BOXING

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7110, 23 April 1910, Page 7

BOXING

Frank Goaley and Dan Mobster li.iie been matched to meet in a iorty-five bout lor tin- bantam-weight championship ol (ho world. Tho match is (o take place this month in ban Francisco. Conley is the pre-cut holder of tho diamond licit which sues with the championship, bavin;,’ knocked out Monte Attell in -Id round-, a I Los Anilides. JEFFRIES WANTS A LION. Should Jim Jeffries whip Jack Johnson on July -Ith tho American public will sec little or nothing of tho great fight champion during the following year. In the event of 5 his being victorious over the negro. Jeff plans a complete around-tho-worid tpur, aeioompajiied by moving picture operators, photographers, and an army of other help. “ 1 have virtually made a contract with Denver newspaper men who are going to finance and handle the trip,” said Jeffries. “ Our longest stop will be made in Africa, where I will make an extended hunt for the jangle pets that Roosevelt has overlooked. l * Moving pictures will bo made of all the exciting hunts, and these films will be .shipped back to this conn-taw and will be shown-all over the world.” ENGLAND v. FRANCE. An Anglo-French *diow was held at the National Sporting Club just before the mail left, a.ud picvcd an enormous succor, except that Kune pi‘ the foreign contingent wc*re too outclassed to put .up very keen fights. In the longest engageihent of the evening, a 15-iouml match between the French bantam-weight champion, Paul Til, and Ike Irish champion, Johnny Curran, the laris proved perfectly matched, and a lively contest resulted in an oven draw. But in all the other events the Frenchmen,* were beaten. Jan Dow leer, a well-known ox-bantam-weight, beat Jean Andouy (featherweight) in a 10-roiuid bout, Andouy giving in after eight rounds had boon lought; George Moure (of Barking) beat F. tjuendrcux cn points in n IU-roimd engagement of ikst 4lb each; G. Beckett (Soulhanipion) outpointed C. Moyct in a six-round heavy-weight contest s Jun bullivau (Bormoudspy) iloorod Vv. I rnitex three or four times in the hist two rounds of a 'welter-weight match, and the referee stopped tho fight; while a similar decision was given in another six-round bout, in which Sid. Burns (Aldguto) boat Andre Bayard at 9st. THE JEFFRIES-JOHNSON. FIGHT. A STRAIGHT BATTLE.

Although (hero has been no little di-j.Uissicm in America as to w'hether the result of the ■ coming • contest between Jeffries and Johnson may nob be arranged. Mr W. \\ T . Naughton, the burly sporting editor c J the. lean Francisco “Examiner,’’ nnld a world famous authority om boxing.,, is confident the 'battle will be n straight one. There will Ire ihorb money bet on this light the writes), than there ever' was on any eimilair-- happening in the history of pugilism. •There .""ill bo betting in Pairs, m Lbndbn, in Sydnev and, in Melbourne. In the .English-speaking, .countries they will he guided by what has liappernod before when ‘. a ' man has ro j turned to the -ring after years of in-i activity. They will back Johnson, inall likelihood, and back Itira heavily. It 1s more than probable* that those of this country who. are guided in tliciir betting operations by -practical oom-nson-sense will uphold the Johnson end 1 of the market in such a way that the isn’t likely to bo oni the short! end of the wagering: The negro population to a man will support the coloured fighter wlith their dollars, and, alt things considered, the price that any expert in the chc-al-i ng line could afford to pay Johnnoni for the absolute “control” of the betting market would be more—a great deal more, probably —than the winners end of the purse and the winner’s share of the pidturs profits would 'nineunit to. ' Such things have been done, thought of course, on a smaller scale than us outlined by the possibilities ,Jn the present instance. . _ Johnson says hp .tvns offered a small fm’tamo to tiuwv lys fiftiKt '’itli Ivotohel. He may ho staling wimt is at I'aofc or ho may bo romancing. l.he one thing made* evident is.that he can bo approached on such, a subject witb-* oht being tempted to cecum it -mutdor. I drawe known a world’s cha-mpnon or two in my time that- no on» would dare go to 'with oily ichi cl luiub kind. .

But—and this may appear si range in view of what precedes it—l do not! tlhink tihc.ro is enough money in, the# world to in due nee Jack Johnson td throw “the coining light.” ■ The pride of raicO; is t-co strong * in John/.on. Hd knoiws that there never was a negro before him, no matter what; his station in life, who wan such am. idot among coloured people as he is at present. ' , This, in a, way, will ho tile ultimo, filmic of heavy-weight t»,ampion.-ships. There )Vill bo* no challenges road at the ■rmgyiide—there is no man standing in the background who the public considers- is yet tot he reckoned with. Tho man who "ins, in ah proibaibility, will never engage in another championship! fight. * , , , ' . To he that man, and particularly in Johnson's case, is, a- rare distinction. Success tor Johnson may, for that matter. mean racial trouble in some sections, but tbaft is another story. It is said tliat when Johnson won from Kctchel —a foregone conclusion, by the way —Mississippi steamboats! were tied up and trains bereft of coloured help. The extent of the jubilation among the negroes if Joluisem wins from Jeffries is almost too vast a thing for the mind to compass. Johnson is the only negro who even had a chance to attain sukih fistio heights, and XTI be bound that in the matter of straight and desperate fighting he will be found black through and through. THE REWARD OF COURAGE. Of all tbo recent champions Nelson had the strongest bold on the public heart,, and even in defeat the public seems to like the Dane. Before IVolgast trimmed Nelson there were-a great mam sporting men who loathed the very name of “The Battler/* but Nelson's great show of fortitude and courage ai Point Richmond won many detractor: over to his side, and it is almost a err tanty th .t the'drawing rowers of tt great little D ne hive b.en but slight dimmed bv his defeat. In the east Kd son is an idol, and the former ch.nr pion*s juperb honesty and courage have always been known here. Wolaast may be the,champion, but it is doubtful whethen lie is as popular as the Dane. Woleast’s chances of ever attaining the same height hi the public esteem, ns the little Dane, are very slim indeed. Nelson at the present time is trying his hardest i

to get all the money in the theatrical mime. CONI.ON BEATS KENDRICK FOR Till; BANTAM CHAMPIONSHIP. Johnny Coulon successfully defended his fillp of the bantam-weight champion of the world when ho defeated Jem Keudiick in a tiveutv rounds go. before the West Side Athletic Club at New Orleans. The result was uractienlly « knock-out iu the nineteenth round, for after taking the count of uiuo twice the game Englishman. tiled to face the music, and 'A-aggcred against the ropes, unable to resist, and almost blind from closed eyes and haltered face, Tho referee stepped ill before Coalon nut iu the final punch, and the fiirht, was given to tho Chicago boy. Kendrick teas 100 groggy to stand, and a, tan would have put him to sleep. Coulon was iriveu nu ovation before one of the lamest crowds that has witnessed a fight in New Orleans since the Corbett. SnJiiycyi match, Kendrick, who is a ten years’ veteran, fought aggressively, but slowed down perceptibly towards tu/ finish. WHAT LANG SAYS. “SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DRAW l" “The fight should have been a draw.” This was the declaration of Bill Lang after the big match with'Tommy Burn* (to a '’Star" reporter). “J± was bad luck for me that I should have luid to fight with one hand only after tho ninth round. In that term Burns rallied, and was fighting vigorously. I used my right to the forehead with a good deal of force behind it. and had the misfortune to' break the hand just above the • thumb. Even then I didn't lose heart I felt that ray showing .was good and that 1 Could "0 the 211 lounds. “I didn't want do dishearten my secends, and I tonglit on with the broken, hand without their knowing it. Burns, of course, didn't know. But X can tell you I knew, as rav thumb was very painful, and the hand was rendered practical iv useless. “it was bad luck. I have never regretted anything more. I am convinced —and so was a great proportion of the crowd—that the decision should not have been in Burns’s favour. A draw would have been the correct decision. ''lmmediately after the fight I was driven in a cab to a doctor, who examined tho hand. and declared it broken, just above tho thumb. It will put mo back in inv training, and it has upset many of niv calculations. The doctor says 111 not bo able to train for, about six weeks, but. witch I’m '"’ell again Fa. ready and willing to fight Burns. ghoul® I then beat him I’ll go to America, where I think I ought to do fairly, weifc Moreover, mv supporters think so. “At. the outset of tho fight I nev« felt bettor, and when the accident t® my hand occurred X was patiently await* iutr au opportunity to {jet iu a blow t® knock Burns right out. I felt certain Drat I could do it. but luck was against me. X naturally feel .the bad. luck very keenly. However.) I suppose it can tbo helped-‘ , . , . “There was nothing very much in the incident when X fell on the ropes. I do not think Burns meant to he unfair. Of course, bo is an in-lii?liter, and. it is haz’d for tho spectators to judge; hut I ve no complaint to make against the way in which ho fought me. AH X regret is my bad luck in having my hand broken and the fapt that tho decision was not, what it should have been —a draw.’