BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 950, 18 October 1910, Page 7

BOXING.

C§'TSE:::pdMiNm X ' "•' ;Y-~iiO -7v YYChristchurcn,' October; 17; ; ": -They.'committee.; of the: New- > Zealand; Bojihg .Council: at 'last meeting; had beforor'it 'a,:l.etter:-from':-;the; Millertori Asso-.ci'alaon-.prptestiiigV::.against'.' the .recentmatch -between. J. 'Mitchell'. and;;Rudd be:, ing '.declared; a^■■match, for. the professional ; heayy-'weight: Ylt.was' esplained'.:'bnjVbehalf:;of Mitchell : . tha.t : .he' had,eohsentod't6;:give'Rudd a match-.wheu" the: Matter's arrangement;to meet,,J. ; M. Griblii ,had '.fallen through; -that' Mitchell was';but:of! traininjr, .andi : ! that ; -lie .'had signed:- ffo ''articles:;for -.the: championship.'; • '^Wig : YCominittee'>:decided :,to :. : ask-' the, Hawke's' Bay x Association for ja-reporiou •the; ! matterv\Y: : YJ:'-'Vr :-,,';Y-:': : :;'yY'Y Y . :, ; 'Th's>:comnmtee : expressed 'warm : appro-; bation nof- the'.Ot'a'go /Association ; in'.dis-; ; quali'f'fiiig for: life' h) personywhb.'had com-: mitted;- an-'iinprovoked assault.,. -. .;■.{ : -■■/.> : ■■■'It iwfisTdecidedvlto : askEllis',', (Wellington);, for ,of;.the.:.circumstances, in.connection, :with;his selection ,to:. re ? present/'New;, Zealand Y;iii;; .the'-; '.bantam;; weigW.'class: at the Australasian;'chanir, 'pi6nShips.;. : Ellis;had,be'en';found-:'on .the day/before, the. .meeting/comnienced, to. be: 181bYbver'weighi;.;; : :;;YY ~.'.;,/' XXXX X ::

ELLIS AND HIS -WEIGHT.

■ AN EXPLANATION 'ASKED.

■ Associatiohx ■;;:;? .-the! o'buhciribf ,the\Ne.w.L?ealand r Boxing ■ Assoc'iatiph,'; the. OtagovAssbciation,rforivarded a n'wspapcr report',on .a' .-assault;, by-a"person vwho; I'ad "competed .'.at|thoi'.assboiatibii's re.cehtidufhaanent; :•The, assinlt .was of; an unprovoked ■-. character, %. 'a'nd/ihe; person cominiitfihg it : .had';bec.n'':sentericed"'.t6 '.two .tab'nths'. imprisonment;.' with. ■ hard • labour; ■ The .'association': had; disqualified' the;: ©t; fender:: for,'.life, 'and'-asked-tho council's endorsement : M • the : In\ ■'c^e^.-;t6 : 'the' sj'oretary;;!tb: , ' ; cphyeyv.;-to , f.thfe'lOtifeo.' Association ;:their .appreciation:.of; the; .de-v termination-of:''the^•Ota|b;;AsSMiatioii' l tb, :drastically- punish' ;all factions; I 'calculated tojnjure'the' sport-';;V'.".' : l ;,;'','•' ,•'.;'■-■'.:.:•'; ./;,Thbpiiorthern' i Association''{Auckland) wrote':.forwarding ' aV certified -statement that MUis', ..of 'Wellington;;.-wh6Sliad ;been selected; to 'jSevr -.- Zealand: .in'-tho Australasian;;>bantam- > championship; ./on ':teing v wiei^«d;.^o;;ddy ; 'hefore-.ir^,?chami ! pionshi^'-were'-..commenced,:: was ..found to 'M' : l3lb-'ovißi^weight.:;''The';.'coiinoa^.seeriv' ; . fary ; 'repori:ed:ithat.:he.:nad' written '"to-thi-the :Wellington'.;.Assbolaiioa. "requesting :h'im : 'to; ask; jEllis -for-..an';e3:-. pkhatioh; of | Mthev\ ri'rcumstancesj ■', ■; , ; ;:,;i:1|: : ;6f;;ihe'; late.-Stanley :-'^etchel,V ; >hpss .tragic;; end; c&ihe'pvith'idramatic '6uddenV hess. the ''other day, Mr.\'Gorbett,v'.writing beforojK6tcherstdeath,;6ays:r-; • '■■, 'Vri-jOi/. ' is.( pretty .nearly,, 'all.-'in,'-. as run tho'; 'length ;bf his:;tether; ; - ■He/is'iaid.to.ibe.a 'hop; head,', he. 'hits,. the I pipe,' is- ajMope'. it'plainer-fpr;Austra--' lians,', Tias'-become' an -inveterate ■ opium .'smoker, which'; is a'pity,, for : , a :nieer fe,l-. low:.neverVlived/'vEveryonelikes KetcheL He: can' agreeable in: ; any .company;-:'becanse' : he- has;the appearance and - the 'manner.: that'' attract people.,;. He :'was a- great, fighter/: clever to an;' extent,''and; full 'of; pugnacity. '■■•:.-'■[ ; ■;;. ■?, ■'■'Sini;e : my "arrival : :in New.; York I-nave been'; let''.into the:, secret : : bf the'backing out of'Ketcheli:from'his.match'with.Bill. Lang.': : : 'Ketchel' wanted ;at"the ;last.-. moment from' Mr;; M'lhtoshj ;a.guaranteesof ■ -'iGlOOO;.(tlie; money put, :,up';.withsomeone T 'tb.b'ei;agreed'upon) that::Lang ; would' not try to knockhimCKetchel) but, 'or^::mj;--o'ther : *'.vor6!s,::\:thal(;.'he.::'(Ketohel) would "■■ be;,-allowed'. toVremain on his feet ■ naht'at;;tiie, : demand;'':: ■■ ; ';(. ,: ; .'.' •■-■'■ ;

V : : :-VWH-S5 ( KAUPMAN; BEAT-LANG. U-- • "Li the/course'of -&•.■letter tp ; ;the Sydney 'Tieferee," ; : ~:W.: : \R:;;Corbett -■ ; observes, apfoposl.of the Ka.ufman-Lang.'©vent:— v ; •';.''Lang was" very -confident -in'his ability: to : ; and-it seemed' to niei .that. he. Jtad'a.-. go6d ; ;:oven-money * chance; .I ; ; was,Vmuch, surprised.! to read during'my;jpn'rUeyMacross-.the con-: tinent; homeward-bound '','that Kaufman had won -easily; >but the ■ following ! clipping, from 'the; Vancouver 'World* of Sep-' ...tembet;, 1 ? put: quite ; a -different, complexion on-the,matter:—;-<:Y" •'■'■" - ■■'■■'';■-',:-' :/"'Big;;Slow-thinHng',Al Kaufman is not entitled-,t0 ! .50-'much' credit for.outpointing Bill Laiig.Tth'e.-iAustralian' heavy-weight, i, afterial], .according to a•'• special dispatch ! received 1 late' yesterday aftefhocn.froih' no |;less an authority than Hugh D.' M'lntosh, the' well-known, promoter,' who is in New, York,',: and saw.: the ;b6uk, I-;,;' : . : - : :^.'K':

,':'."fWitVone of /the',bones.:ih his right hand/smashed/from a'puiich which he landed:;da'Kaufman's \head, ..Lang' : was hai-ely-able to finish-theiboat on the defensive. v-He gave ho.token of;the ihg.;he'.'endured from the broken,'hand, and the fact that he did not land a single effective,:blow with-his'-.'right''.after the. beginning of the third.round,-'shows how. badly handicapped:he. was.' ' '"~'- : ; "In his special dispatch to the sporting editor of: 'The World,'; Mr.:- M-Intosh says if. that accident'.had .not. happened to, Lang he could have ''.iron easily.; It was the earna hand,he had injured on' Tommy' Burns' in their last bout in Australia, in .which Burns, was, declared the; victor after twenty, rounds .of- fast r.milUrigV" According to, MTntosh./Lang'ha'd followed instructions, .' arid felt Kaufman, out .carefuly in the first round,, allowing the Californian to do.all,the leading, so as to get his range, 1 -;and--note. his niost effective leads, 'Then in ..the.'.'secorid round Lang really started : af to Kaufman, and according to ' all ; the press, dispatches ■; of the battle,-he had Kaufman going. '/The sec-, ond was distinctly Lang's round, all the critics: agree. ... ; >./, /- ; .'.-.,,,. '• .•-.■■■■, - "Lang started, out the third-round to continhe the aggressor., ';But almost ttt first .hard punch he landed on Kaufman was one that Al partly ducked as he covered up, and Lang's fist landed oh : the sido of the Califorriian's.'haad, and the bono went.. Mr. M'lntosh-says Lang will bo unable to do any hard.boxing for at least four months with the "injured hand, and several matches which he had in prospect will have to be either cancelled or postponed." . -./,

. Tuberoul-gsis in fowls is to be the subject of inquiry by the British Board of Agriculture. The disease is not. easily, pweeived,'but takes a.steady toll of the birds, causing much financial loss.