PUG PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 570, 20 May 1916, Page 11

PUG PARS.

Llew Edviterds and Bert Spargo were due to have had their return fight at Melbourne on Saturday night last. No result to hand. - Suck Crouse wal 168 shipped recently m Sydney, but he says it will cost him nothing to §H£d Sills and nieet Darcy under \f drift's cliaHlplonflhlp conditions. ! 'I fi£ht "ray best around 158 fcb 160," said^iidk. Everyljo^y , In discusses* the return of relir'ed champion Dave Srhith to tho arena and his coming match with ■■his old dftponentt JlmuiV Ciabby. get down for this (Saturday) evening. Daye is great guns at his own superbly lUM gvniflalliini, fidth Hqii^, Sftthurst-^ti'fet-, and tiaS'fc H6 feelS strpng;ef fh'div, aficl is cgrtaJhiy as fast as, ever he waK. ' Frank O'Conhqr .cqulcjh.'t get near Fred Kay to linock him out, m Mcl - bourne, on .Saturday .night week, and Fred played the dancing; devil a i tattpo on FrniiU tin, , m tno himh rdiinfl, he ltnocketl lilm pjeiin out; Kay Is saia to have toisiht with great aklH, j'udgrtient and power. Following .were, the measurements of Alex Costlca and Les Darcy, as taken at the Stadium last week: Cosiica. Dar6y. Ako .... SO years' ,2B j'eiirS Hcijcht .. Cift lOHj 6ft 710 .. list 618 ll.St 61b Rwich .. 1i m T3%lh dhe's't, ntirtridl .... 39« i, 40 „ Che^, <^cp. 41%,, 42iA',, Nfe'cli .... 1$ „ 16 H» Waist . . 31 .. 33 .. Bleeps ..• 14iiiv H%ii Forearm , 11% .. 12% ( , Wrist .. .7U-.V -7%,, Thigh .. 21H»» 23 „ Calf <...M4£.i' 14% „

The big thing at the Sydney Stadium I this (Saturday) evening will be. the meeting for about the tilth time tf t Dave Smith and Jimmy Clabby. Whether Dave can successfully negotiate the "come-back" act remains to be seen. According to a Sydney paper, Champion Jimmy Hill has reconsidered his determination to retire and will meet Thorn for the feather title m Brisbane, on June S. If he wins — and he expresses himself as very confident — Jim will be prepared to meet Simpson m Rushcutter Bay Stadium, for the title and £100 a-side. Last time the pair met there they drew a big House and would draw a bigger, now, as Simpson has become famous since then. The visiting boxers find it difficult to obtain local lads as sparring partners, says a Sydney print. If they were aware -of . the . way the said lads have been robbed — and then abused — by former visitors, they • would not be surprised at the dearth — it's the natural coroHory,- "Once bit twice sh>-" — and would enter into proper business-like engagements and pay wages every week, samo as m any other business. If the boys knew the payment was secure they'd soon trot along and earn it; and Stadiums Ltd. should make payment of sparring partners part of the contract, holding back enough to cover such claims. War sure is a line institution. Sergt, Battling Taylor left Sydney as ftne a fellow as ever leapt to the colors (says "Boxer-Major" m the "Sydney Sportsman"). Ho came back on the Osterley, on Monday morning, "mustered out," a neurotic wreck, with sturdy body but dithering legs and stuttering tongue. He says that the voyage did him good, so what must he have been when he was real bad? He takes halt a minute to get out one word and then repeats another a score of tinies, unable to stop himself. Taylor was -buried twice, for 36 and 24 hours, and was blown m the air on another occasion; so no wonder eleven months, of it broke the brave fellow ail up. The Battler goes to tho country for a spell and hopes m time to recover his speech and general control of the nerves! I Eddie McGoorty is due to appear m the Sydney Stadium ring next Saturday night when he will' take on the Australian heavy-weight, Colin Bel!. However, there seems to be some un-' certainty about McGoorty fulfilling his engagement, judging from tho following which appeared m the "Sydney Sportsman": "Hearing that Eddie Mc-r Goorty is unlikely to go on with his match against Colin Bell, Sid Nellsen reckons that it if up to him! to have the chance with big iColin. HV would only require three weeks to shako off the effects; of the hard toil/he has been 'Iri^dulging' m, and reckons he. could strip fit and give .the ! Moree giant all ho wants, ''.Neilsen. has done everything 1 asked of him. He has recently beaten Bill Kudo" (k.o. BJ, Stbrbeck (k.o. 4), Jack Darcy (k.o. 15), and Jim Tracey (k.ol 5), and surely, he is entitled to ago at the Stadium, where there's a bit of money m It." Although, owing to the war, boxing Is at a Standstill for the time being:, the -/Northern Boxing Association is still keeping m touch with local pugs and their gymnasium at .Parriell very often provides ntiifih /£nter taihmerit. But the gytn. la also £6 be put to use m another cause and a good cause, too. As Js well-known, many young fellows jvho dffet their services m order to be afforded the opportunity of fighting for king arid Country are turned down owing to, some, physical defect, and m many instances the cause of their rejection oould be righted with a little physical exercise/ of the right kind. The well-known Onehunga boxing, instructor, J. Urquhart, has approached the N.B.A. and kindly offered to do something for- nothing; and tho result is that the N.B.A. has granted the uso of their gym, at Farnoll to Urquhart, who will give instruction free to all those who have been rejected when enlisting, m order that they may, and no doubt will m many instances, be able to pass the medical examination at a second attempt. Both J. tfrqu- ■ hart— who turned out Mat James, by the "Way-Mind tho N.B.A. are deser.fingr of a word of praise, and their example Is one that -could be followed m other centres. On Saturday night week, at the Brlsbalie StadiUm, "rtdugh-house" Burns, tihe of the latent importations from Ameriea> was pitted against Mat Murphy, an Australian who ha© made «. i bit of a name for* hlnittclf m the hempen square within the last few months. It was hardly a fair deal to Murphy that ho was matched against mitih a rugged and husky lad an Burns. In our opltl-> ion, it wad a bad jnatcJb, and thin was proved, when the Yankee boxer Simply played with Murphy. Murphy imil everything In his favor, except lighting ability and ring-crnft. Ho hail 2Hlb the best of the weiffliw. bosldca having uh' advantage In both height tintf roach. Burns la a dogged ami most aggressive fighter, never allowing his opponent 16 have jt second of peitep. For the first Qouplo of rquiuls he put it all over Murp/iy, wlib was treated (o a botlygrue'lUng " iiio like, of which wo have never siie'ri previously m Brisbane. In these two bouts the visitor got the measure of his man, and for tho two following rounds plnyed tHtli Murphy, and had no dlfflrulty fn malting tho points with a Btruight left and a pretty right cross. After this there was only onb niwi m it. fthd that was Burns, who; by punishing body blow*?--a typical style of lighting of the Americans— gradually "but surely woro the AUBtraHan down. I» rduttd eight Murphy wanted to turn it up, and it is only fulr

to him (o say that ha was perfectly j .li-stirted m doing so. for he was done I to a *.urn. He battled out the- next round under similai- conditions. Before round ten was started, the referee; Jack Driscoll, walked over to his chair, presumably with the Intention of asking: him whether he was fit enough to gro through another round. Evidently he must have been, or thoug-ht he was, for he stood up m front of Burns, only to be treated to a tornado of blows. Tho round had not gone more than a minute before Murphy, by putting his gloves to Burns, admitted that he was a beaten man. " Some boom was worked up for Costica m Sydney. Listen to this: "The world's famous French boxer, Georges Carpentier, claimed he had a future world's Avelter or middleweight champion when he first discovered the Roumanian, Alex Costica. It is not yet two years since Costica had his first contest m tho fistic square, being then only 18 years of age. Since then his career has been, phenomenal, knocking out RYiph famous men as the European welter champion, Albert Badoud, the English welter champion, Johnny Basham, the ex -world's -welter champion, 'Dixie Kid,* Tom McCormack, .Johnny Summers, Gus Platts. He was undoubtedly beating the English middleweight champion, Pat p'Keefe, when he committed a breach of the rules and lost on a foul." Well, well. And he lasted four rounds with Les Darcy.