Chin Wag About Chin Whack merchants

NZ Truth, Issue 1228, 13 June 1929, Page 18

Chin Wag About Chin Whack merchants

Donovan Again DATEA may not be a very big town, * but it possesses a very uninusiasliii set of oflk-ial.s, and last week it staged a pro. fight between Tommy Donovan and Kid Smith. The fight went the w hole ten rounds and Donovan won nicely on points. Smith injured a hand m training and it went on him during the contest and from then on he was forced to keep mostly on the defensive. Donovan appeared not to he overanxious, but ail' the same. Smith gave a good exhibition of defensive boxmg and on his showing will get further • fights. ■ : -• . .. . -„ . , Their Champs. . THE Waimate Association *is fortun-. *■ ate m getting, the South Canterbury championships held m that. town. The date is July 19, and President Ted Bray and Secretary W.F. George are putting forth their usual strenuous efforts. . . '..■.'■ ': Everything points to a great night, and all those desirous of .taking.p art should note that. entries close with the secretary on June 19. Up The Bay THERE are four days' racing m *■ Hawkes Bay, starting on Friday. Both the Napier and the Hastings associations are taking advantage .of the fixtures. .. . • On Wednesdaj' next Tommy Donovan is to reappear at Napier, and his opponent will be the Sydneysider, Sid. North. An effort is being made to obtain the services of Earle Stewart as referee. At Hastings later m the week an amateur tourney is to be staged and. a good evening should be m store. In Invercargill THE Southland Association is not * letting the grass grow under its feet. ■ An interprovincial tourney, .Southland versus Otago, opened the new season, and now it has been decided to hold an bpen and novice tournament on July 1, to be followed by the local championships on. July 26. The association also has under way a, project of importing boxers from overseas. .

Those Dates THE Grey. Association has now * found that the dates on which it proposed to hold the Now Zealand championships clash with Grand National week m Christchurch. Now the association has put forward another list and if the Council offers no objection the. cream o£ the country!.-? amateurs will stop out Oil August 29, 30, and 31. As the championships must he held 'm August, the association just gets m within the prescribed limit. ; Bad, Punching 1 OFFICIALLY it was given out at Auckland that Cyi;il..Hiicne lost to Frank Taylor because- he hit- with the open glove. ' " . • , ; '-'N.Z. ' Truth 1 ' -failed .to notice such an offence on the part v of \H\irne, and to Uiqsa who. know him best it was a great surprise to be told of "this alleged error. . ' ■■;■;• I-turne has always shown, m the ring," as an amateur,' that lie was a most correct puncher. Had lie been a. "slapper" ; and "clipper," as Auckland officials held he was, he would never have got to championship class. Faulty delivery, of punches does not appeal to Earle Stewart, and Charlie Purdy found this out, to his cost, when he came down to Wellington to fight. That; Title THERE is some talk of awarding the : .bantam title to Frank Taylor after his win over Cyril IJurne, but it is not likely the Council will" do this. The better thing to. do is ..to match the pair again and let them fight for the emblem ovor-. the right journey. It is understood that there is a chancve of such -a contest being staged at Auckland, ' For The Title . WELLINGTON has succeeded m " matching Eddie Parker and Jim Broadfoot for July 1. ' Broadfoot is keen to get a hold of one of Eddie's titles, and he will get his opportunity to take the lightheavy emblem home with him. The pair are big, but: that does not necessarily mean slow. When they met at Palmerston they gave one of the best exhibitions "N.Z. Truth" has s"een staged by heavy men.

Great Draw THERE is some talk of Bert Brown, who left Now Zealand unknown only to fight his way into the pugilustic floodlight, returning to Paimerston North. : .■ i ' : .= The local association has received A cablegram from him. to this effect, Brown, matched with one of the headliners at present m Sydnet , would just about fill the showgrounds. Right Spirit THREE Wellington Boys, , Sjoberg, Jackson and Harold Thomas, went over to Blenheim last week and won bouts there. Gordon Reid was m ■ charge and looked after tlie.boys only second to the local association officials. •• ' .- ■ The house was not anything to write home about, and bearing this m mind, the Wellington boys decided not to take any trophies. The action of the boys is to be commended—it shows they are m the game for the love of it, not for what they can get out of it. . -■ No Money TO l . date the trip of the LeckieGriffiths party to Sydney and Melbourne has shown little, if anything, on the credit side. Boxing is at a low ebb m Australiaat the present time— particularly m Melbourne— and houses have been very thin. It would be no great surprise to find the two boys trooping off the. Sydney boat any day now. About Purdy THERE seems to be an idea that up till last week Charlie Purdy had not been knocked off his feet. This is incorrect. . • As an amateur, "Pie Man" Billy. Barnes had him dqwn twice m the memorable contest staged at Napier — one of the two Purdy lost as an amateur. Then, if memory serves right, Tommy Fairhall sat him down m one Of their contests over the other side. It was certainly his first ■ k.0., but under the : circumstances it was de^livered there is some reason. Still, the cold type m the record books will not give any explanation of the bell incident.