BOXING MARQUESS

Northern Advocate, 18 June 1926, Page 3

BOXING MARQUESS

VISIT TO AUSTRALIA. BRISBANE, This Buy. More than ordinary interest w;n taken in the arrival of the steamer Tasman during the week-end. The Marquess of Clydesdale was on board, and although his father is Premier Peer, of Scotland, many were cousid i erably more interested in his boxing record than in his genealogical tree Boxing, which, has doubtless had a lot to do with the formation of his manly character, has also made, rather than marred, his features. His nose is flattened slightly on the bridge. This relievos the features, which might otherwise be too regular. The long sea voyage has not made him stale, as he boxed every morning with member’s of his party. “I came on this trip,” he remarked, when interviewed, “because I want to see not merely the world, but also various parts of the British Empire. I fim incidentally having a good deal of sport. So far I and the othmembers of my party have visited India, where we saw a good deal of the country. I boxed a number of times for charity when I was there. On leaving India we went to the Malay Peninsula and Singapore. The Marquess of Clydesdale said he was going to Sydney, where he would be glad to box for charitable entertainments. He asked several questions about the degree of interest taken in amateur boxing in the Commonwealth. Kosciusko and its opportunities for winter sport also interested him, and he said ho hoped to visit that part of the Commonwealth. With him ate three other boxers. One is Edward Egan, who won the heavy-weight championship at the Olympic Games in 1920, the heavyweight American championship in 1922, and the British heavyweight championship in 1923. Two other members of his party are R.