PUG PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 510, 27 March 1915, Page 10

PUG PARS.

What has become of the Denny-Mur-phy-Sid Mitchell match, proposed by the Wellington Boxing Association?

. Tim Tracey has been ticketed by the Greymouth 'Association to referee next Saturday's mill between Cook and Griffin. •.. r . „

Herb. McCoy was set down to defend his lightweight title at Melbourne last Saturday night, his opponent being the American, Young Abe Attell.

Main scrap at the Sydney Stadium this (Saturday) evening will be provided by Albert Lloyd (N.S.W.) and Walter Coffey (U.S.A.), welterweights.

Peter Cook, resident lightweight champion of New Zealand, meets Jack Griffin m a fifteen-round go at Greymouth next Saturday. £?he purse is £40 and substantial exes.

There seems to be a lot of dough m the boxing game over m Australia. Caterer Mclntosh first, and then Snowy Baker followed along, both getting more than a crust out of it.

It is likely that Tom Cowler, who is m Sydney, under the wing of Jim Corbett, will be matched to meet the Australian heavyweight, Gordon Coghill, at the Sydney Stadium on the evening of Saturday next, AprJl 3.

In the event of Les O'Donnell defeating Jerry Jerome, and on past performances, Les should find no difficulty m doing so, he is likely to be called upon to meet the winner of the CowlerCoghlll match.

Jimmy Penm>se (Christchurch) and Billy Shutt (Tlmaru), a pair of sledgehammer fighters, clash at Chrlstchurch King's to-night. The mill is supposed to cover fifteen rounds' journey, but it is almost sure to wax tame after half that distance has been discussed.

Hughie Mehegan is said to be dissatisfied with the walloping he received at the hands of Herb. McCoy m Melbourne recently, and it is quite on the

cards that the pair will meet for the third and decisive time m Sydney shortly. Presumably, all the l 'mon" is m Sydney.

Ernie Morris, who meets Vernall m a curtain-raiser at the Christchurch King's to-night, has done well under the circs, of his training, which necessitated a 2S-mile bike ride nearly every time he wanted a spar. On top of that, it looks as if he's m the game just for the sake of the game. Fred Dyer, the singing boxer, who dusted up briefly at Christchurch last week, looked anything but a pug m his Sunday duds. Stripped for stoush, however, he looks what he is. His footwork is grand and he carries a dope m either hand. His head, too, appears to be poised on rubber. and is quick enough to get out of the way of anything dangerous. Fred Dyer, welterweight champion of Wales, who is now doing- a vocal stunt under the Brennan-Fuller management, donned the mitts last week m Jimmy Thompson's school at Christchurch. Dyer went a peaceful three rounds wdth Jimmy Thompson, and, after a spell, took Peter Cook on for four rounds. It's a pity Cook can't, get more sparring with a man of Dyer's calibre. He'd soon be naming his own purse. Johnnie Summers, the boxer who was out here, who was m the habit of devoutly crossing himself every time he went to corners m the ring, has sued six different London papers for £1160 apiece, for stating that he stoushed a referee m Melbourne when he was fighting Alf Morey. Pugs set a most exalted price upon their ring appearance or their injured dignity nowadays. Johnnie only wants £7000 for the above certainly incorrect statement. Modest Johnnie. The genial John Fuller, senior, who is singing at the family's Christchurch vaudeville rendezvous, blew out to gaze on some exhibitions of the fistic art as it is known m Christchurch. A worms-eyes -eye view of John struggling up the 18-inch stairs which lead to Jimmy Thompson's modest and seatless "dress ch'cle," was Vorth walking barefooted from the farthest pub to see. John, having negotiated the confounded stairs, liked the stoush j very much, thank you, and, when the show ended, was not averse to having a glass of water with a dash— -of limejuice, merely as an indication that he was "one of the boys." Owing to the fact that Les O'Donnell has signed up for five fights under "Snowy" Baker's management, the big Sydney boxer is precluded from, though anxious to, visit New Zealand, and meet Allck Pooley at Auckland, and any other heavyweights available. This, therefore, means that the proposed O'-Donnell-Pooley contest at Auckland, during Easter week is off. The N.8.A., however, propose matching Pooley with Joe Sharplin, at present saw-milling or cow-punching at Tauranga. The date proposed is late m April. The N.B.A. would not entertain the idea of importing any other heavyweight than O'Donnell from Sydney.

What Is wrong with Denny Murphy? Last week writer very delicately clipped a paragraph from Sydney "Sportsman" wherein it was given out that Denny had been cabled to from New Zealand, intimating to him the news of a death m the family/ Naturally, "The Second," regretting such a sad happening, and expressed the hope that a mistake had been made. Now, it looks as if some mistake had been made, because on. reference to the last Sydney papers to hand, it is gleaned that Denny has been sorted out as an opponent for the American, Loughrey, but that the match was abandoned. Next one finds that Denny was to have met Jimmy Fitton at the Sydney Olympia last Monday night, and this match had hardly been scheduled when It was announced that owing to Denny's illness the match had been put forward to Easter Monday, April 5. Really, It is up to Denny to explain things.