BOXING

Evening Star, Issue 15076, 7 January 1913, Page 6

BOXING

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 6. (Received January 7, at 11 a.m.) Johnny Summers sails by the Otranto to fulfil five match engagements entered into with “ Snowy - ’ Baker, of Sydney, who has taken over the Stadium at Kushcutters Bay. f .. ~ , “Tommy Thompson,” a Southland feather-weight boxer, is a passenger for Sydney by the Ulimaroa. If opportunity offers it is the Sonthlander’s intention to enter in the boxing business in the New South Wales capital. M'Carty. who defeated Palzer last week at Now York, will probably bn matched with the victor in the Frank Moran“Gunboat” Smith contest. The mill will take place in London. Hughie Mehegan and Mat Wells are matched to fight at the National Sporting Club, London, next month. Wells is the fighter whom Mehegan first met in Fngland. The 'Australian won on a foul in the 14th round of a 15-ronnds contest. Reviewing the boxing situation, ‘The Times’ (London) says that the man who is merely a fighter is finding it harder every day to obtain engagements. Jim Driscoll is described as one of the finest boxers of all time, and certainly the finest of his generation on either side of the Atlantic. So long as Welsh and Wells are ready to do battle, the article continues, light-weights need not fear the rivalry of America or France. It is impossible to name anybody who would have the slightest chance of beating either of them.