BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 9

BOXING.

* (Br Mercury.) , , It is reported that Tommy Barns has received a cablegram . from . Hugh D. M'ln tosh, who is at' New York,' asking him'upor what terms ha would consent to' meet eithoi Jlotchell or Jiauifman. Burns has" replied that ho would meet either for a fixed sun of 20,000 dollars, win, lose, or draw. Ket ohell now weighs abbut 125t.,, and ; lie ha: performed so brilliantly in America that he is regarded as invincible at his weight A match between Ketchell and Burns wouk bo an exciting encounter. Burns ndw weiglu a lot over 14st., but ithough fat ho is jus; as fast in his movements as ho is whoi trained. He says 'that ho' will never go into the ring again so fine as when hi fought Johnson, arid; if ho . does mec Ketchell or Kauffman it will only be pre paratory to tackling Johnson again. It i: only Johnson he wants, and he is not par ticular whether he.meets either Ketchell 01 Kaulfman at ;all.> . , The Uhristohurch Sports Cluh ,is openim its season with -a tourney on May 12 ant 13. li'our novice events will .be held durini tho meeting, and, as the entries for thesi have reached twenty-three, it was decidc( to "tryrout" the. aspirants before the com mittee to' decide which should havo till honour of appearing in public. In addition hve other matches have been arranged. M £t ,the last,meeting of' the council of th< IS .6.U.A., the /disqualifications of Alber \\ alter and J. Leekie by the Christchurcl bports Uub were endorsed, and a match tbe held in Ohristchurch .between E. J. Pic ton, of Uhristchurcb, and J.-Maloney, o JJunedm, for a purse of £50 aside, and thi heavyweight championship of New Zealand was sanctioned. ' * . Wew -Zealander. Billy Elliott has beei matched again with : I''itejohn, and they an to meet at tho Gaiety, Sydney, next Tues day. . '. .' _Jim GrifEn is still disappointing 'hi friends and ;the public on the other side c ill l9 a memory of the J. (J of the Jnsfc two or threo seasons, when hi namo on the bill of fare was-a guarantee o a good, vimful battle. His' latest fall fron grace occurred on'the night of April 20 jvheu he proved very easy for Miko Wil liams, who obtained the decision over tlj< New Zealander in the fifth round, on a foul after a. bitterly disappointing bout. Griffij done fully five men's share, of fightini in the last year or two, and is now payini the penalty. If he is wiso ho will stam town until nature has recuporated horsolf ? ,' lO fiud the short-memoried publi turning him down l —hard. ■> FrI J ,'i 1G H D, v t £ h Hunnil, g s . a sailo from H.il.b. Prometheus, and Gault, lato o Auckland, referred to in this column las neck, resulted m a win for the: sailormai an points, lie battle is reported as havini cl - har .t B°' with tho Jack Ta -onitortably m tho lead for the whole 21 rounds, and Oault received great credit fo i plucky display. Hunnings is described a; JOing tho best of sailor pugilists seen ii pydney for years, so there pan be no doub .Mat tho Aew Zealander was up against i stilt proposition. The lightweight championship iof Aus tralia was won in Melbourne, on April 20 >J Bob Greenshields, who defeated Lvi imscott on points in a 20-round contest IScsides tho title, a purso of £50 was in solved. Our lato visitor, Bob Turner, was billcc X) meet "Boer" Unholz at tho Gaioty, Svd icy, last Tuesday night. ■ • 15(1. Williams beat Arthur Cripps for tin nidd eweight championship of Australia ni ■ho Oyclorama, Melbourno, last Monday.