RING NOTES. FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 77, 30 March 1912, Page 14

RING NOTES. FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

M'VEA v. BARRY.

The Barry-M'Vea. battle, at Sydney Stadium, was a marvellous exposition of what brute force and crass stolidity can do in tho ring against even a comparative overload of science, says the Sydney Bulletin. For twenty solid and awful rounds, Barry, of Chicago, was banged, and jabbed, and stabbed, and walloped by M'Vea; and then, at the finish, was as strong as, ii, not stronger than, his dark brown competitor. The toughness of these Yankees who have, during the last fow seasons, kicked up tho Stadium dust has been phenomenal ; and their capacity to absorb punishment almost superhuman. Of course, it is easily explained : Any man who can attain maturity on food, prepared' as deivribed in Upton Sinclair's "Jungle" is beyond the power of the Devil nimt>3lf to hurt seriously. Still, it must be admitted, thera wew occasions, when Barry wasn't raging overmuch, and Samuel was doing as he liked with the white man's face, and the white man clinched, when Samuel's face took on a mosi remarkable expression, while he held his hand aloft to show the referee he was not hanging on. It was an expression that beggars description, minded one of an early Christian* martyr ' who had been forcibly shaven and had tav poured over him, A.t the conclusion of the^ rough-up 4 M'Vea assumed a wrapper of dove grey with purple trimmings and took his ovation. Barry struck a' hard snag when in-fighting was barred. All the Yankee fighters did. but ( ifc affected Barry more than any of the others. He seems to, be. absolntely ignorant ot any method of warfare. His •ridiculous Yankee crouch, with his legs fully extended, made 'jit impossible for him to, ayoid • M'Vea's charges. His slowness allowed the dark man to anticipate his fearsome round and over-arm wallopsto such an extent that, he usually only tried to strike M'Vea once every quarter of an hour, and th«n only oiice with each fist. His utter inability to time his . blows, his insane method of circularising all present that he intended (D.V. and M'Vea's left permitting) to smite Mr. M'Vea, made it quite unnecessary for the dark gentleman to be in the zone of danger when the whirlies fell, Tor Barry sent them along whether -M'Vea was there or not. On one occasion he to issue his circular; and "suddenly lashed one- of them right on the dark man's chin and neck. Over went the tall dark man,, heels over head.- to come to a standstill on his haunches. After: that M'Vea declined to take 'any ri^ks; in- fact, he stood off even when there ■ was no riskj and had Barry cut loose. with a regular cyclone of those wild swipes, and kept it' blowing at a good speed for 'about' 90 seconds, he would -probably have "got 'M'Vea. It was somewhere about the tenth round' that Barry discovered what was plain to other people from the first, and informed his seconds he was fighting to last the twenty rounds. If Barry was only the bo-xer M'Vea is, he could eat that dark man inside of ten rounds. Why doesn't Barry learn, to box? With his tremendous strength, his abnormal ability to endure punishment, and his crass, thick-headed courage, he would be among tlie world-beaters if he could' box. What is the good of a boxer who can't box? He is like a capitalist without any money. t SYDNEY ITEMS. 'After somewhat lengthy negotiations, a match has been arranged between Jimmy Clabby and Hughte Mehegan. Mehegan sometime ago expressed his willingness to meet Clabby should tho latter ■'Come down, to the welter-weight limit, and in that" case tho contest would have been for the championship of tho world, which is at present held by Clabby. One- hundred and forty-five at 3 p.m. or 1471b ringside was what Mehegan wanted at first, but now it has been agreed that Clabby make 1481b at 8.20 p.m. The match to take place on the first Wednesday in April. The return match between Jim Barry and Sam Langford has. been fixed for 20th April. • SMITH AND CLABBY. There is a feeling abroad in man 3 quarters that before he leaves for England Dave Smith should, make an endeavour to settle the vexed question respecting the relative capabilities of himself and Jimmy Clabby. Both their matches this season have ended in draws, yet Smith refuses to listen' to any proposal for a decisive match, though his> stone-lighter opponent is asking for it very earnestly. So much in earnest ia he, in fact, that he has put up £100 to bind the match, the only stipulation being that Smith make 11.11 or about an exact stone more than Clabby will scale. Dave Smith defends himself for not meetjng Clabby, as the sporting public would- like* to > see him . do, before he starts on a tour abroad. The ambitious Dave Siscusses it purely as a question of money. He says that he doesn't get in Australia the percentage that he -wants, "as a winning man," and apparently, het hopes to make bigger money. Well, jto the first place, Smith has etill to convinco many patrons of boxing in Australia that ho is quite the winning man he claims *c< be, declares tho Sun. Tho one point not decisively settled, ill their eyes, is bis claim'to- b* a true conqueror of Clabby. Smith is. the heavier man of tho two, easily the heavier. He met Clabby three times, and twice could dp no better, in the "eferee's opinion, than a draw. When he did get the decision, the contest took place in the wet, and the victory was, therefore, one of slight merit. It could not possibly stomp Clabby as finally defeated. Glabby^himself feels this, and is anxious to meet Smith again. If Dave is perfectly confident of himself as a winning man, ho ought not to hesitate. It is safer for him to go abroad with a triumphant reputation, than with tho public questioning whether ho is so much better, if at all better, than a welter-weight a stone lighter than himself. Another man that " Jimmy " Clabby wants to get in the ring with is " Jack " Lester, provided he will make 12st 71b. That was the weight stipulated in Lester's New Year's Day match with "Dave" Smith, but the weight-reducing process went on till- Lester pulled the beam at under 12st 31b. There should, therefore, be no difficulty in his getting into trim for this match, one that would certainly be a fine draw. While on tho subject of matches, clinched and prospective, Clabby expressed his willingness to meet AI. Thompson with no weight limit (saya the Telegraph.) AI. Thompson has secured a good date for hifi third professional engagement, as on Easter Saturday ho is to meet " Jack " Howard, the weight limit being fixed at 12st 71b. During 1 this month the Star Boating Club 'has lobt three active members owing to busine6S transfers. Mr. F. Alexander, who has been identified with the club since 1903, has gone to Levin. Mr. A. P. Stewart, who made his debut as an oarsman* this season, but who, nevertheless, showed great promise, hats gone to Outram. Mr. Il'.I I . &. Moorhotii-e, who has been a useful typo of ouiriman thioo 1908, lwa bctn UuuefciTcd tv Tuuai'ft.