BOXING.

Gisborne Times, Volume LI, Issue 5344, 3 December 1919, Page 7

BOXING.

CHAMPIONSHIP OF EUROPE

BECKETT TO MEET CARPENTIER H TO-MORROW.

LONDON. Nov. 28

Joe Beckett, heavy-weight champion of England, and Georges Carpentier meet next Thursday, for the championship of Europe. The contest is exciting extraordinary interest. ..... The newspapers are publishing long descriptions of Beckett’s training at Southhampton, where the public aro lionising him. lie is confident he will win Little is known regarding Carpentier. who is training secretly at Stanmore. His party is fully satisfied and is equally confident of success. _ There is a great, rush for seats, which have practically all been sold at prices ranging from £5 to £35. Now only standing room is available at five guineas.—United Press. UREN V. CLABBY. GISBOBNE OPEEPS £SOO POP FIGHT. j At a meeting of the Gisborne Boxing Association on Monday evening, the proposed contest between Jack Heeney (New Zealand middle-weight, champion) and Tommy Uren (middle-weight champion of Australia) was discussed at length. . . | Several members were of opinion that it would be a bigger draw if a match’ | could be arranged between the well- ■; known Australians, .Timmy Clubby and j Uren. ' Finally it was decided that every en- j deavor should be made to arrange such j a contest, and the secretary was in- ' structed to send the following telegram to the Hawke’s Bay and tho Wellington Boxing Associations: — “We cannot proceed with the Uren- ' Heeney contest, but offer a £SOO purse, including expenses, for the first fight between Uren and Olabby, they to suggest date in January next.” If the above match should eventuate it will be the biggest fight staged in the Dominion, and lovers of boxing from many parts of the Dominion will bo present.