IN THE RING

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8345, 4 February 1913, Page 10

IN THE RING

Jim Hagerty and A. Maxwell will meet at Palmerston North on February 12th. The match is under the auspices ol the .Vlamiwatu .Association. It is rumoured that Mr Atack, secretary to the Mow Zealand Council, intends resigning his position at the next meeting. . The match between Private Palmer, one of England’s most promising middle-weights, and Barney Ireland is arousing a lot of int-erest in Auckland. It is to take place on February 18th at tho Auckland Town Hall. Bombardier At ells seems to he very much in demand at present. It is reported, probably untruly, that .Jack Johnson is to fight him in Pans; Tommy Burns wants to meet the Englishman at Calgary in April, while Luther McCarty is said to bo matched against him for a contest at Madison Sciua.ro Gardens, New loi'k._ It looks a.s though, win or lose, lie is sure to make a lot of money. Tho Bombardier would be well advised to give McCarty a wide berth, otherwise ho may meet trouble. Tommy Burns is young enough to be *till in tho game, and doing great things . (says “ Tho Arrow ”). But since his fateful contest with the giant Johnson, at the llushcutter Bay Stadium, his connection with the game has been more or .less smoke—that is, we have had rumour after rumour of his intended return to the ring. Burns is * great boxer for his height and weight, and no doubt were he to eomo back ho would make good against most of the men in the game to-day. A bout between him and Sam Langford, both ■ men in tho pink of condition, at tho Sydney Stadium, would he a sight for the gods of boxing. It would draw an immense crowd, and I’ll be bound it would be a fight worth going any distance to see. With Johnson out of the way Tommy might easily become a big figure in tho boxing world again. Johnny Summers. England’s welterweight champion, is on board the Otranto bound for Sydney. He comes under contract to Mr Snowy Baker, of the Stadium. Others to come are Sid. Burns, Jim Sullivan, and Boy Driscoll. Tommy Connors is to sail from San Francisco on February 11th. In a return , match between Jean Audouy, the French middle-weight, and Tim Land, the latter was in very poor condition, the result being that tho visitor won Ids first fight in Australia. Describing it the Sydney “Referee” says of the concluding rounds: "As the contest progressed, the Frenchman went further and further ahead, nntil the termination of the tenth round. In tho eleventh, Tim made a bold bid, and succeeded in shaking his opponent up with heavy rights to the head. Andony, however, who was evidently in the best of condition, recuperated quickly, and as Tim smothered » la “Johnny Thompson,” ho swung heavy lefts and rights to tie top of the head. Still, on the whole, Land had a shade the better of exchanges during this three minutes, before the termination of which Tim had landed a couple of rights on the body—perfectly fair blows, yet the crowd hooted. Hearing the end of the round the loser swung a left for the body, from which his opponent easily backed, and es his man was off Ins balance slightly, he (Audouy) swung a right to tho head that caused Land to fall. He rose immediately, and was beaten all round tho ring, although just on corners he shot a stiff left to Audouy’s mouth. ‘ “The end came in the twelfth. Land, whoso extra exertion in the previous round had taken a lot out of him, came out of his oorner allin. They immediately clinched, without either attempt ing to land. Audouy rocked Tim with a right swing to the jaw. After backing from a left swing. Land came back and scored both hands to tho head, but was paid back in kind. Land skipped out of harm’s way, which annoyed the Frenchman, who stood in the middle of the ring and beckoned Tim to continue in his ungainly gait. The crowd, which, by tho way, was all with the Frenchman, took it as a signal to hoot the stiff-legged boxer. Tim swung a right, in the hope of bumping it against the jaw, but by shifting back tho Frenchman caused it to go very wide of the mark, and coming in quickly, ere his opponent could get in position to defend, Audony staggered Land with a right to tho jaw, and by means of two left swings on the chin dropped him heavily, and ho was counte out, amid much cheering for Audouy, who had at last scored a win iu Australia.” Tho American and French boxipg authorities continue to exchange views on the establishment with England of an international controlling body or ledoration. M. Paul Rousseau, president of tho French Boxing Federation, liar received letters from Mr Frank S. O’Neill, chairman of the Now York Boxing Commission, and Mr Joseph S. Harvey, tho secretary, in which it is stated that tho New York Commission had made no communication for some time because the Commission was considering important changes in rules and the classification of boxers. The New York Commission, Mr Harvey states, has decided to make ringside weighing compulsory, and has prepared the°f olio wing scale ot weights in view of establishing a unifonn scale in the three countries; 108-pound limit (7.10), 110-pound limit (3.3), 125-pound limit 8.13), 135-pound limit (9.10), 145pound limit (10.5), 158-pound limit (11.4), 175-pound limit (12.7), and heavy-weights over 1751 b.