BOXING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 15 November 1924, Page 19

BOXING.

MARQUIS OF CLYDESDALE.

1 UNLUCKY LOSER AT CARDIFF. The Marquis of Clydesdale showed" himself to be an effective bbxer arid a dour, hard-hitting fighter in hlg bout:, against Rhys Howells, the. middle- " weight amateur champioii of Wales,- at ' the Amateur, boxing matches, held at ' trie Cardiff Einpire recently in aid Of Nazareth House. Although Howells received the verdict on points, the Marquis gave a far more convincing-, dis- - play. In the opening found he gave apiple .proof (if. such were, necessary)' that liis high position in the world ,of amateur boxing owes nothing to his ■ ■ social status arid everything to his- - ■ qualities as a fighter;' Finally.’the ' * judges gave the verdict against the the Marquis bf Clydesdale. . One of - • the judges, as a mafter -of fact, AeA 1! favour bf flip .Marquis, but his colleagues . decided btherivise. The Marquis received ah ,byatibri froiri' tlie speetatbrs (ivlio iriciridba a ebririidefable iiuiiijber of ladies) when he entered the ring, : afecbriipiiriieA by . - .... Eagan, aii Ariifeficari ' Rhodfe's/ Sfeholarg,, arid a . ’Vritiity -. hhavy-weight; who, abied. -ari ": liis seeqrifi. .He boiVed hiri abkridtf’le'dgitibrif; arid then . dbvbfed with a air tb the iriafthf iii ,v----harid. ,

. IfL fhe first minute of the right to’ fhe jaw; wliicii -vfcig • aboiit .the hm ptiri'ch seen that ;ciriy. Ao • - far. Hbwellj} topic a; tfii-ii at-Hi;tii’clcirig m form moppet A bhiit or inflghtirig fdiloHved. After tHri break- ! a)tAy tiie MartjiiiS; afteniptbd a left- - sWiiig, hilt riiiSSed; and Howblls febiiri- . tered, Witli thb.'.tight; ‘ , "' bored.in, hitting hard Lotli hririds,-' but Howells' defended well, arid when ’ the Marquis swung another .. Vififoris ' " right the Welshman deftly parried. ’ Again the Marquis attempted, to con--nect with a right to face, .but,Howells, swayed back and cleverly jna.de Ivim. , . miss. . ... ■;.

In the second round Howells attack: ed, but ran into, another right to the, < face (bhviously the Marquis’ faybuiite.. .i, punch), and went down. ;-He, was .up 'immediately, and, the -Marquis was q'n -r 1 him, hitting right and left,:, finally. jolting his - libad back with: another. right to the jaw. Howells scored with .V; thfe left several times'-iiii. succession, and just before, the end of the roundstaggered the Marquis with a powerfuT right to the.fabe. Howells aga'iil, scofrid with the left in the opening stages’of , - the third round, following it up with - - a right to the jaw. He scored well for a-- ; time, but towards the close' of the ■ ' round' the Marquis got home with-'his • - favourite right to the face, which was - followed by a right upper-cut'. 7 The ■ Marquis narrowly missed landing 'on - the jaw with another right .swing, and when Howells went', in to attack he . couritered with a welLtiiried left- liook. -•

In the fifth round the Marquis opened \vith a hurricane attack;-dealing.riut a perfect bombardnient of hooks, jabs, aid upper-cuts with both hands ; to,the; face and body at close raiige. After' the breakaway he let fly with a vicious right, to tlie face, which fell short and landed on Howells’ shoulder. The Marquis bored in and scored three righthand punches tb the face iii rapid succer.sion, followed by a vicious left that Ilb'wells cleverly dodged. At the close of the round the Marquis struck' low arid apologised. 1 The last round whs fought at a hard pace, and both boxbfs received well-deserved applause at the clbse. As stated 1 above, the. verdict was given to Howells.

DAWSON ’ S RECOLLECTIONS,

OF A FAMOUS NEW ZEALANDER,,.,,

George Dawson told of the time when Dan Creedori arrived iri Chicago in 1894, and informed him he was going to' fight Fitzsimriio,ns iri.Nevr Orlearis, /.-} “Don’t light hirri, Dan!’’ Dawson 4 iiriplored, and added, “hie is sure to . beat you because he is the hardest puncher I ever saw.” ■ . Dan, howeverj..was brimful of ,confidence, and told George he Was sure, to knock out the freckled marvel. Not only was lie certain that he would , do,, it, but lie would come back arid tell Gebrge how it had happened. It wak v another case of a promise unfulfilled. Creedou had won his . previous six fights in America, arid that, rio .driubt, encouraged him in the belief that he could lick his fellow countryman, j A GREAT FIGHTER. Such a great- fighter was Creedou • • that he won his next twelve battles,in succession. Then he rari up against the famous Kid McCoy, to whoin he •• lost a points decision in 15, rounds. Dari had 22 more fights in the United States.. .. following that, but he was on the to-, • boggaii, for he lost 13 of them. These/ contests took him fight rip to the be r ginning of 1902, when lie crime back to Australia a shadow ;of his former great self. Here he had five fights, three of which he lost to. men who, in his halcyon days would not have, seen the way lie went.’’ . . Jim Corbett told me iri 1922, in New York, that Creedon was a woridei'ful fighter, and missed \being rihawjpiori ; middleweight of the world only because he ran into a man like Fitzsimmons, shell as whom never ireigried before or since in the middleweight division.