IN THE RING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1866, 27 September 1913, Page 21

IN THE RING.

LliY "jf'EHCUHY."J HOW JEROME FACED BRADLEY. The Stadium Packod. S; Plenty of interest seoms to ha',ve hung aljont the ln.octin.u: of tin; curious alio- si riginal Jerome witlx the Smiter Hradlev. w The match'was put on as a 'substitute ii affair for- that iu wlik'li Hrsidley was to ]> have 'encountered Dave Smith." . When j; the principals stopped into the ring they we re faced by one of the biggest |j crowds. ever jammed into the Sydney |j Stadium. Jerom-.', though having :< big || advantage in the weights—some' ! OH).-— |j was handicapped through being asked to |j box within a week of liis strenuous a battle with Harry .Mansfield. ]; During the. lirst two rounds nothing |j was done. Jerome watched out- hard u for liradley's approach, and retreated 0 well over when it came'. When, on rare occasions, they did get to close v quarters, man seemed puzzled as to how to deal with the highly original f sLyle of the oilier. The third round a opened with Jerome stopping two solid s lefts. Pressing his advantage Hradlev scored Iroqueutly,■ the Mack fellow retreating and doing little save for a i stray left or two. . Torrid Part of the Fray. 1 In the fourth and fifth round Jeromo -. underwent a torrid time, Biadley get- .| ting home, whole volleys of heavy body ] blows. The sole item iu his debit ac- , count during this session was a hard . | left swing to the head. It now looked ( as if the battle were over hut, once , again, Jerome proved liis power of j rising to the occasion. Cutting . loose < from the beginning of the sixth the blqek landed a hoa,vy left on liradley's ( chin which staggered the receiver. Follading this up lie landed.half-a-dozen more blows of the same calibre, the , last- of which sent Bradley down for ■] eight. On rising, the Irish-American 1 stopped another left, but got home 011 , Jerome'with a stinging right. ! This round, however, was really the last of the aboriginal, tlio seventh and . eighth up to the time of his surrender, being all in favour of the enemy. The skyward flutter of the towel was greeted with a storm of hoots, which quickly changed to -cheers when it' was announced that both Jerome's .hands , were badly hurt. It transpired afterwards that one of Bradley's thumbs was broken. , These accidents give colour to the contention that the modern boxen has 110 idea of the proper manner in which to hold liis hands when delivering a blow. The Referee and Hie Dane. The "Referees' " Brisbane correspondent describes the llolberg-Thomas. battle of a fortnight ago:— With only® 35 seconds of the 20th round to go, and both men battling , : like dear lii'o for victory, Mr. " .Marre stepped between Waldemar Holberg and Hiirry Thomas, (ortler- ' ed the Dane'to his'corner,' and declared/Thomas, tho, victor. . Hoi-' ■ ' berg liad several'''times hooked his left.. around the American' lightweight's neck whilst he hit with the. right; 011 not a few occasions he palmed, and once or twice his forearm across Thomas's neck certainly' laid him open to the cautions he received. It ivas, however, a pity that it ended so, for it was a gallant bot- ' tie. No liioro exciting display of 1 short range work has been seen, and it was in this department that the Dane revelled, whilst Thomas appeared nothing loth to stand and .exchange punches. Such 'longrange work as there was could bev credited in favour of 'Thomas, but at half-arm work tlio strength of Holberg gave him a .pull, and it was usually Thomas who broke ground lirst. Hotli were well punished ere the -loth round closed. Thomas had tired, but in the 15th ho fought like a tiger. From that out t.hey never let up on each other, and so much stirring effort- did they put into it that hopes are already being voiced for a return battle. " \ ■ Success of a New Zealander. Frank Ellis, who a short time ago departed from tlieso shores in seaich of fame and gold in Australia, met one Fred Davis, aboriginal, at Brisbane, on September 10, and accounted for him in a shade under four rounds. The Wellington boy's fine showing led to ,his being matched with Togo Lyons, and, as the cable has informed us, this contest resulted in 11 draw-, If he is judiciously schooled among the minor lights first of all, Frank may make a liamo lor himself 011 the other side. Gifted with clean living habits, strength, hard hitting, pluck, and endurance, together with a fair amount of . skill, he is welj fitted out for 11" successful career. His style ! is one that will please Australians,, and this means good gates. Tlio hoy de- • serves all he gets in this line. ( [ Convalescence of Daye Smith. At latest advices Dave Smith was I making good .progress towards recovery . from his attack of tonsilitis. .He was , 011 liis feet again after being in bed a . week. During that week lie lost , enough weight to bring him . well within the middle-weight limit, but . his general appearance was such as to ; indicate that this-method of "wasting" is not- likely to become at all popular. His tonsils are to be removed, and-if, 1 as hoped, this will give liiin. greater | breathing powers., bis illness should in S the long run prove for: his good. After a fortnight's holiday in the country the i champion'will get ready-for his postponed battle with, ".Put." Bradley. And , when he has settled with Br.ildcy he ~ will go in) one iu search of "Bill" Lang's I scalp. This will indeed by a testing of skill versus strength. 1 Another Convalescent. 1 Another-prominent boxer who has - been a sull'erer is "l''r.uik" Thorn. Just r recovered from, a two months' illness, the ex-champion light-weight is 113 full • of battle as ever. He is prepared to I meet Mehegan, Wells, or M'Coy within j five weeks. • Read's Taste of America. t ".Tack - ' Bead,who, after being under - Langl'ord's wing in Australia for some i" time, accompanied the dusky champion - to America, is probably now wishing tliat lie had stayed at home. "Matched against one "Sam'' Bobideau at Bliiladplnhia, -lie was so badly beaten in the .1 fifth, of a six-round bout, that the ro- - force tool; a h-md in the matter. Bead's conqueror—a French-American, who lias II onlv been in the 'lame a couple of year'! I, —has not been beaten vet, his record t' reading 20 victories and -I draws, lie g has also comneted in hafT a dozen noil decision bouts, one .of which was with n "Johnny" Dundee. "T!i» Bombardier." 1_ Bitted against very modest lalejit in s bis own native land, "liomhard'er" '1 Wells proceeds apace with his victories. 11 His latest was in his contest with "Cun--11 ncr" Moir, whom he accounted for in r five rounds. A few more wins and the ".nombardier" inav eain a little heart " for bis match with (leorges rarpentie.r >' al tlie Xalional Sporting Club,' in l)rt- '' ccniber next.