BOXING

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 August 1921, Page 3

BOXING

(By

“Looker-on.”)

MCFARLANE TO MEET GUY. Paddy McFarlane informed me this morning that he received word from Hoki/ika that he had been matched for a special bout with Con Guy, the • meeting to take place at the latter end of next month. 1 congratulate the Hokitika Association in putting on this bout, as both lads are a cut above the ordinary run of amateurs, and it should be a dinkum good battlei Guy is already in training, while McFailane will start on Monday. \ SAILOR O’DEA. Sailor O’Dea writes from Waiuta as follow :—J ust a few lines to let you know that Jim Arbon is only 100 pleased to meet either Maddox or O’Connor at Christchurch on the 29th inst., and . I am sure Jim will bring the laurels back with him. We have wired the Secretary at Christchurch that Jim will meet either boy, that is if sufficient expenses are allowed. I am also pleased to be able to tell you that my left hand has been successfully operated on by Dr. Scot and a piece of bone taken out, and the Doctor tells me I will be able to use it on Monday next. Now that my hand is fixed. 1 will Ire looking for more stouch, as I am only 31 years of age. In the past my hand has always come against me after I had gone a few rounds, but my fight with Peter Cook proved that 1 know the game, as in that bout my left was in Peter’s face all the way to the ninth round, when it went on me. 1 hope, with a month s training, to give the best of them a <ro. Jim is to start training right away for his bout in Christchurch, and* I might also mention that he meets Pickles (Westport) at G vanity on September 10th, so you will see that there is a- big demand for Jim; good luck to him ! I will do my best every time to have him in the best of nick. Along with all local fans, 1 am pleased to hear that the Sailor is again in fighting trim and hope co see him matched in the near future. Peter Cook, the one-time champion lightweight, is reported to be keen for a ° match with Frank O’Neill, but I cannot help thinking that anothci meeting between Cook and 0 Dea would be nearer the mark. Heie is an opportunity for one of the Coast associations to -step in and secure a bout that is sure to be a big draw. Jimmie Arbon's admirers, and they are legion on the Coast, will also be pleased to hear that he intends to take on the Christchurch trip, and I feel confident that in the capable hands of the Sailor he will give Christchurch fans there money’s worth. Waiuta i.as a lad they, can be proud of in Arbon. HURRAY VERSUS RUTHERFORD. By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) .

DUNEDIN, August 12. The fifteen-round professional lightweight boxing contest between Mick Rutherford (late of New South Wales) . and Les Murray (Dunedin) was fought ‘ at His Majesty’s Theatre to-night be- ’ fore a capacity house. The contest j only lasted nine rounds, Rutherford j being unable to continue further. Murray was aggressive from the start, the visitor having to box on the retreat, and the majority of points in each round were secured by Murray, whose short jolts gradually wore his opponent down. "At the end of the ninth round Rutherford’s seconds threw in the towel. A PERCENTAGE PURSE.

(Special to the Star.) DUNEDIN, This Day. The Murray-Rutherford fight was a clean one throughout, but in the sixth round Rutherford was warned i for delivering the rabbit punch in a clinch. There was, however, very little clinching. After the ninth round the Australian intimated his intention of giving up the contest, and fold the referee he did not want to get knocked in the next round. Rutherford stated afterwards that Murray is the hardest hitter he has ever met. Mr. Kilmartin officiated as third man in the ring. The prize money was 75 per .cent, of "the net takings, to be divided as the two men agreed on. The remaining 25 per cent, was taken by the Boxing Association. I .HOLMES BEATS DEMSKY. The Sydney Referee to hand brings word that Harry Holmes well outpointed Paul Demsky at the Brisbane Stadium on Saturday, July 27th. Holmes proved much too clever for the Russian lad. Demsky was knocked downmuce in the 15th round and twice in the 20th by right swings to the jaw. Holmes scaled 9.13 and Demsky GREAT FIGHT FILMS. LAWSUIT IMPENDING. LONDON, July 29. Cinematograph patrons in England are chuckling over a delightful comedy concerning the pictures of the Demp-sey-Carpentier fight. The first act opens with the arrival in England of an American hustler with what is purported to be an official copy, the rights for which many “ thousands of pounds sterling were said to have been paid. Between 200 and 300 copies were distributed broadcast, and shown at the principal pic’ture houses. The film was reviewed at great length, and praised by the press. In reality the pictures were not official. They were taken by an operator concealed in an empty water tank on a roof overlooking the arena, a telescopic lens being used. The second act commences with the arrival of an agent for the official films Telegraphs and telephones were at once started frantically buzzing, and the first serials were hurriedly withdrawn. The final act centres in a high Court application for an.injunction.