IN THE RING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1587, 2 November 1912, Page 12

IN THE RING.

[Bs SYDNEY, AMERICA,/ENGLAND, Thosß "Feddor" Men. ..• The .Wellington Boxing r Association's feather tourney on and Monday J last does net call tor any more detailed 'comment than has already been written. Both"the winner. Ellis and the other-final-ist—Thompson-and Robinson showed firstolass fbfnv.but riot one of the three is in quite the same class as Hegarty,' who will be met by Ellis. -•' ; ...-.-"■,; A Popular Welter's. Win, ,- ■'. .'Congratulations foV'Denny" Murphy, on His defeat of "Lyh" Tmscott, at Auckland on Labour Night. The popular Wellington welter must have been right at the top of his form lto beat an opponent who, .in 'his day, was one :of the best in Australia at; his weight. '.:,,. "That bid War-worn Wonder." : /Talking, of. Truscptt.; reminds, one that :the latest Australian,,mail has brought details of tho affair between his old opponent; "Hock" Keys, and, the Frenchman Bernstein. Some eight or.nine years ago Truscott and Keys had several rousing battles.for the' light-weight championship of Australia, and in those days.there was not'a great deal between' them.- If they, were' to meet again now, .however, it would /be/any odds on Keys.', ". ■■ y, - "Mercury.'' is beginning, to think that, in referring to .him as "that.bld wondeT," he iiiust.be mistaking this' Keys of to-day for some light of other days, who has ceased to.'flash. Certainly his performances of late read altogether too good to come from one who was in his primp away, back when the, Wellington Boxing Association was,*, baby institution, in the very' first stages of life. / ,/'..," :.- '■.'.' '•'■' But-there'it is,'and it is doubtful if he "ever shaped much better than in his last ' two : battles against "Kid"M'Coy and ; Bernstein. '. ;'. .-./'' ' .'• '- From all accounts,.his affair with Bernstein was one of the brightest battles seen :in Sydney.for many a day—an exhibition of. two-handed fighting, with "nary a clinch" .to ;inar -its beauty./ The Frenchman forced the pace from the jump, and Keys, nothing loth, went in to meet him, aiming .for'.the; body, and inflicting dare punishment, on his younger opponent. So it - progressed .through the. whole twenty roundisr-fast,' clean, 1 and clever, with the, Australian'always a little the better. . That he should have gone right in from the jump, instead of utilising his ..great /skill at'lon'g range, 6hows that,Keye :w,piderful/'fix physically ; andi-this ..being .so, it is a thousand pities that' Mohegafl is not in .thesa paTts at present. . The last ;.time- they met, "Hock" - made a fool' iof, the champion, while his strength held out. What he might do just now is, 'unfortunately, purely a- matter of conjecture, bince /Mehegan will not be back in Australia for at leas'ta year. . ; ::'■ -. , , Tho; Light-weight Supremacy; of the' Em- :;' ; : : pire.;;,,:;;.■•;■;• ;•/', y. . ;. •.' . ; to .hand show: that both Mehegai. and Wells, entered the ting for the'battle/'for. the light-weight champion-, siip'bf the British Empire well under the .stipulated weight, 9st. 71b., which, by the way, isthe American light-weight limit.'- . In. the earlier, rounds,' Weils .showed greater skill; but.Mehegan's effective.cover I saved.him from, much damage. The Australian drew first blbod. with a left swing .in the third-round, arid in the fourth round iipper-cut his opponent three times. .',- The sixth-round was marked by. heavy I hitting on both sides, but thence onwaTds Mehegan began.to assert his superiority. In the 1 seventh he had the. Englishman shaken-a lot. The thirteenth round was the. most •exciting of the lot, both men .'standing with heads together battering away with left and right body blows. : ■i The end came in the fourteenth round, •Wells being disqualified for .twice'hitting Mehegan while the latter was rising from the boards where he. had been sent by a right swing.• ■'. . • The contest, though .keen and willing, was marred by incessant clinching—the re; suit, no doubt, of the American notions of:both men. This style suits Mehegan; •and it will ibe a wonderfully hard-hitter who will put'him out of action. An Aus-tralian-sportsman just returned' from A'morica who saw the Wolgaast-Riyers battle is of opinion that. Mehegan wiir hold his.own with either of them. ■•'•• '■' .''./ '■.'' '- '■■: -.' Turning Mr, Johnson Down, The.irony of,things! For the' past seven or'eight months promoter H. D. M'lntosh has been fishing patiently. for ohampion "Jack" Johrison, aud more than price nearly landed him, but always Mr. Johnson's flightiness broke things up at the last minute; At last everything was smoothed up, and Johnson being willing, it, seemed but a matter of time when-we Bhohld all see the long-delayed JohhsbhLangford argument settled. •Now .things have taken another turn. .Johnson is willing to come on any terms, but Mr. M'lntosh will not take him as a gift. ".",.- .'.'•■■ ;" The ohampion's latest escapade puts him' beyond the pale altogether, and the .'chances" are that he .will lose his title, not because'there is anyone capable of beating.him;, but because it will be impossible for him to secure a match.- It is almost certain that America will have no more of him. ~ England has. long ago cast him aside, and no.other Australian promoter-than Mr. M'lntosh could fihancb him... So there it is. ",,'"' • French Brigade in Sydney. ; The French .Brigade ii Australia is : faring badly just now. Paul Til went under to "Kid" M'Coy, Bernstein to Keys, and now De Balzac has been beaten by- "Reg" Midwobd,' of Tasmania in eight rounds. . / ; '..-■-, /'■'..,. • Another" prominent, son of, La 'Belle i on his way to Australia and he at least should be capable.'of holding,his own. A short time Poesy fought "Jem" Driscoll, but was'badly worsted by tho English cham'pion. • . -.''. The Conqueror of De Balzac; | ;"Reg" Midwood is an ex-amateur 'Australasian .champion, aid a clever-force-ful boxer. He has been a professional for a couple of years now, but has done little, if any, 'boxing in public since turning over, principally becausp of a serious illness which all but accounted for him. Now that lie has thoroughly recovered; ho is likely to.make somewhat of", aname for himself, and will no doubt bo oh the wait for "Dave" Smith when the latter returns. '• M'Goorty Hits a Surprise; "Eddie" M'Goorty, conqueror of "Dave" Smith and other greater and lesser lights! bumped into a surprise on/ Septeriibor 17 when he essayed to knock "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson to pieces. Tlte "Cyclone" more held'his own throughout, arid .oA;. one or/two occasions; had, M'Goorty ■ reeling. His showing suggests that, should they meet again, "Dave" Smith may have somewhat of.a,chance with M'Goorty/ .