BOXING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14453, 27 May 1911, Page 4 (Supplement)

BOXING.

"BILL" LANG'S FOUL, SHOWN 11Y iSlOt-UAPH. . Apropos or Lang, the following ttutu an Australia!! paper is of HiUix-st: - , " -W-witlishau-dnis what 'Bill 1 Lang ju.i -.-.aid hi* fouling gi p* 1 '. 11 cannot- tii<» dutibt clxut wJicn 'Mv. ilugeuu c.n canic loru'vtrd ami a iiuoiuiiXKl tiio vi tie. Australian in the I'-Lxvnfc ijuntlon light, ho loliowed the only courea < pen to him. • Lang fouled badly, autl it, :s daiicuJt to uauorstaiid ; ,M ••'FPi'SCjato the herniation made bv him on ins r-earrn xo bvdney that a H-M-iiiiiK u-ou!d have mat the case. Of eour.,a. or did u..t nay iJiat i u so many hut lit.- points, d out. while still ]f , n " h ,'' s ,iah: u ' itll Landlord, and ? vie h"r f Jl f '"= 11 - e " <lisq"a!iE«« rcienes were altogether too strict. T3» 'i-OH-'aph pictures shun- tha ioul as u liKic Jlaja-iuit breach ~f the rules, was eurrving the light to the <i])pos!n_r rsmn nil( | H .., s ni . |kin , z,Tin^j ,vu *• «««"»* - t u.i<£ ]"„ k'lt to the side of tha head hverx u„- 1, ; ,p- ; ,., u - r | in ~ , ei .„ JK p AluL into conv »'*H nniitiwr statement made bv In, rciorn. Tha 1 ti.impi!))! s:iid t}iat. when h<> 1.-nitr-l-dfl Landlord nil' !,;* ji,,. I . o | r ',„,.;: r i ,j| was down ior several seconds. L,„ u . \-X "Y's 1 "?- l " rs *- , " lt - "» Ills : da- " Lv:! coiumcuced

when Landlord started out resume h'.s t'n't. The pictures do not show any movement of Langford, neither do they display any startled action <m the part of Woodman. In thia roroect they scbblf) questions which have Seen tho subject of controversies ever ginoo Lang roturr.ed homo." A FIERCE FIGHT. " Of tho Oattlo hitweon the Soutli -African ligUt-woight, Arthur Douglas, and Frank Picato, Uie latest American importation to vitit Australia, tho Sydney "Daily Telegraph" says;— "Ono oi tho fiercest fights been at tbo Stadium for t»omo time took place on Saturday night, when Frank Picuto, an Italian-American, got tlie decision on puinto over Arthur Douglas, the Soutli African light-weight champion. Neither boxer flinched under severe and the display in tbs rctpaol/ oji each one's part was exceptionally gritty. Pii.ato had an advantage in weight-, being only ,a lew ounces short of 10s>t., while Douglas scaled Ost GJlb. DougLai; was the cleverer of tlio two, and on occasion ho madr> Picaio look a novice by his clever shifts, hut Picato had the more weighty punch, and ho took any kind of punishment -so as to ensure landing it. It was astonishing that Douglas was able to weather somo of the rounds in which ho wna hit hard and often. Certainly no garner exhibition has been given by any boxer." In a lator issue appears the following:—"Arthur Douglas is anxious to obtain another 1 match with Picato, but insists that tho American shall weigh in at 10st ringside, and not at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of tli© con- i test, as in their last match. If Picato I will agree to these terms, Douglas | states that he feels confident of his ! ability to turn the tables on his van- j quisher." ! j . ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIPS. ' j j If we arc to judge by the entries fjr tho English Boxing Championships the "noblo art'' was never so popuuir a/., it is to-day (states a London writer;. Almost every young man goes in for boxing now; it is counted as his physical training; and. tha.t there 'are few sxx>rts that tako on witJi the general public than boxing th.s year's, amateur championships plainly show. The list of entries contained 101 competitors, represent,ng many countries. As showing the popularity of boxing in France, it may be mentioned that no fewer than live Frenchmen havo signified their intention of taking part in the contests. Scotland wiil be represented by twelve men, and the beat of the English amateurs will take tho ring. Many sportsmen left London for Paris to ©eo the fight between Sam Langford and McVca, two negroes. One of tho promoters of the contest ivas the Australian gentleman, Mr H. D. Macintosh. A tremendous crowd looked on, and it is said that the receipts amounted to something' like £4OOO. The fight went 20 rounds, and at the finish Mr Eugene Corri, of London, who referecd, decided upon a draw. Then there was considerable trouble. I gather from a well-known London sporting writer -who was pre- | sont that there was nearly a riot. -''Fake," they said the mat?h was, and | tho wonder was, so I am told, that the Cirque de Paris, where the match took place, was not wrecked. For some unaccountable reason— for McVea. has long been a prims favourite in-Paris —the majority of the GOO spectators wanted Langford to win. It is supposed that they were all for Langford because, in comparison -with his brother hbiok. he is quite a little man—a foot shorter and about a couple of stone rghter. At any rata, when it was announced that honours were easv the people sot up a most violent upro.nr, and I doubt very much whether Mr Corn', one of the finest judges of boxing we havo, will consent to act as •rel'ereo in Paris again. As for the nglit it was an ordinary oue. Langford seemed to be winning quite easily, but he grew rather tired, and McVea—at no time anxious to assume the nggrcsive—did not brinir out the wonderful Qualities Langford lms shown in the feu- bouts in which he has engaged in London. Tlie battle between Owen Moran, ! *he English light-weight, who recently administered to "liattling" Nelson the only knock-out which that tough pro-: position ever encountered throughout I his long and adventurous career, and '"lacky" M'Farland is thus described by an American pap<?Tr "It was a clean, hard-fought battle throughout, in n*hich the Chicago boy iully demonstrated his superiority in boxing over tho Englishman. M'Farland was always there with a clean punch, and when Moran reached for Jum he found the Chicago boy most ioMi Ve * J i ,jtl l weighed in at Liolb jit o o clock, but those at the' inigsid:- gave the Chicago man a slight advantage in weight when the light, ktuital. M Garland denended far the greater nart on body blows, reaching Moran right and 1-eifc below the heart. At close quarters he had a d-stinct advantage over the Englishman. ■ - either man suffered much from t imfctl the seventh, when I .•J.rarland got Mcran with stiff bodv i b.ows and sent him reeling twice acrr.sV i fl 10 ,™ 1 ? 68 *, F(jlllJ »ing this I il'l p . r <J lts lle ■'Morn7l staggerh B 2 t ornil raUi «>. a "d MIM wM hff V M , ( ? ran worked his in £ n a was nfti - t: " most c ff™«ve worlr fn n T + m i\ miC , r ° f 'Knock-out' „i? , , };end - b»fc for tho WnrW« r tl j kept hammering nt Mnr.m s Wr. anrf )offc ;t] I. Puncl-0.,. Altlmnch ontoWl . for.ii-i wit ? gcc< ] fi s ] lt an(] a lff SO ' hat not