IN THE RING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1402, 30 March 1912, Page 11

IN THE RING.

- [Bi "Meucuhy."] ,i •,'... . SOME AMERICAN NOTIONS, Easter Mondny-M'Vca v. Longford, Sydney. How M'Vca Btat Dairy, "Tho deferred news of the result of tu* M Vea-Burry contest duly came lo hand uy the Australian mail, and dispelled uio impression that was held locally taut, as tho cable man had not seen lit to send us any advice, the all'air had failed to event-, tiate. It cannot Iju said that the result—a points win by the black-occasioned much surprise, if any, only that barry had been able to see tne journey through. 'Ilia Sydney papers are unanimous in attributing this fact to two causes—first, his pnauon.ieual capacity for assimilating punishment, and, second, M'Vca tool', nu cnaiices." that,is,.ho -refrained'lrom doing so' al'i'er tho Hum,round., Up to that stage ho attacked fiercely, and apparently was keen on ' putting nis man awav"—so Iteen, in iact,:.that,„l|uiilknvcd himself to get in tlio way of one of Harry's wild, swinging rights,'and promptly, wont to the boards,, lie was uy again on tin- count of lour, and was in no way damaged l;v the punch -except, perhaps the wound to his.amour propnj—but. the experience. >ao« :-d what ' might happen if lie-took-rivks Wiieielore he tool;, no. mure, and c.mlouted himself with fijliting his man at long rango •—tactics in which: he was ably siebndod i by (lie police rcgiilafions I'.roni.iiting "infighting,", ami which In; w;:s able* to-carry out the more sacccssfiillv..owing to his longer reach and sunerior'footwork. .-•However, the story of the battle is better told.by. the experts on the spot,, and of the accounts of theso critics in tho Sydney press perhaps' tho most concise and "graphic, is that furnished bv the "Bulletin'' representative. The figlit, according to'his account,, was'"it marvellousexposition of what brute force and'crass stolidity can do in the ring against- even a.comparative overload of science. Ban-v----at tile finish of Hie. twentv strenuous rounds was as strong as, if not stronger than; his dark-brown oimjetiior. Tho toughness of these Yankees who have, during the last few seasons, kicked np'tho Stadium" dust has been yhenonii-iial; and their, capacity to absorb punishment almost Buprrlmmnn. . . . Harry struck a hard snag when in-fighting was barred. All the Yankee fighters did. but it afl'ect,e,d Barry more than anv of the others. Ho seems to 1.,:- absolutely ignorant of any other method of warfare. His ridiculous iankee crouch; with his leas'fully extended, made it impossible'for him to avoid M'Vra's charges. .IH-i slowness allowed the dark man to anticipate his fearsomo round and over-arm walions to such an extent that he usuallv ohlv tried to strike -M'Vea once" even- quarter of an Inuri and then only once with each fist, •his utter inability to lime his Mows', his insane method of circularising all present ■ that ho intended to smite Mr.•''M'Vca, madp it quite unnceessarv for the dark gent.emun lo b? in (lie'rano of danger when the whirlics fell, for Barry sent lhein along whether M'Vca was (hero or not. On one occasion ho forgot to issuo his circular, and suddenly lashed one of them right on the dark mini's chin and neck. Over wont the tall dark man, heels over head, to come to ;\ steudf.lil) on his launches. After that M'Vca declined lo take any risks; in fact, he stood off even when there was'no risk; ami had Barry cub-loose' with' a regular' cvclon'o of those., wild sj-iws, aud.kept it-blowing at a good speed for>bout;M seconds, hp.'.'wouW prob-V <\% lijive.Rot.-M'Voa. -It was soniewhwo about the tenth round that Harry'ili'cov*". wd what was plain h other people from •jus first, and lnlormed his seconds he was fighting tq last the 20 rounds..' 'Wliy doesnl Barry learn to lwx?-' With.- his h-emendous strength, his abnormal ability to endure- punishment, and his crass ,t iick-iiee.ded courage, lie would be nm<*ii''-tht-WOrld-benters if he could box. What is-the good of a boxer who can't box? Tin is like a capitalist without "anv monev," J'rom this and the following extract •;J' 0I ;> another account it will be seen 'that Mercury" mado a fairly correct prognostication when dealing with tho '-.probabilities of tliilibattlo and tho nianner in which it woni. OhrMaroli U J the writer said,-after summing uitiVtu, prospects: "Therefore, should M'Vca also beat j.arry-and, in the writer's opinion', ''l'?<w ,r r - rj " is n °t. lioxer enough for MVea lie is a ragged, typically American fighter, and, as in the enso of Uster. hiR very impetuosity should" settle him; Uith his shorter reach and lack of inches,'. theso shock tactics of Barry's would at least occasionally carry him into a position whore he could score well cgainst Eangford, but with M'Vci it il dillerent. Tiie 'darkio's' wicked corkscrew' left, and his shiftv footwork should simply tako br'cr.. Barry just where- his guileful opponent will.want him. "Unless 'Mercury* has missed his guess very; badly, Barry will run into that left With! disastrous frequency, and on the occasions wheu he does manage to get past it, ho will find the volatile M'Vca miss-ing-carried out of danger by his clover ' feet. From (Jieso deduction's 'Mercury*, tips the black man. lo win fairly conn fortablv." 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" 't olr ' f(l , r -.' th° anticipation anon* \M.'voa.s"left' was correct is shown by the following extract from tho "Sun":-M • "Barry put up- a real good fight. Throughout he hod to contend against the negro's wonderful' left hand. Hundreds of lefts, both hooked, straight, o-ndi swung, wore launched at tho Chicago nia.iu Scores and scores of them landed." What-of Eastor Monday? The question arises now as" to whtthsfi this affair is of ojiy assistance in an a.U toftp't to forecast tho result of tho big engagement on Easter Monday betwoert the two "Sams." So far the position is that since rcacliing Australia tho black warriors havo clashed onco, tho result being-'a' very' much belated and difforodfrom verdict from "Snowy" Baker in flavour of M'Vca: Then Langford mot Barrji and boat him on points over 20 rounds. Now'M'Vca goes.and docs exactly th« samo thing, So it will bo ioen that ther<\ is-not-much-mora to go on than thora wSb' beforo so far ns tho Barry pew formnnccs aro concerned. , The "Keferoe" is tho only paper thatf makes a comparison between Iho merits of tho two defeats sustained by Barry] , at itho, hands, of his .'black brothers— perhaps because comparisons »ro odious but nioro likely becauso in neither caso was tho black brother sufficiently oxtended to show his utmost form—and ovom thon tho "licfcree-V comparison is tuad« with a reservation clause, '' "Despite that 'Sam' M'Vca, rose abora himself and ■ probably fought tho battlo of his life," rerys tho "Referee," "ho did! not handle Barry as cleverly as 'Sam* Langford dealt with the samo boxer littla more than a month ago. Maybe tho explanation is that Barry has improved, and that ho stripped in bettor condition, for all close to him know tho clinmta of this country has built Barry up so; that if ho could be sprung upon Amorioai at the present- moment ho would appeal) an altogether now man over there." It must bo paid that as a "pointer''' to tho probablo winner of tho big con* tost tho battlo under roviow was a dca4 failure, but for this very reason, front tho managerial viewpoint, it was the greatest of successes. Tommy Burns Once More. Whilo on tho subject of tho old-timers, a reference to Tommy Bums is needed to complete the hill. This is found in i\ rocent copy of tho San Francisco "Chronldo,' which states, apparently in all seriousness,''that. "TMimy Burns is sincora m his desire to agaiN slip his,milts into the gloves and do battle with some of tho heavyweights. Recently ho urged Tromotor Tom M'Carey in a loiter to attempt to secure Tim Flynn or Sam Langford for u. twenty-round contest at Vernon. Burns Rays ho has M'lntosh's promise for a match with the winner of the • M'Vca nfi'.iiy, billed for April 8, but ho wpuld rather'fight on this side. Hums is dung light training every day. and finds himself in grand condition. He believes if he can get Bymi and Langford in tho ring in tho West and trim them that he can induce some promoter to again match him with' Johnson.' Tommv was offeret' a ten-round clash with Carl Morris in tho Bast, but ho declined, giving no reasens for not taking im the Oklahoma 'hope' other than that Call is no drawing card." At tho Stadium To-night* To-night, at the Stadium, Sydney, Jack Lester and "Cyclone" Johnnv Thompson are"to mtot.in.a return match.