BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 633, 9 October 1909, Page 12

BOXING.

j■-;77"';"7. (Bv MERcnay.)

1 1 FIXTURE, , y, November 1-vWolhngton B.A. Tourney, Opera

'v-' v. '.i-Wednesday jiatv i the, return; of .'Manager Atack ' '?? Hapiarty, . /.Fmnorty. -nnd Ityan tronl ;■ the .".'Australasian:-.'., . championships. ■ Mr. subject l a- 0 ' Snd- as on tho last'' s i- otcasipn^upo^jwhicl^-hd-was.'acro^ .. - man " a -:New.- Zoalaud boxing team, he . cOnsiders ,that,\'thft Dominion • party got ■ the . judging., ■ Mr.. Atack is: : - P' [ tne i .opijiioii'-that 'AVatchom. won ■ his prelim. ■ St; heat sagainst Tasmanian,' and; ■-. al« that liyan 1 : should have: been given' one verdict in his.boilt with Waldifi (Victoria); From ito bo'some jus■'i' ■ lOr-v-Mr.' Atack's views,: :on , the ;.... >Vatchorn-Houso . affair,; which 'was.admittedly ; ;, :a, decidedly,.closo thing, i so l much so that the judges ,disagreed,-butnn Ryan's case, ifc'would allowed |~'..,5, J u dgmont, l to;bo,.overborne by his desires: i p . pSpers givo Kyan credit , for .being,, more,.than'a* good :tryer- - : . .. • ' M^^tack'was. not. much, imprssed by the •V-k ', middle-" weight, who. has .been ii ailed as a . wonder in llit j t li a 'm" a y s that although he dia- • Wje!l-oj.the»> letonan, Fullalove, in very short" hosiiig .throughout':was iilsappointturns him no as being "mo ' Snowy' Baker by ' sw,t, me r ns S^w 110 AS n ?,- IKCr ' however, has ploniy of prdisi,for o'SuUnan, the New South i W-u ligntwcnjht champion, and s-vys that .that •'{'>■' *I)4^hM ■; tuVMd:. out!- to' date."Jf Siif!'u° r i r<!lirai, ; htl ; 11 ' Finnerty, has of-in.having his colours 3;;l?*pred^:by. tha.;gentleman' with the' -Irish' liam 6ti .JjA \ay. [thore was a great predoimnr - tho tourney. Our own t&folW d o Ctl n^ C f, artT ' nn °rty, and Hyan, then;follows 0 Sullivan, from NbW, and Vf^ m "maybeVother the'fronf. J wh< » o . names .havo. not come, to

from the „ R< ; forcfl Of tho battles H;"" 1 ?? cal antl:-tbe, two chain- 1 - t lt'will;be' hotedthat •rf'-prai&Tfrom'' H r ' W r Corbett) It may thfl TTm^l 0 , SI 'T J 3 h " t J )uW > c appearance, has boxod tweutr and Simmons id Sydney ho scored (and the VJ. a,ne t' ono anti only "knock out" fAr respcctivQ;.careers. - i -'. •s<"'* ~ v * ; " ■"( itc^-w" T T h i° i mate,l f" "a «>e bantam con-' m \ UI V enallJ (N.Z) and W Robert S ' 'li f ach scaling Bst 21b sot thehMl , i, 5011 6Co s ed Often with'a%ood s^^eisssss !&&£*&? 5*6*31 ' !w$ rtson aip P ed aad fell heanly, and had -i ' ■'* * risE!u " cn the combined effccta of' tv.-n ;feet,V'and''after $■ yK; ;• ;J - pil llgl ; him self, jtoftether;' only -tobe f dri veil A" se<io^ Y d?--i.-M" ;■• £9 .!s'"> however tho advantage was' tho other R a V bo »V°r fu"y half a minute ?n th„ *pW w7th D thi lrfT'ni' a^ Wa \T maklns Etron B - if„„3 J tin left, till tho New Zealander :::-,. : landed a woighty eacKHind to tho side of tho head Then Robertson hml a <Tar DS V el } ts an , d lofts ln ' T>hich Wena/j ™T ep i ui 1 " i" nd ' and tho crowd cheered i TO® J Jlty «t corneri Eobertson went for }„ drained tfinfejiitt MsUye ibegau.-.;Avjeft;swißk'-neiar]7vdrove : feet'^Eohpffvjftn" Ba, ° tho honoi,rs to tha , t «J ie , fi rn nal }lW™M(l (N Z) and feowar! 1 T?lnk B . ta J te d Off 4mt)foU6lJ«l i® 1 > .g» coinera Each continued to box hard throuirh '?t j s<»ond, Eichardson doing best Wenind anlFncht 12 he , Nm Zealander drovo left and right homo, and was; loudy applauded S W, "und 'The tbird iaw ™t,ll ? on '» g iJi- fc 4 lla lnt P operations, Eichard'he My and ; n ? P t» Ecore aboot-tha head, i™ n no ' aa . o/ten a* Eichardson Thor I ?°r° n pair of tiger cats in tho fdutfh—tho 1 Into f? i w Tjsmiftian , hurled \ hirasfelf | g teU^rsovTr^^e^t^n 1 ; | K fcfd SjL Wenand : 3 crodit - and 1 bJAC/ 1 '. 1 ? "ported thus(Tas) fl<? m l, 4 nn< } R Weekes i b H , ee ?rty proved himself a ' s f AovKasJi: good: /rtv•■'-■-J : '^i5 n ' fc -iJ' d ? m ff' s, all|fhe':w6nldVat. §i? J f sent>;puti+: Slap ihislleft' > - hard/ : \rith;-ihoVot!icr:"'harid: ' and'' there TOotv. e . r \v; 8 pa ? P llt , u ß a ™ry willing go. •;. ; tin, to .a. much stronger retgliatine: at every opportunity. They roughed each across vtho cnng,.:Mmmeiicing>th6V second Weelccss than in blows, but tho •'!'ipight:;h6me;.'in^succeskon•' sSyeral times. Both tired a good deal niar tho ■ ®c° m.-"I tbo »?s.t„ronnd,,the _concluding half '■■■- Di lyhich was al!.Weekes'l'lie declared &■ certainly," won;' vn)-. *u • The .final E Fitzsimmons (NSW) and I v. '. ri?., ! nian , l at.: ...Timo,",-:;thon .thoy'.quietened < n ■■ -foUowing up a back move and rushing in from Fitoimmons battled, hard, .but ineffectively. i' fi r < r,"? aksplendid 1 right ; :to 'fcg- ; ;ttebody vM.,the;,E[6ng / waS; heard. ■■.<"' Th- third 1 '.ind ;to:.the- head;.in. a 1 wayVthatVsUrprised tho' v;;}-(Jj:'vn4^i;|a»d : yhe'v.n<^or:|lost.)iiffl ; "atomvof.- I p6Wer:' any/,stage.-./■During -the.:.fourth : Hegarty vt~ ;S ; *;he ':forcedi"Ktzsimmon9' V' : -'':r'^:v l '?to','a Hi ?? v ."; '' I ! l ? lo . 3 ',knees.'; They fought back to mid-. • /injf, and' presently fell, to be 2; ; ;vVf Counted ont./^Hegarty:;hd'g'all'tho.materials for ■ . great boxer,.dnd the.possessor of'remark- ■ ■■'■ : : 5-fcbla endurance. To wiH'tno championship of fie iboiedi'threo l severe battles . < . Owmj to the. ditiiculty experienced m . get i'lf-'Zl ting suitable^professional . talent■ for its" tourn6j: ■? , 4?M\if» , s! k 'S o^^?l ri'v-Wi iputioiira purely ainatetir 1 approached. as 'to i;":' ; the - p.OMibiliwcot.: ; liiscoming Xup ';.to.;meet' C. « f ,i;.VW&?orter,'i>nd;j;to ;to. -... come if he can so arrange. TheSo two had.'a v rfiik«rySvimfulv::andi;sciohtittc%clash : ?fit; tho last i;no*.Zealand,championships,-.and another con-, : test between them would bo quite worth while. :;i /also.'lias promised to, conio; up.if .'pos-. ■. ; '. sible, and he will probably be matched with .Smith, or, perhaps, Hunter, of,Nelsoni" Other' i•■_■■■... ■ boxers >undor' consideration aw Devitt, Coward, Thomtison and Spears (Marlborough), Butcher, (Hawko's May "middlo";: champion), lancred,-, Jlorns (Lovin), : Mayzo and- Judgo , ••• . (both' of 'Christchnrch),. artd ' Wenand, if he i.- amves'tack. 1 fromi.Australia j-in- ••'time.,.- A 'ft£M itnoroughlyrgqod programme ehould fcsult if the . e *ecntivetisvsuccessfur,in ]6btaining thet- pr-i vices of. sufficient, men of:the above 'class ; for ; fave or sis-round bouti. ~ A London scribe, writing on August 20, said , .J r ™ :\' a ' 8 h- a nd Johnny Hommors.,will ,boS the f.r.r.^^.-Jicst,^of -twenty, rounds;.at ; Ost; ;01b.:'on Monday, '?. V;. October ~-18.'.:■Tho -contest t6 ibe '-.for a-tide, and the N.b U purse. It will bo rethat Mr.: Harry. Jacobs offered £2000 ' it' the,-pair, .would meet at Wonderland, and ■ tnat ue lator -alated ho-ira? ready to increase : , ;■ -the nrooimt. _1 hO '"NationrU' , ,'is ) h'oiTever, the , pan for such "an importmt fight, nnd wo aro - ' : ' pleased; to be -able ;to :stdto that artiolea -have , :''Deen/signed,-:and. the whole' business clinched. J-"? men weigh at ; tiro on the day. Vand ; hind theaiselves :tdv tsikb. piirt in con- ;;■ ■>;test.;within;,-.tweiity-one ■: days of Vthe , dato 'of ,-:tho. match,* which' will • Carry : with ■it - the" title of light-weight champion of England. The :,.;; winner will -hold ,-i .- belt emblematic of ' this, -."■ -i'■pr e3e nted by Lord Lonsdale, the.'president! of the club/ ' Another •match in which Welsh was engaged rccontly, nnd which has\some from - tne. fact: that it: is l the iirst - occasion ' upon . .'t" l4 " . a Frenchman ' has. entered ' tliei prbfessiOßal. -ring .in, front-rank., boxing, as - n, .representative of his country, wa« fought recentlj ln. welsh syopponont was .named Piet, and the Frcttchmftn pnt up a gftmorand skilful battle, but was fain to ory "Enough" m tho twelfth rdund. , J'if 3 - btcn matched . ,• W .to -b6x . HattHng ..Nelfion: for his ; .title- next month in bin ':'