BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 589, 18 August 1909, Page 7

BOXING.

; ;;;; Xth? cpNtESi; this 'evening^ ;; ;^:;'AND- J St|IE\AiIrEOUNI^;;NOTKS.,. ;,; I ■ivTo-night. : wili?"witness.tlioYcontcst between 'iiiiericaV and; : ; l)racyj df\\VelHngtoh,. fof;the:prd(essiohal light-weight champipnship of N4w'Z(ial(iil(l.' i- .\fe Ijotli meii ar<S' confident o£' Wiiining/ the'coiitosfslio'uld, be interesting. Quito tt'nunilW of•entlnisiastsyfroin-.yarious parts of the ; Dominion:, have^arrifeefcfor tho: evont, tfhichj.Vit a', Vhouse.'.'.'Ambn'tlie. onlookers >.tfill \k a largo nuinhor , :Of tile'delegates:-attending. siae .Workers' Confercßce.;:, Owing to tho half-' hpliday, tHe-bdx plnu willi.be.removed af. 1 p.m; from Afinit's Vtlie office Of- tho treasurer /Mr.'.W: Beanohamp'Platts, ;inj tho Norwich: .Uniort Buildings,■'i'eatuerstonVStreet), where the remainder of-the seatslmay:'bo ibookea./: Yesterday tho contestants were'introduccd to the riif-srop (Dr/ Nnpisr' il'Lfnp), who explained to them 'his .intorpretatiori-of ,tho rules.; ■ JJiiholz will .be ftUeridod tliie evening. ]w ■■ Bob l«r----.ner,,!Artbur Cripps, and f., \\ 7 . Barnes, -whilst. 'Traoy will have in, his borser: J,:Gosling,: J. iWilspn,-/and'li.-Mnrphyi':- '-•;:,-•: ":'■■£,-,; ' ; hlf.Was lit first doubtful /whether.; Watchpriv would.;Vβ ablo .to go: to: the Australasian ohanipionsliips'ns thV Dominion representative In the "Qeott" hns, however,' now delinitoly.deoided to.niak* the trip, , ; ■. . : A' pdvate oab]b ■ states that ;Cnpps .was-,de-. feat«d-by i Williams 1 >t: Brisbane von-Friday, night. 'Cripps kit for Now Zcqland on-Satnr-day 'for. his .nptch nitainst Griffin: (or ..the Siddle-weight championship of;;.the '.Dpniinion.. , e; tfill : ' arriv,e by : the Moer'aki ■ tp-day.. • • Ai. •; .' Aocording; to. "Amateur!' in' the -"bydtfey Kc-. ■ feree," UnhoU will render a■ gpod/account■ of himself-against Trapy.-.torhipht if allowed .to figlii; true Jfarqujs: of Qneensbery:rules, which permit: eithe • combatant to," striko -his : oppo;:nentat"ariy .timeand' in any: position .provided. ■the 'striker-.'has both iliandsN'free "the!.moment ho.:deliverS.'tlip blow. iTJhhpJi.is.ihoti'ayfpiil' fighteri': though: he mny: now':.'and again, appear ■to .'■; bp '"saili ft'g. bloae i' to - tho', wind, /(is • his.: -best .\vbffc isHdoiie when.right'in: tiponhis irian;-...,' ■/■ v "Ioo" J ; Qhoynski, "■ whq :fought::: Jeffries ' ■;• W ; r'ouiids''to ■■a '■ draw" i 11..189.7, .says -thatfthe,:,,^retired.;p'hampioii is. as good 'right 'now as he was; then, 'end , it. will' take' no . five"months -of training' to fit.!»i!i-:for .battle.;'. His th(J : stage ..is is 'hard /as. ho ■pveV'.did. in any gyninasinin ■•'training, fpr, h fijht,' ; : and ; . by: the lime hisvtheatrical engaMmonts are over he wilt bo W to step right into the ring and defeat 'Johnson. Will he 'Win? -My. answer;is, ..Will :aiduc]i'swim?:v:Had:.l. not seen; it with jny pwi) eyofl ; w6uld'neYer.'haye,believed that. .- ft man' out- of ithe-ring, so-long Vcould fintb his- preterit;shape.'O-v >■!■'■ : i'X :i^\-" ■'■ >■% Elliott, prpfessibrial feather-weight;cham-pion.- -of :: New. defeated T.VQreilJ at' ■Brisbane: J.bh-l'Saturday night; yElljott: showed; igfeat. two-handediboxingiple.as-. 'ing' : the'; crowd . immensely, and he, had..'.no. ■troaWe/jn'pilingup. the points.; Green,;when he.; swungwith the; right :or'.attempted a left: cross, ■'wasigenerally .bad.-in::hisi. faming, and; when ho did.land ;his .blowsJackeU;power. In tho , fifth roijnil.' Elliott .went dowir.for five' seconds as ft result of: a; right body.'blow.:-Bound : : Np'.■','■ 9 -saw , Elliott; ivith alright;siving.seud Greeh.;through the:r6pes,: the, gong going : -as" he/was lioiSted baok-into..tho: ring.'.-i.The. towel. wosi: thrown iinivirpm-; Greek's; corner in ..tae eleventh rdiiiid, :■■;:■ .. ; , ~3. ■:>■ H,/D. M'lntpsh,' tho; w'ell-lvnown opntest pro-f nipter,: -writing "to the,' VEeferee,"v.'Says;.— "I, ,'ani,y'at-.thp riipmpnt of writing,'..expecting. a accepting-.terms for liia contest .:y/ith. : Langford./ This will ..bo the fight-of-'Toimny's'-'life,.but though I have hopes "ha'-will 1 winv.'still'ho ;,is-.coming up .agaiust'-tlie.'pne fl?hter'Mvhbiivall tho.first-class "meiv>in the' yiavli are:dodging;;and; have been dpdging for;?6nre"years; ; : [I stated -a^wepk-'olv ;tttb-ngo'i BtirnS-LangfpnL,matchfiwae ■ (iff,. 9S ! fafvas-'Englniid.iwas:.concerned.—.The; ■'Alniteur,') ; 'v I - will 'ehdeavoUr. ;;.to i match • .;• tho winner:with' Ketchel, ! .'lib eye toia'greatiextent.in- Ameripa. ;■ His dc-. ■ bit , - of'O'Brien jt"-Philadelphia \has i.bpomed'' ; him All over ;Amorida; r ,-'-Thko'i aro many ; who :beli(fVe : he.could defedt.;Johnson , 'but, this;l ani ; certain 'tie Icoiild '•• ndt ;'dd|\but ho .-has. a' ohiiiico with any qth<>r<ra?ii liviug.-' ; ; ■"■■: ■/' ,

: -^- ; 7ppx lifts - [at"the vf hall.

, 'aif^r'eeiWlifctKe"Eeirf- J^-Jl'North -hW been , fr'oih;hiß:pulpit : up'on the above eubjeqt,; and'has,-,!; jm/af wid,:xep.r.oscptEd .mWurarathor; as ho would* wlbiv. people, to seo , thonj-tnan.aa. 'they Toally'aro, ; No 'one -questions'; tho: reverend :ge"ntloirian'B fighti. to.:.voioe, hie'-opiniona;'.Pro-■ • Vidccl the: faotd on which LhO'bMo'ahls'iftftrencos!'but'that' ho'has .'ddno'ap 'in; tWs .hbpe, : :witlj^'rQW:/Pofroiasiqn,.;to; ■■* Jl*.' , f North j; oither"diifeotly"oriby : , implication,' ■ mokes .the ' following l.assorUona. :-r;(l) :.Mmt -, tho "Town H&ir,haß' ; bcen; used for the. holdibg. prlze-ilghM; , (2)' thaSt the rules: under.iwhich. tho contests! tako'placd-.are;'.btutal,!:ahd that;.the* ! Toqnti'e that the should knock.'each. 'other' seneeloas. ih'.order''.to;'socuro: a. Yerdjct,; (3) that-the 1 local boxing'association, , advanced :no : reason for ' aiklng-.-for 'thd -use of Vine, Tdwn'i Hall .other than -tna-tf -the refusal .would mcan'i a loss ''of ■ £260;,i<4):".that >if ■ Chb ,: -' contests ;'were • roally trials i of-aliill; they' Would 'draw no gatoi, and ' (5) that. II the'knock-out:'blow:; was -,ncnal- : lUed::the,sport\aa; a. flub^ I'NoW'for 'tne'Sdthor ■sida'ofithe I will ftatte/the ■'assertions seriatim.."(D J s ' MA North:conipeteht to decide;.what Iβ a. prize-fight, and what is a .glove-contest?. -Hasfhe been a'. ■W)tnes3'to both?'-'lf. noli ho ie'speaking pz-what, he fs lgnbi-aht of, and there aro : many who are riot.in , -hie'position; who*objept, entirely,,.to. the, 'description :of : those contests; ;(gr-l'his:;i|rabsoV-■utely. inc6rreiit,':a§ :>lx.. North' might ■■have'disV covored-tad , he iia4o : 'the sjmpleet.inquiry., The refproohas' tho:powerH»nd'often ■usea;it-'rtq stop the 'contest when he conaidpre. , the- conditions ■arc ; becoming ;unequal; further,'; I ! havo yet to 'ineet:the boxer agreo >wiHji:llr. .North's contention that the.'Quoeuaberyvrulo? .encourage, brutality. , ' (3)-1 understand'that , ;the association iundorstood theuso pfi;tho,l'o>vn;ilall N taad been : granted- to' :them if or i boxing .'.contests; without ■a3^tO' , :profep3ionplism;' they :£tlso stated that''nO'other ; suitable-hall was available. Had therebeen-ono. 'rown-Hall.wouldinever. have -been asked; for. . It. was,v therefore, ,not.' 'olear-X that/thby; had,.noi right; to-^ipect: the hall, : or ■•' that'. they had:; been, .told , that ,permia: sionvaii in Suepenso-J'H The professional boxor is' the more' skilful boxer: ; it Is the "professional, bonteste which draw.- , the. beat;vorgo; it ..is the : skill'which , attracts .the public;' : (sf- The knock-: but - blpw-'is loss: frequent? in'■ profesaionalv. than ; ,lu'amafcour .'contests;' owing,- to, the; greater.VsklU and better, condition of ; tho contestanta;:-.As , tho. -public.' patronise the ; former..inoro ; than; tho -latter, it' Would 'appear:'that ..Mr. ■ Northv'ia: no , inearjr* being'correct, in this contentions thantin anyVof the btheis: , - On the; the association,- aiidthdt section—a larguone-of: the pub,.:. 'Ho whloh seos.'good: rather, than iharm in .thesu .c6n.t6stv.it might fairly:, ho, urgedUhat as;tho "Town HaU:belongs to the. citizens as a body, and fe supported Out of' ; the rates:(which;all have to pay - either directly or iudirepUy) •ho section ought to fie' debirrod :ftorn using it,- provided 'auch is legal, and tho' , conduit of cthoso ufii'ng : it orderly, and' , decent. r-That^in- tuo,pre-. sent .instance, ■ itj.ia ;eo,' there: : is 'any. quantity -or evidence-obtainable by 'thoae! who. are not blinded by prejudice: ■■ -The association,; from its incorporation, has set its' anything 'tending to. degrade , a -'of athlqtioism to. eucceedin; : which irequirea self:dtinial,'courage, gpod; topper, and a self-cpntrol which is not .al- , ways 'apparent' in '..those who; orltlclso it. -Jlad Mr. , North condescended to have.been-present at the 'last meeting hold by' , tho'association , , he. : obhdemns, l :'he ■ would,"'l; , think,-.'riot /onlyi have boen. astonished at-.the-orderliness of the pro-, ceodlhtfs' and .the skill and good temper 'of.-lhe, contestants; but at the quality and rosppctability of those present, .'among'whom .he .woum.havo •deaoried.at least,threo'wembo.ra..of that profession to which I feel sure ho is bolone.~l ■ami >otc;,:■'■." ;.v ••': V/', , -H;;EA^T]ON i ;TAALOK. ; -VAujust "'"'.-";■''Af':■'.. '"..':••: -..v-rs , - ■ •.'-■.• ■■' .■'■

Sir,—After a' short retirement, duo possibly to tho poor hearing fifforded: him in the Town Hall, a'few. m'oritha ago,. the Beyerprid. -.J.; J. North ie 1 again in' the; field pbsiiig as the -puulfo mouthpiece regarding; the council allowing the Boxing Association- to-use tho Town Hall for a boxing contest. Ho spoke pf brutal rules; gambling and grossness, and compared.; tho exhibitions ■''to'.■"'Spanish bull-fights. '.- I '■ presumo Mr. North has ■ witnessed Spanish. bull-fights,, as he had only hearsay '.'evidence: to' tender: from, his pulpit in- mitigation of as much aa -oallingi a lot of his respected fello'w-cltisena nothing more nor less than hoodlums, over boxing contests here." 'I have -never; seen the. reverend "gentle--man reported as denouncing the-Stock Exchango: gambling; which exists in our midat, neither hue he douounced the ni.oncy-lendei'e, etc.; all in hw line as a disciple of Ohrist,,but. he refers to gambling over boxing \ exhibitions. 'Yet ho would find it pretty hard to' give aninstanoo of a bet outright over tho recent'"Clark-liccky con--If one of the thrco clergymen who were present at •■ the contests 'lately i had denounced the' exhibitions, etc, dno. could not have been' surprised, but Mr. North tenders hearsay, evidence always. Tho fact , remains that by using the largest liall-availablo the. Doxlng , Association "aro pointing" out v t>o ■ the -large ntmbor of cltizons that all ia above-boarfl, and that, after all, 'the VepreaeUtativus of:, l&w and ! order are -there to 'see the: spirit of: the law is .not broken. In no single instance can Mr, North point out" • that the. jlbljcb. iiave;;.had 'tb. Interferor and that , moann that although some hi:rd work :has been admiiiistored,; no ..-one lu.s 9Vor beoii ; pei'niitted by. tho.local'd.sß«clation'e-referce to set brutally kuoclted about. Whe fact,' ah indisputable one,' tdo, rsmaine, that ? if the rovorond gcnUemau thinks that the hall exists '-simply, for' thoSo who, iii his.' opinion; shouldSet the hall.and mofoovori he aud tho council of Ohurches interfere : tod mnch' in :tho rights of the ratepayers, (tho sporting pobplo'pay rales and aro therefore entitled to use their own proporty), ani'.their, representatives, will find themaclvos against,a pretty, tough .nropositibn'.in the moderate voto.of tlioicommmiity latbr oti.4Thanking you in anticipation, I- : am, .etc.,. ...:, .:■■ ■•■■■V. '.' : .'-... ■■■■-■:'■■ P..-11'OALL;-/ Northland,-Aujujit 15, .;.'.■;...,■:-.,.:■"■■:- -■'■.

Sir-I like the Bev. J, J. North. Uβ is nothing it no£ 'tnoi'ougu. - Nα ono who. rcada his rcceiii aneooli on tiiu aubjept of prize-u'BJitiHß (1 canuot can" it a sormoii, though it was delivered in o. llaptlst. Church) can fan.to rouogniso the appalling taot that tnis' lhiuiater of» the Uospel (of puacij arid, goodwill) lias seen all the ■ recent .Illgnta", in Vollington, at any rate. r Evidently• alau• |io Uaß a linu and/intimate Knowledge, o< iUo rules of.boxing as intoryioied oy> tho vVe'iluigton Asaoeiations reforoe. no was,,ol course, a& [nut historic contest 'iu iv elliugton when the ro- ; ferpo iii nusotion, feeling instihonvcly that the conteutahtß weri! not inaKing tBo. play suihciontly lively, ordered thorn to KnocK boniobouy eonselias—olio or other had- to go uiioer, and the roiorco ■ took jpily good : caro • that ; tho crowd was regaled with, a •KnocWoUt."' H anyojio uuqarstands the .-rules it. io ; the' refoi'ee, and' it is wo|l ttnown that -in private interviews with the contestants boiore tne "fight"; begins ho says words to this effect:—"Now; boys.(ho always calls thorn boys, it is part of the ring vernacular), there,'.mum bo blood.'; If possible, ono of /you must; be -knooked out, because my: duty, is to co.uut.up to ten, and if no ono is linoaued out I ■■'can't count up ito ton.. And if I can't count up to ten, what on earth am I there for? lieside.!),,! he had been Unown to add, "tiio Hev. — ,—' — —ia at tho back of the hall, and he has the glasses on you. \fhat. ho doeon't know about thla '■• (janio is. ; not worth knowing. Uko the warhprse of the.S6ripturo3,.ho.Bjno>ls blood from ajaiy'and. ho.would rather pay two shillings' entrance foo than miss tho sight'of the' How of :tho,.(iangnina.ry fluid." ■■"■''...■:■/ '-■:.■■,< : '.t.UrBOd-onAby. surh : language from such a high authority! the bdiors revel in a -sua of. blood fi'om. the'word "Gol" . Theiranot to reason why. Tho public—including the.Hev. —.— ■ , expect blood, and .blood.thoy'shall have." As to. tho knock-out, there are at least two hundred boxers in -AVplllngton and. district 'at tho present time whoeo';name fa-Maranatha. ! to the-rcferec, and who tire off the ''association's books. ' They fought hard: and ■ all they know, but • they, did not give tho. roferce any chfinco to count up to ton. . (A prize-fight, by-therbyo, is the only chauco he has to/'epunt"' at alii he can only cotant up to-ten. and this .wilful limitation of. Ms' opportunities by...' recalcitrant- ■' so-called -,- prize-flghtera mako3 him tirod. ■ Soon he won't be able to count at ftll.l /v, '-.' ;'- ■:,:■;• ' .■'••' ■■■- '• '.'' - . ■(Aa"l said before, I; am proudof Mr. North. He lias a faculty for>talking,freely about thinga which command : my. admiration.' ; Also, I envy, him.;-;I have long boon,engaged in; the arduous endeavour.of.persuading my.employers .that I Unow something, about'the art .'.of. self-advertise-. montV*' (They complain -thatf I am . too- modest.) But-jl: have .been .given .another, chance. ..and I am arranging to talto lessons, after hours from a"'welMinown fejppnent.—l ain, .etc.,..., ■■.'■;.■; ■-■3Y-;,THB;-MAItK r TEN. ' i August '16. :; -, ;■ :-.„■■;■ : .'.'; ; -'..1-' ;.'■ ■ . .'. . - tOur •■ corresporident'e -sarcasm'"probably will, appeal'tq tub boxins rathor than to tjlo. gquera.l public]': .: ... '.r.;-. ~' .-■ .v.■; Y | ; r-J The came ;of BoxiNC ; ■;■■. '■•■;.'.'

decision of the Oity Council to-grant permission to tho Uoxiug Associaliou to übo: tho Town , ilail for its iort.icomihg profcasional con-; tjst.nas , caused soilio aaverse'iioindiciit. in view:jni,.the' circumstances, however, , .tljero. does, hot, appear to, be -any 'legitimate.;roaiiou: why, the opiiucil. should..withhold: itacbnseiit.':. All classes said .variety of ontertainment .have been held in ; the Oltijeus' , ' Hail,. and' ono ..section of the ooin-.lpuiilty.-eiiOuld' not bo/given preference over ciaother.'.. .'Tho': city .contains 'many gentlemen iwJiQ.'likc'to-see a."mil!,", and,'providing tho ipg.'iAs'sociation comply with'the conditions, of luasp; imahy would" lot them -havo , it.. - ■ i ;l)oiing.'. however,'Bcems: to. be. a' aport .which ■ißauy'poople do not countenance, but ,tho divera'.iftr%'pfv.oplnion is/groat- on thb'subject.s We. find Blr/.Jobii Madden, 'Chief. Jußtica. of ■Victoria; telling,', us', that ';.thero 'is no more, excellent, manly;...or more educational sport, among all' ' eports,' than boxing' properly conductod. Here, ljVflew iieulund, we might Bay that tliQ sport is qondn'ctcd' by a- clacsiof well-meaning and; re- , ■liutablocitizcnß; who exercise overy carbtb cu : .aUro.-'tfio. support of. patrons aiifl -stamp ou( .the avjls tliat.havq crept, into older' : States. ljut as ' : it; has, tho educative, influenqe, its ■volarjos nokuo\Vlodge and proclaim It 1 has is ;Vo.ry.'.'Questionable,'■' The-association world havo us , heliovo that , it 13 ijo i tliat.it is pronwtcd for. •the:.' pleasure• of patrons; :.advancpment '. of" the sport,. and ■ to. -tench' the rising. , generation how U) ''tabq care -of ithemeelves - iii - a scuffle., This, then,' 'appnrontly ; v/ould seem: tlie' aspiralibqajbt th.Qi protnptink body,' an,d: perhapa..wh.cn, they.commenceti'operations it-was tho intention >to.-.- 'keep . \VcU- within its'- boundary.,: ■ Howovcr, times change and so. do tho opinions of; men. .■Thn/liqxjng,Association , .thought flt to commenoo ■:with''anio.tetir competitions.".'.: Then matches -wore ,'ilrranged. between :the.'.beat'mpn : in eadh diviqioTi. ■'■A-further step: was talton-tho amateur Qontb'sta AvOro .not BiiDlelpiitly electric-'thp paasions of tho tfopnlsico. demanded the introduction pf.'atrife moro brimful'of excitemont—and thon tho'ass'polatloh 'opohed'..its' doors -to ,tho profpßa|onal olomont, : and\pnco inoro tho ; "pug ,, is SBttinj-. aridthor. fpotihg Iμ Ne\y Zealand, supportod, by the boxing associations,';who,- advo--q(iie'\clcft|} ■ sport and -"squaro". cpntoeta v : They j''o'ro _do(ng,more. .TheyJaro:croatinE.profcselpnal -boxers out of young fellows/who.perhaps would have' npver touohed the name Tral for tho oppor-tunlty:glvpn-them of making monoy. by the awo< cidtlops, an<l by and 'pyo'living by.'-tho game.-\Vfc-hayp: alreads 1, many Instancqa. , ;The. amiUeur ■flghtor,.. sqolng : that tho .associations -promoto :profcEsipnal contests' for- 'substantia)-: pursea, hrtoroas,. thpy, :t,hoVd)nateuw'haVe.to take, all 'thehard khoclts' for , a, paltry modal or somo other jneigniflcant trinket, ~f6rfeit'. their amateur Btdtus■■ and trim professional, , to "bo 'ablo' to com-* pete ' for. ;a little of tho lucro offered ' by-,- theeo associations,-, who. aro: purposo; ei.'-thoy : te)l us; for, , encouraging,tho nome- art :i>t -.Bcif-defOiicpi'■'■■;■■-., ■.•!■•,■.•.':.■' :. >■-■'; , : -.'.v.-' ; ;, v'--\V • ■ .i,Tho'.ond,of it.allrisclear, ■ The ..boxing fratcr. ;pity aro. isimply;breeding .a race of nrprtßaloijal lighters, and, in- Addition" ;-to thoso locally created, you" wiU'epon' havo a'rogular influx of Australian vioitbrs, who will: conibin.o with thoir punching power the faculty of preying upon others,. Certainly there arc somo belonging to tho>()ghtlng element who are decent tmd good: follows, but the number'sinka into .insigniOcancp in 'comparison. with those who make nefarious use Of tho', gamo.v' If ;a ; :man is., clever .U" la - an. easy, : .\toy to fortune, and,' (hotaforor-it liaa'numaroua aspira3ts : for, famp ■ ■ 'I; therpforo,. oannot -help, thinking:thaf the encourasemont^of-tho. profes. aional eloment is- dangerous,, , and iicrhips,;when CounClnOr/'Bhirtoliffo spoko, so etrongly and -fear- ■ lesßly 'tho;other,'df,y, proliably ; lt. was : nqt : tho i auestion of -boxing 'which '.concerned .him so ration' , 'as tho''6vil9 which"follow.in its train. It lu.-.thPrcforp; tn : bo : ::hopod:that >what.; he:. said wilLaink' deep into'tho., minds -of 'thoso who bokas championß-of-the noble-art,-'which- under present conditions'--scema. .to .merely. s satisfy, tho Eavngo paasione of and. , promotes.tho intorest'of the profeaaional '.olaSa. .-,-Moreover,- I. cannot 6bo; what is gained/ by_ tho : citizen. Who witnesses'- a' contest- oV, unless 1 -the lattcr>glprioa i)i a-blapk eye,,'a , .split eitr, :or a,. broken npse^the' results.. of ; a gory :.Apart fromt tho' mprn) n'spoct, I 'there ie the bhyslcal. How permanent injury, from'-tho effects of -a gbpd;,;"atraißht .left, a , heavyV "swing , ' to the ear, eye,, or nose, •or a iWrt, wm jolt over the. boart..;- , ■■ More, particularly, in -regard to prpfesalonal l bouts, whoroin tho-oofatca'tants'-uw every! device, that tho human brain, can invent, to give, thoir oppouopt.theopup 'do" trace.'l admit tbat'<' sometimes these exhibitions are clever, and lexoitins;.'.other.,times' juso iouipot.itions of "slaughter" rand.'tho combatants chopplng-blocks'vfor '.each other, urged, by ■ all ■ the 'furiea' of ■• suppressed passion "to , annihilato '• one ,, : anothpr; '■■ the crowd •; of - spectators worked ■ übi.to -the- higheat. 1 pitch, of ~exoitomont, :aggra'vatcd'by thoeffect of ■• .every telling blow. Surely, this'ls-a'grand sport for. the.young New^/ea- , ■lSuiilorS'tO: sate r thpmselves and. wallow, in., A •'(port 'bl liinga, as the' promoters will tol(--you. Did you sco hoyr ho delivered that;upper-cut? Ho* it made hia ppponont aquirm, and nearly dro'n-to tbo floor, inciting, α-burst of' applause from: the frantio icrowd?>Such incidents make ono: recall'.the ecenes of tho .Roman arena pictured so. Strikingly-, vivid In , "Quo Vadia.' The more blood that epurtpd from tho-Ohrietlan or dying ■gladiator, the;.greator the joy of .the; fronsied mob. Perhaps, a,: good illustration, of this will take - placo next Wednesday. - The stran'gjr Dnhbli reiipives a good namo-of; being H'he very devil" ."in , the'ring; and as-therois it fairly fat purseifor- the , -- , 'winner, ■ both contMtente... I i imagine, cwill Aα:. their,-;utmost_to filaughtet-caph other;.as quick/as possible.: The American: ring tactics, "defend yonreolf. if ,ypu can," • surely Is not ft .method that should be jhtroduoed into.: Now. "-Zealand, , Beems hardly fair for the.asßociatiqn to invite α-rnan OVerWW-W meet their champion; and thenoudcav6ur to '.Vtone , ; him> Aovn to their: ideae. t«should. not, , i- thpreforo, .-■'■ bo,, aurtased, ■jf the deciaion is,given.against-Whoh, In cpnclusion, I should like to say,,lf boxing ia : to be allowed, Itoop it: within tho'willla of tho gymnasium, con'flnod' to amateurß,and delete altogether tho professional olomontr Bating for Hho pure love of the sport and exhilaration of; the exercise is permißßlble>but'the promotion: of ,it ,for gain is Socldedly. objectionable, .oruel, ; and n sometimes i brutal.—l am, ,-■■; ,' QyC) YAXJia.: rfAmerican ■ ring- tactics,-; " defend youreolf.-, if arc not permitted by the' Wellington BPxfnß Association. The, rules of the'association enforcedly, the reforce.] ; . ~-. . ,

,-■■';;■ THE J. J. NORTH AGAIN. 1-Bir,-tfou cbmplaiiv w'your 4 leader' of. my. violent language. I, am unable to retort with the "tu/auoQue." Por your , mild-mannered, leading' oOlumnn';are Beldom tinged with; vloleuce.'. Indeed you onjoy the- distinction of being the onlv'Pftper in the,town that has.been absolutely mum von :tho question of the propriety of a orizo-fight' occurring in the .Town^; Hall. You are apparently well, pleased with the new name Whiob. has Wen plastered on to an old inlqfiity.Your- morning contemporary said the naked truth in language by : tho Bide-, of ■ which mine was mild. 'I'hla ia a, prize-fight .between professioDal .fighters, who: will, fight undot the brutal rules On which a marQuis has smiled, and this in tho Town '-'Ball. You havo nothing .to say> about.it, and yo*,deplore my' Utterance., You 'sncclally deplore my..calling the special plead'inVof the boxing, pretence" You laud the Wellington, Boxing Assoriatioir and refer to the decent'nanjes attached to- its syllabus. The first gentleman of Eng. land and'the grcßtest.rako,in it, the Prince HoKciit who- became- George IV, waa- the hot pafron' of: the ring, a.ud all. the' talk was the 'sort of; talk which, you use.- .-, It was: a noble art" it was' under control, men soon got better -ofi their- maullngs,- and tho PrinA '-was in it;: To' ; all of whioh the oonsdience of England cried ■ "Bunkum," and. tho . prize-fight and its: royal' and , noble patrons .tq. the scraphfiiß You plead for the knock-out blovr, nhd-ohaft me with not having bocii there 'to;sce.v I should like , also to know whether tho author of ! that lcai!i))!t. Mticlo. wivs over thcro to b"c. ' I should like also.to know what codo of chivalry you consult when you. stand -es a champion of a-sport-which-, reaches ilß'climax". In stunning another man, ahd ■ allows you to stun him again when ho risea too ouloUlv. You oomplain, of myi eocond-hand auUiorlites- They are Better than fLrev-tumd.

platitudes, and thoy mean what they say. Tho, lirst is iiu.M.P., who.is .used, to rough life, and who "boxes.' ; Ho was,, as I said, "scuuperai" by the 'brutality. of boxing event in another town and'at tho tone of tho audience. The second is an ei-JI.l 1 ., whose recreation is boxing in tho gymnasium (its proper place). The Wellington llxturehe attended in tho Opera House filled him with indignation. Tho crowd wanted hard hitting, and they got it, and nearly every bout ended in the 'knock-out. Tho third is a wollsoasoncd boxer, who has. fought quite a deal in tho "ring! and liis .opinion ot the device which calls a prize-fight 'a boxing contest was quite lurid. 'I'lic l'pwn Hall is to witness on Wednesday a light for a pur&o exactly parallel in its main features to the Burns-Johnson affair, Do you protend that uri extra ounce of horSe-hair makes a material difference? Or that the absonce of clinching and wrestling is of any importsuico? You have two. men fighting tor a purse and free title. You , have Queonsbcry rules.; You have one of the men boasting that he is'an in-flghtcr. You may have what Auetralia had (the rules here do not prevent it, and the boxing people cannot hinder it) a dazed and reeling man staggering up under the stimulus of tho yolls of.'the crowd, to ho punched into a senseless maES by hie chivalrous opponent. It may bo a; fault in my blood, but I cannot bo a sphinx when the Town JJn.ll of Wellington is leased for such a purpose,—l am, etc, •■■■■; J. J. NORTH. August 17. .'.'.'■ '.. / ' [Wo ivere inolined to put down to his Ignorance of boxing matches the oxtfemo. statements made by Mr. North.concering the conduct or boxing.in Wellington, Wo■ can hardly attribute to, the same cause tho.remarkable 1 distortion of our position evidenco in bis letter above, Ho acouses us, for instance, of ''pleading for tho knock-out .blow,":. whereas our remarks referring to this contingency in boxing were', directed to show that .Mr. , North. plainly\ knew', littlo of tho effects of the blow of which , -ho spoko so confidently. We-have, as a matter of fact, advocated that thoMino'ck-out blow "Bhould be discouraged in •boxing, and havo'given our reasons for that opinion. Ho says we "laud the association and refer to the decent names on its syllabus," implying'that wb "lauded" it bocause of the decent names. Jiip cheap <<ueer at a byegone King of England, who ho describes as the greatest rake in England, and \vho patronised prize-fights at. their worst,' is no' doubt meant inforentially as a personal reflection on tho members of the Boxing Association, and a roplyito our comment. Yet, ito make these points Mr. North has to deliberately ignoro the fact that we "lauded" the Boxing Association not ■ merely because its members wore "decent men,", but because of the mannor'in which t]iey controlled the sport of'boxing'■ here/ . He says we stand "as tho champion of a : sport" which--: has the objectionable, features enumerated by him, while Tie Spow that our,article was really a.protest against his'own. exaggeration of the position." Wβ : can give Mr* North the credit for good intentions, but we cannot" compliment him on his mothods, nor canjye, in face-oMha ignorance displayed; do other'than expressour astonishment, at the assurance with, whiclj he advancos his views on tha relative merits of the rules/of boxing as applied in Australia and here. Hiey disapproval, of our, to him, mild-mannered ''--leading columns, js not Gurprising; This disapproval, however, is less difficult to bear than tho thought of winning hi 3 commendation at the cost , of.. adopting. his' mothodul] . . -'..' .-.'.- ..--.:.r : V- ■'