AMATEUR BOXING

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 942, 8 October 1910, Page 10

AMATEUR BOXING

•/■ Sir,7.-Will>.you "allow; me'-' ; a^Small .spa'os in your valuable' paper re'the"'Amateur Boxing Club ?,- I'would ask; the' Wellington .Boxing Assboitaion'.if;. they/intend to go :on with 'same,'-as -they : have-.been quite along time m'aking;up their.!mirids about the matter;'and;will' theykindly let. the ■public know "all'' about it?-:; I'. /think,. all fair-minded sports...will.,:admit'; that .the public have a.right;to know.::..-They look -to the public'Ho .support the sport,; and is .it' fair that the Boxing .Asspciation'jihould; haye-'their,, own -way in everything?,/.Why.a.lot of..Us'are tak-ing-.it badly is! for: : the-reason, won't start, a"chib;themselves,'"and they :put..their, foot :dowi 'on ;anyoneVelse'running a, club.'.;;. -Take,,'fbr..exainple,/Mr. Richards,.';the, '.weiU-khown'-. trainer, /who had. 'the'. Newtown yPastime::;Club;; .Ho has done; more /work to" keep 'the .sport alive than all the'Wellingtonrßoxing Association put, together, arid just as he. was.getting a .firm hold he was compelled to give it -up. ■ In - conversation with Mr. 'Richards; the other day, asking him /the reason why he had given Up his club, he told me he coiild not make it pay, as he was. under .too. much-restriction, ■ :He mentioned some very prominent business men ;who offered to finance his scheme, but. he : refused.' <His -idea. is. that : if he .could' not ,?assist ..to/pjace -the ; boxing. ins/this.: city-on a higher pedestal thanv.'it'is.'.vat: present he • would .decline to have,::any more to'do; with tie. "sport. ■■' ; Several: of' the bid members:' interviewed /Mr; Richards',' and asked him to continue the'club .'as before, but he. objected to'the" present' conditions; /'He 'said he would only cbrir ..tinne. same on these conditions:—First, that the 'Wellington Boxing. Association did ..not get their club going; /secondly, that if,he coiild get: some of the parties present to guarantee the rent of,the club,' he would lie willing to tench pupils"-'at a very-.-'small' fee'.: I ;am sure, the publib will .'-agree /with me'in^sayirig'.that: Mr; Richards is the very man for managing a club.' V Ho-.is respected both in' the ring and,. out. .-...iWe,. want .to/do our-best./to. get .a "club .of our own, .where our-young-sters, can. go of. a night and; have a little. exercise;in boxing and wrestling. ~Mr. Richards; suggests that! it would .then", be a/gopd/idea tb/liave small.' tournaments between' -"Tracey's- college';boys' and; his. own,"' and make' the: boys keen' on' .win-' ning a ■''•trophy-;'or medal; ..If fresh steps are not -taken;' boxing will die out:,; .;; .Apologising' for taking' 'up so' much space, 'and thanking you,in anticipation.— I'aril,:-etc,. ■,•.■'-■;.;■:■. .-'■.■■■.''.-;:■■ /■/",-■/;- :;/■■'",:-;.-./■;■■■;:// ;■:■■ //A/SPORT;.-/