DICK ARNST DONS THE GLOVES.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVIII, Issue 1056, 2 June 1910, Page 10

DICK ARNST DONS THE GLOVES.

The following is taken from a recent Sydney “Sun”: —About the most interesting and amusing feature of the Joe Donnelly benefit concert last night was a four-round spar between Dick Arnst, world’s sculling champion, and R. L. (“Snowy”) Baker, the wellknown all-round athlete. Arnst, stripped to the waist, showed up, brown as a berry, contrasting strongly with the white limbs of the gymnasium-trained

Baker. Those of the audience, however, who were looking for “skin and hair” were greatly disappointed, as the bout was a highly proper and lady-like affair right through. Certainly, Arnst evinced a strong predilection for getting his face in the way of Baker’s left hooks, upper-cuts, straight lefts, etc., but these, of course, were only featherweights. Dick carried the long, strong swing which he employs when sculling into his boxing, except that the said swings were not strong. Neither did they touch the dancing, prancing “Snowy.” They merely clove the atmosphere, while the sculler was fairly “eating” his oppenent's lefts, which were, however, very light and digestible. A roar of laughter greeted the decision, “a dead heat!”