BOOM IN BOXING

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2123, 15 April 1914, Page 4

BOOM IN BOXING

REVIVAL IN ENGLAND

CARPENfIiR AND "HOPES'* hUio. present revive of feoxiug mm* paper-madft? it has-been asked, Havo tiicj ftess suddenly taken it tip agaiiii* Or lias tiro conviiig of CarpDiitW niiicitt a differcßCc? Olio is coliipellad to buswot equiveqaily, yqg and no (observes -a tiwM.spondctit df f.lie ■"'jkitcilester .Gtmraiau in thn toUi-gc- of an Mitore.sting Mtiejo). It js truo that- many ii.oi.i* sportfflig journals are finding ■boxing cttl tests "good QApi't" -and ji«h% gbou't tlicm is eagerly swnl.loweu by tjie bs-S---lic. Sift fiditoiial ■interest- in tteso ters nmy to only evanescent, airi before long tfto eoluunis devated to iifiXing n.iay bo cut doifn -to mete paragraphs. Cai--pen tier ? meicwie carcer, .atid Meed tljo Wiwo alibiing .ijlrenoiKcabu of tfeo modmi t.al.(j(i passion fof boxing— of BtMier jiiid w : lm WuM kvo tliottghc of prodMCing dnaiftpkng.t •—may ltavq Gtimulatsd tlio presuiib "bpont," litifc, a.fter .alt, ih.o \m 01 , .a flght is probably inborn amongst a largo .piut ef tijo populaiien. "Wfi'ra mro brutes," deelared Doofcy'u i'ather Daytoj "flii'-tt only takes two- la-ads mwe bmtsfl tlwn tji' tost f'r to Sxpob th' smrcak jtt th' best i> fls, , ' , Pubtio iateMSt iii geniiifio figbts, inifher witii ■Bf witfioHt glo'KnSj Ijai ntobably j Ijcfen doad; torpid and Klußgish .roa.ybfj., out ovsr ready to rouse it&e-Ef 'at $ho sound of scfiouß cortibat. What, then, it may iio sskod, were the causes fjiieii ffftve piigtHsm into aksourily? AVhca did the paimy days of the .prize ring ceaso'to floorisi)'? ' The Ruffianly 'Sixties. The begaft fe deglir.e ii ■the sixties, and the ciiusc.s wero Tufei]ism and flglits "on. the cross , '•*-t.& t sguajcd *r arraiiged contests, Mta the Ring arid deena.n inceting in ig(J3 the , J'aiv itwxnad n!thaemj*'l:v "on, pnzeand it virtually djed, or M.thef fJopt {ipiMtdly and pesqefojjy— -n#ji oecasiptial fits'of intejeit—«ft.til tjjo eni . oi the ninotcciitl! centuiiV. In. the toesn.- ' time prize fighte lied : heco.me "glove ; contests," h'-ii vvithout tho verbsi tllango ; haying am: .great eff.(ict on the atmos.piere of i|m Vi»g.

It was no uncommon .practice Iα thpse !vad old clays for , (to 'backus at ike losing man. to cqrae to the fescue of t/jjciir "Jf.ai.Wtijig charatoion by ifeakiiig up th;o ring. Q&s. r«a;# qf :i fight hi Mi tvliore the weft bad § space of ; but two yards "to fight in, despi'te the vigour , of the- riijg-keeper's, and sv : fc<?it the ■referee (Tdiri Spring) was ■Sβ litistled b;y the a*!) llijit l>e in.6oii.tiu.cirfl:y throw uj:i Ms office. One of this prinfiipais w:as struck en the Jiea.d wjjh a fett'lp, Then, were' sker.al dipriieefiii scenesat railwar stations wljieli brsiuKlit iho spdrti into bad iidputo. .Before $0 -figli* fetu-ecn Jem Jlaeo. and Xeiii Singj fa 1862 : , 'Fcncluircti Street Stetioft was"praotiVulij* in tJjo hands of 3 ftf.ob .of ; East Bttd; thieves and rongtis. I'atrojiß , ! of tlie ilancy going to : bQir-rd tljo special train, were ticitfeft and rolibed, afid rittnii.oiFs. wbre «o intirnidated by; tlie forMef■ding'flspject of tie'jijoli'-tSfat they do■ciined to crdeal qf a rush for t]io traifti-atiid vcig.e.fy jwsirt,home...Even. tiio* Coriiitliiau" 'afid fefceitfe li&vef of figiitiHg' could ftot fail to grow at tijoso exposit-ions of blaekgiiardism;, ajid .50 tho Bing. Jansuislicd '.la'cji Q.f siippoftc-f.s, Between til. T(i6te and: thti Gsn)6 Chicken there ■grow a, daft iestratigcuieui.

I■ ■ ' ' t=jtzisinjmbHs v tft6.| : .l3 , reJst» ■:T It.'ji-BLB'ijrol*aiiiy' : %iJV««& or'.ilJob'TFft?■sinijjntJnsr a "GjorurgU'l ni.au i -' , who -■• Jjud aciueied- pjigirj.sl;jc,,faMo |n Avstrjjila. ttltd AunprieAj wliich gave tEo'giiihV % fllliEi some seyenttHjn,years ago." Jlaujr "■will reineuAtrr' li'jta'sitoßjoiis'e defeat of "i'onipadou!;" Jem .fcirbet.t at .Caraeft .(Mi%y in, :Ma.ri% iW:< ■■* igliting ■niaqlM.Uo *as ■Ji ! it2s*nfl'nioiiSj \vit-li a 'Wiriue •'piinctf' ; tliis country Las ok,. fiince iiis. .virtual, retireiiient, b.i'ed Jiis equal. l'.hpre •liave l?een "hopes," iudeed'- i J. ! acV -Kuii'tqn,. lh& E.vg.htywiuer-' Toiiaet-j fed Pritahard, aittl, ■ later) ■ian' v It.agup, ttunnsr Sloir, and Bainbicrdier-. Vi r Oitts. Uut, one aiid'■■■all, theso lwjpvj , - ■iveight.s., !i.av6 curled up in the hour 0! trial).and n, euesessor K> Crtbb is jet: to be discovered.

' It is an axiojii of file JUngi by thij ■ way, that "a good big 'ub is better tlid'u » .good little , ■'■iiji.' . But "good; b% 'tins" ha;ve eyer beoti - coitijpaf ativoly, • [liire, 'Mmrq was-tlis-StalyhSdgo In* [ fanli'ipr fesaiijite. '■> h fiJteen-Btorie ujaft iSin-dMs .fcek thftqe :■ ia ■li-Sieiit -hS was» . !-felt Jqiit : Mafca''l®ye feet- jiintfyjind- teu 's.'toilp .fell). , easily. , in,, fifty .'' ' ]pittlo. ! easily -ftc* - ,cGU4ted for file hJ-as-sive 'Mp'Wu -Slasher-, f\i Jem St-ace beat a big .jnaii in l\ji.u , ing, Hfifln-an , :? co.ucluor.ol-. •fo-dftj'the eouiiti'y is feeing .anxiously , , raked to • find iv liig Eiigl.islinijn: eapftble, so to ■sijeijk, of coughing with -soinp ..degfeo Of eoiifidenco Jri tho .presence of -.da.rpen- ." .tier aiid Jack ffflt tWlia■ti.biial Vanity kss ■oxpqnenGed lHaiiy &'' fcnd quarter o.f an hoifr -sinco l P igg est-a-b.- •■ li.shea bosing.as t, ■ popular sbifcnce itt .JKiiglaiid. . Miil wit i)a».-Stend()?a:, ihb Jeff,'"cut th& com , !)" of t:hc'vain aucl t&i!.ceit<?.fl K.idjard Humphries- jtt April,1.751, thoiig-ii .oveiiiua-lij'j iiidtscl, <!G.eu-tfctn-aii" Jaeksau—ii herculean pugifet -aloiig mid b|at tho w'bieli l.ia d.id by jtoldinj; Jpiii ,pff the .g-roMid" : by -the hair. . Svitli 1-iis Tiglj-ib Ijau'd. and.hainiiioriflg Ih-W «-ift the left?

iSiel* there, was,the first, fight between Toin CJribb ifed. SM.v«SuX) tile bl.a'pk, whissa jjiiglitv. chopping b.lmys.beai; ihei jHassjyo Ejig'KshMiiiii ;t& Garth, almost cgmftiiercd... . OrJbhi indeed, was onetimo "down a-nd .out," bat life «s,tuto skooml rushed into.tliiJ ring and accused Jloiytieivx. of hmm ■» stoira ■ f» JIW ■liaiid. Wlviio tho parties- ynj-angibd: ■Cfrilib fcctwored, ftivd in ilie- etid, "gloriously -sustained, tfe basing prestige of t'fio Aiifilo-SaSpn racfli" -Oho liSs to toiifess tlrnt thei-e have been, times.lα tho Ring whon fa-tr. play liaß heeii r.fffjivrdod as aijythsiig but n jewel. It. is also' truo that tho Tbftcktis df Ton;i Sttyers cut tiie tops afc JarirbfiiroucJl ■durkif; t))0 contest between him and Hceiian on A.pn! 17, 1860, For iSnjj'ljsh spartsmnn'sMp has had, g;ntj sti't Tins, its wcAer jViomeniii.