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NZ Truth, Issue 328, 7 October 1911, Page 8

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Bill- Lang is now a race- horse- own,er. Bromwich is to have a match witfcJack Griffin at Hastings. Bill Kudd and Bill Walsh meet m Melbourne on Monday next. Hughie Mehegan-Jack Read match is fixed for November ll m Sydney. The Bills— Lang and Squires— are on a tour of N.S.W. with a boxing show. A great go should be put up between Kelly and Gault at Blenheim next Wednesday night. Len .porter: is due .to meet Tommy O'Brien, who recently got a decision over L. Robinson, m. Sydney. Jack Lester was styled "Champion of the British Empire," and Sam McVea "Champion of Europe." Alf Gault has sprung into prominence. Several Associations are after him. Even Manawatu is talking Kelly-Gault fight. * . Al. Kaufman may visit Australia. Lester was promised the first match with Jack Johnson if he licked McYea.V e a. Alas, poor Ja.ck Lester. The Wellingtoh Boxing Association is endeavoring to match Jimmy Hill and Frank * Fitzjohn, the two Sydney fedders, m Wellington.

Timaru Boxing Association is going to match Herbert, tho Oamaru* barber, with the winner of the Mitchell-Ryan scrap, the date mentioned being November 22. Dave Smith hasn't lost any of his old-time skill, as on Monday last, at Sydney, he accounted for Jack Howard m eight rounds. Dave will have a big say with Sam Langford at middle-weight after this victory. . Young Fitzsimmons, the American now m Sydney, who is hankering after Dave Smith, claims to have fought a ten-round draw with Papke. He has already been matched with '■Ranji" Burns. Bill Rudd and "Ranji" Burns is the attraction at the Sydney . Sports Club to-day, while the big "item at the Stadium is "Yankee Dick Cullen and Jack Read, the winner of which will be sent out after Mehegan. A great sport is Dr. O'Brien, of Palmerston North. He was at the Tracy-Gault go at Wanganui on Friday night last. What's wrong with the Manawatu Association doing something m the match-making line, Doctor ? Big Carl Morris, who was beaten a couple of weeks ago m America by Jim Flynn, is Mcintosh's latest addition to the team of boxers for Australia. Flynn and Joe Jeannette are also coming, and will probably be on the same boat as Tommy Burns. Tim Tracy, good sport that he is, does not begrudge Alf Gault his victory, but naturally Tim is anxious to have another go. Tim made a mistake m taking on Gault so soon after his Hannan fixture. His left arm was sore and bruised as the result of that bout. The ex-champion will do slow work for the ensuing month, and promises to be fit and well for Arthur Kelly at.'/Awe.eein.

Winners of mills at Wanganui were : Bond, Caldwell, Diamond and' Breed. The defeat of Jack Lester by Sam McVea was anticipated. The wonder is that Lester wasn't kocked out. Bill Rudd is loud m his demand, m Sydney, for a return go with Ted Whiting. Bill went tmder to Whiting at Brisbane some time back. Ring-sidez-s at Waipawa say that O'Halloran was too clever for Brbniwich, and cannot understand why Lou went under at Millerton. A new-comer, m Sydney, Bandsman Rice, styled "the 'light' heavyweight champion of England," has been matched to meet Jack Howard. Interesting Christchurch fixtures : October 10, Ryan v. Mitchell . October 26, Mayze v. Williams. Mayze, • who was very successful m the ama- . teur ranks, is running a seminary of stoush m the Cathedral City. I Judging by the effect of Gault's I defeat of Tim Tracy, it looks as if Billy Hannan will have to fight Gault. If Gault goes under t,o Kelly then the latter will have good reason for demanding a return with Hannan. The only "Tahmy" Burns is on his way to Australia. The reason is that Tahmy is wanted m Sydney to produce his agreement with Lester the Hebrew-French-Ger-man-Canadian is entitled to half of Lester's earnings m the ring. Lou O'Halloran succeeded m turning the tables on Alf Bromwich at Waipawa on Wednesday night of last week. The contest went fifteen rounds, and Lou won on points. It was a closely contested affair, but was marred by a. lot of clinching. la. Robertson, the Gisborne featherweight, who has been on a visit to Australia, returned to Wellington on Wednesday last, and has since gone on to Gisborne. Robbie had one fight m Sydney, his opponent being Tommy O'Brien, a nut from Surry Hills, and the Gisborne lad went under m 14 rounds, having fought his man under great disadvantages. He is willing to meet any. lad of 9.8 or 9.10 m the Do- ; minion, if any Association cares to I make a match. Tom Thomas, a well-known boxer, died suddenly m Wales a few weeks back, from heart failure, consequent upon repeated attacks of rheumatism, which frequently hampered him m his training. It's not so long ago since Jim Sullivan beat Thomas for the middle-weight championship of England.. Thomas's last battle was against Bandsman Rice who is now m Sydney. This fight took place at "Wonderland," London, and, strangely enough, Thomas died on the night on which this popular Saturday night boxing resort was burnt to the ground. Thomas was only 31 years of age. Old Peter Maher, the one-time champion of Ireland, was given a fight against Jim Doherty m New York a few weeks ago, and clean outed his man m exactly half a minute-^-which knocked the critics all of a heap. They haven't got over it yet, by all accounts. It's about 14 years ago since Peter figured m public. His hair is grey now ; but, apparently, there's life m the old dog yet. Doherty must be a very big man seeing that he was over two stone heavier than old Peter, who tipped the beam at 14.4. Maher, it will be remembered, was once beaten by Bob Fitzsimmons m one round. The "Frawley Law," which recently oam c into force m New York, has been welcomed by all the sports over that way. It sanctions tcn-rotind contests' with Soz. gloves. A.committee of three persons has heen appointed to grant licenses to clubs, each of which must furnish a £2000 bond, and also hand over to the State five per cent, of its takings. Any club permitting "crook" lights will probably lose its license, while the boxers taking part m such a •bout will be disqualified for six months for a first ofience, aud for life for a second. The authorities are m earnest. No more "gar-dang" 1 hanky-panky.

Amateur winners af the Waipawa tourney were : J. Ferguson, W, Ireland, T. Delahunt, and R. Hansen. The latest Yankee boxer about to visit Australia is one Al Palzer, a New York heavy-weight, who is looked upon as a hope. Owing to Mehegan having injured his hands when, up against Picato, the match with Hock Keys has been postponed for a fortnight. Tim Tracy ought to benefit by the spell between this and the beginning of November, when he will, meet Arthur Kelly at Dunedin. An effort is being made m Adelaide to match Wellington Gus. Devitt with Arthur Cripps. The date proposed is next Wednesday. ; According to the fans m Welling- • ton, the local Association will have j tjO put Kelly and Hannan on again. Well, Kelly is willing enough. According to Jack Griffin, Bert Murphy is a dirty fighter. So says everybody y.ho witnessed the fight. It will not do the game any good m Auckland. Charlie Griffln, who has given it out ' that he believes Mehegan can beat Wolgast, wants to have another go at the Victorian, providing the latter weighs m at 9.7. The Reefton Boxing Association is making an effort to match Archie Leckie and Barney Ireland for the middle-weight championship of New Zealand. The date of the tourney at Reefton is fixed for November 15. At a recent meeting of the Reefton Boxing Association it was decided to hold a tournament on November 13 next. Included m the programme will be one professional contest of 15 rounds, between the best middle-weights procurable, for a purse of 50 soys, and four amateur bouts of six rounds each, between the best amateurs available on the Coast. Jack Griffin is due to meet Billy Cootes at Westport on the morning of Boxing Day, December 26. There seems to have been some trouble j about the selection of a referee, and the latest is that the services of Tim Tracy will be secured. I understand that Tim is also objected to on the ground that he might at a later date be matched with the winner. What's wrong with the Westport Association ? Surely it can get the services of a referee who wiH be acceptable to both parties. Thus "Critique," Waipawa : "Having witnessed the Bromwich-O'Hal-loran fight, I will give you a correct line on it. Bromwich was hot favorite, and owing to O'Halloran contracting a severe cold a few days prior he was given no chance of winning. This O'Halloran is not the mug they thought. Given the cold m, a few of his nearest friends knew Bromwich would not be class enough. Bromwich indulged m a deal of talking the day of action, and openly gave it out how he was going to introduce the sleep pill to O'Halloran When it came to the real article he was nervous. O'Halloran, on the other hand, was confidence itself. To make a long story short, they started carefully, and were fairly even at the end of two rounds. From round three to round ten Bromwich was not m it, and was nearly out several times. At round six Bromwich was so severely punished he wanted to pull out. About this period Bromwich tried a bit of his dirty work, and hit O'Halloran low. The referee asked O'Halloran if he wanted to claim a foul, and he said no, let it pass. From that on, Bromwich hit O'Halloran four or five times times on the kidneys ; but still O'Halloran never claimed a foul. I heard him say, "Bromwich, enough of this dirty work." From round 10 to round 15 Bromwich made a better effort, but even then his effort came too late, and he lost by a street. If O'Halloran had carried the condition Bromwich could not have stayed more than six rounds. This shows there was something radically wrong at Millerton, and will teach O'Halloran i never to go again on his lonesome. I know Alf Gault, and I think O'Halloran tands a good chance of annexing I the championship."

Timaru Boxing Association is trying to arrange a meeting at an early date between J. Hegarty and A. Maxwell. Hegarty is willing. , With Tim Tracy's defeat by Gault at Wanganui, the residential lightweight championship goes to Auckland. Whether it will stay there is another matter, because Gault will hayS to fight to beat Kelly at Blenheiiiu Ted Green and Jimmy Hill put up" such a strong thing at the Sydney Gaiety recently, that the referee Jim Barron refused to give a decision and called it a sehleinter. Asa result the pair have been warned off "for life" where the Gaiety management is concerned. This should settle Hill's chance of coming to New Zealand. A word of prase is due to the efi forts of Secretary L. J. Atkinson for the complete success of the Wanganui tourney. Everybody connected with the management did their best, but Secretary Atkinson shone like a beacon m the night. The Association shows a profit on the tourney, and should consider the advisability of rematching the pair. j The Millerton Association want to match Arthur Kelly with Alf. Gault at Millerton on November I*. The pair are matched to meet at Blentheim on October 11. There was an idea of. matching Kelly with Tracy, j but that is now off. If Kelly defeats Gault, Tim will have a chance of regaining the championship from Kelly at Dunedin on November 1 next.