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NZ Truth, Issue 817, 9 July 1921, Page 12

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There was a very big crpwd present at the Eltham* tourney, and, despite the heavy expense incurred m staging- the two "pro" fights, Secretary J. W. Turn.bull will "be. able to -report a credit balance. . , Those who saw McAsey fight at Eltham say he is the makings of a good man if he had some good poaching. Had Tim Tracy been a bit more stony-hearted .ho would have disqualified both Hart and Thomas for holding at Elttiam- last week, but the genial Irishman, simply cannot but be easy to alj. -Tim is one pf those who would walk ten miles m bare feet to dp any one a g-pod turn, but wpujd not cross the FPafl for the ppposite purpose. According tR the pab,les, Qar-pentier was a better faygrite th,an ©empsey m the big fight on Saturday, May be It was a sympathetic vote for the small ma^n,. but again, "Big Jack" is not at all popular. Talking of^.the popularity of boxers, calls to mind^that "John L." was the most . popular boxer ever m the Sfates and, incidentally,, one of the trickiest at d.qd§ing matches when* he iwas scared cjf t-h.e result. q?he ' 0- ranfty iVssqpiatiyn iflQking for a heavy^w'eifhf to fight p. H. Wh.jtaker. The Nelson boy, H. Mcßjie, may take •on the trip. ' Albert .Lloyd is now m Melbourne and is trying to get a return match there with Billy Shade. » The referee m the Green-Holmes fight at Adelaide, said.-at.the payingqver, that he was satisfied that Jack' Green ha<J bjtten Harry's ear, during the fljffhV a«4 ft? was very sorry foe h.ad to disfluallfy Hc(lffies la^er pnigy strikr ing low. %t 'he' eyej* saw the lugtoiffps and didn't disqualify the alleged can-

nibal, he shouftl never be allowed to l'eferee another fight, and. if 'he didn't see it he's not fit to be a. referee, anyway. Wonder did Jack hum through his teeth, as 'he hung: on to the listener- and tasted the blood, that touching: song 1 "Holmes, Sw.eet, Sweet Holmes?" I At last Johnny Coulon, the "unliftable," has been lifted. A roulette wheel at Monte Carlo did the seemingly impossible. The American boxer has been spending several c days visiting Riviera resorts -while showing his ■weighty powers to Nice audiences from the stage of the Eldorado Casino. When he visited Monte Carlo the lure of easy money was too great, and, to tell the* story briefly, Johnny was easily lifted of a tidy sum by the tricky wheel . Monk Ford, who beat Dick Redwing at Miller ton, -wants to fight any bantam m New Zealand. Amongst those who would not^hear of the defeat of Dempsey by Carpentier was the visiting Sydney lightweight, Bob Williams. While m the States, last year, he. saw Dempsey working m the gym., and he declared that his speed is wonderful m such a heavy man. Fritz Holland also plumped for Dempsey, and he summed up the case as follows:: "When you get a grand judge like Snowy Baker stating that Dempsey is bigger and faster than Les Darcy, then there is no one -In the world capable of beating him." Hughie Dwyer and Bob Williams met ■at Napier on Saturday and the fight ended m a draw. A report of the match appears m another page. Carl Callaway says, that as no one is 'prepared to dispute his title to the welter- weight championship, he has taken down his £10 deposit which was lodged at "Truth" office. He wants 'to. fight Bob Williams before any association, also Dwyer, Gleeson, and Cadman. Visitors to the ■■Eltham tournament last week say that the district possesses some very promising amateurs, and all they need is a little coaching of the proper order. So pleased was the Eltham Association with the showing of McAsey last week that an effort is to be made to match the Lepperton middle-weight with Jack Heeney, oC Gisborne. During the seventh round of the Mc-Asey-Scott fight at Eltham, the former delivered to Scott a punch on the chin which, m the opinion of the bystanders, would have felled an ox. Had it not been for Scott's gameness he would never have finished the fight.