IN THE RING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2120, 11 April 1914, Page 12

IN THE RING.

/: — I BANK BALANCE OF A BOXER, The Fist Mightier than ths Piofc. Apropos of Carpentier's £10,000 f/u his three battles in Australia) it is interesting to note what tlio Ifrench champion has actually earned in the ring so far. In the four years during which ho has been boxing he has won nearly £IG.OOO. The year 19Q&, when he made his debut as a professional, brought only £30. In IM-.Jio made £100. Next year he leapt into four figures with £1300. In 1912 ho had the comfortable income for a yautli of 19 of £5000. . The year that has just ended added £8000 to his bank balance. Had he remained a miner a.t Loirs he might, working overtime, have earned tlio same sun in a little under 200 yours. The , fist is miglitier than the pick. More About Carpontlor. Last week "Mercury" pointed out tho difficulty of explaining the cable- statement that Carpentic.f~plp.sise proiKrtince Car-pong-ti-ay—was overweighted t<> tie extent of- twenty-one pounds by Jeafinette, and the following from tho Paris correspondent of the London paper "Boxinp;" makes it ail tho more difficult:— This long-looked-for match has at last been clinched, and sportsmen ] should rejoice. The. only stipvrfation made- by Bpscnmps, and no cepted by Dan M'Ketrick, is that ■ Jeannotte do present liimSclf at two .o'clock on tho tiny of battle . weighing not more than 84 Iciloa : 820—that is to say, about 1871b., or 13st. 51b. Even at tliat avoir. : dupois, Georges will he conceding weight, but ic should provis one. o£ the finest contests yet seen in ■ France. That is, of course, if all goes normally, for th« ring has furnished so many surprises of late that it would be hazardous to predict anything—just yet. This will come in duo time, as tho slam ia fixed for March 21. at I/nna Park, to replace the 103 M'Coy-Carpen-tier ditto, owing to the former's illness. / If Jeannettc complied with these terms, there would be five or sis pounds at tho outside between the two men. The Funniest Fray Ever. Talking of Jeannette, that worthy was recently one of the principals at Paris in what must have been tho funniest match on record. 'J'jte battle — spare tho mark-rwas between hitn and another son of Ham, Aff. Laagford (no relation to Sam), who had not unjustly earned the reputation of being a terrific hitter. The affair is summed up as follows, by "Boxing's" Paris correspondent :• — "Langford danced, skipped, sprinted, sent in a few terrific left swings, slipped, and hinted two somersaults, tlio last of which landcd him clean on his head, and knocked him out." Further details of this extraordinary afFair indicate that Langford hit -ovei'.y spot in the atmosphere eM«pt that pot> tion occupied by Jcamiette, who became so annoyed as to remark: "Why don't you light, you dirty nigger!" which shows that even cojottrttl gentleman lose their equanimity occasionally. Then all at oivce one of Lmtgford's lightning, devastating lefts clove tho air, the momentum orf Wltieh brought Langford down with a crash, and his head struck tlio boards with such fof«s as to daze him for five minutes. The immense force of the swing May l>fl judged from tho fact that Longford h pure black, and, in oonsef ( tieu<:e, irotihonded. As h<? lay there on the boards —actually .knocked out by himself—-his troubles censed not, but piled up. It was IVliou heaped on Ossa, So tespeak. .lonnnotto tried te revive him by prodding him with his foot, the while addressing him in gentlemanly fashion as follows, "Gam, get up, .von quitter I" The fii-owd honkd, Lho rtferpp. piled insulL upon injury by disqualify!-, g him for the snid qmUinj£, while only be him' wll'.lciiow ami Ft* 11- the- sad reality. His injured ffolinga, as ho tnesl to'explain ihiui;* nf lit wards miiy wpII Up iuiiigineil. and that «•«« not gralcful for lhaj blow iiiisshif: Itini *p:tWth comprehension.

Dave Smith arttf a S.6M Pcoblewi. Tim Stadiuui Eastor egg i'or I ho S.vd* ney boxing public wears ai* uttritctivo look and tlie iiioai tliorcof, consisting of the third liclpiiiK ef M'Goorly ami "Davo" Smiti! to-tiijxlil, iind "Jeff" Smith and "Cat" Bvasllcy on .Monday night, promises £o ha appetising. Most iiilerost centres, of conrse, i)i tho I'ormer battle, I'or thp p,iicsfin« at- issue is whether .M'Goorty's shnwinSs al'tiSr lus last battle wfth "I)ave" Smith on Ne* Year's D».v, liuvb fillprj hnr crash with that confideue« which is bora of the eet-

tain knowledge of-whotono's opponent is I NOT capable":.of/doing';.'- Truly,' \f <■.•»»' man should commune., with hinisoH-Miitl,] (after duly kicking himself Eμ the n(licutoiis flKttrc.lio.has , - cut in the past) take heartT and smite (night.and right j that m:-m" is. "Davo- , iSmith. ■■ ;■ '■■, j Since his ..own?-inglorious display, at' NowYeftr lie has seen M'Goorty in ncr tion iwico,* and" from thcso.two bnttloK, lit' has perhaps draw , ;? two very obvious conclusions: (H Judging, from tho J»oitlo with :."Pr 1 l" : .-,.T!ra!lIoy ■ M'fieoHy'* jumcli ■ is not 'altogether the fparsom-o thins* that Smith's own qxneriencu wouW load him in believe. (2) Wotn the battle with "Jr.fT" Smith, it tfonlel scow that M'Goorty's TioKMig skill is not of the very highest class, anil that, agninßl a clever nml extra ''speedy man—such ns "Dave" himself—-a big perwMiljipto of. the Amoriuan crack "sleep producers" fail to find a lacfowß. On how rmieli of '''Pβ vo" Smith's jiervous inubc-iip Ims renliscd this dotmiiels his nliftiices in to-night's trial. Tho other day ho remarked that, nfter seeing Jl'Goorty bos "t.VI" Bradley and "Jflff" Smith, ho is certain to beuls him. If this is really the stjvto of his fooling "Mercury,* , who owns up to being for Smith through and thin, is convinced that no ether issue is pnssiMe. than that the conqueror of Tjflnp; will, on this aceneton, carry ton ninny Runs for the Irish lad. 'flic wish is fatter to the thought no doubt, but thero it is, " *

JLton-fteartad Bradley and Another. Oft p.per the other battle looks pood for "Jeff" Smith, whose absolute otavomo-ss and £peed should prove too much, far tho lion-hearted iron-jawed Pat. Still, Bradley is ft quiclc-tbjnHiuK, collected customer, and n moment's mental distraction on "Jeff's" part will provo fatal. Both M'Goorty and "Bavo" S-miih smote liiai as they wouiri —and that -was just about as often as they libcd—hut they could not afford ■fesbo careless with him, and yet {not being β-eeh a hard hitter as either of tho other two cracks) -ivill not be able to lot ap any moro than they, Otter notable Easter fixtures are ''Herb" M'Coy and "Nat" Williams, at Melbomna tonight, and ".Jetty 1, Jcromo v. "Jules" 'DubwHfg, at Brisbane, on MVmday. Both should" bo interesting battles.

Savior's Boast (Stscto Good. Wcitkened by his efforts to make lOst., fiinjksJimaß "Nat" Williams , was an easy prey tor Milbiirn Saylor at the Syctaoy Stadium last Saturday week, the «i(i eafiiiiig in the second roinkl. Hot eo much from the foreo of the bW as from "Nat's" exhaustion. Saylor lifls tints made good his claim thai ha vemild win, font- oHt of five of his iirst battles in Australia by the luwek-mit routs—a. claim that niosfc of us, {''Mercury" included) characterised as idle boasting. Now that j't has happened, and when we rcfcolfcct tliat Ins victims were Herb M'Coy. HttgJiieilioJiegait, JVai Williams, wi Alf Moray, it mint bo realised that tjie.ro k iWrliaps emnetbiftg in Baylor tliat may ultimately make him champion of the world. Brave old Bill Ufifi. .Bill Lang, like Bill Squires, was never wifcinu "cooee" of being ehanipien. of the world, but, all' tho same, ho is a wonderfully good trial liorso for any white hopes that aro wandering about in tltflso days, and the lnuch-boouicd Arthur Pol key found this out to his cost last Saturday, when Lang put him out in ninotcoa" rounds.

Great Boxers Pour Judge, This reminds one that Tommy Burns, brainy ring man as ho was, is about tho poorest judge of a heavy-weight that has irppeaxed of recent years. Further, , as- the "Bulletin" remarked years, ago, any . iseavy-wefglit putting liiniself in Tommy's hands seems to say good-bye to his prospects of winning anything. ' First there was Bill Squires. Tammy sat in his corner while he was giving Bill Lang the father of one, Then Tommy last couiitj anfl sent Bill in to battle the nineteenth rottnct, telling him that it was the last, Boxing the last ounce out of himself, poor old Bill was ail ea-sy mark foi , tlio other Bill when he recovered sufficiently from his aii'azeinont- k> wobble up to thescratch for tho real,last round. Then there was Jack Lester, hcrtddect by Tommy »s a wdncler, tot, in reality, ei-ie . of the biggest false aknns ftver foisted on to the public in this or any other part of tho world. And now—l'elkey, The argument is fflcble, of coitrse, and -rather academic, but- this latest battle mokes out a, good case (sic) for Dav« Smith as o-hanipion '■ Jioavy-wcight of t!io warM, Jack Johnson refuses to mD6t Sam Langford, who beats bo-t-ii M'Vfty. and Jcamjette. GunIjoat Smith beats 1 Langford, and is fairly hard put t,d it to Knock . otitI'clfcey irt seventeen rounds. 'Bill Lang knock's out I'elkey, but' is beaten to a frizzle by Daw Smith. Hence the issue is narrowed to tho two Smiths, with [ the evidence in Dave's favour, but fancy Dave against. Laiißford m Johnson I Next [ile-aSG—wffll, here it «: On the Isaac lino of M?nscmingi Kid M'Coy i once sliowed how the little black α-evnon 'Joe Walcott, tto lightest of welters, was heavyweight champion. Strange that Tommy B«rrtS, so unsweesaftjl in jutlfting tlw heavies, should be such a shrewd judge, of t.lie lighter won. Among his team in Alts' tralia at tho prosent time are Leo Johnson, ,in exceedingly clover feather, and Fritz Holland, whom TfSimfiy recently I tloelarcj would sooii he welter cli-anin-itiu of the world. A TortMjeM ago, at}Mboiiriie, Holland surprised all hands by walking all ovev Tom M'Cormiek in a-twDDty-round battle. As a boxer lie was in a class apart from M'Cw-mick, His hittins iutinitely heavier, and ifs {•oolness and resource, aw' utter nimfferenco to the- crowd were something amaaiue. Aftcf l^s t ' ier<, ™? M noi, uproar to lip ".nv ehaiicc of serims dppußition for Holland in Australia-