Boxing Bouts

Maoriland Worker, Volume 8, Issue 353, 28 November 1917, Page 2

Boxing Bouts

' Au Australian writing to a Sydney journal from America, say. "I me.t (iritt'o to-day; he has nut taken any drink in two wars; he is always anxious to talk about Australia ,a'inl 'trusts souk- duy tv h$ ia a position to return there. He aaked iiie to remember him to -all Ms old friend?. ,, - . Bubby Graham (Sst. -lib.)' of Brisbane, (fcfi-ateit Harry Lake,- the promising Sydney lad at Brisbane after ago which lasted* 1G rounds. Gra.hu.in had an Advantage of half-a-pound. .Lake.displayed wonderful speed and -cleverness, up a splendid defensive battle against his stronger and iiioreaggressiveopponeut, nnd at times the crowd . were raised to the- highest pitch of excitement by the wuy the lads mixed it. Graham was declared the winner on points.

"Peter Jackson, the colored heavyweight, was born in the Danish . West ludies in 18C1, and. died in Queensland, Australia, in 1901. .He. was considered the greatest colored boxer of all time 9." The "foregoing is an answer to a. ques* tion by a correspondent, and appears, in the Leader, ,, and the concluding sentence is. .high praise'indeed, 'because the writer, T. fs'. Andrews, is recognised as Ainerka's leading sporting scribe. An American paper: "Wiljard is a joke. Hβ couldn't tight tor we if wanted to," said James Coifroth,- the former boxing promoter, commenting 6n a report that he was trying to' match Champion Je*s Willard wita another heavyweight." A case, of eour grapes, evidently.

Fred Kay has spoilt Jack Hilt's possibility of an <?arl.v championship. They, met at the Sydney Stadfura. Kay got going from the jump. Hilt's face stopped several lefts, and then a terrih'c punch in the stomach sent Jack writhing to the floor. He struggled; to his feet on the "nine," and fought halfheartedly on. Our Australian naju-e-iake' says:

"At the end of the tenth-'- round Hilt looked so done—he had never recovered from the effects of the first punch—that Referee Scott asked hiiii if heiiud enough. Hilt said he had—and the curtain was rung down on a vei-y one-sided mi 11 .,,

Owing to the dearth of boxing talent in Brisbane, Stadium' Manager Jack Munro may be seen at the-Stadium any time between 9 a.m. and 0 p.m. The late Les B'arcy and also Tommy Ure-n both had their lirst try outs iv Sydney under the supervision of the , 'pre'spnt Stadium manager.

The Brisbane "Daily Standard" suys: "A good muitor of lads attended the Stadium last Wednesday evening- in response to Manager Jack Mnnfo' s invitation to give free tuition in boxihg and physical culture. The instruction was given after the usual Wednesday night training displays, and a large crowd, including many ladies, were very interested spectators. Most of the lads showed- exceptional keenness far the fistic game, and the seriousness of some of the 'perhaps champions in the making' .was at time 3 amusing. ,Tl/e. instruction was carried out personally by .Mr, Munro. aud Referee Joe W.a11i5.' , .,..,-,.

Benny Leonard, "world's.- light-weight champion, is apparently a busy b3e. Subsequent to his defeat of coloured Le.s Johnston, he knocked out another son of Ham in the jjersu-n of Eddie Dorsey, following same by knocking out a lad vitli the religious nomenclature of Rector. An account says: "Leonard overwhelmed his opponent with speed uud skill, raining punches ou him ftoin all .angles. In the fifth round, after Hector iiad been forced to his knees for a second time, his seconds threw in.the sponge." Jet any rate Rector lived up to his name by getting to his knees.

Aii American writer oay>: "In addition to his long service. Patsy Braunigan holds tLts- record for return' matches. He and Young Zeringer boxed no fewer than thirty-nine times. All but two of -these matches went their scheduled distances. Brannigan stopped Zeriage-r in' lire rounds th« first time, and in sis rounds the last time they- met.' . Apparently Patsev is seeking a centuty !

Boxers have- a penchant to cling far too long to the roped arena after passing the heyday of their careers, and Atatt Wells, the brilliant Britisher, i 9 no exception to the rule. Proof of such is that at Columbus, America, some time back, an unknown named Bryan Downey gave Matt a thorough lacing over a 12----round bont, clear evidence that Wells should apply for a pugilistic pension. An American exchange speaking of a boxer who once visited Australia, prats thus: "Al Lippe, manager for Tom Cowler, who frag after a match with Fred Fulton her>e in October, received a knockout blow from fhe Wisconsin box ing commission over Smith's forfeit tno.ney, hence Cowler, untlor Lippe's management, will mot be allowed to tight." How an American views it: "Fritz. Holland, formerly of San Francisco, but now interested in a physical culture tehool in Sydney, has been quit* a freak

when it conies to fighting. Vrilz has been uu't'tiug nil elft«e=; nmong tlip middle , weights and light weig'hfc. and light heavy weights for -the past two years, nnd while lie has Ijoen defeated a number of tinu'S, he Iμ* always managed to got by in ;t wry clever manner. .Fritz's l'nsi: content was with Fred Kny, known as .the Australian kangaroo, owing to his fiviikish doings iv tin , ring, but he was out-pointed in what was considered a, very comedy-like opatesr. It is' Fritz's intention now to give up the fighting game and devote his time to physical culture," Since the death of I.t-3 Darcy, the wonderful Auit.ialian middleweight, another youngster has taken his pluve wlio promise* to mukf ciuite v show in the boxing world. His name is Tommy Ureu, and the Australian boxing authorities have proclaimed him champion of that country not only in the middle weight class, also the welterweight das?, as he i , an make US pound? without iiny trouble. His best tightin? weight is around 150 pounds, although he has Ix-en boxing boys like Jimmy Clabby and Eddie McGoorty above the limit. Tien has beaten ail the best middle weights in Australia outside of the Into Les Darcy during the past year and has just scored a victory over Jimmy Clabby, the American middle weight, in 20 rounds. Uren is rather, short; aho iiis reach, but he makes up in his pugnacious fighting abilty. He is 'Si yoara of age.—"Milwaukee Leader."

I It is not only in Now Zealand' Hiat follow the noble game 'jf using the tin , "raw 'uns." The following is elippf-d from the "Milwaukee Leader": "All fight fans will bt- deeply iitteiesk'd in the hCieutitiu iisticutl's which took place between Congressmen Norton nnd HeHin in the Hou*a of tivt'.s last Friday. Kach of these gentl<»ineti is intensely loyal. Each has ' v burning desire to outshine the other in loyalty—so much so that they decided, to fight it out in a thrilling battle which, will surely make the Germans" hair stand on end woise than usual when they hear about it. But, the most startling feature to the (jwmans, and he mo?! interesting feature to tht> fight fans, is the fact that they pomniPW eatlα other on the floor uud yet neither one was bruised. The only tasu.'tlties wem a missing button ou Norton's vest and a rumpled shirt on Heflins's manly bosom. This will be (startling to the Germans because it may lead them to -believe- that all Americans mc equally invulnerable. It , will bfc» interesting to the fight I'lim because* they would like to lei«a the secret of lighting without getting bruised. The fortunes of these two congressmen are now made, without any German money.. .-All-, they have to do is to sell the gscrret of invulnerability at.tup Ugures to-uM who have thy price."