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NZ Truth, Issue 511, 3 April 1915, Page 10

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• Denny MUrphy is training m Sydney with Harold Hardwick. Peter Cook and Jack.Griffin clash at Greymouth to-night. If Les O'Donnell defeats Jerry Jerome he will be.matched m Sydney or Brisbane with Tom Cowler. Allan Maxwell has been matched m Egypt with an Australian pug named Darey —not Les —and the mill is scheduled to cover a 15-rounds' journey. Gordon Coghill injured his left thumb m his engagement with Jim Corbett's protege, Tom Cowler, at Melbourne, and was forced to cry a truce m the third round. Coghill will be on the easy list for about a month. Bill Bartlett, the Christchurch heavyweight who recently walloped an Australian cracker after seven, rounds' willing wallop m Egypt, drew £6 as his end of the purse. The loser got his car-fare back to the camp. Jack Ludbury, who is m New Zealand with a creditable English record behind him, may be hitched up shortly by the Timaru Association, It's hinted that C. Stewart will face him. The Timaru Association has its eye on the winner of the Penrose-Shutt fight, who will probably be hitched up 'with a likely opponent, yet to be sorted out. There,does not seem much likelihood of the Welsh welter, Fred Dyer, getting a match m New Zealand. Presumably, none of the associations can. afford to accept his terms. Herb . McCoy easily defeated the American Yld, young Abe Attell, m Melbourne recently. The flght went the full twenty rounds;' but McCoy was neveV m serious danger. By, so easily defeating the Frenchman, Marcel Lepreux, at Brisbane, Frank EIHb has certainly justified his claim to battle for the feather-weight championship of Australia. Jimmy Clabby outpointed by "Young Ahearn" m a six-rounder at the Quaker City. Same night—St. Patrick's— Johnny, Kilbane is said to have oatpointed Kid Williams, the lad who took the bantam championship from wonderful Johnny Coulon less than a year ago. - Jimmy Hagerty, with the first Canterbury Reinforcements m Egypt, was working m. the officers' tucker department when last we heard. Attempts had been made to hitch him up with Allan Maxwell, but the goncc weren't sufficiently attractive to Jimmy, who reckons his stoush Is worth more than a quid a round. The proposed scrap m Melbourne this (Saturday) evening is Herb McCoy and Mohawk Jimmy Coffey (U.S.A.). They are to flght at lOst 21b. On the strength of his win over the Frenchman, Marcel Lepreux, the Wellington featherweight, Frank Ellis, was matched to meet Joe Russell m Brisbane last Saturday night. Particulars should be available next week. Regio Delaney mot his first reverse m Brisbane on Saturday night week, when after a fierce twenty rounds of hard fighting, the referee, Jack Driscoll, awarded the verdict to Eugono Volalre. A Brisbane paper says that Delaney was frequently cautioned ny tho referee for taking a hold on the ropes. Can friend Drlscoll Inform a palpitating world what rule Reg was violating by this well-known trick,

which is also one of Jack Clune's, and | Is the patent Of neither. By defeating \ so good and hard a* lad as Delaney, Volaire emphasised the excellence of Jack Clune, who made a mere punch- j ing bag of the sturdy Frenchman. 'At Brisbane this (Saturday) evening, Les O'Donhell tries it on once again with that colored wonder, Jerry Jerome. Denny Murphy's" affair with Jimmy Fitton is set out for Monday evening week, at the Sydney Olympia. Accord- , ing to a Sydney paper Denny is now the picture of splendid health. The Sydney Stadium scrap this (Saturday) evening is between the Belgian, Henri Demlen and Les Darcy. Monday night (Easter), the attraction is Mick King and Jlarold Hardwlck. The amateur bantam champion of N.S.W., Jacky King, has turned pro., or proposes to do so, and is to meet the champion, Jack Jannesse, for the title 'in Melbourne shortly. As showing that the claims of Frank Ellis to. a match with Jimmy Hill, for the feather-weight championship ofAustralia, have heen overlooked, It is pertinent to point out that at Easter, at Brisbane, Hill is to meet Hector Mcl- ' vllle, and presumably the title will be involved. • Now, Ellis has already met and defeated Melville, and on that account alone Is entitled to a match with Hill, but apparently the Stadium people j think otherwise. Now that Ellis has j earned further laurels by easily, putting \ it over Lepreux, It will be interesting | to note what follows. At least, Ellis j should be put up against the winner of ' the Hill-Melville battle. Ellis has had j fully six fights since he went to Sydney, less than a couple of "years ago, | and he has been winning all the time. True, he has suffered 'defeat, viz., at the hands of "Togo" Lyons, m Brlsbane.i and Charlie Simpson, m Melbourne, but it is worth noting that each time, the j newspaper writers considered the ref- I eree was m error. I Last week, m these columns, writer expressed the opinion that it was up j to Denny Murphy to explain several things which had emanated from Sydney. , Writer last week indirectly heard from Denny, who wanted it known far and wide that he had been matched with Jimmy Fitton, said match to take j place next Tuesday evening at the Sydney Olympia. It depends a great deal I on Denny's showing whether or not ho will subsequently be given a match at the Stadium. Denny said nothing about the denth or reported death In New j Zealand. Incidentally* though Denny j had often prior to going to Sydney ex- | planned how deeply anxious he was to have another go at Sid Mitchell, and expressed his willingness to come back at a moment's notice to get ( oven, no matter where It was. As a Hplendld ( opportunity to get even was given him by tho Wellington Boxing Association, It Is somewhat surprising to find that ] Denny has not availed himself of that opportunity, particularly as Sid Mitchell was willing. Surely Denny Is not haunted by the cracks he got ut Hamilton!