BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 787, 9 April 1910, Page 12

BOXING.

..- (By Mbeodet.l

, The Burns-Lang contest .for the Australian, championship has been put fori ward to: Monday' next. -.-'■ According to press reports,/ the ex-champion is quite .his old self: again, while Lang is credited ■ with being as; fit as hands can make him..now,., arid likely to. .remain so. If this is so, the men will meet on even ■ terms, in /which case the remarks made in this column on ; the 1 contest before the news of" the. postponement came through still hold good—that _is to say, that .the cleverness: of superior ring craft'of: Burns will •; probably prevail over Lang's "rough house" tactics. ■'. ' ■'' '■ /, '•';.

Last Wednesday Englishman Johnny Summers and Hughie. Mebegam, the Australian lightweight.champion, were to have met at/the. Stadium, • Sydney. On April 27 Summers is,billed .to meet Frank : Thorni'.--.' .'

On March 28, at Brisbane,. Unholz defeated Regan on points after.twenty rounds, i Regan opened favourably, but TJnholz soon got \his nieasure, and, by repeatedly'jumping in with a left rip, then crossing the right to either jaw, or punching the ribs, did the most damage. Regan's left and right cross were his beat hits. Both men had gashes over the right eye, the result of fierce fighting in the 13th, round, when TJnholz was down for eight.seconds. This •was the best round of the fight.. Sturgeon ref ereed, and announced /TJnholz the winner of. the 3rd,' sth, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th,-12th, 13th, and 14th' rounds. The 2nd," 4th,'Bth, 17th and 19th were even. Regan ■ was the winner of the Ist, 10th, 15th, 17th, and :18th rounds. Regan is' the: heavy-weight champion of. Queensland.; . ''..; c ■ . ■ Says "Amateur" m the Beteree : — "Jim Flynh," the story of whose defeat of Sam Langford was : told by our Special Commissioner in' America (Mr. W W. Naughton) in his budget, published last week, is one of the Toughest and .toughest of the decade s boxers. The cognomen of Flynn—just as is that of Kelly—is misleading. . Like; Hugo Kelly, "Flynn" iB of Italian parentage, his right name being Andrew Chiariglion. Ue is a native of Brooklyn, New York, and has just passed the 29. years mark, having been a fighter for nine vears; his record began injl9ol. Tommy, Burns knocked Jim Flynn out in the 15th round-over three years ago. Al.-Wolgast; the new light-weight champion of '• the world; is not to be allowed to wear his crown in peace. According to the. latest American files, Joe Gans, the "coon,", ex-champion, has issued a challenge to Wolgast for a 20-round contest.: This intelligence makes another instance of the utter unreliability of press reports on "fight matters. After his last battle with Nelson, in which he lost the title he had held so long, we were informed that Gans was in: a decline, _ and, had developed alarming consumptive tendencies: Now: we: are he is ready for the ring again." '■> ■' . Also there is another Richmond in tne field for Wolgast. Says the London "Sportsman":—"We hear that it ishignly probable that in the course of a few days a purse will be offered for a match between Ad. Wolgast, who defeated Battling Nelson this week, and Packy M'Farland, to be decided- in London, on the-Monday in Derby Week. For. some time past boxing has enjoyed an extraordinary vogue in Paris, and the-enthusiasm is spreading on the Continent. Lately a National' Sporting Club was, formed in Berlin,. and the venture proved so successful that the promoters are going further afield. An English file, dealing with this subject, says: — , Copenhagen, which has in the past sent us more than orio good amateur boxer, has, thanks to the enterprise of Mr. Richar'd C. Klegin, who is wellknown both in .America and on the Continent, is doing his best to promote the noble art in Denmark, and he has started on lines that Bbould .spell success if-experience and good management, go for anything. A splendid building, with seating accommodation for nearly 3000 spectators, the National Sporting Club of Denmark opened its doors on Saturday with a display of boxing' that filled the place in every part. The inauguration was in every, way a success, and with the boxing of a resolute and determined nature every bout was fought' out in a way that created much enthusiasm and excitement. All tho contests were confined to professionals. In the chief event Jim Smith, who has for some timo past-been looked upon as the champion of Denmark, defeated John Dinksberg, of Sweden, who was knocked out in the third round. A six-round contest bctweon Frank Jacobson, of Copenhagen, and Andrew Olsen, of America, went to the first-named on points, and Holgar Hansen, tho Danish lightweight champion, got the decision'in a fifteen-round contest over Young Job Gans. 'A match is being arranged between Sam M'Vea and the Danish champion, Jim Smith." Tho Mr. Klegin mentioned was responsible for the Berlin venture.

Apparently tho days when tho noblo art was a thing of mystery and. wonderment on the Continent, and looked upon as one of the: attributes of the "mad English," are gone. "La .Dose" is no longer n purely British pastime, and, indeed,' judging by the success of the representatives of tho Continental races in the pugilistic world when away from their various native heaths, one cannot ;wonder. Thus we learn

that "JimFlynn". and "Hugo Kelly" are both Italian (shades of Erin 11), Joe Grimm, the iron-jawed, is likewise a descendant of sunny Italy, and Rudolph Unholz is German. Coming to an event just at band, both tho contestants in Monday's battle in Sydney aro further examples. As is well kuown, Tommy Burns is of French extraction, while Bill Lang is of Swiss parentage, his full name.being Langfranehi, Thus is Swiss and French blood struggling for the Australian championship. In Britain also is the English- star in the descendant. Little Wale 3is decidedly to the fore with the light and feather-weight championships, through the agency of Moran and Jim Driscoll, while the heavy-weight championship, if it bolongs anywhere, has' gone to Ireland. It was lost by lan Hague to the negro Sam Langford, who left it vacant by departing for America. Hague then resumed tho title, only to lose it on February 19 to Petty-officer Curran, an Irish seaman, in the 15th round. In "Boxing" the final scene of the struggle is described thusly: "Round 15 and last.—This was indeed a most sensational round. The first, few seconds: were slow, but the men gradually warmed up, and some hot exchanges followed. 'Up, Ireland!' was the cry, and in response Curran started in real earnest, and commenced a hot •attack witl) a smash with his left on Hague's jaw. Then, steadying himself, Ourran brought both hands in front of h;m, and, rushing in, delivered a fearful blow with his right full on Hague's jaw. He lifted the great York-shiremarx-.clean off his feet, and sent him with a dull thud to the boards. Hague lay there like a log; while someone commenced to throw water on him, but it was some time after the lOsec. were counted that 'Iron' returned to consciousness. It was the neatest knock-out blow that one could wish to see,-and it was one that settled the' man with the biggest punch in the kingdom." The matter does not rest there, however. : A week previously to defeating Hague, Curran was defeated on points by-the Army and Navy champion, Private Hewitt, and then, to mix matters a little more, Hewitt- has subsequently been knocked out in six rounds by one Gunner Voyle. That was the position when the last mail left. : Apropos of this English championship it is time we heard of Australian Jimmy ■Russell making a bid for it.. By his recent displays in Paris, Russell must have a big chance'amongst the abovenamed military gentlemen, if only_ he has the influence and backing sufficient to bring him under consideration.