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NZ Truth, Issue 580, 29 July 1916, Page 11

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The New Zealander, Harry Marque t and Jack Darcy figure In a 10 round affair at the Sydney Stadium on Monday evening' next. Herb McCoy and Eddie Moy were scheduled to scrap last Saturday night at the Melbourne Stadium. The American, Artos Fanning, and Bert Spargo provide the big thing at the Melbourne Stadium this (Saturday) .evening. An Insurance policy of 100,000 dollars * against rain was "effected before the Dillon-Moran fight took place m New York. This is said to have been the largest policy ever written on a sporting event. I Referees' decisions are to be abolished at Kansas City, not because of any agitation against them, but because the promoters find that they cannot induce the stars of the ring to appear there under reasonable terms. High^ctass boxers avoid Kansas City as though it were a plague apot, preferring the easy money of ' the no-de-cision centres. Charlie. White, who is a Liverpool (Eng.) Jew, and whose real name is Charles AncboWitz, the consumptive scrag of three or four years ago, who only took to boxing as ait exercise calculated to bring health and strength, is certainly a great little man now. For some time it appeared as though his spurt had. died put, and that he had shot his bolt; but he came again, recently, and, among other performances of high merit, knocked out Milburn Saylor twice m a few months, m less than a round. Now, the cable informs us that White knocked out the redoubtable Matt Wells, at Boston, on July 11, m the fourth round. Charley evidently has a terrible wallop.

The Sydney Stadium "scrap" stunt for this (Saturday) evening will be between Llew Edwards and Harry Stone. Buck Crouse and Dave Smith are to meet again; and begosh • they'll draw ag-ain, too. August sisto be the date. Crouse is also sifter a return match with Darcy, and they will meet m Brisbane on Exhibition morning. J.ohn L. Sullivan, the once Big Noise of the American boxing world, lost his wife, by cancer, recently. It was she who won John away from his lifelong association with John Barleycorn, and he has kept the pledge he gave her for the past eleven years. They were a happy pair. She was his second wife, and he is badly broken up by his loss.

tI A new "hope" lias been unearthed m America m the person of Dan Dailey, tfie Pennsylvania giant. He is described,, ,as being the 1 biggest heavyweight .m the world, >with the exception of^ess Willard. }i He has been.defeated ;but once, and that by Willard Himselfr He is 6ft Gin. tall and weighs 2851 b. : He has a reach of'^4 inches^ is four inches greater-than-Mor- ; ris's reach. He is bigger m every, respect than Gunboat Smith, Frank Mbran, ] Fred Fulton,. Jim Coffey, or Carl Morris. \,.:. .;.. .■; „";;. If the match between Jess Willard and Fred Fulton is arranged, Willar/l. is to receive of the gate receipts, or a (guarantee of 37,000 dol- ■ lars, while Fulton will get one -third of 1 the gate. At the latest, Fulton was ■'touring America- with a circus. Out of thirty- nine lights he has had, he has won thirty-five by knock-outs, two by decisions, lost one on a foul, and has been beaten but once, that being- early In his fight career, when he knew much .less about the fighting game than he does now. A Chicago paper to hand states that Billy Papke, once the famous Illinois Thunderbolt, who Is now endeavoring to come back among the middleweights, was m that town on the way to his Kewanee home. William had previously fought Fighting Jack Smith m New York and was pleased with his own showing, it being his first fight In over two years. Bill thinks he will be a whale/of a battler yet if he can get the work. Before grabbing a train to Kewanee > he announced that he wants to mix it with George ("X.0.") Brown In this vicinity. According to a Milwaukee boxing authority, "Jack Kearns, San Francisco boxing promoter and manager, wires" that he had received a cablegram from Les Darcy, the Australian champion, that he is ready to come to America to meet the winner of the Moran-Dillon fight, at catehwelghts, and also Mike Gibbons at the middleweight limit. Darcy asked a guarantee of 45,000 dollars for three matches." Considering all that has been said and denied on Carey's proposed trip to America, somebody is an unashamed liar. In Melbourne, on Saturday night, July 15, Llew Edwards (9.4), the wonderful little Welshman, after Jim Hill (9.1%) had hit him all ways m the first round, proceeded to put James to the floor no fewer than eleven times with that deadly right of his, till, m the fifth round, he was not only unable to rise, hut was dead to the world even when carried to his chair. Strangely enough, one of the -preliminary fighters was dropped eleven times m two rounds, so that the Melbourne Stadium holds a world's record of twenty-two knock downs m seven rounds. Jack Johnson won two fights m Spain, where King Alfonso is alleged to be his patron. The big dinge defeated Frank Crozier on March 10, and Arthur Graham, who was styled the heavyweight champion of Spain, on March 25, knocking him out m the eleventh round. Rumor says, however, that the big coon has fallen from grace and will probably be next heard of at Buenos Aires, whither a lot of boxers are being tempted by offers of fat purses. Indeed, one paper states that Charlie White and Fred Welsh will fight for the world's heavyweight championship, held by Welsh, m the Argentinian capital.

Though he had been through .such a terrible f usllado of punches on Saturday night week there wasn't a mark on Buck Crouse's good -tempered looking mug, bar a slight abrasion of the lower lip, when he and giant Colin Bell strode into "Boxer- Major's" boudoir on the following Monday morning, Jocund and noisy as two jackasses on a suntouched topmost bough, on a spring morning m the golden bush. Buck was fuller of French's Forest than of the fight, and the way he showed his blistered bands, like a very schoolboy, and talked about his, to him, strange experience as "a man on the land," was simply delicious. "Ah liked It all," laughed Crouse, "but the part Ah liked most was when they said 'It's 1-ucker time.' Gee, that tucker! And your Australian tea! Why In Australia can make tea, and Ah love it"

Fred Dyer, who claimed the welter weight championship of England, despite the fact that Jimmy Bas'nam holds the Lord Lonsdale belt, had a chance to prove that he is a champ, at the Broadway S.C. He did not use it all, says a Brooklyn paper. Franlcie Notter, who never was and never .will be a title holder, gave Fred the drubbing- of his young life. Vinny Martin trimmed Bert Spencer m a fast six-round mill.

Failing eyesight "has ended the career of Young Shugrue, brought to a finish just at a time when the youthful lightweight ranked amongst the topnotchers. Shugrue always was a good attraction. He fought cleanly and fairly — and all the time. He entered the ring with one 'idea, m his mmd — to win. And he fought at top speed. A year ago a cataract appeared on one of Shugrue's eyes. For a time he-: fought, despite the handicap. The affliction became worse. Both eyes beciLme affected. An operation failed to! help, and Shugrue has laid away hi& gloves; for all time. ; a

The oiftul brdriialuty of bygcing; \ and boxers, 6ays a^yd^ey writer! On Saturday h&ht Buck Crouse "' and Dave Smith fpught^ealch other likfc tigers, at the Stadium. On Sunday morning the pair we'fe toiling side by side at French's' Forest, clearing land for Homes for Hurt . Heroes. Dave was ganger, and he got a bit of his own back by making his friend the enemy carry bricks and get corns on his hands grubbing suckers with a thirteen pound mattock. Buck says "It would be laughable if it was a joke; but there's* no laugh m it for me. It was too true to life, and I can feel it In all my muscles yet."

"Battling Levinski" (which monniker is a norn de guerre bestowed by a manager, who said his first name, Barney ' Williams,, was unlucky) is alleged, per cable, to have badly outpointed Jack Dillon m a ten-rounder, at New York, last week, and it is further alleged that "only the bell saved a knock-out." Better to wait till the newspaper reports come to hand, writes "Boxer- Major" In "Sydney Sportsman." The cabled yarn about Jeff Smith outpointing Mike Gibbons m every round proved to be absolutely false, as I predicted when it came through. Levinski is a good and very fast man, scaling 12.7, while Dillon only weighed 11.9 when he knocked out Prank Moran, a bigger man, 14.0, and 6ft. lin., a short time previously; but still, It is difficult to believe that Jack could be so badly beaten by him. In ten rounds. j

In these notes: last week it was made to appear that Lea Darcy and Jimmy Clabby would figure at the Sydney Stadium last Saturday night. Unfortunately the intention of the writer of these notes to delete the portion of the paragraph referring to the date of the fight, was not carried out. The position is that the return meeting between Darcy and Clabby has been definitely postponed. The' champion, Darcy, has had an -operation performed on one of his ears, and this it is understood will keep him. out of the ring for sometime to come. Incidentally, It is known that Darcy is keen on a spell, and would like to come to New Zealand on a holiday visit, and combine business with pleasure. It is understood that negotiations have been entered into by the Wellington Boxing Assocatlon with the champion, but it is not likely that that body will go on with the game. Of course, the trouble Is to get somebody to put up against Darcy.

An American paper to hand records the death of Rudy Unholz, veteran fighter and ring character. He had been suffering from tuberculosis for several months. Unholz was born m Germany. During his career he fought Bat. Nelson, Joe Gans and Billy Papke. His last flght was with Ad. Wolgast at Fond dv Lac, Wls., m January, 1914. He was knocked out by Wolgast m: two rounds. It was In Milwaukee where Rudy got his best start In the boxing game, altnough he had been fighting for some time previously to going there. He was a well-behaved little fellow and always tried to give the best ha had m titu'.e. He was also kind to many fighters, and always ready to share his lot with thorn. He made Milwaukee his home for quite a time and lived later m Chicago. He married an lowa girl and leaves a wife and two children. Unholz made good m Australia, and boxed Jn the Wellington Town Hall, when he out-pointed Tim Tracy.