BOXING.

NZ Truth, Issue 132, 28 December 1907, Page 3

BOXING.

■■ ■■ . ■. — i — • ♦ — 1— - * /: ' t XBj, tJi>par-C|t3r* v ■: ■; . :'A ; hard-visagea pug from Cockineyland wants the local Association to "fix.'im up a' bloomin' match." He calls himself the r champion of % India, 1 and judging from his appearance one could easily associate him with a knocke.Mlo.wn of niggers. This ,"Gorbiime' r sort of individual is anxious to get to business as soon as possible. J. Godfrey, who recently upset Tommy Hanley's calculations, has written a nice little note to the local Boxing Association m Which he .expresses his warm appreciation of the treatment accorded to him by its officials, and spotts of the Capital' City. V : Heavyweight champion Mick Dooley, whom many people reckoned "the daddy of the lot" m his day, has lately been associated . with a travelling show m Tasmania. According to the (American papers,; old Sob Pitzsimmphs has not yet received his "diit" of" the Jack Johnson purse., from the Washington Athletic Club. "Pita": went into the ring, it will be remembered, with an injured arm, and was knocked out m the second round. The club paid Johnson his share of the receipts, and even went so far as to dismiss v a constable with a 50-dollar note, who had a warrant to arrest the negro- before the bout, on a charge of larceny as a bailee. "Fitz" and bis manager have :brought some political influence to bear on the matter, with the result that an order has gone, forth debarring the "club" from re-opening its doors until the Cornstalk's calim (1,904 dollars) is made good. , •. < Clever welterweight Arthur Cripps will light no more. He has bought some land at Nanango, Queensland, and purposes devoting himself to dairy farming and sheep breeding. Good luck to him ! No fairer fighter ever donned a glove. "Lone:. Bill" Smith, who recently left Australia with the avowe^l intention of going to England, has

pitched his tent for' the time being on. f t he ft arid, South Africa,' where he is training Tom Duggan. The Natal "Advertiser," which is responsibly for the foregoing, also hints that the proposed Smith-Mike Wili Hams . match m South Africa is all "inoonshine," $s Mike is still m Australia. ■From America comes word that George La Blanche, the great mdd<dleweicht of the "eighties," is now on the rocks after going through a fortutie. At the outset of his career La Blanche was m the United States •Navy, but he soon gave up the sea for -the gloves; and the lighter the 1 gloves, th'e better he . liked 'em. The blow /s^im.^- which she 'knocked out $aek 'Befiipsey' m the 32nd round for ar purser of' 5000 dollars has been !e^rf!§ince, as the La Blanche, but af^en, iHihat ■'.; particular mill it was soon disallowed, 'and regarded as a foul.i ./-..,. : ■■■... /'The late battle 'between 'Jack Blackmpre ; and Ted kelson had so ljt'tle • interest for the ."gods" that all ..through the eleven rounds they guyed the performers by whistling such tunes as "Waiting at the Church, ""Death of Nelson,". "Home Shyeet Home," m addition to which they not infrequently fired a fusilade of .taunts and insults.. There was' no doubt about the punch that floored Blackmore, Nelson was, waiting to get a cohvincer home*; and :> when it catne^.it landed , cVeanlyr-and ' truly 'enough, , having, enough'-' forc^e" m it tjch fell a bullock. • \JSck, : r.dropped to th^\floor^ailiinp^ spineless mass, to be co^nte'd- out, whereat the majority 01 > the audience scratched their heads and wondered how such a thing could, come about with so little bloodshed. Many are still wondering.