IN THE RING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1889, 18 October 1913, Page 12

IN THE RING.

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THE FALL OF TWO CHAMPIONS,

October 24.—P. Cook r„ iW, Hftniuin, Gisliorno. October 27. —A. Maxwell v. A. Bromwich, Taumarunul.

3laok Mark for Langford. Last week wo wero informed by cablo , of a clash between, Langford and Jeannette in Now York. As a rule nowspa- . per decisions govern these ten-round , affairs in the Eastern Btates, and so - there iB nothing very decisive about them unless one contestant is either knocked out or heavily out-point(;(l. According to fullor cables received in Sydney the clash seems to havo been an exception; it was controlled by a referee who gave a verdict, so. presum- , ably, tho law has been altered of late. The full cabled report runs as follow :— Joe Jeannetto outpointed! Sam Langford in a 10-rounds bout. Jeannette was in fins condition, but his ■ opponent did not appear to be well trained, and ho was badly outboxed in the first tihreo rounds. Jeannotte used a left jab to great advantage. Both came in to oloso range at times, and each sustained severe punishment. In tho fourth session the Boston Tar Baby showed up in better style, and with heavy right's and lefts rocked Ills opponent, wio was foroed to clinch to get out of troublo. In the next round, however, Jeannette went ahead again with Bolid punches, and ■ Longford's condition began to tell on him. In tho sixth' Langford tried to end the fight with a vicious right but Jeannetto's - footwork was 100 good, and ho got clear. The referee gave Jeannette the verdiot. A Way That Langford Has. Commenting upon this W, F. Corbett writes in the Sydney "Sun": —The news of Sam Langford's defeat on points at the hands of Jeannetto will surprise only those who do not keep track of the world's boxing. Jeannetto's name figures prominently in Langford's record, and not till tho latest occasion of their meeting was defeat marked opposite , sus namo. Their battics mostly resulted in draws or "no decisions." Tliis time the 'Tar Baby' entered the ring out of condition, perhaps through underrating his man, and apparently suffered as many others have suffered through being similarly careless or overconfident. Further, Langford has a habit, ,after 'being apparently _ nearly beaten in one contest, of meeting the same man a second time and bringing him down with a clatter from the high position his previous display had placed him in. Thus has Langford' often benefited through getting two matches where, had he triumphed in tho initial .engagement, he would only havo had one bout with that particular individual. There might havo been more or loss of this in the recent match with Jeannette, and we rim therefore hear of another match being- arranged and Langford emerging successfully from the ordeal." Fallibility of Publlo Opinion. The best of the boxing news to hand by this week's Australian mail was, of course, tho details of the Brown-Me/hegan contest at tho Sydnoy Stadium. It is rather curious, by the way, to note that the matching of tho two lightweights did' not impress the public as good l business. It was considered that Brown was being sacrificed to mako a Mehegan holiday, but why this should have. beeh . so in the face of tho American's standing in his home land is hard to say. One can easily understand that publio opinion would favour Mehegpn's ohanoos. His form nnd the fact of his being the "native son" would quite warrant that. _ Still, Brown's record should have weighed in heavier than it did, for he started as an outsider. Creek Joins Creek. It did not'take long after tho opening of hostilities for publio opinion to undergo a painful readjustment. It was very soon apparent that Mehegan had —perhaps for the first time in- his life—mot a man of his own weight who could stand toe to too with him and swap blows. The opening rounds wero conducted on theio lines, and the proceeding consequently wore decidedly vimful and full oi interest—interest that became painful for tho orowd when it grew apparent that the tough Australian was against a proposition that could play him at his own game, and play it better. Sorely Smitten Mehegan. Just at tho close of the second round Mehegan momentarily came out of his customary crouch and stood erect. It was not for long—but long enough for Brown. Out shot his left straight and true, and Mehegan sat down —hard. Tho look of amazement had not faded from his face when the gong went. The third round, too, waß bad for the Australian. Ho took a lot of heavy punishment, and looked sadly worn at the clobo of the session. And so the battle went. Brown never lost the lead gainod in these early rounds, although in the seventh and eighth Mehegan came with a good run and wiped off part of the deficit. In tho twelfth round! the pendulum swung back again, and Brown added to his lead. Meihegan was beginning to weaken, but was still putting up a game and vimful battle. In the fifteenth round he pulled-up a bit, but the next two were parlous times for him. The seventeenth round- saw him dropped for two or three seconds by a right cross, and that settled his winning chances. Australia's champion was" beaten, and beaten well, and after tho battle he acknowledged l it freely.Another. meeting will follow in the natural order of things. Dradleyi Smith, and the Fates. There is yet another hitch to chlroniole in regard to the Winging together of "Dave" Smith and "Pat" Bradley. This event has been looked forward to and talked about for weeks past, bait it seems fated to delay.' First Bradley breaks a thumb, then. Smith is "outed" temporarily by quinsy and tonsilitis, which caused various postponements bringing the date of meeting up to today. The latest, however, is that Bradley's thumb is not_ yet fit, so another woolc's delay is notified. It is for next Saturday—positively. Now Zealand Ring Evonts. Poter Cook, who defeated Allen Maxwell at Palmerston North Inst Friday, has another engagement on October 24. On that date it was originally intended that lie should meet Hagerty, who obtained a very dubious decision over him in Ohristchurch some two months or so ago, but owing to tho illness of tho light-weight champion, Cook's old opponent, Hannan, lias been substituted for Hagorty, Maxwell, too, has another bout on hand. On October 27 ho boxes "Alf" Bromwich. ,Nt Tnumarunui. "Denny" Murphy's bout with 'JPitto" Chapman at Masterton on Thursday night occurred too late in tho week for comment to-dav, but reference thereto will bo found in tho news columns. New Zealanders In Sydney. "Billy" Shields, l:\te of Mnnnwatu, and well known to Wellington boxing patrons, had a good bout at tho Sydnoy Stadium last Saturday, when bo was scheduled to box tho preliminary to tho Summers —Everndcn bout with Dimloavy, spwring partner and manager for ibis Amonowi oonxjueror of

H. Mehegan—"Pat" Brown. The proliminary was to bo a ten rounder, audi it will be interesting to see by tho next mn.il lioiv Shields fared. "Billy" Elliott figured at the Stadium in a 15-round curtain-raiser to tho Brown-Mehegan battlo. Tho Not Zealand ex-feather-weight cliampion won all the way from his much bigger adversary, one S. Wilson. The "Referee'' i remairitg that he showed much of his old-time form. English as Bhe Is Wrote. In San Franoisco there ia a promising young "heavy" named "Tom" M'Allister. Of late he has como in for some booming on the strength of some recent good showings, but apparently hiß supporters are overdoing it. Anyhow the following on the matter iB published in a leading San Francisoo paper as a protest, and it is reproduced here to show how the boxing news is served up on the Pacifio slopo:— "Somo of the M'Allister boosters haro been heard to remark that thoir man is a second 'Jim' Oorbett. Can any of the old-timers after giving M'Allister the onceover, imagine him meeting Jeffries, Fitzsimmons, Choynski, or JI Coy in their timeP It's all right to go to the bat for any aspiring yo.utli, but when ono goes too rtrong it is likely to break into tho ridiculous oolumn. It is doubtful if the ring will ever know another 'Jim' Oorbett."