IN THE RING

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2193, 4 July 1914, Page 12

IN THE RING

UJ\ Mritctiu ] THE SND OF A COMEDY. J'br cibied rcult of the 'Jack" John son-' J rank ' Alor.vi nftall —it ca.inot I'P nlled a contest -has not disapnointid or c\(ir«l(d "tiK'tition Prom tlio turn tint if bee imp ''Oitun that it would p\eutiutp it was a!! o\ei, so tc spe ik. Xo 'nip antiupated that Johnso : would lose, pud it was quite- certain that it lie wre at all the Johnson of oil tlip .iffiu would fast only so long as lie \ slud it tfv las' The new 1 tint author man bo\ed as if intent 0.1 hurting the other makes it clear ico tint th'-' h j, black mint ma'le assnriiito donbh sure )\ .irranging hefort'imd Hat if In. allowed .Alora.i to hst ihe full jonrne\ tho said Moran was lor to be 100 e-.qer The only lutdi in the proceedings was Mo'an's broken nov Thus ihe vr.iuo of it all as an iniln itum of rhethor or no Johnson hat> deteriorated is jirt ml

Tho later .lows thnt he has signed i rticles to meei Sam"' Langff rd ir October woulJ soon-, to ud'c.-.to tint lie at am rate is rnttsilrd ti.at ho is capable if performing wel' enough to defeat the olio rhc is adTittedly his most nVnceroiis mal For Johnson lias cmi'mly side-stepped evcrr attempt to bnns him into tho ring with Line,ford,_ add it is hartlN- likely- tint 110 voi.lt: liTe consented .no* had ho gene so frr on tho i'otii g r ado as tuo-it cnVs would ha-o us imagine Two considerations apart from this h ivo probably influenced Johnson in makmg tho lritcb—tho fi.st being tho de"ision 01 tho IntTintional Federation t 1 at lu> rtitist defend ins f, t!e against LangforJ, tho second that Lpnpfortl +lirouf;h boing '.rpetieillv shelted fcr wart of a sui'ab'c oppo'.ent is po«siblr not zo good as forirorh His showing against "Gunboat" Smith certa..'ly eulours this suspicion. He this as it may, h&»vo\pr, the ff.ct remains that tho tne Bcem + o bf> matched at 'asl. Much Ado About Nothing When Johnsin bent Jeffries in 1910 wo for once, in a wlnle rocon jd a far'f s"dsf\ing ciblc r.-port, but l.onr-d.-ns, Then am uinortant contest occurs, so near homo as Sydney, ior 111 miiicp. wo cnnoralh liavo to be content nilii < ther tho bare rr>s"'lt cr notlune at ail Tint wo should In Riven a fulHia'.f column of cabled matter de"cripiiie of the two-round clash bci-oc**. nornoaidier V.'ells a"d Colin He'l males o\w voiuler at thr nbsoluto of a sense of prorortinn on tho part of tlio EOntiPitirn responsible tor tbo d'stnbut!on 0' tho neirs from ihe other end of the woild 'Meici.rv" cannot ber 0,10 ocasion when tbc rcs.ilt of 1 ..n Australian fip,ht. wHerein 3e'i Hjjiir- | od, was Pibled nenss comiiiiintion -if circlimsta'jct" lias irano Bell romewhit notorious, if not fr.moiu, rt I T ome. in the first rlac ho was •lisnunlifiptl in lus luatch with Cirrnn, when nwav in the lea'l Ti.en j-is "liottinn acciirt 'car.etto was. si rp-is-niL'K coed and lisllv uis opponent in list Tuesd.l' '1 fislit was l.one other than Knqland's strirken bone—the Bombardier Tin result oithei proves thnt AVells is nufLnwi.if; Ji« nen'ousncf? 1 tint has been his undoui': -n the past, I d- thet Bell i= not so mod as his fosm nenmst .Teatictti would make hi r 0115 , |> be_ !!ell pla\eti nurd r.nd fast for "Wells's nsvsmn-r weskness—his middle -ection That Wells survived and ' ended dip h ,ttle so earlv bears oil' Lie j-, jeinntjfuller's contontion that the-o 1 i« nntliiui; wionc ivit!. tin Bombardier's | plnsicr.l nnkr-up and tint it was 1,0-! thinr: lut his belie; in other"' o'pimors on thii point thnt made mm 3iiccumb 1 fci easily to body bioiis | An Apology. I Last \ eek "Vorcnrv," !n rcforrinpto penin" Murpln's defeat, referred I <o his conqueror ts on> Ciiap.nai. for which l'ipsi humble apilosies are beicb>- tondeiod W Viteholl, p\-N'eu /eahi.d and Aiistinlrnn wolter-wcicht cli.unpion and winner of the w-lter dr,ision r.t the recent OI'm;-ie £300 tourney The Imaarlial Auslrall.ui. In one respoei tne Australian, w, eficr ho be of tho ucxing, criclot, tootb-ill or an\ otliei \arioty js tho most impartial spectator ui tho woild :'o \oicosl 'us cur' ra'tictihi and pn--1 ate op.n.on of fr."nd ind foo aiiKo 1.1 11c impartial manner, if he sees Gometlui.i; tint clashes with 1113 own par'icnHi- new of tliuißs. \Y]\o<\ Kcfcrro Arthui P(ott went ."fjanut his opinion as to the ,\mtier or tho "Jeff" Smith— Ji'Oooitj contest, ho "peiformed ' 111 nn uiKertai, l nan ler and plun u fortnipir tco Harold Bakei "Jc?" Welliiif»_ tlio uctor 0' h.s bou: with "Srpper'' O'Xeill, raised surh a of liootinp; as had 1 ever picuoi<sh bepn heard 111 the .Sttrji.uii According to all the 'lout va<= a nillinu one tluoupli, AVeirmtr forcing the fißhtniK, hut O'.Noilt 'lofeiitUiiK cl"ierlv and raiiMiij; the war into the piipni,''B camp ttlienovT the opportunity ol'erecl, his work on tlnao occes ons "iitulniß him to the decision HlxeJ EvWoiws. I'nsatisfscterv as niit't have been the decision 111 the above-inentioned'f'pbt, it was as nothing to the verdict 1:1 tlio battle lietween Alt". Jloie\ niid&id Deerinp at Kjck'.nmpton. Dceiiiiyj's \ersion ■ol Hip aflif} as contained n< a lctt-jr to .•lie IHprie" ic.'.ds —

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Them claims that his protege, "jim" I Buigi, v>ho measures some Cft 2in., r.iid I neighs 12st. 12ib , is th. coming chain- j ;)inn. I'Jio otlirr night at ilrisbauo Hinge ''Pat 011, 'Jim" Lndlcj, surnns* ilie i'\n\one bv Ins good form, ,intoh Mtludcd a useful straight left, a licftj light and jfk-ver footuor!'. A Btnof.-ctcr. ■.Siioi.j'" Baker evidently lias a soll I above Uin mere making of monev out of I ihr gn«n«> Ho lias coetcd a rchemo for LoacliiiiK th" no'jle ert to the \oath of the Auitri'.inn s".oiid..ij schools, the of «Inch is that ho «.lnu p.T) for tlic instruction of s f.-lecied number of b'h from various sehcols, "these bds wlpu proficient ti instruct the scalier Irj— a splendid idea, and one tint o.ir local assoiiilion might take up