BOXING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 14 June 1930, Page 4

BOXING

GENERAL NOTES \ CHANGED HIS STYLE It, is reported from Wellington, that Hie last lias boon seen ml Ted Morgan as a, southpaw boxer. Trainer Pat Connors states Hint Morgan has now adopted the orthodox, sin nee and that after two or three battles the public will see a new and greatly improved Morgan. It is hoped that Connors is right, but the sudden change is going to be.awkward for .Vlorgan to get used to. If lie can do so, however, it will be all to bis benefit, for it is very rarely that a southpaw gets very far. Murray a Champion Sammy Shark is a great admirer of Lea Murray, ex-light-weight'cham-pion of New Zealand. Sammy was present when the New Zealand ‘champion breezed into the New York office ol Billy Gibson, manager of Benney Leonard, retired light-weight champion of the world, and Gene Tummy, retired heavy-weight ‘champion. To Sammy, Gibson said “Meet Los Murray, of Noo Zealand, next light chainperil of the world.” “And lie should have been the next champion,” Sammy says. “He beat Bobby Garcia, won the. preliminaries in an elimination tournament, and met Solly Seaman in a stiir bout at Madison Square Garden. They were betting five to one on Seaman. Murray, was knocked down, but got up and knocked Seaman down. Murray won on points. The crowd liked to see Imp fight, and the papers picked him as the next champion. But lie broke his hand and had a ,lot of trouble. Seaman later beat Sammy Mandril, the champion, on a newspaper decision, so it looks like Murray was pretty good, He is still keeping fit and can lick three-quarters of the fighters to-day.” If Murray staged a. come-back he W,ould not want for fights if lie could produce anything like his old-time form, and Shuck says he can.

Sharkey Not Wanted “All Sports Weekly” on the announcement that Sharkey and Scott may meet at Wembley Stadium:—“lf Jeff Dickson brings Sharkey to London lie will make. Hie biggest:: piistake of his boxing career. I 'will tell him that we do not want to see him. Further, that we will not tolerate him. But there is no fear of Sharkey coming. ,IJ'e would never light under an English referee who would insist on the ordinary rules of boxing being observed.” McCoy “The lOdder” ~ The greatest “kidder” ever known in the ring was Kid McCoy, at present serving a life sentence in an American penitentiary. When lie met in the ring the French Savatc champion, who had the right to use his feet as well as his

hands, McCoy suddenly remarked, “Who’s the pretty girl in your corner?” As the Frenchman turned his head McCoy knocked him out. In his light against the big Dutchman', Phiaeke, lie said, “You’ve busted your belt.” I’hiuckc looked down and was promptly knocked out. Against the. .English heavy weight, Jack Scales, he pointed to the Englishman's shoes |;nd asked, “Why didn't you have them tie your bices’.” Scales' lifted a foot;, looked down and was counted out. l’ctcr

Maher, the hard-hitting Irishman, was another of his victims. On a bitterly cold day in,mid-winter lie kept Maher waiting in the ring before lie appeared. Maher, half-frozen, was licked before he bad started. In his last, fight in England against Petty-Officer Curran; McCoy was all in when he saw the timekeeper put a whisky and soda on the edge of the ring platform. He purposely took a knock-down; grabbed the drink, swallowed it and went the 20 rounds.