SHORT ROUNDS

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 128, 1 June 1935, Page 23

SHORT ROUNDS

RING NOTES AT RANDOM

Recently arrived Duala, an Indian Wrestler outsize in physique, was introduced at Sydney Stadium on May 18. He will certainly be picturesque if he fails otherwise. _ , L. Adams (Invercargill)' and L. Hood (Dunedin) have been, •matched in a preliminary bout to the middle-weight title contest between Erri" Jacobs arid Maurice O'Brien at Invercargill on June 10. . . . . Ron Richards (list 41b), has received an attractive offer to go to New Zealand for three contests (reports an Australian oaper). He has been guaranteed £100 for one and 80 percent, of the n.et profits of two others; It is estimated that that will represent at least £280. Richards Had an'easy win against Jim Penman (list lilb) at the Brisbane Stadium on May 18. Penman intimated in the eighth round that he had had enough. '. • >•;•■ ' Joe Costa is the humorist of the Sydney ring, but he blends some effective punching with his comedy. ■ On May 18 he fought a draw with Bert McFadden. As Costa had a shamrock woven into his knickers, and was seconded by a disciole of Confucius, there was a cosmopolitan atmosphere about his corner. The Miramar Boxing Club is making arrangements for an: all-amateur tournament •on July 1. The• -participants will probably be all from local gymnasiums, though there may be some visitors from Wairarapa. . The secretary of the New Zealand Boxing Council (Mr. G. P. Aldridge) has received an inquiry as to the possibility of establishing a boxing association to cover the Hutt Valley district. Ex-Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany is something of a boxer by way of a hobby. Steve Hamas, the American boxer who was recently defeated by Max Schmelling, was invited one day by Wilhelm to one of the family's old palaces now serving as the Prince's residence, just for a try-put. "Punch me there," said the Prince, pointing to the solar plexus. Hamas obliged, hitting him on the spot indicated, and that was the end. ' ' Crowns of athletic prowess are by no means without thorns. Max Baer, the heavyweight boxing champion, has received a full measure of irritating pricks since he deprived Camera of the coveted insignia. Responding to ; alluring overtures of the big money , order, Baer has' been flirting with New York promoters not exactly within the proper'circle. The proprietors of the Madison. Square Garden Stadium, the "big shots"'in the game, are throwing stones ! < at 'Baer,■•? thus: "If Baer tries to fight-here-for anybody else we'll paper him viip^with legal documents like he was,.:a/fresh.plastered wall. No one;is going to pull a swifty like that;on,us; torithout getting into a .Law Court."' • ■ • : Jack Reynolds, iforirier. welterweight wrestling champion, , vi - and-^"Bulldog" Jackson, a tough-looking Alsatian, gave quite a.modernl.turh. to'Sa match: in America recently.' Jackson; was not doing tbo.'well K so. he knocked, out the referee, John;K^ios,'.ind,;>yhile Reynolds Was helping the prostrate ,refereej' he? gave Reynolds ojie,- too. A return match on more orthodox lines was ordered. The winner ,was to meet Lord Lansdowne. : f ; >':. The opening of the ;N.R.C. season at the Rushcutter Bay Stadium was anything but a success. It is problematical whether the proposed importations will be able to draw the crowd after such a long period of stagnation. Jim Browning and John Pesek are both well known in. Australia, but no one knows for certain if they are really coming. Irrespective of what anyone thinks of his ability, Tom Lurich is the local draw-card. Despite offers, he has not yet decided to take matches at Rushcutter. He is doing quite well at his old quarters at Leichhardt. Harry Mamos drew with Billy Meeske, in the initial match of the season at the Rushcutter Bay Stadium, Sydney, on May 22. Mamos obtained the first fall when he back-slammed his opponent and then pinned him with a body press. Meeske equalised with a body scissors and. arm bar. Tho attendance was small and unenthusi* astic. In a challenge match, Haban Singh was awarded a draw with Tom Lurich at the Leichhardt Stadium on May 18. Singh scored a submission, fall with a hammer lock in the third session. In the fifth term Lurich evened matters with a figure-four body scissors. The judges disagreed, and the referee declared the contest a draw^ < • Fred Atkins defeated Billy Meeske at the Bohemia Stadium, Brisbane, oqj May 18. The score was even, when, during the final round, Atkins waj awarded a penalty tall and the decision. ' ' ■ ' ; ; ' Alex Lundyn defeated George Calvas by one fall to nil at - the ;Rushcutter Bay Stadium on May ,18. Lundyn secured his fall in the third term with a reverse head lock and body press. John Savelieff was awarded a pointa decision over Luis Pardello, after each had scored a fall, at the Bronte Stadium, on May 21., , ...'.• Jim Bonos was disqualified in a con« test with Con Grivas at the Carltotf Stadium on May 22.