BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 575, 2 August 1909, Page 6

BOXING.

: r:: J.' ■:■+>■;■ THE;COMING;iop.:BURNS.' .'';.'.- :.-." ,'T.;Burns,' ex-cH'ampion heavy-weight boxer of the worldi'is,to.larrive in '-Wellingtori by the ..; Sydney steamer ' on; .'Wednesday; ■; and arrange-' ,'ments 1 are being made to accord him a recop/tion,.- Burns is; to ! appear at the Opera House, by. '.'Ms" O'Uonnell and : Pat'-:Keefc; ; ,--'t'.' :: '. •-■'.'''- -••'■"■ •-'.-■' . ■:, Preliminaryibonts to the.Tracy-TJnhplz-com-petition, on August 18'have ; bee'ii ;It is announced that , of ...Palmerston .-: -North, ,iwill':meet;-W.> Coward , .at; feather-weight limit;. and'!.: -Murphy, , who.ivon> the middle- ■•.: weight.;. con/petititm;;at-' the' Wellington Provin- .■- eial JToflrneT, .mil.;:be .'matched against J. C. .' Morris, of Levin. : . In; the 1 , third -bout, -W. Langridge, of Petone, willbe matched'against ...a suitable^'lightrH-eighl. ■, ■' : •.,.;.■; • ".-■; .Tracy'.commences •training•'■■ afresh tb-day, ■' and, as be jiut up a good, showing against Turner at;' Hastings last'week, there is reason • ..to .believe-that.,he will be seen 'at his , best ..against .;Unholz:V,' J. O'Neill.V.w'ho; is to spar .'with the.^ch'allenger; , injured'''Wß,l I left- thumb ■; recently;Va'n'dJan';artery was"-'seye"r4d. r .The injury has: been' ; attended;.to by'.'.'Dr/ , Cameron, \-and:it is anticipated.that he">yill"be able to ■ -use the gloves.:-.w.hen: : 'T7nhplz- irfives:' , -; -. ' ; It .is stated that;' in. consequence of itho good ..showing .by .Clarfcp ;in,his;match; against l Leckie . lost..week/.tbe-^ellington;Assb.ciaWou-. niajf ar- .•. range .a ; :match, : f6r'him ag'ain'stla/middle-weight boxer 'from' the'other "side. - ' '■■' ' '■' : ■ ■' ■'