BOXING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 156, 4 July 1934, Page 4

BOXING

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"HE MARQUIS."

Keen interest is being taken in the forthcoming all-amateur tournament to bo held by the Wanganui Amateur Boxing Association at the Opera House on Monday, July 16. The following bouts have been arranged for the Wanganui tournament, the contestants being Wanganui boys unless otherwise stated: — T.’ Whatnough v. Jarvis (Hawera). D. Hermond v. Henry (Hawera). C. Quinlan v. G. B. Pownall. A. Burke v. Hutchens (Hawera). J. Deere v. Madden (Hawera). A. Lull: v. R. Farrow (Marton). B. Downs (Marton) v. Hudson (Hawera), G. Downes (Palmerston North) v. G. Thomas (Hawera). R. Dawson v. P. Barnao (Palmerston North). L. Riley (Marton) v. K. Reed (Hawera). R. McNeil v. L. B. Burgess, * * * - The Hawera boys all acquitted themselves very well against a team from Auckland the other night at a tournament in Taranaki, winning the greatest percentage of bouts in which they wore engaged. The boys from Marton are all good and have won lights, with the exception of Harrow, but this boy is the makings of a good boxer. The Palmerston North boys have both won fights and arc alwavs good draw cards anywhere they fight. Tt is stated that Cyril Hume, the Wellington featherweight boxer, will shortly accept employment in Blenheim. When Hurnc met Rayner at Blenheim last Saturday week it wa.s announced that the Wellingtonian would probably meet George Wright there for the bantamweight title in the near future. Ambrose Palmer has signified his willingness to be ready in a few weeks’ time to fight Son Tealcy, the most logical challenger for the heavy-weight champion’s diadem. Tealey handed out a lacing to the Chicago coon, Rov Williams, at the West Melbourne Stadium recently (states an exchange). The defeat of Primo Camera by Max Baer for the world’s heavy-weight boxing championship was largely unexpected, not because of the Italian giant’s superlative class, but rather because Baer was not regraded as anything out. of the ordinary. 'l’he result only goes to prove the poorness of pre-sent-day heavyweight lighters, comments an Australian writer. Jack Doyle, the young Irish heavyweight boxer, has astounded his mentors, the boxing critics, the trainers and the light promoters, by breaking heavily into the entertainment world. (Doyle also writes for the papers and the title of one of his articles is really intriguing. It is: ‘‘Those Girls Who Admire Me.” ‘lt has been remarked that there are more women spectators at my lights than at any other.” he modestly writes. “Not only is this true of the arena itself, but they mob me as 1 arrive or depart and on the journeys between the dressing-room and the ring.” It is highly probable that when the Wanganella next arrives at Wellington on July 6 she will be carrying a heavyweight boxer in the person of Peitro Spagnola, an Italian boxer whom Jack Fitzgerald referred to some time ago as one of those who were willing to leave Australia for a trip to this country. Spagnola, according to Fitzgerald, has beaten most of the heavies in Australia Ambrose Palmer and Son Tealcy being the only two who have proved too good for him. Spagnola’s first appearance, if his trip eventuates, will be against Ray Nicol at Christchurch, on July 18, and this will probably be followed up by a bout against Vai Luttrell at Napier. The Invercargill Association will probably engage him to meet Maurice Strickland, who is likely to provide Spagnola with his most severe test. It is hoped that the Wellington Association will make an endeavour to give Spagnola a bout and a return match with Strickland should offer considerable appeal. Spagnola is being brought over by the representative in New Zealand of the National Boxing Club of Australia, and has been promised three or four contests. He may be accompanied by Da Costa, the Australian bantamweight, who will provide opposition for Wright. Hume, and other New Zealand boys of that class. • * • • German-Jewish-Amcrican Max Baer, basks in a light of glory as professional heavyweight, boxing champion of the world. He won the cherished title when he defeated big, cumbersome Primo Camera on a technical knock-out in the eleventh round of their contest in New’ York. The rise of Baer to the fiscal throne, will be regarded by keen boxing enthusiasts as something of a God-send for this man, who is managed by Jack Dempsey, has that personality, that lighting devil, punch and tempera ment that appeals so strongly to the imami nation of the paying public. Carncra and Sharkey lacked some of these essential qualities and, somewhat peculiarly, boxing the world over suffered when they held the coveted title. Now. however, with a man of Baer’s calibre on lop of the world wc may sanguinely look forward to the boxing game taking a new lease of life the world over. Baer is 25 years of age and, if he looks after himself, there appears to be nobody on the horizon to defeat him for his laurels for some time to come. He is the thirteenth heavyweight champion of the world under Queensbury rules, his predecessors being Corbett, Fitzsimmons, Jeffries. Hart. Burns, Johnson. Willard, Dempsey, Tunney, Schmeling, Sharkey and Camera, Ernie Roderick, the young English welterweight, who failed in his Australian tour last year, defeated “Panther” Purchase, of South Africa, in London last month on a foul. In a pervious bout during the same month he stopped Henri Baunias, of France, in two rounds (states the Referee).

a strange ’old an, ba goom, he twisted me into knots. There was me lyin’ on me back, and ah thought something had to be done. Lockin’ upwards, J sees some girt big ’ind-quarters, so I bit ’em hard, and, ba goom, they was my own.” It is quite a while since George Boganski, called the Russian lion, has had a contest in Johannesburg, and his effort aaginst Tom Alley, th c Mormon, showed him to be the same old George, with his limited repertoire of holds and “rough stuff.” He cuffed Alley every now and then with his tore arm, but had his toes stamped on ii’ return. Boganski, nevertheless, had the better of the straight wrestling, but he fell a victim to Alley’s batter-ing-ram tactics. Alley’s strong suit is to charge across the ring and butt his opponent in the stomach with hia head, and among the grapplera he warns to have the patent rights for the u surfboard” hold. The employment of these tactics gained for him two falls over the Russian in this contest, while George gamed one with a shortarta RGisaOra.