BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 998, 13 December 1910, Page 7

BOXING.

' _: <r— t rHE THQMPSON-MEHEGAN BATTLE. \ 'CYCLONE" WINS IN FIVE ROUNDS.' v "Cyclone" Thompson, Hie American j ivontlei'i tipped die scale at list. 7Jlb. at t ;he ringside a weclc ago last Saturday T vhen weighed to box Hughie Mehegan, „ iustralia's-light-weight champion (9st. \ SJlb.)., According to the terms Hegelian j. ilainied the .£SO the Stadium manage- j nent demanded of Thompson if he could -j lot get down to 10st., but that was a. j lagatollo compared -.with what was to be y Bade out of the event—it was the sprat j ■.o catch a mackerel and the thing work- < :d. Mehegan-undertook a heavy contract t n facing ono nearly two stone' heavier ; ind a master at the game, but the re- * »ult was-inevitable.-. The battle drew the e liggest crowd seen at the Stadium since } :he Burns-Johnson battle. The follow- ( ng is the "Referee's" account:—■ . £ Mehegan began hostilities by sending a itraight left to" the face, and Thompson } nissed with his opening effort. Mehe- j ;an's right, landed ,on the back ot the ithcr fellow's- head, and then they got , ;ogether head to head, but clinched very , ittle. Thompson operated effectively , ibbut the bodv with both hands when he 1 :ould get under or through Mehegan's • veil-known smother, which Wasn t the in.■ulnevable rampart to V.Thompson thai. , ither boxers have found'it. Johnny hamnered away at anything visible or in- , •isible, and often sneaked a blow above- ; ir below one or other forearm. Thus ; hey" fought around and about'the ring, , heir heads in. contact or resting on each £ ither's shoulders. : . ... ■ j \ Tho main features of the. initial round , rere pretty well those, of every succeedng round. Desperate battling took place hroughout the second three minutes,.and aahv a time -Thompson received a re- i Hinder that he had a fighter in front 01 : lira; Mehegan always did well when he ; tood off, but' Thompson,, not to be de- -j lied, kept boring in persistently to have he battle as he wanted .it— at close marters-and he made openings cleverly, !nd used them to the best . advantage. ?ho crowd were very fair,, though they ould not resist the,inclination to deraontrate against the big fellow whenever j ie gave them a chance. .■- ■ In- the third round Thompson showed hat crab-like side movement'to get near ] .is opponent, which Unholz often adoptd, much to-tKe amusement of the specators,. Jlehegan stopped many uirenilooking. attempts,, .but Thompson often icat his opponent's smother badly. i ThW w ; erc at it hard, and wuh con- • iderable speed, from the.--beginnm.sf -of ; he fifth round. Jlehegan wasl3list as eady to exchange blows as Thompson, lehegan landed a fine left on the face, nd followed it with a left hook, which ( rought Thompson -close, and somo en- ; i-ting in-fighting . occurred. , Mehegan ; od become more alive to Thompsons icthods- at close charters, and beat them. ; good deal. In a high-strunj rally Mo- j 3»an' slipped to. one knee,, but rose u'ickly. Someone in Thompsons coriv-r iade .a remark which . caus-ed the Vicsrian to turn round "and say, Perhaps ' ou'd like- to. come in .and, .help ,-Mjn,» , ; 'hey continued to give andtak3-.an,d : ,to, per'ato with'vigour till the gong claneed nd. : then ..cjied-, aough. "■","' ■' :-■■'"-- .'■;'. . - ALL-IN' BOXING. - THAT'S HOW 'AMERICANS HAVE ■ IT." "See here,"'remarked Bill Papko, as e ■ and "AniaUur" of the "Referee" hatted in ..the tramcar on the way to jwn from the Stadium recently, we mericans are badly handicapped cornig from, a country where pretty well vtrvthiug is allowed in a boxing conest'to ono where you stick so.closely a rules, and we have done our best to eep within-the propel 1 lines. ./■ ■ "Now you talk about; Johnny. Thompon getting the; heel of his.hand under lehegan's chin and shoving the.Mellourne boy's head back. That is no ireach in America. . You may do that ,nv tinifl you like> and you are- not 10'thered by the referee if you even get n arm-lock on the other fellow "Oh, you'd open'your eyes wide as this treet car if you saw some of the boxng in the States. You looked at the ii« ioko at Reno,-where one m-an did .11 the fighting, but get on to one where 10th are at it. desperately, as. Ketchel nd I used to be, and there's where ■ou'll M - ignoring, of. rules in. all its lakedhess. .".•'.. "All-iii rules for me' every time, but here must be no kicking, wrestling, or ripping,, and no jumping on your man." ?his with a broad smite. ' • - A -NEW HEAVY-WEIGHT. Mr. Larry Foley, the veteran trainer, ancles that he. has : a man-that will aako bis mark as a heavy-weight boxer -one that may develop., into '■'another 'hope of. the white race.".' The disovery is Colin Bell, 'of Mores, New iouth Wales, aged .26.years, weight just inder 13st., and height'a-shade less than ft. Tho Befl backers and. "Cyclone" Thompson' were to-meet last,.Friday to is up the preliminaries for > JilOO aside fVent- ■ ".-'.' ' ';'' ■ ,'