BOXING.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18100, 16 June 1924, Page 7

BOXING.

VOLAIRE GAINS A VERDICT. (PBKSS AS3OCIATIOH .TEIiEOBAik.) - NAPIEK, June IS. In a .professionialboxing S>nteßt last iiignt Eugene' Volaire gained.»' verdict oyer Lin Robinson, who retired at the clos# of the eighth round on account of a cut over the riglit ©ye. " Kohipou' was leading by one on th 6 -r«eree's points. l Volaire-has i offered to halve" the purse. / AUSTRALIAN CONTESTS. (BT ■ CABLE—PBESB ASSOCIATION COPljuaST.) .. (AUSTRALIAN CABLE ABSOCIATIOH.) (Received June 15th, 5.5 p.m.) ' ■ SYDinEY, June 15. At the Stadium, after* an uninteresting. contest, "Billy" Grime defeated "Bigger" Evans in five rounds, the Matter's seconds throwing' in the towel he had been floored six times. • , At Melbourne,. Bert McCarthy defeated Paul Demsky r on. points at. the end of twenty rounds. ' . ..» BOUTS FOR CARPENTIER. - (Received June 15th, 5.5 : . IfEiW YORK, June 15. Georges Carjjentier'will meet Jimmy Slattery of Buffalo, in a "six rounds weig'ht contest at' Buffalo on August 4th. It is stipulated that Carpentier shall fight none other previously except Gene; Tunney. Billy Gibson,, manager for .Tunneyy has announced tentative arrangements >ith De-. scampes for a fifteen rounds bout between Tunney and Carpentier in the- middle, of July in the open-air stidium at New York.: Formal articles will be, signed on Mohday.-