BOXING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 267, 24 August 1936, Page 3

BOXING.

BOUt FOR WORLD TITLE. BRADDOCK UNABLE TO FIGHT. (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 22. Physicians report that Braddock is suffering from arthritis of the left hand and elbows, and the fight with Max Schmeling will be postponed until next June. Max Schmeling has declined to meet Louis again, until he has had a chance at the championship. ROMERO-HENNEBERRY BOUT. (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The National Boxing Club at a board meeting decided to pay Romero his share of the purse for his contest against Fred Henneberry. One-third of Romero’s money has been deducted pending the Court’s decision on the dispute as to the alleged managership. The meeting also vetoed the announcement that the referee’s verdict had been converted into a “no decicision” and Henneberry has now been declared the winner. RAINSFORD BEATS DE GANS. (Per Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, August 23. In a. professional heavy-weight boxing contest last night Jack Rainsford (12.7) of Sydney, defeated Roy De Cans (12.7) on a technical knock-out in the eighth round, De Gans retiring with a shoulder injury. De Gans was ahead on points at that stage. COOK’S PLEA TO WIFE. “LET ME FIGHT.” George Cook, rugged Australian, hero of 400 fights, is to have his dearest wish granted. Hei has persuaded his wife, by whose decisions he always stands, to permit him to fight on till he reaches his silver jubilee in the ring. “When I was beaten by Ben Fooid, it was the first time my wife had seen me knocked out,” George said recently, in his North London home. “She had only just recovered from a long and dangerous illness, and for the moment it unnerved her. Mrs Cook took up the story. “When George left the ring, I was determined that I wouldn’t let him fight again. Then he talked to me in his quiet way, and showed me that he was not seriously hurt. His two great ambitions are to complete 25 years of fighting and to leave the ring for the last time as the winner.” Mrs Cook revealed that for three weeks before his fight with Foord, her husband had undergone the greatest mental and physical strain of his life.

“Whilst George was in the most critcal part of hs tranng I was taken suddenly ill. To his grief I had to he taken away to hospital, and for ten days I lay there on the danger list. No one could do anything with George. We had never been separated in 15 years of marriage. He was like a lost soul without me. He used to come down to the hospital at four o’clock in the morning to bring me letters he had written to met during the night. During those few weeks he lost a stone in weight. He wouldn’t allow aiiyone into our house to help him, and car-

ried on his training as best he could. He is carrying on, and when the time comes I shall be at the ringside for his last fight. But it will be awful for me. All the while I shall be hearing him say jn his serious voice: “When I give up I should like to go put on a win.”