BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 663, 13 November 1909, Page 9

BOXING.

(By MunOTEi.)

• .It has boon said that air things comii to,those ; that wait! Tho sport-loving public of tho world has donoits share'b£ waiting—and a bit ' over—but at last the long lano.has come'to.its •'.,'. turning. The ; turning-point"'is marked by : 'a■:"•'.'; cable recoived in Sydney on Sunday weok last , to .this effect. .:--<-.• -■/■ • •■ '. ;•>, . . "Jeffries and Johnson met in New York : . > yestorday-and agreed.to fight before Tues■U';day,;.J.uly;s;,..4s rounds, or inpro;.beforo the ■ ■club offering the largest inducement* by ;■ •December .1. Tho winner is.to, got 75 per cent, of tho gross takings. Each of the con- . testants is to deposit '5000 dollars (.filOOq) forfeit, and alsoa eide-bct of; the sanie '. ! amount Throughout tho discussion Jeffries . ignored Johnson, who sit; among his friende , drinking wino: to his own,success." ; ■■ '■;:,• ■~ ■■/ ' : news, but there is still a "but"^-': it'.would; hwp been far. morb ■;satisfactory 'bid ; wo • been told that - the ,, forfeits mentioned ■ had.; r been paid.;iri..,,Until. ; this has been/done,', no-thing-really binding.csn be said-to have hap- • poned. - Afoney : » talkß-^-cspeciaUy.. in ."pngdom;*.:." ■- Of course,;it'uiay'. t hat.b'..been''nonced that boxers themselves do too, Bometiincs, but no ono really! , familiar : with* thbvhabits v of- the .species takes., thafpart of.their.work seriously. : .'On',tho',other // hondj.a .forfeit - of," JEIOOO commands respect l at '. once, and until that, ,£IOOO hns'booh hung'up by each of the contraetuig parties; so long will ', the sniff" of incredulity", resomd thronghv tho , ,land,.and:the tongue,of : dorision•be-paced in ... ■ the knowing one's cheek, while \ there' will be i- much -tails, of .advertisement. :for theatrical purposes; etc.. • ~-■,'■; .'•, ,, . ■■:/■_■■■■ ■ ;,->-- :■-■> :•■•■ : Still there can benodonbttbat the afluritv' lat ■■ last ■is within' "•■ "{hoi sphere:, of:-: ■ practical! - the 'remaining'" details ; as ,■• to .locality,:and:tt'eree y should; not^regniro ; nwcharangement; Inonorespect, has Johnson jnyved' himself ; Vt6:be;,in',:.oaTnest r ,.■if..thβ^■αst^oll l of .the' purse ; is. ;corrept.. It .tea. alwaye: : been tho existing! champion's* prrvilege. to 'do'marid'.a".bigger.share",,.Of th3m..,the v challongQr,' and in waiving;, this.clainrthU'negro v' ■jnust bo croditea with'a desire,to oring-mottora .:'■ to a , ' head.-, It-is' the ]\ more to. his orodit, be- .' : causp bf the .very, ono-eided. terms tmder "which,he won- tho title from Burns, ■ w ho,- it. wfll be / romisabered, demandod' and. feot XCOOO,' win ,'or lose,[.wlrilo Johnson got; only £VSM. ■ ;"-■■/ ■;.•' •As to : thai probabk -place/ of 'meetmg-that .would'.turn'upon:'which.of the various biiidmg , for. tho* match , is successful. Mr; H. -D, ■,' Mlntosh,; of' Sydney,, has- made most' dofcor> mined efforts to' secure, '• tho arrangement -'of the 'contest, bnt'hp was; duo to arrrro -honro on Wednesday .last, so.may have abandoitod the ..attempt as hopeless;:. Hooffered a_pnrso' : of JJIO.OOOy which docs not .fit in'Wia the cabled arrangement,', which says that the win"ner is to take 75 per cent; of flie.gross' tekinge. , . ; . .Th'is'-would.-leave 25 per cent,for. dtvision bo- : 'tween tho -promoter': and: the .loser—:tprms .that.; ■' are not likely to suit' Mr. Jflittosh.': Johnson. ; : has,, ■ peculiarly enough, f, evinced*: a:;desire to. .box again in Australia. .In a letter to Mr.,, 1 M'lntosh appoaring in-:a London paper'ia",.V October,,"Johnson/says-:^r:.';......'.,'. ...'.' ";:. ~':: " Dear Mr. Mintosh,—Your lotter-of An- "■''■ : gust 24 received,; and ; r : waS: very glad .to - "i.hear. from, yon;";>ln'iregard to', tho: ief-;;: ( fries-Johnson fight, I can give' jroa no definite infonnatibn or a-definite, answer at..;'. I ■■- this.present writing,' not until Mr. , Jejroes • ; returns/tothiecoußtry,. in• ■'■;' i' .about, three or four'weeks.' I'.woirld.Eke:;' vory much to figlit in' Australia again, and' > "will.make an :effort to;havo it;.tako nlace/ ■'.-:■ there, providing the money partiis all . The figlitlwill take place wherever the most. ; i; money will, bo' received,' and nothing' more.; can be airranged until Mr.'Jeffries returns/' > to this couutery." ,-; ;.v:, ■■• : / /'.: ■ •":.'..;./-/ ; : It may'lio takwi; for granted,.'however,,that.'.;•' after the uproar occasioned by the ,'Bnrne-. : - Johnsoriniftfch another affair of thekind will /not bo permitted,in Australia. '. . . ". / ... : " Mercury "has ' been" informed . that' Endd, the Wellington, heavy-weight..amateur chain.. : pibu,. sustained' a sovcro injury to !hie, knee '.'■■■ in ,a : wrestling bout, with Harry 'Sandow ia ■'■. Blenheim recently.,;■/■,;, ■;.. ' ,-,,■;. ./; '• /- ,