BOXING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18972, 25 March 1924, Page 6

BOXING

UREN OUTPOINTS STONE (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, March 24. Before a crowded house to-night, | Havilah Urcn outpointed Harry Stone over 15 rounds. On the whole, the contest was very monotonous, with very little clean hitting. The decision received a hostile reception, and Stone made a speech in the ring, stating that he could see he could never win a fight in Wellington. FIRPO ON THE SCREEN ’* Received March 24, 8.30 p.m. BUENOS AIRES, March 23. Firpo, the heavy-weight, who recently announced that he would retire from the ring, cabled a Los Angeles company that if the offer of 210,000 dollars made while he was in the United States to appear on the screen was still open he was willing to accept. AMERICAN ITEMS FIBPO AND WILLS. NEW YORK, Feb. 9. The proposed Fifpo-Wills boxing match will be held July 19, either in Pennsylvania or Connecticut, it was announced by a spokesman for the syndicate promoting the match. A stadium seating 125,000 will be built. It was understood that Morrisville, Penn., and Hartford, Conn., were under consideration, with the selection favouring the former, which is opposite Trenton, N.J., on the Delaware River, fifty-five miles from New York City and thirty-five miles from Philadelphia, reached by two railroads and several excellent highways. The spokesman said the syndicate would post a 50,000 dollars guarantee within a few days with a local bank and that Firpo would put a forfeit of 25,000 dollars in a Buenos Aires bank. McTIGUE MUST FIGHT. NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Mike McTigue, world’s light heavyweight champion, will be granted a license in this State only on condition that he fulfils his contract to fight Gene Tunney, American 175-pound titleholder. This was one of the first official acts of the reorganized State Athletic Commission to-day when Tunney’s claims for a title match were presented by his manager, Billy Gibson. THE MARQUIS SUCCESSFUL. LONDON, March 23. The Marquis of Douglas won the Scottish amateur middleweight championship, narrowly outpointing J. Rob ertson.