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NZ Truth, Issue 472, 4 July 1914, Page 10

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An amateur boxing association has been formed afßotorua. Mr. F. A. Hornibrook has resigned membership of the Christchurch Sports Club. . Kid Lewis and Herb McCoy have been matched for a return battle, to take place at Melbourne Stadium on July 11. For next Saturday night, June 11, th*e. Sydney Stadium management are putting up Milburn Saylor and Joe Welling. Tne question of definite legislation or controlling authority of boxing m New Zealand^ will be fully discussed at the Wanganui Conference. ; . Messrs. Atack and Robson have been appointed by the Christchurch Sports Club , as; a' sub-committee to. deal ..with matches for the August tournament. . The Sydney" Stadium scrap this Saturday is between Jimmy Clabby and Eddie McGoorty. The Hammond boxer, Clabby, holds an American decision over McGoorty. The Wanganui . Association has se- i lected Mr. L. Cohen as/ president of j the Council, and July 22 and 23 had j been fixed as the dates for , the New Zealand championships. ' : '. . The representative of the N.8.A., who is now m Sydney has been commissioned to try and secure Hughie Mehegan as. an opponent for Herb McCoy,, m Auckland early next month. Whatoh! she bumps. * Frank Ellis, m Sydney, says there's I no .need for Charlie Simpson to wait for Jimmy Hill, as he (Frank) has £50 to. back himself against (Charlie), ! otherwise John Dunn, junior. Winner i talce the lot, if Simpson so prefers it In the; event of Jeff Smith going on a suggested brief visit to America,'during the time his 'damaged hand takes to repair itself, he will arrange to return to Australia by October at latest, to ;ineet the winner of the Clabby-Mc-Goorty contest. It is announced that Denny Murphy and Sid Mitchell will box a return match at Auckland 'on July 14, the night following Auckland's Provincial Amateur Championships. Already m connection '.with the return battle, a lot of money is said to be on the Murphy, side. It will tell m the end. v . - * Southland Association, owing., .to heavy losses last season, -has petitioned the New Zealand Boxing Council that "a reduction m its subscription fee' to the Council this year, would be acceptable." The matter has been-al-lowed to stand over until it is seen how this year's competitions pan but financially. : . '

The New Zealand Boxing Council has granted permission for the Christchurch Sports Club to match Jimmy Hegarty 'and Peter Cook for the lightweight cha.mpionship at Christchurch on August 11, and to the Northern Association .to match A) Lowe and A. Popley for the heavy-weight championship at' Auckland on July 14.

In accepting a position as patron of the New, Zealand Boxing Council, the Hon. A. L. Herdman wrote: — "I desire -to say that I look upon boxing as ; one of the finest and most useful sports m the country, and one that should be encouraged. I a*m entirely m agreement with the Council . m the successful efforts it has .made to keep boxing m New. Zealand clean." .

Snowy Baker has announced; from Brisbane! that he starts ■ building the new Stadium there immediately. Boxing is m great favor with the Brisbane public. He . considers that Frank Thorn's white hope, Burge, gives some promise. The authorities are giving an official hearing to Baker's national boxing scheme and he 'hopes to begin on" the, public schools at an early date.

A / "Sydney Sportsman" par. Joe Johnson, the rosy-cheeked young ' New Zealand light-weight, who haa shown such good form m *short- journey fights and spars at the w Stadlum, has decided to give work and fighting a spell for a couple of • weeks and enjoy a few good sniffs of country air. While doing so, Joe will run down to Botany occasionally to keep himself limber by ' sparring with Fred Kay. Now, who is Joe Johnson?

A contest of tho near- future will see Fred Kay (who won a' points verdict over Milburn Saylof) again engaged m Melbourne. Ho will fight Bob Moore, the Amorican who was refereed out of his victory over Frank ; Carroll, and beat Eddie Newhouse recently. After that match, Kay's next battle will be against Hughio , Mehegan, with the light-weight championship of Australia m dispute. Hughio at present is homo m Melbourne, resting on his laurels and his bank-book.

Despite, or was It because of tho dramatic "withdrawal from further negotiations" of Willie Ritchie's manager, tho Welsh-Ritchie match has gone along swimmingly and both have signed articles m London to light at the Olympia, there, on July 7, for the world's light-weight championship; which title was not affected by Ritchie's reported besting m a 10 round go at New York by Charlie White recently; though Sydney writers, and even Snowy Baker, at the dinner m honor of his return from abroad, alluded to White as the new light-weight champion of the world.

"They're after mo," might well bo the refrain of absent Alec. Pooloy'a song. Since tho tall young Aucklandor won the heavy-weight division of tho Olympla Thousand tournament, several of the big fellows want him, says "Boxer- Major." Of course, ho was fighting out of his class, being really a middle-weight and with a big chance of winning that division, when he was put out on an alleged foul. Now, besides Jack Darcy. others are of tho opinion they can lick Alec, and among them is lien Doyle, tho winner of tho heavioN' class In tho Olympla .£ 6OO. Hearmg. however, that Pooloy had left for hla home, Doyle broadens his challenge and Ib willing to opposo his plump and pleasing personality to that of any heavy-weight m the game. Lc« O'Donnell for choice. Pooley lv now In Auckland.

The . New Zealand Boxing Assocla- ! tion has written the management of I Sydney Stadium on the matter of an I agreement respecting reciprocal action concerning: disqualifications placed on professionals. That clever bantam, Jack O'Neill, of Westport, boxed a draw with Stewart, of Timaru, at MJllerton oa Saturday night last. The scrap was for the bantam championship. They'll have to meet again. : The feather-weight title being m abeyance, the Taumarunui Boxing Association i is arranging jto-_-haye- the title fought for at Tauraarunul on the evening of August 7 next. The boxers will tie Gus Venn and Lin Robinson, of Gisborno. The winner will no doubt bo matched with Frank Bills, should he come across. • ' . . . There is talk from Hastings of matching the Waikato: boxer, Sid Mitchell, with Bert Lowe at Hastings. This would mean, if a y match wero made, that Mitchell would have to concede much poundage to the Glsbornp boxer. Still, it is given out that Mitchell likes his chance of giving' Lowe weight and beating him. Owing to an injury to his hand Bert Lowe's match with Harry Marquet at Auckland, on July 13, has been abandoned. Meantime the Northern Boxing Association: has arranged a. meeting between Marquet and AHck Pooloy for early m August— the winner to bo matched with Lowo for the heavyweight championship of New Zealand. Jack Collins,, of Timaru, wants to "rectify a mistake" which was printed concerning his showing at tho. South Canterbury champs. The roport says that Dlgby mado cats' meat. of him up till a place m the second round whero he knocked Jacky out. Jacky says he was leading on points up till he struck oblivion, and ho further insists ho was up on his feet at eight, but adds that tho referee didn't seem to think so, so out he had to go. He has a bit by blm to meet any feather m New Zealand I (Digby preferred). Font her means 9st ringside, says John.

Owing to the necessity of telegraphing tho report of the Murphy- Mitchell mill at Hamilton from tho ringside last week. "The Second" was unable to do proper justice to the excellent arrangements and capable management of tho officials of tho Walkato Boxing Association at Hamilton, and it la now hiu pleasant duty to state that tho Association showed a good profit over tho tournamont; while, as ! a result of tho good turn out, the membership Is increasing and with it are coming m tho very necessary subscriptions. Tho success achieved will no doubt encourage the Association to make more matches of a first-class character, and tho sport is likely to boom m tho Walkato. Naturally, the fact of Mitchell being a Walkato boxer Is responsible for a lot of enthusiasm and the merit of his victory over Murphy I* 1 not to b ° underestimated. It was not a fluke punch that did the trick. It was In .the first round that he landed a couple of very solid rights to the Jaw, and tho Mitchell lad doesn't tap. Tho punches hurt and Denny felt them. . "The Sceopd" did not glvo Mitchell a chance ot defcuting Murphy; but, fit tor seeing Mitchell shape, ho is not prepared to say. that ho will not repeit his win the next time they meet. At the time of writing negotiations were being carried out for a. return match at Auckland for the 14th of this month.