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NZ Truth, Issue 605, 20 January 1917, Page 11

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English fly-weight champion Jimmy Wilde has enlisted for active service. At latest Jess WMard Weighed 19, fi, and then claimed that he was coming down In weight. • Fred Kay and Harry Stone meet at catch-weighta at the Melbourne Stadium this (Saturday) evening. New South Wales hsavy- weight, | Harold Hordwick, says he has no In* tehtlon of re-entering the ring, as has been said. > Jack Janesse and Vince Blackburn have been ma toned to meet for the bantam championship at the Melbourne Stadium on Saturday night, February 6. Tommy Uren, the welter and middle, weight champion of Australia, will be In action at the Sydney Stadium this (Saturday) evening;. His opponent Will be the American, Jack Coyne. On the strength of his win, a very ea&y win as It proved, Jimmy Hill will be matched to meet either Fred Enck or Benny Palmer at the Sydney Stadium next Saturday night. Another claimant for the lightweight championship of the world te Jimmy Welling, who wa« m Australia sometime back, and his backer is talking m thousand* of dollars If Fred Welsh will but say the word. Writing from America to Australia. Jack Road says he feels Just the thing, nnd hopes to once more regain' his lost form. Henceforth, ho says, America will be his home. a& he lntondu taking unto himself a wife and settling down. Word has been r«colved that champion feather-weight of the British Empire. Chftrlio Simpson, easily outpointed Tommy Toohoy, m a. 10- round bout at Now York on December 12 hint. Toohey is a youth who has been (limbing \ip the ladder or late. An early match at the Sydney Stnillum will be between Colin licit uml Jim Tracey. Dave Smith was to have mot Tracey, but the. New Zealandor ha« turned him down, giving as his reason that he hurt his arm and rupturod the muscles m his wrlut during Ills fight with Bill Squires: Johnny Kllbnno, who certainly Is nnUUe<l to rank as the boat featherweight In Amerlrn, If not In the world. Ih talking of retiring from the game, but before doing no wants to Imvo a slap at Fred WeUth for tho lightweight championship. Kllbane is 28 years of net* ami lu\s been fighting for 12 years. He m «nIU to have made a fortune, and iniondn to enter the rr>al estate nnd Insurance business m Cleveland (Q.) "My humorotiH friend, Marlon T, Sahm«r, of 'Frisco 'Bulletin,' said L<jh Dnrcy had only mndo 35,000 dollars <JC7000) In four yearn* fighting, and Frank Moran. whom Darcy could beat easily, m:ul« 70.000 dollnrs { £ 14,000) In four rtghtx. "Vie Xowhouno told another pnpar the figure* were* sheer rot. Darcy htul made at least £ H.OOO In hlw career. Wlmt they nil overlooked m thai Darcy not only mft«> it. He OUT U. Seven- tenth* at it didn't go Into tht* rnnw of n nhnrk mnnnirer or the dirty hnndu of blnekmollerii."~-"IJox«»i • Alnjor" m *'Sytln«y Sportuman " ,

Says "Boxer-Major" iv the "Sydney Sportsman:" The improvident pug:; Tommy Uren has put his winnings into the purchase of a farm of over 50 acres, about /three miles out ;of Penrith. The whole family will be moving up to take possession to-day. Brothers Ted and I-tavilah both resigned their jobs m the Government Service, on Saturday, to bear a hand with tthe orchard, cows arid pigs. Five minutes ago it was Mike Gibbons that Lea Darcy must beat before he could be champion, says a Sydney writer. Three minutes later it was Jack Dillon. Now it is Billy Miske— another of his German pals! It makes no difference to old Bullswool that Dillon and Misko are both heavies. Anything to see Darcy licked. Like the other two "champs" Miske, the Hun, has never travelled the 20 round road. * Early m December last, at Chicago, Johnny Coulon, bantamweight champion of the world, put 67,500 dollars m the bank. That was the amount for which he sold a twehty-four flat building which he bought with money ftdquired ( m the pugilistic ring. Coulon also did a little more real estattng, such as buying one home for himself and another for his mother ' and selling the one which the latter has occupied for years. On top of that Coulott denied reports that he was preparing to move to California to live. Jack Heeney (Glsborne) writes: Appearing m a recent issue of your paper 1 read a challenge by P. Griffin to meet any 11 stone boxer for a purse and side bet. Well, much as I should Uke to meet this Westland lad, I think he should have accepted the challenge of a younger member of our family, who also holds an unbeaten record, and Would makea better fight for the CbaSt amateur, espeaially as his Association held a tourney/lately. Now, if he requires more stoush than Tom Heeney can give him, he had better have a back at me. \ \ Jimmy, Wilde, the fly-weight champion of England, has passed for garrison duty abroad, the cable tells us. Wilde is one of the most remarkable boxers of the day; He is so light that he has to concede several pounds even to fly- weight boxers. His achievements m the ring m the last year or two ha,ve made him an idol among the sporting public of England. Wilde has been anxious to serve his country for some time, but he was declared physically unfit. He received a substantial guarantee for ah American tour, but replied that hd would hot leave England while the war waß In progress. At last his heart's desire has been attained,, otter he had spent some time on munition work. War had thrown its heavy draping over the National Sporting Club on November 13, when Driver Hughlo Me. hegan met Sergeant Johnnie Summers (says a London writer). A blind officer, m full evening dress, sat m hlB old seat jWhere his name had appeared for years. Ho could see nothing, but he puifed contentedly at his cigar, and enjoyment; was lined m all his features. Perhaps the Sound of the clash of the gloves took hlni to the days of youth and perfect sjghtj Most of the audience was khakled, and there Was also a mighty sprinkling of sombreros. All the competitors m the" preliminaries were men of the Great Army. When Hughie Mehegan trod heavily through the ropes at 10.30 p.m., he threw off a heavy army coat, and then | discarded a grey army shirt—drablooking and yet most businesslike. 1 wondered how many fistic heroes of the past hod In 'that very corner stripped themselves of togas of varigated hue and volume. Even the seconds were of the cloth; and two pressmen at the desks were m khaki of the newest. A tall aristocrat stood by the ringside. Said he, "I hear that Mehegan is fairly •well off, and that he has left behind m Australia a wife and four children m order to come over horo and flght the Germans. Lat us" (turning to a group of friends), "let us drink to his very good health." And they did.