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NZ Truth, Issue 936, 3 November 1923, Page 11

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The injury he received m the fight with Volaire was more serious than he first, thought and Tommy Pairhall is off back to Aussie, where he proposes to have a spell of eight weeks. This is unfortunate as Falrhall was m great form and he promised to give Stone a good fight at Napier this month. Though some of his methods have not been to the liking of this writer (the Pinnie overweight incident, for instance) there is no denying that he was the goods as a boxer. He should have every chance of getting a scrap at the Stadium and it will be interesting to note 'if the writers over the other side come to light with their pet nickname "Nutty."

Though some of the Associations do not realise it the giving of fights to "has beens" and "come backs" ia doing the game a lot of harm. In almost every case the resuscitated principal fails to make a go of it and as a consequence the public get sickened of going to contests. This state of affairs is reflected m the receipts for the house when the next bout is Btaged and the Association come out showing a deficit. Surely there, la a plentitucje of boxers of repute m the country at the present time' and it is hard to understand them being passed over for some old stager, who was at the height of his earner ten years ago. •"Spearmint" knows of one Association that, a little while back, avere going to put on a fighter, who called himself lightweight champion of the isle of Yap, or some equally futile place. Fortunately they had the sense to make a few inquiries and the bout never eventuated. Getting down to bedrock m some cases it is nothing short of criminal the way Associations take the public's good money to see an old "has been" get a towelling by a young and strong opponent

With Fairhall going back to Australia opponents will have to be found for Stewart Smith and Harry Stone (should the latter ever come across). Fairhall was to have met the pair, the former at Auckland and the latter at Napier. It is quite on the cards that Gene Volaire will get the date at Auckland. 'It Is an m wind," etc

On behalf of Carl Calloway. Jim Hall desires to thank the Marlborough Boxing Association and the publlo of Blenheim foe the splendid way m which they treated the pair on the 00-. caaion of their visit to Blenheim. Hall says Calloway is a much Improved boxer and he would like to meet Freddie Qmith, Harry May or any welter at an early date.

Tom Rigby has challenged Carl Calloway for a return match and Colloway is agreeable provided some Association will put it on. Rigby will put up v side wager up to £50 and the purse will not stop him and as he Is In perfect fettle would like a match at once, with Calloway for preference, or falling him, any other welter available. Rigby scales at lOst (Übs, and his performances are: Won on points, Rei Mitchell, Boulder City, WJL, 20 rounds; k.o. Red Mitchell. Boulder City, W.A., 11 rounds; k-o. Tom Saunders, Perth. W-A-, 7 rounds; won on points, Joe Burns, Perth. WX 20 rounds; k.o. Sid Haylor, Broken Hill, 6 rounds; ko. Bert Jarvis, Broken Hill, 8 rounds; stopped Bert Jarvis, Broken Hill, 10 rounds; lost on points, Harry Stone, Broken Hill, 20 rounds; k.o. Jim .Huxley, KalgoorUe, W.A., 2 rounds; (.lopped Percy Watson, Port Augusta, S.A^ 8% rounds; k.o. Ned Griff en. East W*«t Line, % round; won Tom Saunders (stopped by police), 4 rounds.

The Dunedln Combined SporU Clnb staged several slx-rOund bouts r.nd a wrestling content last week. Th« finest exhibition of the night was (riven by the feathorwelßhta. Fuleher and Kindley, both Inda showing quick hitting and capital footwork. Fulcher should, however, curb a tendency to make rather much use of his shoulder when going Into clinches. But the bout that brought the fans to their feet was the lightweight rail! between Hunt nnd Mains. Of science there was absolutely none, but for stoush the fisht 1>j»8 seldom been excelled m Dunedln, the lads pounding ench other mercilessly throughout the six round* and standing up to punishment m a way that followers of tho pmo revel m.

Itlch school girls m Berlin now includo boxing m their programmo of studies. And they wrcatlo and run and Jump m an effort to become physically perfect.

Germany, encouraged by the succoas--08 of some of her champions, continue* to show nn Increasing appreciation of the art of boxing. p< ;B pUe the stronc post-war feollim between tho two notions. British boxern who havo accepted contracts to flßht In Gernumy hnvo been made welcome. One Knjillah toam took part In con testa at Herinßadorf, the famous German seaside report. Jack Stanley knocked out Slebold (German Hffht-heavywelarht champion) m tho uecond round. Bill Mannerintc made Arndt retire m the fifth round, and Billy Cook (middleweight champion of the JSrltlnh Army) drew with a Turk, Sabrl Mahlr.

v Hard-battler I^irry I^nshcr hau bcon residing m ijprth Qu^onaland for «oaie time now. Ho lutd a Job nt some srnrltin& work«. t?iu«;ht boxlnp. nnd n week or «o back had ft winning eontewt nfjalnßt n thlrtcen-stoncr. Now he Jh m Sydney Hffsiin. and will he e6mln(f 'to Kew JieaUmd m a vreek or «o.

fixtures for the Sydney Stadium are. Saturday, November 3; Tommy Swift v. George Mendlea; Saturday, Xovem-

ber 10, Irlneo Flor«s v. Opponent to be selected; Saturday, November 17, Terio Pandong v. Bobbie Gray; Saturday, November 24, Archie Bradley v. Tommy Ureh. Talking m the "Sportsman** office, Harry Stone bad the following to sayij "Yes, I went to Brisbane a little while back and changed my style completely. Instead of standing off 'em and boxIng, Igo m and fight now. I'll guarantee .that If only I get a chance m Sydney Til be right back in/the boom after one contest. Mr. Mump sent to Brisbane for me to come down to meet Bradley. X got here and find that Bradley has slipped back to Gympie, refusing" to fight me on the excuse that I »waß no draw.' Just to show him that I like my chance with him m fight for nothing, an* give my sharo of the house to the Bellbird Disaster Fund. It he wants a hotter off er than that, he can have all the takings to himself. I only want the satisfaction of meeting him; an* to get that satisfaction it'd be a pleasure to meet Bradley for nothing. They say I'm old and a has-been. Well. I guess a fighter ia Just as old as he fights: Til let 'em pick out any lightweight, welter, middle or heavy m the land and fight him. I have never quibbled over weight yet, and never win. Is not that a fair offer? In Brisbane I fought Bflly Stanley twice, boat him; BiUy Onwtn, won again; and knocked out Jack Colledge. That's four wins straight, and should be sufficient en- j dorscment to back up my offer to meet anyone In the game, lastly, you e*un tell the world that I haven't drawn a breath through a 'seegar* for three weeks an' don't intend to. That'll knock 'em back a bit, m bet, as I used to train on "seegars* once!" Ifs not likely that Bradley win accept Stone's inducement to fight if he has settled hla mind no* to meet the Yankee. But it certainly must be handed to Stone, for all his eccentricities, he has met the best men m the entire world at hts weight, and far above it, and never I argued over short notice, a few pounds, i nor made excuses for a dofeat. So far there is no word of him coming across to fight Fairhall at Napier. The date of that scrap is November 10. t The recent contest between Eugen<» Volalre and Tommy Palrhall at Qreyraouth was a great success financially for the latter association. It m quite three years or bo since the Greymouth body have run a tournament so successfully, and the popularity of 'Gene had a lot to do with the success. The (3oasVAsaocdation would be well advised to avail themselves of the further.use of his services, as other associations ato very keen on getting the Frenchman. The Qrey body should get m early and secure the Frenchman for another bout there. Ike Kutner called in^at •Truth* office to say that he would be only too pleased to satisfy Charley Peoples' ambition re a match for his protegee, Harry May, against the popular French boxer, Eugene Volaire. X any live association will put this bout on they can rest assured of a very gooa night's entertainment says Dee, because 'Gene is a type of boxer that the fans dearly, like to see m action. The many friends of that very popular and sterling' follow. Mick Rutherford, .who was m thin country m 1920 and fought some very good contests, will be shocked to learn that ho Is now minus a leg. The *I? Q ?' tunato accident happened whilst he was witting one of his numerous pu?Hs tSrougb his facings. Mick jarred his heel badly. Thinking that itvm* of no oonseauonco, and that It would be o.k. ngalti In a day or no he toofc no notice of it until tho pain becanio hard to boar. He consulted tho^medl? cal officer aboard tho warship ho wa* attached to ns nnval Instructor, with tho result that the doctor found that tho bono waa soptte. and If lifo had to bo saved amputation was necessary. To-night, being Melbourne* Derby nlßht In Victoria, there will bo a groat ccntcat at tbo Dudley Street Stadium between Bert Spargo ana tho PhilllpIno Maeario Villon. Tho white boy will have to bo well over his accident and In tho pink a« tho Phlllipino is a very tough fighter. .'-\ ' .

Jack Johnson, ex-heavywelgW champion oO the iworld, has been refused a license toy the New York BoxIng Commission to participate In contests m New York City on account of bis criminal record. Such Is the treatment poor Johnson gets because he is a dangerous contender for thja white heavyweights, notwithstanding that ho has been out of the boxing game for some time. Ho used to box withMAiis Firpo'when he was training to fight Jack Dempsey, and Johnson was too clever for the Argentinian, and the latter could not lay a glove on him. "SDearmlnt" has been asked if tho contest between Alf Stewart find Les Kemp was for the middleweight title. As both these boxers fought bt list 9%lbs tho title was not involved, ho Stewart is still the title holder until defeated at the middleweight terms, list 61bs. ■ Franco is losing ono of the beat boxers that it has produced since la iboxo took on m France m tho person of ChorllQ Ledoux. Ho was a great little bantam m the years gone by. Ledoux had no difficulty m beating all the best bantams m Great Britain, and he went to American and battled for the bantam championship of the world against Kid Williams. The latter won after a very exciting contest Lodoux has just fought the English bantam champion, Bugler Lake, and lost to the latter after going tho full distance, 20 rounds. Tho French boxur, who is 33 years old, reckons that he has had enough of the gomo, "Spearmint" asked 'Gene Volalre if h# knew Charlie Ledoux and 'Gone smilingly replied that he certainly did know him, m fact Carpen tier, Ledoux, Criqul and himself all learnt la boxe together, and were all bosom pals. 'Gene also says that Ledoux is the most modest and even shy little pugilist one can Imagine. His voice* his manners, are rather those of a young student than those of a professional fighter. He was married when he was quite young, and has two charming little daughters. Last, but not least, Ledoux corned much money during his pugilistic career. Instead of being foolish, as many boxers are; and squandering the bank notes earned with his 'terrific fUits, ho saved them carefully and is quite well off. So no douot he will open a business, as Ledoux is a first-class chef. The French and Belgian Amateur Boxing Associations aro weeding out tho boxers who ore to represent them at the forthcoming Olympic games to bo held m Paris. The two nations held a tournament at Strasbourg, osd it ended m a victory to the Belgian team by 6 to 8. l*i us hope that the New Zealand Boxtog Association win •tart a preliminary totmwunent to get worthy representatives at the coming games, as New Zealand is recognised as one of the best countries m the world for Its amateur boxers. i>. Mundy, of Greymouth, would like to, got a match with any heavy or mid heavy m New Zealand; and he la prepared to put up a side wager of £M.