BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 675, 27 November 1909, Page 12

BOXING.

(Bx JlEnccnv.) ' Things ;in the boxing l world aro quiet. The ■ placidity' of ' Dominion • doings . has, however, been slightly ruffled recently by the now Wanganui Boxing 1 /Association's: inaugural; meeting, whioh'acquired interest, locally-from- tho faot that a : largo Wellington contingent made the trip in; search 'of - scalps and vThe team stored heavily,- -capturing■ five champion-ships,'viz.,'-'heavy and middle won by "Gus". Devitt, liglitweigttt by Porter,; feather divisionby W. Wenaud, ana the bantam honours by Jtutner; :In addition,-"; Wenand'was awarded a' special.- medal;' foictlio'-Jtibfet' sqiehtific ; display, I)r. t plwsbd'^ as-'re-eS'dbOT "ilf* .offiW iiisftitncj^ila'd he; of-'Kut- ■ noi) l £/''bo(ito.', l 1 l! HotWor]M.™e f fpapet l y ! ,'uphold. the doctor's decisiouj' bne"of tlibm; making, no' secret of the opinion that Ivutner had brought tho troublo 'hbout by his "gallery" -tictics; -'which. were,iiot v rolished ; by the "house;"": This; boxer lias : always 1 been addicted to "grandstand play,";so this' is not altogether.,surprising. \'et 'another Australasian "amateur champion has gone; over to profossipnalism. This time it is Carrie, - " tho Victorian welter-weight, who boxed and';won a'professional contest,against. Green: at the: Melbourne' Cyclorama tecentlyiV;. On November'B an".; .'important .:event..',was; boxed in Loiidbn, when'' "Freddy" AVelch de-' feated "Johnny" Suihmers for,, the -light-weight chaanpionship- of England and; X^OO.; The test appears ,to ,have > been ; a- ; hard , and : ' close one of - twenty' rounds; duration.- This . will, upset E., D. M'lntosh's^spirations*,somewhat, as Summer's is one of his important engagements for the Australasian itour;.: and it;was his'intention to match tho-little Englishman against "Battling" ;Nelso'n'in Australia for;'the world's championship.' Summers left ;to, keep his engagement: with Mr. M'lntosh on November .13. In Australia the; only; happening; of import-, once of late has been tho return of "Bob" ]?itzsimmons and : his "management, Mr .: H. : D. M'lntosh. • There have been interviews and junketings and much talk,, of , : the outlay;, en; tailed iu tho importation ,'of tho 1 great; 1 old gladiator,; and of; the', huge emoluments -Which he has left in England' to come,to Australia once N more, and generally - the' return'; seems, to ' have., been , well . and capably managed, . from, a future; ' box'/ office point of view. Mr.i M'lntosh stated;, that "it ;cost: miu'''JßOOO,'' with; expenses to , and from England, to se.cure "Fitz" for' a twenty woeks' contract, while the';; ex-champion ; relinquished a 'Ji2so per ..week'iengagement.for- his wife and himself to. sigu on with Mr. M'lntosh.' in one of many; interviews', 'Fitzsimmons'reopens an unpleasant business by a reference to his last .meeting with JM'ries. He;: said:, Tho| only reason ; ,he; overXulost..; the. championship ■ was because of hi? hands.failing to'serve him.; But -ho liad:giveii them-special caro of late;: His .Jast: contest with .Jeffries ruined his business of pnysical oultur<j-instruction- by mail, : and; cost mm Alter the event Bearstfs"newspaper .shouted .''Fake,''.;aud 'tho- cry';was, taken on, but there .was no .faKe in it. He had Jeffries done, ;and went in to; win, when Jelfries got •home,.:andFitzsimmons. was' counted: out.i: It was the same .punch 1 with which Fitzsimmons dropped Corb?tc in their , great meeting; ■ AVith respect, to the . Jehries-Joiinson match', Fitzsiinuions; believed that Jeffries, if finely .trained ;; to,'last forty-live- bounds, .would ,wiu. : Fitzsimmons.. is prepared tu box' anyone' 'Mr, -M'lntosh, thinks jit,: and has..in viow Corhett, Lang, .Squires,,and ■ possibly Burns, r .; >0' Corbett:mentioned is '"Jim," ex-cliam-pion of: the,world,-not W.-.F.,;of,:the Sydney ."Referee"..' It is .unlikely,.however, that this contest .;will take place, as,; according to 'Mr. Sl'lntosh, Corbett- refused an offer of .£2OOO to meet his old conqueror again in Australia, ; Iho latest about the Jeffries-Johnson' affair is that. Mr. H. D. M'lntosh ■ fins'.'raised .his bid for ;,tho- management of the' -forthconiitig disturbance to ,£15,000.; Should this prove successful, "tho 'men will most likely, mebt.'.at (Jlynipia,"; London. ■ : ' "

Arthur Cripps'waV billed to -have rriat Ne : ' /ealaudor "Dave" Smith at the Stadium, Syt ney, last Wednesday night.' •On November ,;29:the light-weight: champion ship, of Australia 1 ivill .be boxed for bj "Hugliie" Mehegan and "Jack" M'Gowan, the holder, in Melbourne, arid ou December 6' the , feather-weight; supremacy will« be > battled out botween "Frank" Thorn and "Toroinv" Jones, also at tlio Cycloramn. • ■ * i , "Jim" Grillin is in action .again in Sydney, and:has been matched against""Jod" -Costa for December 7. ' ' 1 ' •