BOXING.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1923, Page 4

BOXING.

oi H.-T EDI! NEW 11 KAY A- WHIG i 1 I ( II AM DION. I .ON I )(IN. May Hi Tiie pin t for new heavy-.weight ■ ■oxer villi -nllieieiit natural genius to develop inU' a world'- champion I 1 1 roil tell- to In a craxc. There are ill l.ondon at tin' molm-m two imui whose heart- arc set "n ac hieving what has been raiic I the apparently i 111 f m s -■ i h 1 1 ■. One i- ’dr O'Rourke, of the United Stales who-e aim i- to unearth and train an unknown and then send him against I leiiip-ev and the other Mr Ahplalialp, ui Switzerland. uho has broil ght u, l.'imloii a min; u rc-l ler u hum lie r.nulv b. 1,. u 'll presently l.e If! to l.v* m:i: t v. iih ;uivuiu’. Mr Al.plana!).':, prniege is named ) ‘ i hert Rot h . and hi- only credent iai.- _ apart ■ r-.m his magnificent propor-tion-—are tii.it he i- a- I mug as an ON. and that 1 ■ ha- Won I lie h.envvu night wrestling . iiampion-liip of tinw i rid. T! re i- a i hem v t hat wrr-t h i - ur-v er make boxer-.. It !.- lieu! 11 1 .* t t he v till into grooves from which they ■ anno! extract themselves: that ! hey are, in the main, muscle-hound: that D:ev are Loo slow, too unwielilly, 100 lacking in the elementary requisites that make the successful lighting man. Mr Abplannlp, however, does not -hare this view, although he is free to admit that those wrestlers who turned iheir attention to pugilism—.and there have been many—were lamentable fa'lurc.-. lie considers that Both iwell removed mini the ruck. Me has keen carefully t rained as a boxer tor -duel liing like a year, and it is stater! that his promise is already so good Dett there is an inclination to try hint out against one ot the hetter-known British heavy-weight -. Mr Abplannlp "'ll not need to be (oh! that the best slogan that can be drummed into the ear- .■ f the manager of a young boxer is: "Tread warily." : There is no surer way of wrecking an inexperienced pugilist than by mulching him out his class—the story ol 1 boxing i- heavily scored with the | names ot tho-e who might have retich- ! ed the top if they had been carefully j handled when they were in their ttovit iat e. i Roth, it' physical perfection means anything, should do all tlmt is eyI peeled ot him : hut it: is not always I the giant who captures the prize. ' NEW STY HE OK TRAINING. | It H, .J' interest to find that Mr j Abplanalp's system of training, so far j as it concerns Ruth, "ill he entirely novel. Accepted notions which have served very well -o far are to fie -crapped and a new method of physical science substituted. AYlint thi- will do to a man with a -T2'n chest and a poundage of nearly 17-t. remains to be seen. But Roth will l.e Witt cited with the atleiitii.il he dc-eivcs. Ife may conceivably he the big boxer ot to-mor-row. Mr O'Rourke's adventure is one of the most intriguing in the history' of international -port, lie himself thus describes it : "My campaign "ill be the most in-tero-ting boxing ha- ever known. There is no reason why England cannot produce a man physically and mentally equipped for the la.sk, and 1 believe that England's poor showing: during the hut half-century is due entirely to the fact that -he leaches her heavy-weights to box along the lines that are effective only in the lighter classes. ••! have insisted that a clause lie inserted in my contract which provides that the- same grotto which is hacking this hunt for a Rriti-h heavy-weight champion mn.-t give me a similar (oittr:vt t ■ produce an American to heat him." Ir i- Air O'Rourke's intention to open an office in Louden where candidates can he examin-.!. Me i- likely to be kent thoroughly employed for

seme time to Lome, for if one is to judge by the letters which have reached me, there are in Great Britain a surprisingly large number of young men v.liu feel iliey are the very kind Mr O'Knurke is hunting for. I understand that the man really ■ responsible for bringing the project to a iiead is Air John M'T. Bowman, oi" the United .Stales. The idea has been under di-etl—ion tor more titan a year.! hut it did not come to a head tintt! it } was established, to the satisfaction of those who wi-lt to see Britain hack to the position slie once occupied, that Joe Beckett's chances of success against Demp-cv are so small as to he unobservable. II DAY AI ITCI lEI.H WAS HOUND. J There is nothing new in thi- notion | of eom’iing Grent Hr-taut trim: end to end to unearth a boxer. As a t tali' r

of fact . i", has i.con dotn or." 1 iy William Madden. the discoverer oi Chari ',v .Mitchell, thirty yent j it V. 11 he remembered hat Madden j quarrelled with John !.. Sullivan, and i registered a vow that he would not j rc-t content tint il l e I ad found a j •■foreigner" (lever enough to heat the! then Emperor of the Bill :. as ."-ullivan j u a . ,-ii Hod. ! Ie -a.w A! iieholl " in a ■ 'a hit i- hope” ( uinnel it not in London. | and immediately look hnn hack: to tile] United State-. I.ster. at A!:n!i-i.ii-souarc Gardens,; Mitchell, who wa- only a middle-: weigh!. shocked American - rotting j circles I iv Mooring Sullivan "it It c i ptincli on the jaw in the opening \ round. latter still he fought Sullivan j to tt draw alter over three hours, in a | heavy rainstorm, a: Chantilly, Erana.i. i Madden’s -liecess si Id hearten Mr! O'Rourke, liis task is not so lore-: doomed to failure as may ha supposed. ] There has not been a real effort made | to iliscovi r a new heavy-weight for j mure year- than '-an In- r •niemh. ivd. ; The whole thin-':, ailmiueilly, read-: like ii'-lion, hut i-n't fiction very oltvlij allied to fact r Scoii'crs should retmun- ! her llial. By t ; -i time Mr O’Ruiifke kn-.w- all : :.b:.t;t Ja.-k DluonoHM, the t.msi pro-! nii-tng oi uni big nun. lint there i- 1 another youth I would like to com-: mom! to him Joe Hollo, ol liormoiitl- ■ sey. Mis display against Htvd Archer; in a minor contesL at liollaml Dark j Hi -1 M ■ mi luy was so exceptionally good i a- to tempi cite to indulge in super-| la. titHe I- t-a-ily the he-t-equip- j per novice I have ever -cell, and I am; •till "eudciiug tvhv he wit- not tie- j cl,-irod the conqueror of Ari-her. or all least given a draw. H-.ii'e i- a direr: product m the | ('a: i-.olie ( hit at !', 'i-meudsey-- a ran ; training—.du d and a- he i- only I ; I nii'l*lD--v.-i-if..lti. In- si-..odd in a little j tt hi h- j i * 11 - "i the "Xt r.i ) hi lids I inti will t, an - 1 - ■: in hint inm a heavy- | '

IK.- is it sensible, agreeable, and very well-conducted hoy, who Jiatt been horn with tt punch, natural boxing skill, and equally natural defence, lie is lucky in 'having as one of iti.s warme-T admirers Mr A. E. Bettinson. of the National Sporting Club, who also found him. If Mr O'Rourke saw Rulfe on Monday he will have seen lor himself that the Bermondsey youth is of the material tn' which champions are made. HUGE SWISS BOXER. ASRIRATIONS FOB AYOR HD’S ( lIA.MPIO.NSIIIP. LONDON, May 12 Then' ha- iiist arrived in Hondoe. a it !"■ - becomes what it is Imped to make hiiit. will challenge Dempsey for tife world’s ('hamj.tionsliip. Me is Robert Roth, of Berne. -ttit /. ■■rhiud. the heavy-weight wrestling iliampinii of tin* world at the Olympic Games of l!)2(t. Me ha.- hi "it traiiiiug for boxing for a year. I" rum Dm |.!l v-u a 1 point oi view tlni ■ -llmvi il.’: it hie indi-ale- how lie out-meii-ure- Geinp'cv : - P'iMM DHMI’SEY 2-1 \ge 2ti 1" .-i. Hi Ills .. Weight ... D! -t. S lbs '•> id. 2! in- ... Height ... ft ft. I in 2 in.- t '.c»i (normal) -12 in--od ms AYai-t ."Id ins. Ktac 'TiwjcssjEaswcamsHSJcsarH