Mr D. Lynch presided at a meeting of the Rakaia Boxing Association. The secretary (Mr M. V. Brown) reported that arrangements were well in hand for the tournament on August The following officials were appointed Referee, Mr E. Pocock; judges, Messrs J. B- Cullen, A. N. Gngg, 13Toner, 11. Rains; announcer, Mr M. V. Brown; official seconds, Messrs J. F. O’Reilly and R. Rains, jun.; timekeepers, Messrs G. Tatterson and W. R. Black; competitors’ stewards, Messrs W. Tatterson and G. T. Smart; glove steward, Mr C. V. Nelson; scale steward, Mr R. Tatterson; honorary surgeon, Dr. R. A. Bagley. A trophy was received from Mr W. Roy, to be presented to the most promising local boxer. IRISH CHAMPIONS. FITZSIMMONS IN THE LIST. Boxers of Irish descent have always been prominent contenders in the heavy-weight boxing divisions. -Sullivan, Corbett, Fitzsimmons, Dempsey, Tunney, and James J. Braddock, world champions all, were of Irish ancestry. Fitzsimmons was the son of an Irish harvest hand who settled in Cornwall and married a “cousin Jinny,” as Cornish lassos are named. Bob may have been Tri, Pol, or Pen on the female side, but he was sired by a broth of a bhoy from the Auld Sod, and you can bet your bottom, dbllar

his fighting prowess represented the Irish blood coursing in his veins. Of the 14 heavy-weight Icings of the Queensberry realm, six were of Irish ancestry, two of the Scots-Englisli, one Franco-German-Canadian, one negro, one Lithuanian, one pure German, one Italian, and one Jewish. James J. Biacldock is a good family man. His home, wife, and three kiddies are not only apples, but the whole orchard of his eye. When the New York Boxing Commission selected Braddock as Number 1 challenger for Max Baer’s title, the big Playboy waxed very sarcastic regarding what he called the mentali bankruptcy of the Boxing Commission. Baer also committed the unpardonable sin (from a box office point of view) of belittling the ability of his challenger. “That guy is easy for me,” sneelred l Maxie. Well, the guy licked the cocksure champion, and it is now his turn to call the financial tune.