SPORT & PASTIME

Maoriland Worker, Volume 5, Issue 178, 1 July 1914, Page 3

SPORT & PASTIME

SCHEDULEO FIXTURES. July B.—F. McQuarrie v. G. Mathewson,. at Dunedin. July 9.— Poverty Bay Provincial Championships, at Gisborne.. : July 10.—Fred Williams v. Viv. Lowe at Gisborne. ''July 10.—George Richardson •v. W. Championships, at Gisborne." .'July 10 and. 11.-—Amateur tournaments at Greymouth.. July 13.—Bert Lowe v. Harry Marquit, ■a tv Auckland. '■'•■•- "•-'••■'''•• ''August 7.—Amateur tournaments at f (lumaranui.",'' • ''.. t "..'' ,'- '"'_. .*.".'J 7.,AGus Venn; v. Lin. Robinson,.; at Taumaranui.. .;..' . -:. ■:< August 11.—Jimmy Hagerty'ti Peter Cook, at Christchureh. ■'-''■: Johnson v. Moran. The cable states that in Paris:last Saturday, " ' Jack ' Johnson defeated Frank Moran on pointe. "Up to the tenth-round the fighting was fairly equal, after that it was obvious that Moran was outclassed, and weakened perceptibly. In the later rounds there was much in-fighting. Moran hung on to Johneon to save himself. Johnson was not marked when the gong went. Carpentier unhesitatingly announced Johnson the winner." Mitchell masters Murphy. ' Last Wednesday, the.Town Hall, Hamilton, was' the venue in which the Welter Weight Championship of New Zealand was imvolved, and resulted in tho present holder, - Denny Murphy,, waking up and discovering that his adversary, Sid Mitchell, had collected. Tho hall was packed, many being unable to obtain admission, 'and tho As-.

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sociaiion domiciled in the town that decides thousand-pound libel cases must bo pleased with themselves. They can be commended, anyhow, for displaying more enterprise than their brother associations in the large centres in securing such a. good go. The credentials of both of the principals, were the highest ' in the land, for Denny Murphy held both the welter aud middleweight championship of Masseyland, and during his career, had defeated Tim Tracy, Archie. Leckie, .Bob Byrne, Lyn Truscott ' Hock Keys,. George Olson, and Barney Ireland. ' Truly, these, were splendid achievements for a man that never exceeded the.lOst. 7 lb. mark. Mitchell 1 also had ,a good, record, although iriostly'' as ' *dn .'aihafeiir,-.and, writing from memory, I recollect him being defeated by Watchhorn in the N.Z. championship (which -Wi*'<->n was j bad). Then he won the Australasian Amateur Championships, eventually burning up in the cash .ranks to. win the lOst. 71b. division, at tlie recent Olytupia (Sydney) tournament. ... ■„ . Tho purse was £60, and the,betting favoured Murphy, although .all .the Hamiltonitcs fancied, their boy. Mr. T., B. Burke, of Auckland,: refereed, and Murphy's weight was.announced, as lOst. 61b.' whilst Mitchell! totted" up lOst. 91b., Both pleased the eyo in rospect to condition and my. ■. correspondence .states, that as the bell:clanged, Denny delivered two.beautiful lefts,. and then attempting a right cross was., nicely countered by Sid', to shortly after pay interest with three beautiful upperc'ute at.close quarter.", which undoubtedly shook .the curly-headed boxer. Tin's round went to the Waikato boy, aiid. Den.uy sat down ..with.the knowledge that, he had caught a.-.Tar- * ar - -•-..- ■■ - -^ * ." . Round Two. opened with Murphy as aggressor, and using a snappy left, he kept popper- ; ng Mitchell, who made play for the body, only to receive a "powder-charged left that knocked him against th'e-hemp surroundings, but he fought back like a bull-ant, and went close to knocking Denny with a venomous right. This round also went to Mitchell. Round Three clearly showed that the championship would change hands, for the pride of Hamilton appeared to treat Denny's blow with, contempt, his sole object being to get in close and puni-mell arVay with both raits. Near tho terminationof the round, he caught Murphy' with a beautiful right'to the body, that appeared to tako'a lot of ginger out of tbe champion. Round Four. commenced with Murphy very cleverly using his left mauler, -hut the'ex-1 amateur is a game pebble, and getting! inclose, landed a . beautiful upporcut ou the jaw that mado Denny's'.knees rattle; and then-flash-like., to plaiit his lift on the champion's'masticators, that «hoo_ the owner up' from' head-to stern. Mitchell won .the, round by .a shade. •' Round Five ; (tho last) opened with; Mitchell'dn the aggressive, being kept off by Denny's, 'straight' left that appeared to '"carry little' weight'(perhaps that previous disablement was a Handicap), but neverthe., loss the Waik.itci.' boy' was fighting splendidly, and geUiug to' close'fjiiait-' or, planted his'fight Ifarid on : tho chanipipits 'temple," which 'gave ' iiint acqud;ntancb;'with' the whilst the' dreadful "out'*..was recorded.' Then enilyisiasni ran riot, .and; the winner was hoisted shoulder high.' io ; his dressing room. The winner is. undoubtedly a crackajaok, and it will, take somebody protty slick to lower his colours; Milierton Tourney.. At the Milierton boxing tourney last Saturday night, J. O'Neill (West-port) and Stewart (Timaru) engaged in a draw. The contest' was described by the ringsiders as the best seen on the Coast for' a long time. Stewart took the, count for seven seconds in the first round, but fought well thereafter.O'Neill, however, was looking the fresher of the two at the finish. (My correspondent wires that O'Neill should have secured tho verdict). Senior (Westpoit) defeated Boreham (Dunedin) in a special bout • of six rounds, winning on points, after a £,cod contest, in which Senior showed-him-self as undoubtedly the better man. Mussen (Greymouth) won on points from Hodgson (Donniston) in< a sixround bout, Musson being the quicker and the cleverer 61'- the pair. : Milierton has one of the foremost boxing associations in* New Zealand. On June 27 they hold a tournament with a championship bantam-weight tight ■ between Stewart, of-Timaru, and O'Neill, of Wostpoit, which promises to be a. very interesting fight, eeeing these two lads aro both clever-at the game. Senior, of Wostport, and Boreham, of Dunedin, will also be anothordraw. Every credit, is duo to the local Association for their interest displayed in--this manly sportSoccer football is greal'y in evidence '.a Milierton. Th. local Soccer Asic-cia-

t.'ou sent a team to Christchureh a month ago to compete for the Brown Shield. The team were defeated by ; Canterbury (threo goals to nil), but ' rtjeiiig we. have only Juree; teams to select from, their performance was very creditable against such .a strong combination as Canterbury. :,' Best Heavy Since Jackson English papers to hand containing ac counts of Bell's match with Joe Jcanctte indicate thai, once again the Australian has proved his quality, but has •lot the short end ail the same. The match took place on May -J. at Premierland, London, ai:d the "Daily Mirror" describes the vordict for Jeaiiette as "an amazing decision, received with ridicule." ''Niws of the. World" says: "Only the mo6t'palpable of mistakes could havo given tho decision to Jcanottc." The- "Mirror of Life *».Y fi: Bell impressed the crowd al Prcmierfaiid, and ■■convinced them that on this form at least, he is ft better man than Jeanettc/' 'The "Daily Sketch'" says: ''Bell made good. He made Jeonctte travel all tho way, and astonished,the Arab. •••A 'better -verdict would have ,neen a draw." Tho "-Mirror" expert Hi ■his' ; Tepor't'"of.'-- : t'fte" encounter,'- writes: "801 l is the fastest heavyweight-we have seen in tho ring in London,;, with the possible 'exception'of Georges Carnentier, since Peter Jackson's days. He was making Jeanetto miss by inches, by His superb footwork, and generally got his own counter in. ■ So far as the long-range boxing is concerned, Bell had it easily. That we.could see,. We could also sec that Jeanetto bad a. bit the best of tho work in the clinches, but as half the blows were hit with both men holding with one hand, they did'not, or should not,.count. Time and again Jeanetto would shbot out his.loft and 'Bell would .shift-his head in- a mariner lemi'iiscent of Toff Wall, or sido-step bis-man and jump in .the•• land "with the left: Jeanetto- Was'-obviously puzzled,'""and 'would frequently • swing his. right, miss,- ailtl find-Bell's left in his .jjiw.'"" Could* Bell have-kept? but f \bf. ''hoik* altogether,' ; _e-'- w , b_ld'V nave"won nearlyeVery'rourid:" As'it was, he must be 'considered- the"' unlrJckleisi-' hoavy'wVight4hat ; : has- been in the .ring in London for a. long time. He dost .to Cur'raa on a foul that was hotly disputed, and now he loses to.-Jeanetto when it looked all. Lombard tea china orange-on his getting the decision" The • last time . young O'Neill met Stewart they fought in the New Zealand Amateur Championship, , and Stewart secured the verdict after a. closo.go. Jack Ladbury.who is how in Auckland, is prepared to make Bst. 41b., travel to the Coast,, and box O'Neill; should the monetary ..inducement be sufficient. This certainly would-be a.clinking go. The matter ,of.. unpaid board accounts also came. before . the Christchureh Sports Club in the form of a letter from the.New Zealand Council, which set out:.'"ln the .opinion, of this Council, ii is desirable that,- from this, out, local cssociations ..should become responsible for any board, debt incurred by boxers undeii engagement with them—amateur or professional—and. should . pay the amount themselves from the money guaranteed for expenses'. The adoption of, this-system wili'put ,a etop to tho complaints that havo'been made, and iho. Council, trusts that, it will receive .'-. fayburabid consideration' from local associations.''' " \" "*'*_'' °' ' .. Tho committee of the Sports Club heartily, endorsed the Council's letter, and decided to take action regarding a visiting boxer who, it .was stated, had. left .Christchureh without 'paying his hotel account. PUgfets. Any likely f batherweight' ■ desirous of. trying conclusions; with Gus Venn, at Taumarunui,' for the tournament! to be. held on August.-?, should commuui : cate with the writer or.Gus.Wilkinson,, the honorary secretary of the Association. •■ , Frank Ellis has mado good in Australia, arid his Commonwealth record reads as follows: Draw with Togo Lyons, 20. rounds, , Brisbane; beat Watty Austin, 20 rounds,'oh points, Brisbane '{■' beat, Hector Melville, 20 rounds, 'on points, Brisbane; ~; beat George .Taylor','' 20; rounds, on -points, Melbourne; .beat''Cliff Thortai, 1.0 rounds,;.- Sydney; -.. lost to ; Jimmy G'Brien, 7 rounds, Sydney;' lost to Billy " ilihVtt, 8 . rounds, 'Sydney ; (inwhich, contest he.broke- one..of' his hands).; b'e?t .Billy .Ketehell, in half a round,' Brisbane. .Paul McQuarrie and George .'Mat-thewson-clash in Dunedin nest month. .Tdiis ehoiiid be a rousing g0.., '",.'. - ".'":Saj-h ''the' -Philhdelpbia'n lightrwieight,, is cbneidered- ihe most lad ,of his weight"in- -Ainer-. asking to he/pitted'a&a'inst Willie-Rftehie.; '_"."-." r ,'' " . .' *•-'. ;.Jack,Coiieil,.the.ie'ither*xeig of England, and'the Freilchmeu,; Piet Denis and Marchatid, wilt sail for Australia recently,, . Tho boy who beats Oliver, the Cross Creek feather,; at : the. New Zealand Championships, should just about;.win. . Looks as if Willie Ritchie is not com-ing-to Australia for quite a tunc,-for' he is reported to have agreed to' meet Freddie Welsh in London, July 4, for tho world's lightweight championship. Tho. .boom is on alt right in the old country apparently. The Battling Robinson whom Georges Carpentier knocked' out 'recently", 'is a coon. There is no drawing the colour line with this French boy- . ,'. "Tom'in'y Uren'. who recently won the lightweight division lit the*' Olympia (Syduey) Sladui'n'i, In'et Yankee' Steve ; Ketehell and w v on "aasily. "--perhaps this | Ui-eri'is" destined' to follow' tbe'footi steps'of Fred Kay. Messrs. Nordon and Robson • are to represent the Christchureh' Sports Club |_t the New Zealand Council annual conference te be held at Wanganui. Freddie Welsh, the- English champion , 'ightweight, claims to havo made £1200 I it* America during tlie last 15 months. No wonder ho is not particularly anx- : ious to visit Australia, for from appearances tho goose that lays the golden | pftg i* perambulating about Yankwland

When Johnny Summers returned to England the other day he said the English boxers put on weight here, because of the boundless hospitality.of Australians, and ho added, "H is a great country—its people are amongst the besi.jh't.li.o,- i .jrorltj.".;, .-, ,'y ";....." ■-,';..."i-'i Mr. Fordhapi, of.the ing Association,-during the.inquest on* the O'Grady-Hng'crty clash.- said: "OV Grady, had trained on pony, shaudies. and apple pie, nnd no one could saythat was the training for a boxer.'' Mr. R. Thatcher, a member of the management committee ot the North orn'Boxing Association, is on a pleasure trip to Australia but intends- to keep his eyo on any likely chaps that desire to visit Now Zealand. Ono thing certain, is that he has a largo field to select from. Jumpy Hill the, brilliant Australian feather, is after Fred Kay at 95t.,91b. ringside, and lias a £100 of tho best to stake on the result.;., . -.- i' Bf v Byrne, the Sputh Australian .wlioi fojigjit,'.fiigjit. goocl. .£oui*.d6, with r; eJ*-; chatnpion Denny Murphy is now* dornicil-, cd at Hamilton, and anxious to ; tackle any lad of bis weight. - .;- .-. . Milburn. Savior's next : opponent-,.;is to be. Joe Shugrue, a Yank-.,Who has made good in Australia. 1 Sparks should fly in this bout. ■ ■■'.;' .';' A meeting of tlio New Zealand Boxing Council was held in Christchureh recently. In accepting the.-position,of patron of the council, the Hon. A'-'L.' Herdman wrote v— "I 'desire, to .say that ,1 look upon boxing as one of. the finest and "most .useful eports in-the country, and one that should be encouraged. I am entirely. in agreejment ■ with; the council j.n .the..successful efforts it'has made to keep boxing in the country clean." .'_. * ' ' ;-■■'_ ■'• -; r";' v .T!he Jack JohnsonrMoranf go? waff .'to be .'staged at .'the Wqnderland ? Saris, ,-by, M v Theo. Yinne... ' _ Recently; this .same promoter staged' the'Langford-. Jeannette'clash. .- .'...' The Denny Murphy defeat.by Mitchell wili minimise hi 6 drawing. propensities in Sydney; that'is, if ho still intends to cross the pond. The preliminaries to the Murphy-Mit-chell clash resulted as follows: ' Len Stewart (Thames) defeated W: Dickson (Taumaranui) on points.after six rounds of good milling; N^. (Auckland) fought a draw' with. J: New-, son (Taumaranui) although 'my corrcs-, ponden't considers Ne-vson.. won; apd H. Morrison" (Morrinsville),' ou't'ed .'JE.! Cooke (Taumaranui) in the (bird round. •■';"" '.■'-. Luther McCarthy, who was .killed, in. a contest with Arthur Pelky in Canada, has a cousin who aspires for'fistic honours. Tom is. this pug's suriiamo, and •bo is G feet 1 inch tall,, weighs 180 pounds, is 22 years of ago, aha has a reach of 79 .inches. He" has ' beaten Jack Lester and Montana Dan Sullivan among.others. His record shows that .he has a punch. <'•'■•

In Tacoma (Wash.) they have a promising light-weight boxer who is owner and editor in- chief of the local sporting daily.. : -; His name i_ Bonds; and ho has already won several contests.

Albert Scanlon, who represented Queensland in.tho Australasia Amateur Championships held in God's- Own some,years ago, is back again id Brisbane after a sojourn in ' England!-.'in which ho engaged with successvinprofessional matches. ;He is .likely, to- be matched with Arthur .Cripps.. '.■:■•."

" Duke Mullins, who acted. ,as.trainer: for the late Sid Russeli whilst, in Paris, now fills,a similar role, for: Jeff Smith. The "Duke" is. recognised as the.best "rubber" in Australia. . ..'.: .< ', .

Provided sufficient monetary, .inducement was offered, Frauk'Ellis,was; to visit Mawsoyland and' tackle-,any feather.' He and Simpson,, of .Melbourne, would be ai good draw- in Wellington.'

"One Punch M'Coy" is how Artierican ■writer's refer to the man. who,, put put Chip with one hit. M'Coy, repi'a'rk't-'.one writer J ' 'has' been"'induced, .to'.llgo" on the staged Some ■ nghter'a;:-"don't - carejvhat becomes of them." '.v ■ .','.• "'."'

•A'cable states'-that' Colin, r3ell,V.the Australian boxeiywho is to'meet Bom-, hardier Wells on June 29 for a .purse o.f. £2,000, .of .which the' loser., will.tekia £800', ..continues.; his hard road work»; sprinting, an.d'juinpirig," at Hampstead.-'

,Tho 'itev, ;Everar_ Digby, yicar of St.; Agatha's Cliurch', Shorcditch,.' will, .act as-masteV„6'f beremonies at' the,match.'-;

' J6e Russell, es-ch'ahipion. feather of Aiisi'rana, ' represented Queensland as half-back in the. Rugby (Union ' niatch agjinist New South Wales. ~'A prpfesr ■eional pug playing football as an ,'ai_ateur, is a- peculiar blend. ."" ;'"

Frank Picato has gone into busine_3 as licensee of a hotel at Surry.. Hilts, Sydney. Borii in Southern,.California, of Italian parentage, his real "name is Pichetto.

Mick Stewart, tho Wellington .'lightweight amateur, was offered the. niatch with Musson ■at Greymouth, '.. but' had to' decline on account of being 'unable to secure,leave of absence.

Herb. McCoy, writing to the Sydney j ■'•Referee," states' that he intends to. | have four or five mouth's epell; therefore his'proposed'visit to Maoriland has apparently droped through.., ; Tom Esler, "The. Kaffir," who some seventeen years, ago fought many good'

fights at the Golden Gate Athletic Club, Sydney, is cow domjcjjecj in Brisbane. This coloured boy was a good ]nd, and fought Abe Willis wventy hard rounds for tho bantam championship. The Jeff Smith-Clabby match was tioscd at the * old" Australian middleweight limit, 11.4 Looks as if" the view scale is being given 'littlo consideration. ■'. Australian postcard kings aro paying great attention to the pug game. . Tlio latest card bears the portrait of Fred Kay, Australia's sensational lightweight, and conqueror of Millburn Savior. It is decorated with the heralds of S. Australia and West Australia. 'Frisco files say: "It is probable that Frank Klaus will attach his signature to a Baker contract, and Rakor has left word with his representative to try and sign up. Bob McAllister. If Billy Murray is anxious to chase across the pond to got another crack at Jimmy Clabby ho will probably be given; the opportunity."—Murray ' fought'Clabby '.t'draw-recently. : '- - '■.-'Odds'of five:to one were laid on Jeannejtte to beat Colin. Bell, and three to' one that the Australian would be beaton before tlie seventh round.

The Hon. W. H. Hemes is president of the newly-formed boxing association at Kotorua.

Frank Neill, by defeating Ted Green, ie bantam champion of Australia. Nevertheless, he will find Danny. Driscoll, of Brisbane, a hard nut to crack.

.-- 'Tommy" Burns stall ha.s a. penchant for niggers,'for at an early date he is to tackle.Sam MoVea at Sydney. Burns can' scarcely expect to "come back," and the coon should beat him.

George McNicholl, of Taumaranui, has decided'to become a professional, and is after anyone near his poundage. As featherweights are as scarce as' Sir Joe's policy in God's Own, the exCti.ristehurch' boy will have difficulty in securing' nlatehe's. -. , .

: Albert Pooley, of Auckland, who was unlucky enough to lose on a foul in the final of t_e middle-weight Olyrapia (Sydney) tournament, made; amends by ; winning- 'the heavyweight division*, at the .same place, and collecting £75 as Jiis share of the proceeds.