BOXING AND BOXERS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 7 June 1938, Page 2

BOXING AND BOXERS

j TOMMY FARR’S FUTURE PLANS NOTES 1* ROM LONDON Ftr Aii Mail Own Correspondent] LONDON. 12th May The return of Tommy Fair (writes B. Be unison) has appreciably quickened intfrrst m the affairs of the liug. By way oi ..nltcipal ing his ara i\ a 1 at Southampton from New York last Monday, when J had t heart lo heart talk with the Welshman, Harringay fixed lien Foonl, back on a holiday from the Continent, and Eddie Phillips fui a light which will probably lake place caily next month. lor his pa it Karr wishes it to be clear, ly understood that not only is he anxious to defend his title, but bars no opponent that might be found for him. First, however, he will make whatever applications ar_ required of him to the Boaid of Con trol, so as to put right his position in this country. He floes not fear any difficulties in the way of resuming activities almost that he has shed them. He is amazed at-! the various stories that have been cabled j over, representing him to be a particular- | ly awkward, if not an entirely truculent j fellow. “Take it from me,’’ he said, “that my only desire is to carry on my trade as a fighter. If my first opponent is to be either Foot’d 0|- Phillips, well and good,, but the shaping of iny plans must necessarily be done by Joe Gould, my nianug- ; er, whom 1 am very glad to have with “J have made no arrangements to return lo America, and, so far as 1 can see, l shall remain at home certainly for some months, or so long as there is some work for me lo do, Neusel wants to fight l me, and so does Lenglet, the Freucli- , mail, not to mention Len Harvey, who, L ■ an: told, has got £2b*Jo to gamble on the 1 result. Well, if a promoter comes along, | and Harvey holds to the same mind. I will cover his money, and, if the rest is L plain sailing, the match is ou.” FARR’S SMILE When I mentioned that Jack Doyle was training hard and regularly so as to jump in, Farr smiled expansively. It was a smile that left no doubt that Farr would lie pleased to swap punches with the young Irishman. 1 was somewhat surprised to hear from Joe Gould that a threat of a boycott against Schmeling iu New York is not now giving Mike Jacobs

i “You may rest assured,” said Gould. 1 1 “that Louis and Schmeling will fight iu June, and that the gate will be in the I neighbourhood of a million dollars. And jj think this time that Joe I.oilis will win. (That is pretty well the opinion throughout the States.” 1 understand that Maurice Strickland will slip over, if there is the least chance oi lis getting a match with Farr. In any event Farr is going to be very busy, and should add considerably to his bank roll. By the way, Tommy told me that lie j proposes to many Elaine Wenzcll, the l film star, before the year is out, probably in November in Wales. 1 lie looks remarkably well, and I can ■ quite believe that he will he ready to fight within the next month if need be. 1 [ hope there will be no complications. We a'i want to see Farr in the ring, preferl ably, of course, in defence of the championship. j I have no idea of the size of the purse for the Foord-Phillips light, but I have ' every reason to believe that, in its generosity it is worthy of Harriugav. AMERICAN MIDGET Jackie Jurich is here with Johnny Rogj era. who looked after the interests of Small Montana. It seems pretty certain that Lynch will fight him in Glasgow next month under the direction of George Dingley, as was originally planned. Juried*. is a bright little fellow, and, if Roger? estimate of him may be accepted, he f is a remarkable midget. All the Same l would much prefer to have seen the Scott once more at the flyweight limit against Peter Kane. Not be- “ cause 1 fear Lynch will be forced to surj render the title, but for the reason that Kane is a Britisher, and in every way • f competent to light him. I will even go so fa.- as to say that Kane is better than i Jurich. However, Diugley wishes it to be understood that in importing Jurich he . had not the slightest intention of side--1 Hacking the Lancashire lad. Indeed, he has given a promise that, if Lynch defeats the American, he will, subject Lo the approval of the Board of Control, p match him against the world’s champp 10 , ' As 1 expected, Johnny Best will not :> put on Jimmy Walsh and Dave Crowley v for the lightweight championship in Lou--2 don. He has fixed the fight for the middle of June at Liverpool, which, if I may sa% so, is the natural venue. 'Hie purse is £1,260, and, in normal weather condir tions, it should leave a generous -margin ’ o; profit. THAT HEFTY PUNCHER I There is much speculation in London as to how Walsh will fare in a fight lie is to have with Roy Boon at Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. 1 arn not swayed by local feeling, which is that Boon, who works in ' hi.-i father's smithy, will heat the champion. But, having seen this eighteen-year-oid lad knock out Boyo Rees, and made a close study of him, 1 arn decided that Walsh will have to he at the top of his ' form to win. Boon is exceptionally clevo. What lias most impressed me is the rapidity and the weight of his punches. Last time I saw Walsh he was far from' convincing, but. with his wealth of experience, he ought to dispose of Boon. Sydney Hulls, who is promoting the Tut Whallev-Tiny Rostock flyweight eliminator at Hanley, is couniug upon a record crowd. “If,” lie says, “there are fewer than 30.000 people on the ground of the Port Vale boot ball Club when they * take the ring, I shall be surprised. No * fight has so surely captured the I'otter- , ip.s since Tommy Harrison fought Charles , Ledou.x. lhe rivalry is ol the keenest possible kind, and it will be allowed that no two lads could he more evenly niatchIf 1 must attempt to forecast, my vote P is for Bostock. But, whoever is the winner, I am wondering, perhaps with the t rest of you, whether the Board of Control will insist that Lynch shall fight him to the exclusion of Peter Kane, who in my opinion could beat both Bostock and Whalley.