BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 12

BOXING.

...,■. ,CBr MERcenx.)'.'. ■' " FIXTURES. ; ~■',:.. "' To-day.—Heats Australasian Championships (Sydney). '.-■'.■'• September 27—Finals above. • September SO.-W.B.A. Tourney,' Clarke v; - Leclrie (Town Hall). ■-■'■" ■•.' '. November, 1.-W.B.A..Tourney' (Town' Hall). "Bob" Turner made his usual protest against tho, decision that lost him his. contest with iiunmngs in Auckland, a lull,report of which appeared in..Thursday's issue. A telegram received from tho miicn-injured ono read: "Won every .round. Itobbed." It would'bo interesting to. know how ■many battles "Bob" would not .have lost had the picking of the winners been .left to him. Not many..Hunniugs is-an A.8,-on H.M.S. Prometheus, and. styles himself .VLighf-weight champion. of the isavy. A\ hether he can legitimately claim tins title or not, : he jis undoubtedly.: a -good man,, and would make one partner in a good ..drawing, .contest, if a suitable opponent could Bo.iound for him on,some occasion when,his snip is in Port Nicholson. ; ■ ■~ , .I'rank Fitzjohn and "Dealer": Wells were to-nave, met at the Gaiety,. Sydney, on Tucsflaynight. A so, . on -Wednesday, Arthur Douglas was scheduled -to' meet -Prank Thorne at'-too Stadium. ' ~'■•■■■.'■ ... . ,-■ • ... . . JB!!;r Illtter ° f th contests mentioned in-tho. preceding paragraph.should be a splendid bout! Xhere has been,much argument, and feeling fairly high over the affair,,-Each manTs 111 acquainted with tho tactics of his opthat tn n^i :morC . ov f' ik has bcon announced wVl,h.l'f nne ?7t '? »e?t':"Jack» M'Gbwan for, the light-weight chnmpionsh p. "At time of ffh. t ££- Bp n T l 3 %, h ™<>- bat details of an interesting contest will, appear next'weeKV • wi? Ight '' l n B ™ b <">o, New Zealaridor "Dave" tw h ti ™ ot ? ■'■ A,b « I, Seanlon.- : It "is stated uT ZK A^tt , toi £' in t"o""Before'o":-Bill has buried himself. somewhere.," Po" XB S ,f St '"W '? ns ' 'PMPosaU,' and cliallenses through which tho- Australian 'heavyworldly, goods, and, .perhaps," reputation, havo been completely,- ignored. by ; him. . Evo'niV'.-iaoo PJ I .'' 88 side-bet'of. .£IOO for:a match with Mike' Wnlmms have failed.to tempt tho hermit Jtonvhis seclusion.- Once,'a report g6t' n abb' u t that Lang was waiting for Fitzsim'mons, "frhotiiV ''had been'arranged,, ho should meet,' also !' that a, provision -of tho' compact signed \tw■.vented'.him (Lang) tnking'on anyone, else meanwhile, but Mr.- Covell: (Mr, M'intosk's reprosentahvo. in/Sydney): says nothing tA'jAhhai been, done in .the" way .stated, and, ;possibjyj nothing'.will bo done .till famous ilobM&Wis h.erb ) .and'thenLang'lriny not be;chosen-as'the Cx-tferld's-champibn's first, ! .or oven;6econd,:opponent,"-'';.'"'' .'";''"lJ.-.-Vr:'';I'.1'. ''■,':,,'. ■:,:'•. following. nre'J {he. entries' for the Aus-' trabisian clfampionships,': starting in' Sydney' at" 3 o'clock, this ''afferno'biij—Bantam.—W.'H. Wehana v'(New"Zealand)'; W. "Kobortsdn '(Vic tonaV'K' Richardson (Tasmania),'and J/'lCing. (New • South' Wale's). ■ 'Pce,thw-weight,'-J. ■ HegMty (Now Zealand), Vi' Eoiighsedgo (Queensland),R. H, (Tasmania), and B. FitzSimmons (Now South. Wales). Light-weight,— Ji.-'-H:.- Finrierty- (New, Zealand), E. Sutherland (Victoria), F. O'Sullivah and F. A. Laceup (New ." South • Wales)., ! "./ Weltor-weigHt. — if. WatchornfNow Zealand), :',W, Carrie' (Victoria), F,.House, (Tasmania), : and,K. M. M'Pheo (Now South'; Wales), s , Middle-weight.—E.'-Fullalove (Vjctoria), It. Midwood (Tasmania), i'.-.J;' G'unJiing, (Now South Wales), and winner, of Hill and, Denton,, .and , E.; Kussoll (Queorislatid)., Heavy-weight.—M. ;P. Eyan (New .Zealand),"AW F. Waldie (Victoria),,'. ;AV.- Nott. (Queensland), and ,A. Thompson •Wales).'. :\ ■ . ~The box plan, for the Clarke v. Leckie. contest on . Thursday : next;. opens this 'morning. The memory of tho last bout between these two is still fresh-in the minds or local ■ supporters: of tho'"noble art," and though, in the opinion of .tho writer, tho decision given then ; will'not bo'ireversed, still Leckie has profited'by that oxperienco,' and will giva liis opponent .a harder run.on this occasion. ,