BOXING Vic Patrick Seeks Bout For World Title

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 March 1947, Page 5

BOXING Vic Patrick Seeks Bout For World Title

(Rec. 11.35 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day

After disposing of Eddie Marcus in Imin 20sec with a straight left to the jaw, the Australian lightweight, boxing champion, Vic Patrick, said he wanted to contest the world championship. He asked for a concrete promise that Stadiums, Ltd., would match him in a bout for the title. If they were not able to arrange that, he was prepared to go with his wife to America. Patrick said, he believed his form was as good as ever, but that fights were few and far between. A group of sportsmen said after the fight that they were prepared to back Patrick for £5OOO in a world title match. He had now had 50 fights, of which he had won 47. He lost on points to Bos Murphy, on a foul to Tod Morgan, and on a technical. knock-out to Les Sloan. The trainer of Marcus, W. McConnell, said: “Patrick is a great fighter. It is now up to Australia to get him a world title bout. ’ JOE LOUIS TO DEFEND TITLE AGAIN (Rec. 1 P "O EW yORKj March 17. Joe Louis announced today that he will make his twenty-fourth defence of the world heavyweight boxing title on June 26 in the Yankee Stadium, New York. No opponent was announced but Louis’s manager, Mr Marshall Miles said Louis was eager to meet the winner of the Woodcock-Bakai fight in London, provided it takes place on or about May 15 and satisfactory terms can be arranged. STEVENS EASILY BEATS HANHAM (P.A.) HASTINGS, Mar. 17. Taking the offensive from the outset, Roy Stevens (Auckland), list 61b’., beat Cliff Hanham (Otago), list 51b. on points in a 12-round professional boxing contest on the Hastings racecourse on .Saturday night. Apart from occasional sallies in which he punished Stevens with a vicious right, Hanham was on the defensive and was the target for a steady rain of body blows. The bout lacked brilliance., longrange hitting and frequent infighting characterising the match. In the sixth round Hanham was groggy from a series of hard punches to the head, but was saved by the gong. In the ninth round Hanham opened Stevens’ right eye with a right rip. Hanham was originally scheduled to fight Willie Jones and Stevens was [substituted after the American’s licence was revoked.

It is announced that an agreement has been signed under which British woollen manufacturers will be - able to use German scouring, combing, spinning, and weaving facilities. It is proposed to exchange raw materials and partly finished products so -that in conjunction with the British woollen industry 'better use ran be

made of the facilities still existing in Germanv. The textile correspondent, of the Yorkshire Post says it would be unwise to expect any considerable result from the agreement immediately, but that over a term it should assist in relieving the present shortage of woollen textiles. —London, March- 17.