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NZ Truth, 7 June 1924, Page 14

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I^en McAsey writes asking for a scrap with any light-heavy or heavy m the D( minion. He says: "1 would be pleased to have v crack at Jae!< Howard or_ any other. I have had thirty-three lights and have only lo^t four." .

A correspondent sends a programme of tho last Napier tournament which states that Cumin and Urown met for the heavyweight championship of New Zenhfnd. It l« so obviously a mistake that 1 thought It would have been noticed and then forgotten. I ask my trlend: Have you never made a mistake?

R. Fitzsimmons, the Taranakl heavy, writes: "I would like a tight with any nmnuutr under- 13st. I will travel anywhere m New Zealand, nnd would particularly like to meet McCormlck or Plnmos."

Tim Tracy writes: "My lightweight. Chocolate Hobson. will met-t lopa. on Monday next. 1 think that ho will Just about win. Percy Uluck meets J. fjartlner from tho Victoria College. Gardner defeated him the last time. Dlnck la determined to oven up on thi.s occasion. I have a line llyweight from Taivo Flat named Alick C.impbell. Who boats him at the tournament will be good." Hector I.eck'le, of Dunodln. Ih In work again under the guidance of Archie of that Ilk. He is to meet HumphrUut at Muff about the end. of the month.

At a conference last week between \ho Otngo A.SKoelatlon and the Dunedtn ■.eachers a member said that some of those who witnessed the Murrayr'olalrw fight thought that one of the preliminary 'bouts should have beon •topped aooiier than It was. An expresslon ofi. confidence m Jack Kllrnartln by the teachers Quickly dl.soo.sed of the point.

U.iltling Slkl. Senjfaleso eonmueror of Oeorjrea Carpentier, will never «o Hhort of publicity. Hlh luteHt exploit rcporud to' the world Ih »h follows: Siltl cau.Mfd K<l. "Stranttler" l^ewis. world'M heavywidght wre.stllnjf champion, to Jump out of a ring the other night. Sikl didn't challenge Lewis. lntUead, hi; tried to kins him. The SenKalese boxer refereed an exhibition match In which Lewis engaged, and when "StrnnKler" was declared the winner, started to throw his arms round lym to Implant a kiHH on the cheek. And Lew It* took it on the run:

Should Jack Dcmpscy remain undo- ?« 4 «ted thls year. )u> will pain th<? din-:lm-tion of having boon champion JonK--r than any other titlo-holdur with ths» '•xccpflon of JamoK J. .Icffriox anU Jtthti L. Sullivan. Jcffrlos held thi« ehamt>lon«hlp from 1599 to 1910— oluven >«-ni'B. Ho \v»nt into retirement In 19(M throuuh litck of oppuneniM and tried a comebnok m 1910. when Johnson knocked him out. Sullivan reigned fi«>m JSS-' to is;« 2: s*?n yearn nnd ncven month h. f'orl)ett wan the Heavy Klw? Tor four years and xlx month«; Fltxolmmoiw, rfinqitiror of "CJenilemin •lim." retiiined tbo title only two yearn and thnv monthj*. Js»ek John mm lawid five yean* n n ■ I flowltoy .|e«»'\\"l!lard fo'ir Vf/.r-fi "T!>.. i:..\i'!K Ii!;ido."

The KHhiirn A:;-u>.iu<kin h> h-'MinR n tOl>rn««y <>" \V.(!:!<»cla> .lni:«% JR. «m1 m pui'Huatu <• <<f !'in jiolicv. only .iron-

no dearth of bouts either for the matching committee has submitted v provisional list comprising thirteen bouts from paper to heavy. Include.] m the number m a six- round go between the Tarnnnlci welter A. Dußj?an and Walden ,of Pnlmorston North, and a four-round content between D. I-overidjje tho promlslnK Now Plymouth liffht-welt-'ht nnd A. Cadman of Auron. who were to have met In tho final at the Taranaki championships. Practically all the Tarnnaki ehnmnlonH ore matched. O'Keef who beat Willis bdmc up against Smaller of Kltham.. Mr Stewart Is to be asked to officiate as referee and failing hi« acceptance, D. Sampson will be Invited down from Auckland-

So far Indies havp Ixjon admitted to many tournaments m Tnrnnakl fret* of chnrpro, and each tournament has scon tholr pntronajr»» Jnereaso, showIng: that tho mnnly nrt Is popuiiu* with the fair hox as there i« no rennoh why It tthould not bo. Kltham Associution hns, however. -decided to group ladies with pmnll hoys nnd mnko a carge of 1/- mlmianton. hoya to bo limited to the hHHb and dre«H-clrclc. Tho prices for tho mor« noble sex av*.s fixed at 7/6, 5/- and 2/-.

Tha Hastliißs !>oy, Roy Ovcrond is iiKuin In irninlnK and would like to be matched with nny boy ro»md nbout tho nine stone mark. He- would liko to have another ro at Hrown. This would be a good fight for some Association.

Tom Soutor. Wungnnui: ".lu«t a f^w lines r<* boxing up this way. The District Championships are to t.-iko place to-nij?ht. Tho roi!owln« boys from my school will lake pnrt. wh«u I ixpcct them to nil <K» well. Nelson (heavy), Tomsttt (IlK'ni-henvy), Vcran (middN'). Corliss (wt'ltcr). Gray J.. Gray \\\. Htm Htillock (all IK'htwelghU). tiny Forw«rd (fotiihor), (Jco. Fri-it«B, P. Hlshlns (bstntnm)< and Curly Hiahlns (fly- weight ). Hny Forwnp<l wjis ntinvr-up 10 M. Cfirrol In tho bnntnm cla*H at tho Noith Island Championship* lft«t y«>nr. Charlie Cann was inquired of by the Wellington A»«oclntlon, and may pet a match soon. Cann wishes tho following frontHtmtm to know that thoy can bo accommodated at ttnytim». Kobliißon. Frtcoorey. Curniis, Hrown. Hudson or any boy In N-S5. up to nlno stone*. whll« ho m bcjrginjr mimo bu n tarn to 4m vq n. |>op for blw chnmplon«hlp. Cann m In steady i mining. Ism Younir wnnts the wlnn«r of Uk O'Hullivnn-Modrieh fight.

Hu mnny entries nro anticipate)] for •h«< forthcominn novlr« tournnmenl m DunwUn that two nfffhtu have been not Mwirt for H—Monday urn! Tuesday

Krtninio Spalls, Italian h<»Avytt'«*t«ht. will iu«f»<! n. Kunrdifin when he hitt N'r-A- Ynr'.' fh<> Hml of wfa«> !,oxii»K proinoMT* iirsil m;imi*;.-n* --JudKIUK l.y tit" lt<-mau KUnllJitoi-'fi <!<-:i!* ho far. Ktmlnio tunn-d down an oft or of about i-3000 to nwtii Qenn Tunney. Hgbt-

ed up for a bout m Argentina with Luis Klrpo, nnd Mr. Firpo hooked him on a proposition which will not Krmlnio about £800. Don't crowd boys.

The new Secretary of the Turanakt AHsociation is B. O. Carr. a keun and enthuslnHlic sport With a new Secretary nnd a new Chairman who hnvo the loa.il and cordial- co-oporatlon of tho Jl'to Secretary nnd tho late Chairman, boxinp m Now Plymouth should boom n« soon as th«» now Theatre become* an accomplished fact.