The Boxing Ring

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 994, 10 June 1930, Page 14

The Boxing Ring

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Fixture*: Donovan v. Grime, Hawera, June 9. Donovan v. Bloom, New Plymouth, June 19. Taylor v. Smith, Denmston, June 21. Donovan v. Shack, Stratford, July 4. Bloom v. F itzmaurice, Gisborne, July 16. see A move is being made in the Whangarei district to form a boxing association to promote amateur and lesser professional bouts. • • • Jack de Mave, Dutch heavy-weight, uaa scheduled to meet Von Porat in a main event at St. Louis recently, but he walked out of the stadium after a look at the very small crowd. His opponent was in the ring at the time. As a result de Mave faces suspension ranging from one year to life. • a * A knockout record which it will be practically impossible to beat was established at Oakland. California, recently. Eddie Murdoch, San Francisco light-weight, jumped from his corner as the first gong clanged, sent in a left hook and Art Seigal took the count. The contest had not been in progress more than a second when Seigal hit the floor and stayed there. Sid "Shorty” Woodward, of Whangarei, is anxious to get a start in the New Zealand professional ranks. Commencing fighting as an amateur in Napier, Woodward went to Australia, where he had a number of professional fights. He has been out of the game for some time, but he is keen to start in again. He weighs lOst and should be a match for some of the lesser lights in the light-welter-weight division. • * • Refereeing Contrast A striking contrast in refereeing •methods was seen at the Town Hall last Tuesday evening. Mr. N. McLean, who was the third man in the ring for the amateur bouts, celebrated his first official appearance by allowing anything and everything, including palming, two low blows, and two rabbitpunches. On the other hand, Mr. Meale, controlling the main event, was strictness itself; so much so, in fact, that the crowd “went crook,” but Auckland referees have become used to the roar from the crowd and now remain unperturbed. • * • Not Good Enough According to advice from the South the New Zealand Boxing Council does not consider any amateur boxers in New Zealand today to be of sufficient standard to be sent to the Empire Games. We have been hearing a lot up here about a lad named Bert Lowe, who is stated to be a real champion-in-the-making. If he is as good as all that he should be worth sending to the games. And what about the various champions who won New' Zealand titles last year? Surely there is at least one boxer who is worthy of representing the Dominion abroad? If not sopie associations must be failing lamentably in accomplishing their excuse for existence—the fostering of amateur boxing. • • • Boxing and Writing Boxers have been drawn from every walk of life and from nearly every profession and trade—parsons, blacksmiths, newsboys, doctors, lawyers, plumbers, to mention but a few. But there do not seem to be many boxing scribe* who have deserted the pen for the glove. Perhaps they see too much of it from their seats by the ringside to desire to risk what good looks they possess at the hands of a boxer whom they may at one time have criticised. Ted Scott, a southern journalist and amateur boxer, was the only one to mind who did go into the professional ranks, but after a few fights, at one of which he was billed as champion of New Zealand, and incidentally made a good show’ing,, he took tip the manager’s side. However, quite a number of pugs have turned journalists, and some of the ex-cham-pions have made big money in America by writing their views on big fights. * v • Cavemen of the Ring There appears to be quite a number of real cave-men In the ring at the present time and searchers after the remains of neolithic man would perhaps find much to interest them at some boxing matches. Not long ago Camera caused a sensation by losing his temper and generally kicking up such a fuss that methods to restrain him were discussed. and his manager even armed himself with a whistle. Then the report of the Scott-Sharkey match stated that Sharkey made a terrible exhibition of himself when he discovered that Scott was claiming a foul, raging across the ring, brandishing his gloves and screaming invectives. After the referee had driven him away he leaped and howled in his corner. Quite a nice little bit of acting. But—" Step right up and watch the modern counterparts of the savage anclentc perform. No need to go to Africa or any other place. Support local enterprise and see them here ” * • * Yankee Prejudice Mandell and Singer are to meet for the light-weight championship on July 17. ‘ Kid” Berg, of England!, was promised a bout for the title after he had defeated all the other contenders, but he has been side-tracked and once again the Yankee authorities have kept an Englishman from a chance to win the title. It seems that the only way for a Britisher to even get a chance at a title is to become a naturalised American, fight and w'in the title, and turn British again. It -would be one way of overcoming the Yankee prejudice against "foreign” invaders. At the present time the so-called world championship fights are that in name onlj*. Reallv they are only American championships and if it is possible to keep a foreigner out he is kept. out. Schmeling is meeting Sharkey for the heavy title, but the German would not have had a chance if there had been another American of sufficient ability to pit against the ex-sailor. As it is, Schmeling may have to score a knockout to win on Thursday.