BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 490, 24 April 1909, Page 12

BOXING.

(Bi. IMEBCOKT.i Tho Otago Boxing Association wae scheduled to havo opened its season with a provinciar championship tournament on Apni 21 and 22. Exchanges show that good entrieo woro received, and «v<a , ything pointed to n successful opening. No results, however, are yet to hand. Word has boon received from Australia from Mr. W. F. Corbott ("Amateur," of the Sydnoy "Rofcreo"), through Mr. Atack, secretary of tli© Now Zealand Boxing Association, that Tommy Burns and his sparring partners will tour Now Zealand under tho auspices of the various boxing associations. Tenna have not yet been arranged, but Burns ie sure to come. Ho gives a firstclass show, and has met with crowded receptions everywhere in Australia. Rudolph Unholz, "tho Boer," who recently lost to Douglas, hia brother South African, in tho thirteenth-round on a foul, and Bob Turner, who fought a draw with Tim Tracy here some seasons back, meet at tho Gaiety, Sydnoy, on Tuesday next. Arthur Ganlt, the Aucklander, who defeated Jack Gosling in the Opera Houso last season, was billed to box tho best of 20 rounds in Sydney on Wednesday, April 14; with Boi) Hcmmings, a bluejacket from and another boxer'well' -known in Wellington, Harry Sandow, has been matched against Miko Williams, tho fight to take placo in the near future. Much as England lacks "class" in her

heavyweight boxing ranks, there can bo no doubt that her, small men can more than hold their own with the world's best. ; Witness tho SUCC63S that attended Owen Moran's visit to the' States last year, tho recent decjsion gained by J. Sunrmors over Jimmy Britt (world's es-champion) in London recently, and now the news that Jem Dnscoll, feather champion of England, has gained a decieioij fronv Abe Attell, featherweight champion" of the world, in Now York on February 13. The appended account of tho battle is clippdd'Jfrom an Australian oxchangc :— The loot wont .full ton-round limit, and in this half-hour of fighting tho crowd, which packed every inch of tho arena, was tieated to one of the greatest exhibitions or witnessed in this country. In the e.Trly rounds of'tho fight Attell played for tho Englishman's body, and m doing so _was frequently Btaggcred with right-hand jolt 3oh tho jaw..-Tn -the fifth round ho ran into ono of these short-arm hooks, which cut his eye, handicapping him for the remainder of'tho'light. With the beginning of tho seventh round Attell started m to stem tho.tide of defeat, which it was apparent had set in against him from the first pell. Instead of plowing for Driscoll's body, ho straightened- up, and began to box the 'Englishman. ,, By," a r clover feint ho drew a lead, and, a moment later staggered DnscoU with a short lofb-h'and swing that caught tho Briton coming in. This gave him great confidence, trad lio began to feint and counter 'with his • left alternately for body and faco.'One of these hody blows landed a trifle low, for which ho was warned by the .referee.. The" eighth round will go down on record as'being one of the most remarkable exhibitions ( of tho hit-and-gct-away game between scientific men that has ever Decn witnessed in this country. Neither man would' givo an inch. Thoy led and countered for each other's jaw and body, blocked swings for vulnerable spots, hammeicd each other against tho ropes, and fought around the ring 'from corner to corner- without either gainin? any perceptible advantage, i Attell socmod to have more confidence at tho end bf the round, and in the ninth by his clover fointing drev, load after load from Driscoll, and twice met him with loft-hand jolts. This was tho end of Attell'e lustre. Driscoll rushed out 'of his corner when, tho ' bell 3otmdod for tho tenth and final round, and never gave Attell a chance- to got set. He blocked all tho latter's counters, beat him at loading, nncl landed blow after blow without getting a return. His (lucking seemed to havo Attell up in tho air. and when the boll ended the bout it was the genoral verdict that Dnscoll had tho bettor of tho contest. World's champion Jack Johnson has been challenged by K DunUioMt, an American "heavy," whose chief claim to famo lies in tho fact that ho is the biggest man in the ring to-day. Ho weighs just uuder 2D stone, and claims that ho can get backing