Biff Briefs

NZ Truth, Issue 1173, 24 May 1928, Page 10

Biff Briefs

| His Record j*TOM HEENEY'S record, since going ; * to the States, is supplied as under, at the request of "a correspondent: Won, Charlie Anderson; Lost, Pao,Hno; Won, Jack de Mave; Won, foul, ;Bud Gorman; Draw, Paolino; Won, Jim Moloney, k.0.; Won, Johnnie Elsko; Draw, Jack Sharkey; Won, Jack Delaney. ' • .'• . • ■ • Nothing Definite , ■THE -report is gaing the round that * Lachie McDonald is coming back. There Is nothing definite m this, for a letter to hand from Pat Connors says Lachie will only return if he is guaranteed f£ couple of fights. McDonald is Very popular m Sydney. ■. ' j '*' ■ ' • .-., ' •'• Finished It (JOHNNIE LECKIE, by putting Mal- ■** ton away so quickly,, did his ptable-mate, Tom Grifflths,,a bad turn. Tom was scheduled to fight Melton up Eawkes Bay, but after the Wellington tnlll the association, decided not to go ahead. Hastings will have to meet Griffiths and Melton In the matter of exes. ' ■ ■ ••, '■ ■■' jDrnel Rumor '|A CORRESPONDENT writes from ** Martinborough about a well-known boxer, stating that it is going the rounds that he has killed three men In the ring, and that he is paying the dependents of these men ten pounds per month. This is a cruel rumor and what is more, is highly libellous. One opponent did die after his fight, but that 'It was purely accidental the second of [fch© decp&MA bozep jsrig teU tO'dax.

Has Short Spell - JOHNNIE LECKIE, after his fight •V with Billy Melton at Wellington, cleared out into the "bush" for a short let-up. This would do the young fellow a lot of good. ■ .••''.• . • ■'■' Another Show > THE Dunedin welter, Steve Hughes, who through foot trouble, did not show his best form m his first pro. fight, would welcome another opportunity to show hlB wares. '.■■■■ .■•■'■•'' • ' Wants Them CRED BMITHERAM, one of the four * pro.'s m Archie Leckie's Dunedin school, is willing to meet any welter, and mentions Clarrie Pocock. Dick Loveridge is another who would make ,- a good match for the Dunedin fighter. I. \ • ; • • •"'■■' ' fror Invercargill ■ THE Southland Aasooiatlon has ar- : - ranged a match between Hector Leckie and Tommy Griffiths, both of Dunedin, to fight as featherweights on June 8. It should be a willing contest. ■ .'. ..• ■ ."•':'. >• . '•;..'"■ •■' ■ Not Till Spring THIS week's Sydney rnaif brings the 1 news, that Tommy Barber will not come to New Zealand' till the spring. The Stadiums are going to hold him up, and this is bad luck for Otago. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure Eor £hildrgn'a Hacking £<rafft*4

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