BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 944, 11 October 1910, Page 7

BOXING.

' WENAND BEATS GREEN. ' ""' "J (By .'Telegraph—Press, Association.) ,;•■',.; ' ; ; , ■• Napier, October 10. A.boxing inatchfor a-puree of £10 took place here to-night between'"Ted" Green, professional chnmpioiijof Australasia, and W. Wenand, amateur champion of <Australasia, tho conditions being.the best of. fifteen' tbrpC-minute rounds.' After tbe whole fifteen roundij had been fought, thd referee awarded-.tho;.-victory to Wenand on-pbints, '".'■- . --.'-';■; . : . AN :AMERICANvINVASION. V ' /PAPKE;AND CO. IN AUSTRALIA.'.,, No .finer bunch of. fighters than the' contingent of Americans—"Billy", Papko, "Ray" Branson, "Johnny" Thompson, and "Jimmy" Clubby—sent out to Australia by Mr. H. I). M'lntosh, 'and brought to' Sydney, on Monday last by tho Canadian-Australian liner R. 11.5. Zealandia, over ■■invaded any country, says the Sydney Z "Referee" :-, of October, 5. Papke, virtually the world's- middle-' weight champion, is a native of Kewanoe (111.), and is 2i years of, age. He expects to meet Ed,. Williams, Arthur Cripps,Dave Smith, -' ."Bill" Squires, and any others'" wlio might turn up, but will not go out of tho middle-weight class, excepting when matched with. Williams or Squires. . "Ray" Bronson hails from Indiana, and is only 23 years old, and can. fight at the American light-weight limit —1331b. "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson owns a fine farm at Sycamore, Illinois,, and has a wife'and children there. ■."The Cyclono" fought a great battlo with Unhalz just before the German Ting warrior left San Francisco.for Australia two years ago. Tin youngest of tho new ar-

rivals,- "Jimmy" Clabby has not yet attained his majority, and is a light welterweight. . ' ' ARMSTRONG BEATS TURNEK. That ; onco 'gre:\t light-weight boxer "Bob" Turner made his re-entry.to the game on October i after a lengthy spell, says tho "Referee," ami was defeated in the thirteenth round by that promising Melbourne boxer "Jim" Armstrong, ■who in the thirteenth round had his opponent in a bad way, ; when he (Turner) deliberately fouled, and was promptly disqualified. ' . . ' JEFFRIES SILENT/; Jeffries, says an American writer,' was still as Lbs Angeles on September 7, and there to stay apparently. Tlie "dope" story: of which he is supposed to be the author siniply_biought ridiculo, and big Jim.-has: been-remarkably silent ever since. BURNS AND LANGFORD. ; H. M-'lntosh has given out that ho had made.all arrangements for bringing Langford and "Tommy", Burns ; together inLondon early, in December, says the American correspondent o£ tho. Sydney "Referee." M'lnlosh came AVest as far as Seattlo recently to secure "Tommy's" signature to the articles, ■'. and for all. I know to the contrary, everything in connection with the go in England is. now shipshape. :. HTHE LANG-KAUFMAN ' CONTEST.; Referring to Lang's first appearance in America; one report .disposes"of tie,Aus-. tralianVchampionship: pretensions, as foU. lows:—"Bill Lang, late of Australia, was not quite as bad as expected. Ho givye ■Al Kaufman all- he could do to >win in six rounds. Alwon by his aggressiveness:in. the ■ last three rounds. He hit' Lang al-. most at. will : in the fourth round, and had. the. big Kangaroo in bad shape as .he wobbled, to .lis chair. If th«t found 'is_a; fair specimen of his ring-work, Lahg will never set tho pugilistic world afire, for he: clearly, blew hp after .several good niixups with- the Californian giant;;. He'is fairlyr fast for a big: fellow, but lacks d deadening- punch. Kaufman Was as : slow as oyer. Had he been able to think: and hitivith'ihe'same thought, they.bushmun' would have gone doitri for t ne count; Lang, too, -had a baffling- way:of- clincliingi'orid this tactic' really saved; him at the. finish.'lt was a-good stiff six-round, fight; ■■ with Kaiifnian; on the ; aggressive most of the time." .-. ■■ ■ •;•',

Another account savs:—"Only in • ono' Tound-i(the .second), did -tho -.Anstralianshow, .to. advantage From this, round to the close of the fight Kaufman .had-all. the advantage.. The.fight,,as a'spectacular exhibition, ,was disappointing.;'.';Tini«' and again,.Lang would lead with nis. left and then rush to.'a clinch, .it requiring tho assistance of the referee,to force,the men,apart. In the fifth round ..Kaufman drove-Lang had,him in evident distress; but ; the, Australian gnb : bed his.heavy opponent and hung.:onlong enough to save' him :frbm ,a probable knoek-orit.'blpw.: .; In tho sixth 'round Kaufman rushed his man all around the ring 1 ,'-but. was unable 'to ' land'. his blow; Kaufman left .the: ring without a mark.-"-'