BOXING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143765, 13 April 1912, Page 8

BOXING.

(By “Upper Cut.”)

Jimmy Clabby, the American welter weight, in a long letter to the press, expresses his indignation at the remarks which Dave Smith has made about him, which, he. says, are not only impertinent, but knowingly untrue. ■ Smith said that he (Clabby) was only getting £IOO per contest from Air. ALlntosh, while the fact was that he was getting nearer £330. Smith also had said that he would rather fight a novice than meet him again. The contrary ' was, however, the case, for, says Clabby, ‘T would rather fight the devil I do know that the devil I don’t.” He might, he said, be knocked out by a ‘‘.haymaker” from the novice, but he knew that Smith could not do this, and he had proved it on more than one occasion. Sam Langford seems to have turned the tables on Sam Al‘A r ea fairly easily, for the cables say that he outpointed him in no less than 16 out of the 20 rounds. The report does not say who acted as referee in the contest, but it is fairly certain that Snowy Baker w-as not officiating in that capacity) This, it was understood, AA’oodman, Langford’s manager, strongly objected to, and by the terms of the agreement with Air. AlTntosh he had the right to object to any referee acting in any match in which he was engaged, if he objected to him from any cause. Tip till the eve of tlie fight no one out of the numerous sportsmen who were available had proved acceptable to both parties, which it was, of course, essential that the chosen man should be. The reversal of tlie Boxing Day verdict-will meet with D'e .ap'wnva) of the many who consick ’ hat the wrong man was riven the light on that occasion.