In the Ring

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 143, 20 June 1925, Page 19

In the Ring

BY "MILO"

TROWERN'S VICTORY

HILL FIGHTS ONCE TOO OFTEN

THE END OF THE ROAD.

Who live by the sword shall perish by the sword. Apply this to the boxing game and the cap fits that once brilliant featherweight champion of Australia, Jimmy Hill, who, at the Town Hall, on Tuesday evening, was stopped by Keg. Trowern, of Auckland, in the eighth of a scheduled fifteen rounds contest. There are few pitchers, pugilistic pitchers at least, which are not at some time or other.taken once too often to the well. In this connection Jimmy Hill is not' an exception, and on Tuesday evening he made what will no doubt be his" last •visit to the. well of pugilism. There is a Waterloo waiting for every fighter, and sooner or later, even the best of them meet a tough yonng man who sends them on the way to Fistiania's scrapheap, whither they, in their halcyon days, dispatched the then champions. That is just life, and no one knows it more than does Jimmy HilL He did not attempt to detract from Trowern's victory, even though in the second round he. had the bad luck to break his right hand. Bather did-he give credit where it was most certainly due, and on hearing him congratulate the promising young New Zealander, one could not but feel just a little sorry for Hill It is hard for a man who a few short years ago was unbeatable at his weight to have to acknowledge defeat to an-eigh-teen-year-old boy, but Hill knows very well that his day, as far as the boxing game is concerned, is passed. Trowem's star is just appearing over the horizon. In regard.to the actual fight, there is very little to add to what has already been stated in "The Post," except to again eulogise the gameness of HilL and the aggressiveness of Trowern. The T* £ WayS as the gamest fighter who ever appeared in tho Town Hail and his remarkable pluck and fortitude is well worthy of comparih I"tll., that.of a Spartan of old. He w<£^he crowded honse that io was »ot. as Md to-tßke wh"t he himself has handed out to many another man After the contest, the friends of both the winner and the loser were entertained by Mr. Frank M'Parland. The chair was occupied by Mr. George Aldndge, secretary of the New Zealand Boxing Council, and Messrs. Trowern senior Pat Connors, Oscar Armstrong; Tim Tracy, and Jack Donnelly were among "the many guests. Both the winner and the loser were enthusiastically toasted, and as is uluat when boxing men foregather after a contest, the battle was fought over and over again Two particullr Wds o f Courtenay well-known vaudeville artists endeavoured to console Little Jimmy by" dec armg: that he was still good enluX *n» n °T ,wii; h fche hesb of tK iWfl ' ..f^ I"***"1"***" ex-champion with a smile. "I am through, I tell you I've had my day, and I Tm cause of his downfall. H a had boxed twice in New Zealand, ho said. He had on both occasions, and the win nei each time was seconded by tho genial HiM wT ZoalMd VnuJHoLL «atnLrn T C oPPortuilit 7 of again congratulatmg Trowern on his fine perform land Championship in August MurrTv

Some Bright Preliminaries.

wm perieW opponent^ }eSS «' last session with noinf* ♦ tho seemed to have , a S * i '•Parß- He Bmmm Gnije steadied him" np tfh "^- ---straight left to the fcL „ a stlA forced the pace, but Gul ße 8 1 on him at the finish had a shade showed some brighf^orir »i hy ' fellow, and he took the vtthVt ' J'ttle Lucky Harry Stone. luuiv olune. Hie „ n i,.; , „ . Miter, will be P Ct ''t W 11.0 Cioddew of lilune | ia , j£ a« imespocUHlly on this stn,,,^,'n.ixiu.-e', f him «'< p llp ! lsm . ,\n :lllllt of ,•, who d,eci rocmt-ly left hin, a small f 0 • lutie of 52,000 dollars, sometl • T i-J.C1,000 in luiglisl, money. ]. t w: ," slir/ gesl«d to tl, e ort.,nalc ligJUcr, when tl? e news ol Ins lucky .strike w -is ,„•,,/■ known i^ l M.o,i^now relite[l ,:\ rug, but his reply was to the effect that he mtom-iec! keeping „„ wii . h (he ring s auie almost mdMinii. c lv. as hi- nut it -purely for hci.l.l,', .^k,/' S t si ,11 ;,vor S l.h«l. l,r hHK n0 (. slipp,,} .."o

who fancies his chance against " Hop Harry." In a letter to this writer he states he intends investing hia money in the best possible manner, but ha again emphasises that he is not retiring from the ring. He sends his bast wishes | to aU New Zealand sportsmen. Notes from Everywhere. Still more boxers are becoming movie artists, the latest additions to tha screen from the ranks of the pugilists being Tiger Flowers and Bob Lawson. Both of these boxers are negroes, the former a much heralded K.O. artist, aud the latter a well-performed heavyweight, who was beaten on points by George Cook, the Australian.

During the last four years, New York "fans" alone paid 18,000,000 dollars to witness boxing contests, 10,000,000 dollars went to the boxers, the State Board received 212,046 dollars, and the State 93i,670 dollars, leaving a net revenue of 709,000 dollars. The remaining sums weut to promoters, employees, real estate interest in rents, and Federal taxes. . . '

Dan Hickey, the erstwhile Australian heavyweight, has raado a neat fortune out of the battles of his protege, Paul Berlenbauh. Hickey made the find by watching Barlenbach punching the bag whilst training at the New York Athletic Club's gymnasium some time back, when Paul was a member of the Olympic team to represent Am a. rica. He was ia tha wrestling contest. Harry Wills, the coloured heawweight, who has been suing for a match with Jack Dempsey for such a long time, is due to fight Charlie Weinert on 29th June, and during next month ha fights another negro championship contender in the person of George Godfrey. Mickey Walker, welterweight' champion of the world, knocked out "Lefty" Cooper in the first round of their contest in San Francisco the other day. Immediately following the customary touching of gloves, Walker booked a left to the chin and sent Cooper down for the count of nine. Cooper rose gamely, stopped a left and a right, and againvisited the canvas, this time for the full count. As both men took the ring at lOst 131b, no title was at stake, but as Walker was six pounds over the welter Jurat, it seems that he will very soon and it necessary to step out against men in the class above. A trio of footpads who tried to "hold np the world's middleweight champion, itarry !n America recently certainly were asking for trouble. They The story that Benny Leonard retired from the ring because his mother did not like horn fighting, even though he l^J • k^.^ champion of the world, is not given much credence in some quarters. Leonard recently got a bad reception when he appeared on the •< wl 'j T Of th-e -American towns. Why don t you fight Mickey Walker?" called the gallery patrons. Yes, why? Bartley lladden, the tough heavyweight battler who defies anyone to treat turn to, a sleep-producing punch, has stated his readiness to wager £2000 that he will go any scheduled distance with the heavyweight champion of the world Jack Dempsey, without" being knocked off bos feet. A second Joe Grimm this man. Application for a license to box as a professional has been made by G Nelson, of Taranaki, to the New Zealand Council. This heavyweight claims a victory over Bob Fitsimmons, who recently aEfe^! d.. ln local rin S aSainst Gerald Evatt. - The license will no doubt tie granted, though who this new pro- 1 iessional heavyweight is going to fight is outside of tha range of knowledge of this writer. & Giving a _ most remarkable display of fighting grit throughout a twelve-round bout, Johnny Dundee-, former featherweight champion and once unbeatable, was stall on his feet as he heard the referee award the decision on points to Terns, of hew York's Ghetto. Frequently the veteran of sixteen ring years was as spry as the youthful Terris. ihere were times when Dundeo took tho play away from his opponent, winning the round. Many in the capacity house regarded the battle as even, but the majority agreed with the referee. A Scottish Welterweight. "AUow me to pr-r-resent ma cr-r-r-r----edenfcials," said George Lawson, a Scot, ] welterweight when he approached the Melbourne Globe's" critic. A glance at the newspaper cuttings produced revealed the fact that he had been used on Scot'i a; d t E"? lisli bo'™S programmes as second to the top line attraction, so despite the fact that he does not qualify among the leaders in his country it .appears that he is not far below them His record indicates that he has foueht some good men, and sporting scribes speak well of him. « A finishing punch in either hand," says one. "A hurricane tighter, says another. The "Globe" continues : "It is evident that Lawson is very tough, for in one battle he was down three tunes for seven, nine and seven seconds, respectively, and yet was able to come back and outfight his opponent over the concluding rounds of a 15-rounoer. Won. ha pslaced himself m the hands of Fred Boyd, who expects him to b e ready in a month's tune. We will find out then if Lawson 'Si S Sn?, d th ™ overseas cuttings suggest. Ihe Scots boy comes from AlloL near Glasgow, and has served his acpreiiticeship as a marine engineer A, bcote engineers are famed for. their toughness and fighting qualities, it would appear that Lawson was well placed. Ho started boxing yonng and though he is just 22 yeaVof a^e, has Mad nearly as years' experience. Last . "ly he canio to Tasmania, but did not dot, the rate. Lawson is a thick-sot, likely-looking young man." The Wells-Stanley Affair. WHrC^ t<1 t 'i^ST", Bon*«dicr Billy Well* arid Jack Stanley, a well «ct-uii well-known English critic, Mr. B Benfor otanloy is by no stretch of i,na»iu ation near, to champion class, being slow he diS yT l,and hiDkin S sense- But he did not allow his wits to <r ot in , tangle as d,d Wells, nnf) the bombardier ml -way through the first round went to „8 knees, not by a blow but by a pusl. Ihere was some hope for Wells in the second round when he fonnd ti" noighbowhood of Stanley's jaw with hi, eft hnnd but the fact "that he had de-hvm-eci ,t w,fch fa,r wei R ht .behind it anJ after accepted principles, appeared o leave, him ma fog. At any ratn lie did not bring his right over ns"it W -V •no he clicl 1, tie more than .plotter. In <)„■ third meeting <[>,> bombardier j-gaw. s „,,ck a kneeling |)IM , iUon . ri ,»d M I ' >"'c..;.i.l S 1,:,J boon t om,le,l. J fn,»- O----«.l U, r opimon .1,.-,!, )„. w:is „0 1. „,l r( , ; v: ls J"-^ H'-.-id. n»,l SUnlcv, a, soon •„ \UIU pi,lW himself (o l,Ls IVc t " „',! •« " S l.t Ml, jaw a , l( , „„„, 'I Ct\ Hie bombardier. \ Pilr to n, p , »-n..l ol ihe tighi,ni£c life nf Wo I Is. It'wrro « .(liotwit.d tunes bettor that he put j>wny the glovi., and Id, , IS rr,memlH-r I urn as one of the most fascinating f,,ii. uro? T.he nng has iuunvn. rather than" tuiish as ;,, chopping block /or the oilier