BOXING.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 11, 12 January 1918, Page 14

BOXING.

The local boxing commission of Toledo at a special meeting have made a ruling (barring Sain Langford and HarTv Wilis, negro heavyweight*, from further par; tticipation in bouts in a Toledo ring. The two men appeared in Toledo recently, and the commission ruled that the Soirt was not on the square.

_Harry Pellok, manager of Freddie Welsh, is sending out some rich literature of why the former champion should he given another match with Benny Let* jnard. The claim is hurried along by the fifact that Eastern promoters are trying 1 iito stage a twenty-round bout between .Charley White and the champion. -PoiloS had gathered in the clippings of the fiwt ifbout between Welsh and Leonard, which tell of the great battle put up by the I Englishman at that time, but he has (little to say about the bout in which the title was lost.

Al McCoy is out with a statement that he is through with the prize-ring for all time. With his wife and child he had gone to a farm he "owns ih Maine, and will lead the simple life. He is amply provided with cash, and can take things easy for the rest of his day*. He denies that his bout with Mike ODowd was a frame-up, and says thai ■his conqueror will ibe the titleholder for ia long time to come. "Hits too hard for the hoys his weight," says McCoy.

Jees Willard has not retired. He has told the United Press so. But Jess isirt crazy to fight; "for he picked Georges Carpentier an his mos* worthy rival for the heavyweight championship of the world. In view of the (lact tlAt a lot of Atlantic Ocean runs between New York and Somewhere in France, and that Carpentier is ih the army Service, Jess probably is perfectly safe in declaring he wants to fight the -Frenchman. Georges has been trying for many" and many a day to fix it up co he could come to America to fight for the hen** fit of Red Cross, hut so fat he hasn't had any more luck than the Craf.

"The report that I have retired M false," the champion wired the United Press. "I am in excellent fighting cofr dition and ready to defend mv title, f prefer Georges Carpentier as "the moit worthy of my rivals for the championship."

JeBB has. quit the ciwns business for a time. He has sold Ms horses to the Government, and is taking ft easy While the elephantis are eating hay in* winter quarters. He will probably "continue to take it easy so long as he waits for Carpentier to crow the brine to fight him. r *. looks daTk and blue for &tet Fulton, the left-handed challenger of the champion. There was ho wav Fulton could be found in WillaTtTs message. The Minnesotan apparently has a long way to go before he gets a chance at the crown.